The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-22
THE PASSING IHRONG.

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Herman Chaplin, president % the Boston
National bank - horne after business
.rtn TO tie principal cities OF the East he
tells the same story OF Seattie's greatness
that has been told By returning travellers
through the columns Of the Post-inseati-
genceg fer the past three months. TO
representative of this paper Mr. Caapin
said yesterday:
II made such hurried trip Eass thai
ca not have tire to see very much, Cut
vas much Interested Ia what oao see ana
Eear. Qrss has heard for the last three or
saur months that seattle IL the place wheFe
everybody e coming 20 start for Alaska.
AID / confess that / thought these state
ments were somewhat exaggerated, oat
was perfectly surprised TO and that they
we're not exaggerated at sI.
az believe the numbers ot people who are
coming here will sstenish the most con-
sentative talked with number OF 6lt~
ferent railroad men. and they ali told she
same story. One Of them said that ne
didn't expect q rush. but he expected
stampede, and they all say that Seattle
is the only place that people know. was
so much impressed with this that IL seemed
to ne that We might be unable 10 care Tor
all who come. II wa cannot house them
property they viii go somewhere else. ana
wherever they live. of course there will be
the natural place for buying their outfits
The rush IL not coming from any one
place. but each place. great and small,
throughout the country is apparently 60
Ing to furnish .ts proportion OF people II
behooves people In Seattle, especially these
who expect 10 sell a large amount OF goods.
TO see that some place is provided TO shell
ter these people. hope that the Denny
hotel tangie viii be Strengthened out. and
that large caravansary be put 10 this ex-
ceIien, use.
IT was in Chicago for only four days.
and did not 20 further East than tina.
place, but have no doubt that II 7 had had
more time would have heard these same
sentiments repeated oftener. and might
have learned more what people thought OF
Seattle aside from its advantages as an
Quitting place. There Is no doubt. how
ever. that Seattle is well considered in the
minds Of people generally.
This is the time and the opportunity for
Seattle 10 establish herself as a CONNER
eial city Of first rank, beyond peradventure.
and II our business men are sensible and
moderate they can take advantage of and
profit wei by this golden opportunity
The Pacific coast cities that hope 10 be-
come factors. In small way. In the de-
velopmeat OF the mines OF the Yukon ba-
sin. should look carefully to their laurels
for from the far Eas, come signs OF keen
competition. steamer Is now building
at Hongkong. China. by company OF gem
tlsmsn In the English settlement. who, II
they cannot hope to win sudden fortune in
mining In Alaska still believe the oppor-
tuaity Is ripe for engaging In the mer-
camille business in that country.
The view Of the Yukon gold fields. and
particularly OF the relation sustained TO
them by the cities OF the Pacific coast. Is
most amusing. az shown In the Hongkong
Telegraph Of recent date. A writer In that
Journal Of the far East says:
From time 10 time we have published
reports from the Americans papers SHOW
ing how the number Of people who have
rushed to the kIondIke ro.d fields Is far
beyond the number that can be fed and
otherwise supplied with necessaries. and
II Is verv evident that. whether there ia
or Is not money 10 be made by mining,
there certainly must he fortunes TO be
made by selling supplies 20 the miners at
40 restricted that 1t wifi BE months. per-
haps years. before the accumulation of
neceSaries OF life can overtake and keep
level with the influx of people So
anybody who chooses can lie sure OF
finding good market for stores Of the
gold field In the polar region: and there
IL no possibility of the market being over
stocked for long time. II takes months
and years to level roads and construct
railways: and the water route requires
steamers to be specially built. A steamer
II being now built In Hongkong ready
Tor the opening OF the Yukon river In Nav
or June; and small company Is being
formed 10 load the vessel with the mos.
fnarkeiaoie stores and run her on the
kiondike river permanently. Most Of
the shares In the syndicate have been Ia
Rem no privately. we understand There is
AZ present IA far as we can make out
only one proper river boat on the k,au-
d1Ae aud there has been tun.il the winter
SCI I'D trade enough for dozen. The
building yards OF California ard British
columbia are no doubt alive fo the onpor-
thnity but they can only go A small yav
towards meeting the demand and Hong
Kong can do IA much as any port OF the
Pacific ocean"
Col Jerome f., Young and wife. OF Gait
fdrnis, arrived Monday evening on the
steamer Walla Walia Il Is said that Col
Young Is here on the business Of A large
Alaska enterprise. which will more fully
n1aterttltze 70 the knowledge OF the hubble
shortly. This f. another Illustration Of The
Tact that even Californlans themselves an
pFsciafe seattle's advantages for the gen
sfal business pertaining 10 the Alaska
gold fields.
ar. and Mrs. w. r Rothcrv ,erre-
sentius the Overland Monthly. are now ~
tho city collecting data for an Illustrated
article on this city 20 be published -,
an early number Of the magazine. Al
though published in San Francisco ,ha
r+onthly II devoted 10 the sle,e,onfueo. 20
the entire West and has large body q,
Eastern readers