The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-06
PAVING THE ROADS TO GOLD.
GOOD WORK BEING DONE ON THE
ALASKAN PASSES.

The New York World Tug with Blast
ing Powder and Road Making
Tools Is at SIxaguay-ROad Gangs
Formed Express and Mail Routes
Being ODened-Mntters of General
Interest From the KIOndfIxe COun-
try.
Seattle, Wash, Sept, 5.-The following
letter has been received from Skaguays
Alaska dated Aug. 2s:
Sylvester Scovel of the New Yoris
World landed yesterday morning at Ska
quay by chartered tug from Juneau with
two tons of blasting powder and the nec-
essary tools to equip seven completes
crews for rock work on the Skaguay trails
and as fast as horses and men could get
at 1t, it was started to the front. In the
evening there was a meeting at the foot
of First street. attended by over 500 min
ers, who organized for the work in front
of them and organized an executive COM
mittee consisting of James Christie OF
Portland, president; Phil Adams, secre-
tary; c. a. Cramer Of Seattle, MIR. Pea
cock and Mr. Day as superntendents,
who selected experienced men for tha
work on the rock hills and veteran log
gers for the work Of corduroying tho
muddy places.
There were thirty Canadian mounted
police on the trail. They have provisions
in wagons and say that the building OF
this trail win enable them to get in with
the seventy tons of provisions In time ia
build and provision the mail stations i'm
their territory. so that they can operate
dog trails all the winter. They agree to
deliver the mail every two weeks from the
klondlke to the American line Work is
in progress for fifteen miles along the trail
| and all travellers packing has been sus-
| pended until it is completed
There have been some kickers as usual.
| but they are so much in the minority thak
they have had to submit While they be-
lieve this trail will be completed in ten
days so that travel can be resumed, don't
start for this point expecting to get over
for at least thirty days, as IL will take long
atter the trail is completed to get all the
miners over who are now there. There
would never nave been so much trouble
| Tor small parties, but the swarm of peo-
| pie, % per cent. of whom were tenderfeet,
and knew nothing about packing ana
| congestion at this point
| The first reports about this trail were
! inspired by ill-treated parties, who are try
| ing to start a train here or who are in the
whisky business
mot nearly so many discouraged PROS
| pectors are selling their outfits for song
as has been reported but a good many
who started for the Klondike have given
up that Idea have turned town site buy
ers and are erecting all kinds of buildings
ana establishing themselves for the win
ter as best they can. One week ago lum-
Der could be bought for $27 per thousand.
Now II Is $50 and none for sale even ac
that figure. Rubber boots, heavy shoes
and Oil clothing are in demand and bring
big prices. Hardware of all kinds sells
we'll
THE Alaskan Pacific Express Company
has made arrangements to open an office
here. The steamer Queen of Seattle and
steamer Danube of Victoria have hauled
over 500 passengers and many tons of
freight and 300 horses since Aug. Is. and
there are more to follow.
The klondike excitement has turned the
attention Of the whole world this way, and
VIII result In opening this territory as
nothing else would have DONE
"On board the steamer Queen, on this
trip, are two parties, one organized in Chi
cago, consisting of four gentlemen, com-
prising doctor, lawyer, commission mer-
chant and assayer, under the guidance OF
H. l.. Bates, who has spent the past eight
years in Alaska as trapper, hunter and
guide. They will stay along the coast i'm
the Alexandrian archipelago this winter,
and in the spring will push through the
Copper river country The other party is
headed by Fisher of Los Angeles, Cal. and
VIII push into the Copper river country
thls winter. j. M. Hagerty."