Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-11-12
Burleigh's Scheme.

MAN OF grand conceptions. lie glorlc>
IN great undertakings. even though
they may not always he crowned with
success. as IN the attempt to turn this
Stat" over to the goldbug-. He has
now another d" hen On, and the cgg
She j. attempting to lncubatc is Il ycri-
table gOn>c-cgg III size and an easter
rgg i'll it, irradc>ccnt rainbow hueS.
lie l. planning t. rut on line of
steamers from Seattle to Pyramid
llarl,or. at the head of Chilcat Inlet.
From Pyramid Harbor he will build Il
railroad, 80 miles long, to Takeena
river, which is the head of navigation
on the Yukon river. From this point,
where Il new station will tie cstab-
li>hed, the journey to Dawson City,
touching 4. the Stewart river and
other points along the Yukon gold
fields, will be completed by the system
of river steamers which Moran Bros.
will build. This $50 miles of railroad.
crossing the Chilcat Pass ut an easy
grade, will abolish as Il route the Chill
koot and White Passes, now so much
in evidence, and will skip altogether
such treacherous courses as Carboo
Crossing, Miles Canyon and White
Horse Rapids.
SIX Of the steamers contracted for
are to be veritable whales in size if not
"whalebacks" in classification, and
larger than any of the boats that have
plowed the rushing waters of the Mis-
sissippi of the north-2GO feet long,
30 feet beam, capable of carrying L.
400 tons of freight and 500 passengers,
equipped with engines 80 inches in
diameter and 10 feet stroke, electric
search lights, steam steering gear, be
lighted by electricity and heated by
steam.
Six other steamers of slightly small
or dimensions are to be built, capable
of carrying 400 tons of freight and
300 passengers, and all equipped in the
style of the larger craft. Twenty-four
barges are to be built, exclusively for
carrying supplies from St. Michaels
up the Yukon. All these boats are to
be ready for service Immediately upon
opening of navigation next spring.
A Philadelphia dispatch of yesterday
states that the Yukon Company has
contracted with the Roach Co. for two
5,OOO-ton steamships to ply between
Seattle and the northern terminus.
They will be AS feet long, As feet
beam and q feet depth, with a carry
ing capacity of 1900 tons and 1000
passengers each. They will have
speed of 16 miles per hour and each
cost 100000.
The modesty of the name OF this Or
ganization, simply the Yukon Com
pany, is in contrast with its stupen-
dous aims and objects.
The board of Trustees of the Yukon
Company met in Seattle, Wednesday,
and elected VIM. H. Andrews, a CAPT.
talist of Allegheny, Pa, Vice Presi-
dent doubtless the first place being
reserved by Mr.. BurleigD George w.
Dickinson, formerly Manager of the
N. P. R., General Manager of the new
company, Albert Buckingham Secre-
tary, and James d. Marstens, Gen.
Baggage Agent of the Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific, General Purchas-
ing Agent of the Yukon company,
with headquarters at Chicago.
It will be seen that all the blow nee
essary has already been made, and we
expect that results will follow each
other with the regularity and order of
the six days of creation to have it all
accomplished ON time. But then, it
would not be in the nature of any
thing Seattle for failure to supervene,
although progress is sometimes not as
rapid as promised, as for instance the
construction of the Lake Washington
Canal.
The British ship Imperiuese, which