The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-25
SETTLE WASHINGTON, SUNDAY IS 1897

on being supplied WITH every feature II
t1s EreAs exodus of xoAdsseksrs TO ,he
North. now fluffy under way.
Alaska and her placer deposits are SUB
5ects with which every well Informed
resident OF the Pacific coast fs fairly
familiar. The same knowledge Of unrie
Sans most ncrsheriy possession as no.
been Possessed By down Easteraers bat
u ~ entirely probable that .ssfs frx the
pas. week old Biographies In The New
England towns have been dug .3s.g az gar
rets and late editions os the almanac
searched for she very latest ard mos.
compiete acccants 81 the gold producing
region. II nus. not be imagined tfat
Interest in the cisndyke placers - csn-
fined TO the big censsrs Of population Of
TIE East Yesterday l. a Nadeau. gen.
era agent % the Northern nas.ssc. re-
cslved a telegram from mar IN Paxts-
mouth. ~ H., begging him 10 procure
osrtas On the frst& steamer saal,rx for
the North next mouth. The sg.rs1rsr
stated THAI he woasd Immediately start
west with three companions and that
they were bound for the Clordyre.
Two HanareA Frem D~nxrr.
The Inquiries for pa ssenger aceosncso-
dafson do not ali core from n. New
England states. nor are they restricted 20
parties OF two or four. c. VI ITau,nson.
general agent OF the Wabash AZ Denver.
wired Mr.. Sadeau asking r. he ~sul,s So
cure aecommosist!ssrs for party OF rn.
which had been organized at Denver ard
would outfit here Fer Alaska, A stream Il
people may be seen st any hour OF the
day entering and coming from the Offices
of the Pacific Coast Steamship fSomnarr
and from those OF the North American
Transportation and Trading cemnarv
and the telegraph companies are kept
busy receiving and answering Inquiries
from individuals III the East and South fo-
berths on the Alaska boats.
seattlc's Great ADVANTAGE.
II there ever was composition oeswesn
Seattle and other cities on the Pacific coast
relative 10 Alaskan business. i: has en-
tireiy disappeared and today this city oc-
cupies a point OF vantage from which the
strongest and most desperate efforts OF
Jealous communities VIII be powerless 10
dislodge her. Seattle controls the trade
with Alaska. There is no other way 70
state the fact--the control Ia conanle;e and
absolute. TO realize this one must make
a tour. as did representative of tha Pest
inieliigencer yesterday. among the whole
sale houses, where the Quitting for
ninety-iiye ont of every hundred gold
hunters Is done. An examination of the
passenger lists OF the steamers sailing for
the north is buf an unsatisfactory critic
rion, for the reason that the large ma ior-
ity of those booked from other cities buy
THAR outfits, from the first piece OF bacon
10 the last pick and shovel. In this city
The Quitting houses here have been Sc
yerely taxed 10 meet the wants OF the in
going fortune hunters. but they have been
able TO till the demand. although Ii has
been necessary TO telegraph fer a few ar
uotes 10 Eastern cities.
TO show the spirit that s.s yates the mer-
chants OF this city II Is only nece essary
s}ssa fr~3 hat
notice of the Pos;-Intellieencer represen-
tative yesterday: 4 wholesale firm that
has been compelled TO work Its employees
day and night for the past FIVE days found
itself running short on a certain line OF
evaporated vegetables. which were found
necessary to complete prospector's outfit
OF provisions for a year in Alaska I'm
nediately an order was forwarded East
for nearly a ton of the required article,
with orders 10 forward 1t quickly by ex-
press. OF course the express charges on
this large amount will be large as to
completely absorb what profit might have
resulted from the transaction. But IL was
needed. and needed at once. and no ex-
pense was spared TO meet the want.
The Post-lntellixencer Reports.
The post-Intelligencer management has
been extremely gratifled at the commen-
dafion expressed On every side on account
of its full authentic and complete reports
OF the new gold discoveries. Beginning
with the special edition Saturday morn
ing July II. which told IN detail OF the
arrival OF the returning miners, OF the
wealth they brought with them, and Of
the marvellous richness OF the new placer
fields. each days eas4tioa has been sold
out. anc IL has been found necessary to in
crease the number of copies printed = per
cent This indicates how eagerly people
have devogred the Clondyke news. The
Post Iys. eiligencer' Distributing agents
shrorghou: the state have telegraphed I'm
for more papers. and have increased their