The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-10-29
KLoNolks LErrEs.

he. oue more than any other man in
,hveounuy 10 tighten She harIships
Of u.g Journey overland to the gold .
tta. ha. iusAe for the other side Of
theuodd. ilis maine is Geetge b. Dot
Will and he makes about a, much ius.
aloa, c.iablisiinr e,ennI sidpor rail-
rod line a- The average maa does about
Investing in a new suit Of ,loihes.
Mr uoiwclt makes bis honc at
Yokohama, London aud Tacoma. lie
va returning when the Rlondikc cN.
cllemen, broke oui ina viruleu' form
lis had ,he chief managemen, Ut the
Nprilern acihc sicqmahip company's
llpes rom Tacoma 10 China and Japan
Foh his handle. but th.s I'D not deter him
iiom pitching into other projects An.
ille-paiins she greatest rold.huuiing
lush sine tho day. 81 40, Nc Dodwell
A. once putthrec large surveying parties
in the aeld 20 locate railroad route over
4 TIC mountain passes 70 the headquar.
1 tgIs OF the Yukon. They agreed upon
( TO- Chilkooi pass, and while other par.
ieswcrc building railroads on paper,
( Mr nods oil assisted bv hugh @. Wall
pace, late national Democratic COM.
lmil,eeman Tor Washington, and a SON
liulaw Of Chicf Jusiiqe Fuller Of hc
hunited states Supreme Cour, bench,
quetly nlcd maps OF locations and
nrhis-oi.way with our government, at
Washington aud at sika, the capital Of
Alaska.
/, Thus the first Alaska aud Klondike
railroad WAS started by Tacoma gentle
men, who bad contracts for the COM
ple,ion Of the same before next Febru-
4 airy. A large part Of the material has al'
ready gonc to Alaska. The railroad
wal. be from Dyea, eight miles 10 the
.,.,s,. a ,,,.,,sae, pssv ge~son. 4
NV y. s@..AAs3 s.tsAa vnsrr aud eapa
~ bic Of carrying ali the freight that d
" offered. From tho head VI the canyol
Z an aerial runway viii transport thl
X miners supplies over the summit, $40,
? feet high, 70 the tributaries Of the Yu
kon river The tramway will be op,
Grated bya forty horsepower engine,
} which viii be located at Sheep Camp.
This tnmway viii have capacity for
fsadyins l2O tons d freight daily.
/ DUNG the past season the establish.
." 81 freight rate for carry ing miners' sup.
!" piles from Dyea 70 Lake Linderman
Y Was nom 20 TO 10 cents per pound. BY
making the average from 30 to 40 cents
I per aound the rats per ,on would be
h from 5000 to $500. AZ that rate the
= aerial iramway would have q daily
y earaiig capacity OF from va, 900 to $780,.
~ 900 nut the freight rates over the
passes will take great tumble once the
ie tramway sin operation. At present il
3 i tsiimated the prevailing rate next
e spung viii not be over 10 or 10 cents
\ per pound, and perhaps even less. The
owners aud operators OF the new rail
q and tramway own aud operate extensive
steamship and railroad lines, aud are
particularly interested in the latter, and
4 caa, therefore, afford 10 advance their
I rad and water business to cut prices OF
The Klondike and Alaska traffic to the
minimum.
;. With the Chilkoot pass railroad and
y tramway In operation the dimculties and
: haAdship, that have been ventablo
nightmare 10 those desiring to enter the
: mines overland will be removed. There
A will be no more pulling and hauling and
= d.udgery in getting supplies to the head.
0 quarters Of the Yukon, and, in fact, the
possibility Of a food famine In the new
: district in the future will be averted.
+. once supplies are landed at the head.
e waters Of the Yukon they can be iioated
down stream with comparative ease,
= and the time required heretofore, in
{ making the journey, will be reduced at
+ least a month.
!, Following the opening Of the rail
u road and uamway over the mountains.
an organized effort will be made to clear
D the rivers and lakes Of all and any OBJ.
I stuctions to quick and safe navigation.