The San Francisco call., 1897-08-08
HUNDREDS
YET FLOCK
NORPHVARD
Departure of the Queen
With a Big Crowd of
Gold Seekers.
TRAINS FROM THE EAST
ARE PACKED.
Twenty Four Vessels Will
Leave Seattle Before
Septemb Der.
NO ABATEMENT IN THE RUSH
TO THE KLONDIKE.
One san Franciscan Compelled to
Return Because He Gould Not
Pay Customs Duties.

SEATTLE, WASH, Aug. THE Queen
got away at o'clock this morning, carry
ing 400 passengers mostly from points
outside of Seattle. Among them was Syl-
vester Scoville. the correspondent of a
New York paper who was imprisoned in
Cuba some months since until released on
the Intervention OF the State Department.
He was also in Greece during the recent
unpleasantness between that country and
Turkey. He is accompanied by his wife,
only three months married, who is a sis
Ter of Cabanne, the bicyclist. She will
accompany her husband across the trail
and down the river to Dawson City.
The Willamette, with $50 passengers
will hardly get away earlier than to-mor-
row noon, at present indications. A large
number of passengers from abroad are
permitted 10 sleep in the hunks aboard,
owing to the difficulty of finding rooms in
the hotels.
The trains are bringing in heavier
crowds now than at any time since the
rush began. The railroad officers report
tre' heir adTlGos are that trains due to
arrive two or three days hence are packed.
At present twenty steamers and
three sailing vessels are scheduled to sail
from Seattle to Dyea, Skaguay and St.
Michaels between now and Septem ber,
and new transportation lines are being
projected. There will be little use in anv
one attempting TO reach the mines by any
route after that date, or indeed alter the
next two weeks.
J. H. Eserline, the president and man
ager OF the British Yukon Company, is in
Seattle. This is the company which built
the trail over White Pass. Mr.. Eserline
says that his company has engineering
parties n the field, surveying a route, and
will build a railroad from S&aguay to the
lakes, via White Pass, before the summer
is over.
The trail was cut purely for their own
use in getting supplies in to the surveying
and construction parties which they have
In the field. They have no inten ton OF
OAoL SAhS lOiI over IL. AS matter OF TACT
IL is only made passable TO the summit.
Beyond that they have not as yet selected
their route to the lakes. The portion of
the trail built, he says, is easily passable
for pack horses, the heaviest grade does
not exceed per cent and there are ten
miles in which to make an ascent of $500
feet after the bottom land has been left,
the strip being substantially the same for
the entire distance. The worst portion OF
the trail is along a canyon where the trail
is cut out along the side. In winter time,
when the snow is on the powders and
loose rock in the canyon will be covered
up, sled can be hauled over this trail
with the utmost ease.
The Washington Alaska Steamship
Company has opened its general operat-
ing and head ticket Office in this city.
With the exception of Mr.. Dodd of Ia
coma all the officers and stockholders are
Seattle men. This company has already
dispatched from Seattle the steamers Ro-
sale and Edith ana now has the splendid
steamer City OF Seattle under charter.