The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-12
RAILROAD ACROSS onlLKoor PASS.
Contracts Actunil, Let for the Con-
asrueffon of the Line

fnesial Dispatch 70 The Post-fnteillxencsr.
TACOMA, Oct. ii-After any amount OF
talk on paper hg capitalists IN san Fran
cisco and large Eastern cities that rail
road would Dc built over either the White
or ffhikaot pass 70 remains for a Tacoma
and Seattle company 90 actually begin
wnrk on such a prelsef II was given out
today rs Hagh Wallace, vice president OF
the Washington e Alaska steamship COM
pany. thar the problem o. how 70 rapidly
and cheaplY transport freight ard passen-
gers over the Alaska passes 70 the head
waters % the Yukon had been solved.
The men who originated this enterprise
and are hurrying Il % completion are
George n. Dodweli Of Dod0ell. Csrlnl e
Co. owners Of the Pacific Coast-Asiatle
steamship lines, and Mr. Wallace BESIDES
these gentlemen there are Interested "
q. Peafoe. assistant general superintena-
eni OF the Northern Pacific Railway Com
paay r. II. Wallace president az the
Fidelity Trust Company ~ thls city aud
several Seattle men whose names could not
be given oui at tii!s time The name OF
The company Is Tho Chilkaot Railroad and
Transportation Company
Construction work has been commenced
On the road which vii extend from tide
waier At Dyea - the mouth Of ,he Dysa
canyon on Chsik8af pass. a distance %
eighi miles Ty uslng the Blelehert sys-
tenn 81 aerial railway Tor these eight miles
freigAt viii b. transported seven and a
half miles and lifted 1s1o feet 70 the sum
NIT % Chllk0ot pass and then let down
80 feet in a distance of one suile 70 Crater
lake
The company has had three parties or
enSineefs a. work over TIE pass for some
weeks one under A. Mol Hawkes. ans
ether under Norton T. Tafior. ana q fhird
81 rharge 90 William SchweisarI thc New
York engineer Seventeen miles of inca
wire cable will hQ used ln constriesine the
eight aud cue-haN miles 90 aeriai railway
over The pass Alreaay two eunstsnments
Of material. etc. h8ve hsca uelaaded az
lafta bY the steamer City of S. sttle. and
o. her next trip up tha same beat VIII
haye ah1ard n tona ~ additional material
and over Ita Ed ftet of lumbrr
The Trenton Iron Works. ~ Trenton.
y. J., i 60 hgiid the raa8. p contract haV-
'nE heen signed ta3av which binds that
company e. have the aerial tramwny sys-
TEN FL operation hy January S. This
means that hunger and famine VIII NOT
stalk abroad at Dawson CITY, as the new
company VIII pc enfhled Eo lana supplies
g Lake t.lna rnlau sa e few hours after
tAe ro8d q ig operation and FROM the lake
taey can BE taken % Dawson gosiae ~
thfts a8yg at th srthtss
While Gen ar fwaiva projects 60 buNa
ttktsfhfNH AHa tf4HtWaEF afN SIS Else passes
have osen launched sa8 advertised during
tne nAat tgw months thts raterarlsc IRA
naeVed with fhe TreRfest secrecy ans "a
Vas oot Until ,he rs3rcaA Ties rad bean
iRneed az bFea sHd artHaf construction
hfeun thar any ono outs{ie or sne CONE
rany ha3 anr ldes OF ahat was sotue an.
The ralitoaa wN te hsaaa rauza ana
Nia eo eao.ppet Wiih svery modern een-
Ne5ieace WheG t ana tae aerial tram
way axe completed weu ean -tep ftsm the
wharf ai lyea esto ears and In Tess thau
s"ratE-foar bours De landed WITH theEr
oniHts, az Lake L.Ruersuan 1'0e T. am-
WAY N8t aavh as.lg capacity ~ f-a
tons 81 frrteHs. w the ausft- rar Gan saea
No auN a1 fHe east he greatly reduced
Aad waa-as tato sawed nv eseh rnlnsr.
httt psatt.rsly a1 ~ tte hsr.zsatre os tae
Nokon sttn VIII le remevsa RS the tv4sn-
waN wth e7ery o1.h siHss ana BOATS a-~s.s
tae rses Thls tYemvay .s-sa na yslen or
experiment @s tae H.sieH-gg system az
sfamNaFs is m us- .a arer go paces .-
the tHites S.atee Cea.~af ara Ss-th
An f.ca 11e i.rsaet eur $50 .na w-ri8 3. s.
ehea crested in Hayu hv t>r Trenton Irer
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