The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-29
PORTLAND BRINGS GOLD.
THE SNIP WITH KLONDIKE TREAS
URE rs $40 HTED.
she win Reach seattle Early This sorninE-
Tugs Have Been waiting to Greet Her for
several Days-Probabiy Delayed at the
YuLon,s Mouth --latest DiEEingu News.

ahe win Reach seattle Early Thts MorninE-
Tugs Have Heen waiting to Greet ner for
several D~ays-Probabiy DELAYED at the
HuLon's Mouth Latest DiEEinEs News
SEATTLE, Wash. Aug. 29.-The steamer Port
land, bringing treasure from tho Klondike.
was reported off Port Angeles, Wash, tonight,
and is expected to arrive here shortly after 1
o'clock this morning.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2s.-The Alaska Com
mercial Company's officers are confident that
their steamer Excelsior will reach San Fran.
cisco before the steamer Portland of tho North
American TRANSFORMATION Company will reach
Seattle. A score Of newspaper corr espondents
on Puget Sound arc out in tugs waiting for tho
Portland, which was due on Thursday, but no
trace of her has been seen. This lends weight
to the theory that she has been delayed Mt st.
Michael by freight or because the small river
steamer which was to bring passengers and
gold from Dawson City met with some mishap
and has failed to reach st. Michael on timo.
officials Of the Alaska Company hero say that
the Excelsior had orders to unload rs quickly as
possible and leave for San Francisco at once, as
the company counts on her to make another
trip to 81. Michael. The Excelsior was loaded
heavily when she left here. but the freight was
easy to handle, as 1t was composed mainly OF
provisions and other supplies in boxes and
bales. The freight she had to take on was
mainly gold dust and amalgam.
The steamer Portland. on the contrary. car
ried up to st. Michael all parts of a river boat
with machinery. and as this had to be handled
very carefully much time would be required
to unload 1t. Mail advices from Dyea under
date OF Aug. ls say that 500 men were then
strung along between T~idewater and Chilkoot
Pass. They were moving slowly. and 1T was
expected that better time would be made when
$50 fresh Indian packers arrived. These pack
ef |. were eXpe ,Sn ua'i ;y,rc ia ne r .sansp , paMra
All along the trail men are camped waiting to
secure Indians.
Dyea has five tons OF provisions, a wife, and
three children. Yet he talks OF getting over
the pass in time. Old timers say II you don't
start before Sept, q chances are all against you.
On the Skaguay. trail the situation Is very
bad, because, of the marshy condition Of the
road, which has made necessary the killing or
abandoning of hundreds OF horses.
Thirty cents u pound Is the rate for transport
ing supplies for forty miles from ~SkaRuay to
Lake Bennett over Whites Pass. So great is
the glut Of supplies and 20 few are the pack
and all alongside OF the trail may be seen piles
OF bacon. flour, and canned goods surmounted
by signs Help yourseifo n.uo.ou,.,
Straits OF Fuca for the lonE-expected steamship
as to her safety it is presumed lha. she has
been detained at the mouth of the Yukon be-
Michael. At the comrany' office the statement
is made that the vessel is not expected before
Monday or Tuesday.
schooner Sander say that q fortune awaits
some more expeditions method than by wood
ires. as is now the custom in the Yukon and
f M,Hndt Sva ipbt%isfbb b. the i miners miner "a" and p they thimks
that some Yankee will make his fortune
by lnventing some simple and cheap melting
! rn.,sS With thato thny say II 10 M Inn IGOR "a
question OF gold in Alaska and Klondike. but a
question of n quick method in thawing out the
1t has teen suggested that coal oil. now being
discovered in Alaska, will be the solution OF the
trouble.
BY the steamship Topeka the Alaska Develop
mcnt Company tonight sent out a foreman and
crew OF men to begin the work OF active deNel.
will soon be followed by the general manager OF
James Mckay and Archie Shelp: who left Daw-
son 70 city on July -, arrived IN Juneau on last
days in going from, Dawson City to the head
waters of Lake Linderman, making the entire
s star 'e3h from DaM the K 10 nail s With w THEM ten days %Ss pr e1i
ions. hut purchased some on the way out. They
came up the river with paddles and a line. each
polling was done. These men brought ont
5000 in dust: They were stranded Tor about
worked twenty hours out of the twenty -four.
They report no extraordinary excitement in the
indian River ana stewart ftlvcr districts.
When they left Dawson there were four steam.
ers up from the mouth Of the Yukon, the Beaver.
Belle X. and two others. The quickest time on
record Tint these steamers hav re made from the
Klondisc TO the mouth Of the river and return
is eighteen days. The steamer Wcrrc Oh its
second trip is to go up as far as Pelly River.
They say the klondikc will be full OF slush ice
by Sept. IS, and nd wise all persons who wish TO
reach Dawson this summer TO start from the
lakes no. later than Sept. 10.
1t is fivc weeks since the Moran ~shipyard i in Sc.
attic received orders from the North American
| Ira Ennrtu tim Gnmnnnv for fOpr Rtaan th npf a
one tug. and two barges. and to-day they an
nounced that all these will be ready for delivery
by Sept. 10. These boats are for A~laskan-Yukon
trade.