The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-06
IS SPYING OUT THE LAND.
Vancouver Watching Seattle's
Methods Of Business
PLANNING FOR THE KLONDIKE.
vice Chairman of the Advertising
Committee of the ShamDef Oh
Commerce IL Now In the City
What Canadian Pacific In Doing
10 Cultivate Northern Commerce.
The Outlook In British Columbia.

John Campbell Michigan, proprietor OF
the Vancouver B. c., World, is in the city.
spending a few days Though ne does hot
say so. II Is probable that he is here 10 see
The way In which Seattle is handling and
is going 10 handle its klondike rush. Tor
Vancouver itself expects 10 do some ousi-
ness as a result Of the rush 10 the soio
fields. Mr. Michigan is vice chairman or
the advertising committee OF the Cnafnoer
CT Commerce OF his city. and IS ioya!
and strong adherent OF its advantages
The Chamber of Commerce has raised
81 60 in our city," said he. " to advertise
the place as an Quitting point, and the
city council has raised s., 80 besides. We
are going 10 DO our share OF the outIit-
ting.
There vas a time when our mer-
chants were not posted nor supplied with
the necessary articles for the new trade.
but that has all changed. When the
Canadian Pacific announced its intention
OF putting on steamers 10 run from VAN
couver TO Alaska the merchants laid In
immense stocks.
THE four mammoth steamers which
the Canadian Pacific railroad will put on
the Yukon trade are the Botnnta and
Scynthia cid Cunard liners, and the Cas-
and Smith, formerly plying between Lon
don and Cape of Good Hope. IL these
steamers prove too large for the Yukon
trade, they will be put on the coasrwise
trade These boats. together with those
Of the Canadian Pacific Navigation Conn
pany, the Union Steamship Company aud
the Washington & Alaska Steamship
Company, will supply Vancouver with
very good service The Canadian Paclnc,
however. proposes to sell through tickets
in the East to Dawson City. via any coast
city. which will give Seattle a chance at
them.
The outlook for business generally i'll
the province was never better than az
present. and in the development -hat mas
taken place Seattle as well as other Amer
lean cities. has derived and will continue
TO derive a certain amount OF benefit
's-rhe output of the West kootenat dis
trict this year will be SIS 600. and the
surface is only scratched. The Cariboo,
which has yielded so 0la. 600 IN the past Is
looking up again. There Is one section IN
that district, one and one-half miles long.
which has yielded S5,ol0.oco. The output
of the coal mines on Vancouver island is
very great In the East Kootenai district,
the completion of the Crows Nest rail-
way, now under construction. will give ac-
cess to the greatest coal fields in the
world, and will prove an immense stimulus
TO mining In the interior, as coal and coke
can then be had at one-half the present
prices"
Speaking of routes into the Yukon codn-
try. Mr.. Michigan said:
THE Canadian government Is going to
open UP the old trail to the Stickeen
river by way of Quesnelle and from there
TO Lake Tesiin, and VIII probably build
railroad from Glenora TO the head OF
Lake Teslin. Engineer Duchesney recently
returned from the Stickeen and upon his
report crew of seven men was sent 10
lay out this line. AS Mr.. Duchesney is the
mountain engineer of the Canadian Pacific
railway Ii is believed that that company
Is behind the move"
or Vancouver AIR. Michigan says:
1.-THE city is growing and at present thir-
teen business blocks are going up. besides
the big terminal building OF the Canadian
Pacific. which Will be built. This building
viii cost between $50 600 and $500 900 and
will be the handsomest and most artistic
building in the West It will be nine
stories high in front and eleven stories
high in the rear. Large extensions will
be made 10 the wharves and warehouses;
too. As Indicative OF the expansion Of
business in Vancouver. / may state that
there are already five chartered banks do
ing business in the city. while two others
are looking for premises. Regarding for
eign trade / can tell you that the present
Empress steamships three In number, are
To be transferred 70 the Australian route
and one more added. so as to give A week
~ service to the Australaslan colonies
On the Japan-China route are 70 be placed
vessels OF the class of the Majestic and
Teutonic OF the White Star line, carving
800 TO ioc0 tons. the present vessels be-
Ing entirely inadequate 10 the trade
with these fleets and those OF puge.
sound, the Sound VIII become to the
western coast of America. what the Med
iterr2nean Is 10 Europe while In all prob-
ability We shall have more than one Nv
erpooi on the northwest coast Of Anert-
ca"