Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-04

Country ten years ago. but none as yet had
made any large finds. Hes predicts that
there Will be many disappointed men among
the thousands who are now there, says
there is absolutely nothing id the country
III the way of food and thinks that there
must be great suffering during the coming
WINTER. with Dr. Dawson l looked over n
large number Of photographs covering parts
OF the Yukon and KIonofke.. The doctor
thinks that the White pass VIII be the favor
lite pass, rather than the Chfkoot pass. He
says that good road could lie constructed
aLong it and that it is comparatively easy
OF ascent. In the meantime there is a
strong possibility of railroad being built
north from the Canadian Pacific into the
iukoh country. A branch already runs to
Edmonton, and from here it is said that n
road could be built which would make the
klondlke of comparatively easy access
What Hudson Bay Man Says.
L chatted last night with a man who for
years had Travelled through British Ameri-
ca as an employe Of the Hudson Bay Com
pany. He told me that one could easily GET
through to the Yukon from this side of the
mountains. He said he would go first to
Edmonton by rail, then to Lake Atha-
paska by wagon, and thence on to the
Lesser Slave lake, from where he would
pack his goods by trail to the Nelson river
and on to the Dease river and thence right
on to the Pelly river and down to
the klondike He SAYS there are along
nearly the whole of this route good PACK
trails which have been used for years by
the Hudson Bay Company, miners and
traders The whole distance from Athabas-
ka landing to the Pelly could be made with
pack horses, and a wagon road could he
made without much cost. The trip to Pei
iy from Athabaska landing would be only
aEout 800 miles, and from thence you could
easily 1oat down the 300 miles remaining
to the gold regions. There is no doubt but
that there will be a number of men who
VIII make this trip In the spring. 1 meet
eNeryWhere people who are going to the
kdohdlke as soon as the winter is over
All sorts or companies are being formed in
Canada, the shares in which range from ~
cents TO one or more dollars | have before
me the prospectus of a company with a
capital (authoriZed) of 81 POO 900 in five mil
lion shares, the par value of which is 2i
cents, or one shilling. One of the heads of
the company is the mayor of Montreal, and
tEere are quite a number of distinguished
men on the directors list The advertise
ment OF this company states that subscrip-
tlon llSts are EoW open and that shares may
be secured on application by paying cents
a share.
Canada's Capital.
This town of Ottawa is a beautiful one
1t is about one-sixth the size Of Washing
ton. 1t has wide and well paved streets,
good public buildings and, If am correctly
informed. a magnificent public debt. Its
situation is on series of bluffs at the
rivers Join. These rivers dash ever a great
fall at this point, and the Rideau canal
has been built through the city in order to
connect Lower Canada with Lake Ontario,
and thus prevent the necessity of vessels
going up the st. Lawrence river under the
enemy's fire. This canal cost about two
and half millions of dollars and it is
said to be worth it. Ottawa, like Washing
ton, was cut out of the woods. 1t mad 10000
inhabitants in 1854, and it was four Years
later that Queen Victoria chose it as the cap
ital OF her American dominfons.r Today the
chief businesses of the ely are numbering,
lobbying and legislation. The lumber bust
ness amounts to about 100000 year.
Legislation. Judge, is even more profitable,
for 1t costs about $370Od,000 annually to
run the government, and the total debt of
the Canadian dominion in 1896 was over
$3OOOOO,OOO This makes $50 for every man,
woman and child in the dominion, an aver
age Of $500 per family, an enormous
Cebt, to say the least The annual
charge on the debt in way Of interest is
more than $40 family, ana The figures are
still going up. In a business If this kind
lobbying pays somewhat in proportion to
the legislation, SO, far as I can judge,
the three businesses of Ottawa must be
thriving.
Slot Boxes for Conductors.
Ottawa has good system of street car
| lines. The cars are moved by electricity,
| generated by the Chaudiere falls, and the
fare Is cents a trip. Each car has a motor
man and conductor. The cond lctor COL
lects the fares, but he does not handle the