The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-09
WHICH is THE BEST2
Eff. cAssEIL DESCRIBES THE AD-
y.NTAsEs OF CHILKo0T PASS.
Until a Railroad Is Built. the only
Reasonable Way to Get Across
Distances Over the Several Reaf~s
1000 Men Went In From Dyea'

Between now ard January : Thousands
OF rasz-pzraaps a hundred thousand-scat-
tered throughout Eas County VII have e.
saawo-as g learn for Inet- own S2t-s14e-
Ton ghs aest route ~ sh4ca = T@2ea &c
gslden Land 81 promise that Les. studded
ws.h rEEEezs turing men 20 5rave ne PEI
Is u TIE Arctic. In the Yukon 0zs1a- Coz
rr1ns have been printed ny Eastern p2gseFs
as 70 tae best route 20 take . &c. % tAe
Elondske. and maps have been pu5--sas1
vara X s sid that ire average sSaoo4oos
can take a geography and P04nE ouI Lae
Elond k river on 4 map o. the Afaerzla-I
continent Some peculiar pu5iics isozas q
alleged mars have been made FOR me FElr-
paSe % 15Eerstug attention from he l2cL
mat fhe aaost natural pathway 10 the hl0a-
dixie beEius AZ Seattle. Bat ths impression
made ~ such publications was dca-ned rot
10 last
The failure 81 many hundreds q gold
hunters 70 reach The Yukon this winter.
ard the loss % much valuable line snd
good money, VII make & incumbent o. Ehs
prospective horceS Of g0s1-hIntRrs 20 con-
xder well their caosen pathway 70 The
Northern Es3orzdo. +. r. Cass@E- su1lSoF
of the Newell Gold Mining Company. OF
juneau AI&ssa. - well qualified 70 speak
OF maps ard routes. as be has made the
matter a study and hzz resided for years
IL Alaska and knows from actual expert
travel proposed. He insists that IN the light
Of the developments since the rush north
ward began, there Is only one route 70 the
kl0nElke and that Is over Ehe CbllEoof
pass 20 the lakes forming the headwaters
Of The Yukon. n conversation Win
-Tnfelllgencer reporter yesterday Dir.
Casssl SAID
There : absolutely 10 question that
until railroad is built into the Yukon TIE
route fruxn Dyea over the Chilkooi pass .
the only reasonable way 70 get TO the gold
fields that lie IN the Yukon basin Il IS
not 4 question OF which route the miners
going In next year wiil take, bot what they
can take. IL doss not seem 20 be known
that over sos men. with outfits ranging
from - 20 ESQ pounds each, have Success
fully crossed the Chllkoot pass and have
gone into the Yukon this year. L seems
"a ma that the events OF this year IL Alaska
tell the wa0le story. People know thai the
route via ST. Michael and the \ akon river
10 Dawson Is open only for a short period
% the year, and even then is uncertain.
More than this Il Is much longer and takes
much more time than the route from Dyea
over the CaIlkoot pass.
Figures sometimes speak louder than
mere words. From Seattle 70 Dawson City
Via ST. Michael and the Yukon river roate
the distance is 800 miles. From Seattle %
Dawson Via Dyea and the ChiIkoot tral
t.caliy the distance from Seattle 10 Chi
cage.
AT the present time any man can 20
from Seattle % Dawson via Dysz IN he
same time that IL would take 70 go from
Seattle 70 81. Michael From the mouth Il
the Yukon 20 Dawson the journey requires
from eighteen days 20 three weeks As
long "a tine Is a factor. I. alone would sug-
gest that man bound for the kiondlke
should choose The shortest route. thai Is.
Via Dyea.
The Dalton trail has received COM
menda ton from the few that have gone
over Il, but until a railroad IL built &, can
De utilized for nothing mere than a route
BY which 70 drive cattle 20 the Klordlka,
and this only during the most favorable
season OF The year I nave heard that
some people intend 10 drive stock over he
Dalton trail 10 Dawson this winter. I only
hope that no one VIII attempt this ex
treinely hazardous feat. IL l. simply IN
possible for any animal 20 carry enough
proyender 20 sustain life along the Go miles
Of overland trail from the head OF ChiIkat
inlet 10 Dawson. after the snow covers me
grass along the route.
'Skaguay. & seems needless 70 say Ia
entirely out OF the question as an avail
able route 70 the kiondike No one has
spoken OF the White pass as q route after
having gone over Il. The failure and cost
a
have attempted 20 enter The Yukon BY me
Skaguay route Is al that need BE cited 20
show that that route L. 0u- Of the question.
Men have landed at Dyea after me mob
struck the Skaguay tran. and have gone
through 70 Dawson and down the river 70
=. Michael and thence b. steamer to S.
EttAe. while the people a. Ska quay have
fruitless3y attempted TO get iuto the Yu-
kon over ne Waite pass On the Other
hand, there has no, been a day this year
when ular, going u light. could net have
gone over the ChUkoot tran 20 Lake In
deTman Ia fifteen hoars. The mounted 10
Ice Of canada. after spending six weeks
on the Skagaay tran, were forced 10 ahsa-
ooa part OF tnelr Quits and purchase Eve
tons Of provisions az Dyea. and 20 thence
over the CEilkoot 70 Dawson. T-7ev raf9
TIE packers $3.50 but they and thefr oi5tsrs
were landed q, Lake L.Ndarmar ready Tor
- voysge tao days after arriving 8.
Dyea.
Il hear the Sackeen river route a5vo~st-
81 20 some extent ss being & feasible ore
and possessing Zone OF the drawbacks ~
= mountain tral Il IS easy 30 see. hovsv-
e.. that the objection made % the paIrsr
tran would apply In some degree n tie
S-icNeen river route. which includes 4
portage Of from rs 70 10 miles. But mora
ha2n tniS. me route : q mere al
vantage 20 the merchants ard osstA++grrr
u7sa ~ British Cofuu1!a chan anvora 60.
Fra1spo rrati0n up IRE Sackeen river from
Fort Wrangel 20 TsleEranh creek bersrs
usually about jane T. From F1rt WranEel
20 Lake Tesiin. WARE oerins the rfye- ,
route 20 the Yukon, a passage REQUIRES A.
least twenty days, and THIS unaer favo-a-
BE Circumstances y man stays rwrr-v-
f7a- hours longer O. the steamer leaving
Seattle he NJ Eet 20 Dyes. and from fhsrs
. Lake Li1.feTu1a1 - only two days more.
ltsAce the silrAee1 river route fro1n For.
WTanEsl 20 the beginning of fresA-vate-