The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-16

for a $500 bill
Profits of Packers.
The men who have made business
Of packing goods over the difficult trails
all came down with gold In their pockets.
An idea Of the extent and profit Of their
iahors is shown In the following state
meuts taken from the nine who came IN
yesterday:
Frank Dowd, OF Enumclaw. has been
packing for three weeks between sheep
camp and Crater lake. at IA cents per
pound. He has 5000
r. p. Warren, Of Salem. Oregon. max
ing the pack from Dyea 20 Crater lake,
at q cents a pound. has $50 20 show for
three weakS' work. He was able TO carry
100 pounds a day.
A. J. Walker. Of Seattle. working be-
tween Dyea. Sheep camp and Lake
Linderrnan for prices from 25 cents 10 %
cents a pound, has $500 fopfve weeks
labor
Charles Bilss. Of Enumclaw. from sheep
camp 10 Crater lake, at IL cents 20 IL
cents a pound made 800 In thirty DAYS.
J. H. Holland. OF Seattle. from Sheep
camp to Lake IAnderman. carrying 100
pounds day for FIVE weeks AT 25 cents
a pound. realized s4o0. Each trip took
him two days.
Frank Muldoon, of Chehalis. from Dyea
to Lake Lindepman. at ~ cents pounh,
brought down 500 after two weeks work.
r. F. Byers, Of Portland, has 500.
The only packers from the Skaguay
trail were John and Robert Legg. OF Gil
man. They had been working between
the beach aud Summit lake for three
weeks-nakfng some days as high as sI-bp
and an average OF g.. They had each
s1ea I'm cash. In the result OF their labers
they fen far short Of those who had been
on the Dyea trail.
The sums given. II must be remembered.
are over and above all expense while
working. and after passage home had
been paid.
The Two Trails.
Frank Mudoon. of Chehalis. who has
been packing the entire distance from
Dyea 10 Lake Linderman. declared In fa-
vor Of the Dyea trail. 1T Is hard 70 get
over he said hut ~ is not as bad as N
Is pictured. Any man can carry over the
sunrni, IN two weeks enough supplies 20
last him six months Progress on skag-
nav trail Is made almost Impossible by
the crowds and the mud. You viii meet
a dead horse every 100 yards ! have
never seen money 80 flush ~ - was on
the Dyea trail Some Of the men were
making so and $50 a day. The king or
the packers was a blind Indian called
Charlie He was 60 years old. hut man
1a~vear-old son packed twenty-five
pounds. his kiootchman sixty 10 seventy
Eve hounds. and two dogs fifteen TO tweu-
fv-f}wp pounds each Altogether u was
regular train, and the entire family. In
Guiding the dogs could take almost ~
pounds ~ - cents pound THIS would
mean tss for n day's trip from DEea 70
Lake I.iuderman Bllud charlie Is getting
rich and famous Another indian carried
pack of 80 pounds to Lake Linderuan
IN one day. he was physically giant
and accomplished featE none ot the others
ers,l8 narallel. By that one days work,
o. 40 cents a pound he made ssa.
ExaraVaEsns Prices.
SHOES costing e. IN Seattle were sell-
ing on the summit ~ Chllkoot pass Tor
y1s and 2 shoemaker named Moran was
getting slg a pair for half-soling Horse
shoe nails on the summit sold fcT y eeeh
Flour vas worth sZ8 on ihe summit ana
80 At Lake I.iu6eTmAn- A. the sake few
49, 1e~a selling out. ON September ? a
boat there was worth s525 and space sn
ore for man and outGt of 100 pounds
was held az 10 30 Ere
Tha Utopia left skaguay September ~
ard got ia last evening af O'Clock. steam
er W.giiaynette left the day before and ass
passed On juneau. where she lay aihenaFE'
ing freight she has but few passenger
fEF AFsf Tie EfaN - aFffA NffA AFF N&%EN %7
gkawuay unloading. The Queen was pass
81 In WrnngeI The Queen and Faraiion
are both due IA this port, ard are szpset
81 tssaay. TIRE AK and Rapid TFanait
were pa seed on the Eay 90 and are gfop'
ably new az skaguay. The sehootei
Moonlight about watch reports q tFonhif
have been periodically received. has as
rived as Skagusy. discharge neg pa.
gers and i On the return voyage 20 seat
rie she vii sail hack. The ltppia on
sns rossna tip consumed aftesn days shs
vss neld ~ skaEuay tao days-
The sksguay Harb"r.
A ronan4rSeon is drawn By ~ purser q
ssn Tfspla between Ehe barber AZ seattls
ard that ~ sEaEpay. which gives Fefg
vs.,s laaa of ere lattsrs s3fas iion
sfrnaR4na~ he sat8 chat bluffs fsoHi
ths naxaor 81 afFe seatfl2 and west seat
sle naw rtaua. change south Park a
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