Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-02
more companies as soon as transportatie
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WHITE TRIAL IS EASY.

CAu DC ATTduSeO.
WHITE TRIAL IS EASY.
improvements Have Made This ROate
Passable for Man or Beast.
Harry Fitzgerald. who was a passenger
from Juneau on the walla walla, which
arrived at San Francisco Saturday, brings
valuable news regarding the two best
known passes to the Klondyke-the Chill
koot and the White.
II went over the White Pass to Lake
Linderman on June 17-just a month be-
fore the work on the tran was completed"
said he. Il think it is by all odds the best
of all the passes, and l do not understand
why SO many go by the way of the Chill
koot, particularly at this time of the year.
"On the American side private individu-
uals have built the White Pass TRAIL and
the Canadian government had twenty-five
men working for four months on the Do
minion side, so that there is now a fine,
bread trail, over which horses and mules
can travel easily. The trail starts at Shay
away, about three miles from Dyea, and
is more accessible landing place than
the latter, because there is deep water
there.
From Shagaway, where a wharf is to
be built, the road rises steadily and con-
tfruously until the summit is reached at a
point LOO feet lower than the highest
point on the Chiikoot. The descent to Lake
Chilkoot. Packing over the White Pass
costs fifteen cents pound"
Mr.. Fitzgerald states that great Quanti-
ties of food are piled up along the trail at
intervals, all the way from Dyea to Sleeps
Camp, which Is six miles from the summit
He says that in some places the piles are
as high as two-story houses. Not half of
these provisions can get over this winter,
but he says that there is little danger of 1t
spelling. as 1t is nearly all canned goods
and flour in stout canvas sacks. The In
dian carriers are working for those who
pay the most, and as the rush is increas-
ing and the adventures are impatient, the
natives are getting rich. Mr.. Fitzgerald
will return in foul months. His destina-
ton will be the Stuart river, where he be-
lieves the discoveries will eclipse those of
the Klondyk.
Rivals of the klOndkye.
The following news has been received at
Victoria, B. c.. and comes from Ottawa,
Canada, as the report of Canadian sur
veyors in the Klondyke region:
while the government officials are ex-
tremely reticent as to the latest advices
from Surveyor Ogilvie and Inspector Con-
stantine, the fact has leaked out that those
omclals have assured their departments
klondyke for a richer district further east,
believed to be Stuart river. where it is
said still more wonderful deposits have
been discovered this spring.
CONCERNING ALASKAN BOUNDARY.
Canadian Official Says There is Little
Dispute Over the Line.
Recent publications relating to the claims
OF Great Britain to large share of Alas
ka, the surveyor general of Canada says,
are due to a misconception of the meaning
OF the designation British Columbia and
Underlined boundary as printed on the
fau
ment.
I'VE refrained from plotting any bound
airy line in that part of the territory con-
shutting the coast strip running south and
east from Mount st. Elias he said. I'm
TACT. the map was issued, as is we'll under
stood here, at the earnest demand of the
public for reliable data as to the location
Oh the newly discovered gold fields and the
Test routes of access thereto. 1t is COM
piled from the latest information and sur
veys In our possession, and in so far as the
physical features of the country are con-
cerned may be taken correct So, too is
1t absolutely correct as to the boundary be-
tween Alaska and our northwest territories.
The determination of the point of inter-
section of the west coast boundary line
with the 14lst meridian seems to have been
Jointly agreed upon by American and Can
adam officials, for 1t has been authorita-
lively stated that the peak of Mount Elias,
always claimed by the United States, was
lound 10 be about two miles on the Can
adam SHE of the point of intersection of
the true boundary lines, but that Great
Britain had agreed to allow the peak OF the
mountains to mark the point of intersec-
ton Of the coast ard meridian boundary
lines. Canadian surveyors have marked
the boundary at the most important points
In the Yukon country for the convenience
of officials
THE report Of the United States survey
ors shows that there is no appreciable off
ference between the determination of the
two parties On our map just issued you
VIII see Birch creek marked wholly within
Alaska, the mouth of it being some ESQ
miles west of the 141st meridian, as we
have laid it down: neither can there be any
dispute as to the boundary crossing Of
Forty Mile creek. In fact may tell YOU
the exact difference there between the two
surveys is six feet. There is therefore
no shadow of foundation for this revival
OF the exploded story of Canadian land
grabbing