The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-04
TgE PASSING THRONG

~. and its prospects, Tor mar
A cursoTy examiuAtion OF
$780, swsrv At the gateway Of ALASKA
~ g.. o-sent. ard hacked by the In
- - -. ,setes Of siIe state OF Wash
es0 80 id many q stranger, especial
nss 80 Klo1dlke discoveries. TO pre-
.-rsaN greatness for Seattle Along
-. sr, the conclusions OF n NesefE.
= engineer. geologizt and pros
49, Cor eleven years special scaentiiic
-, for the Pittsnarg Dispatch lie Il
: ~ city bound t9s AAassA ano tns
1880 Territory on special sclsn-
-. s.sssIou Tor the Dispatch
,ags gradually come to me" said
iswssstg yexfsrdays as j have looked
= n. sifuation a. a stranger, ana the
c.sslliries. az they impress me-, are
kssr astounding am satisnsd that
Ge1isr and larger day = o4wnlng 70.
I1ss.sed 81. and suspect that very few
- e., y get a tide started and no counter
.-1sa -, can prevent It's fiow. The Klon-
- fsxsr has not only taken bold IN
e.rr hut II has invaded ell Europe.
- .sssseru methods u transmitting In
lhasssgsncr and the cheap way D. which
80 rsss 10 the reader II what can gen.
ss's,sss N modern transportation can con-
cmsr-,e A hive OF humanity at a gold
49, 49,. eerfSr n, seeks that not far back
ss..s.a5red years. Tbs impression seems to
ssisifsg ground IN Europe that the
- $40 region is going 10 be developed.
1870 zny far-seelng mind must assent
shls f'usess all signs fail tnere viii
1910 Be- more gold discovered IN that
- lnhoepitabie region, and more taken
~. n IN the next ten years than came
s,~u Al the world S gold fields combined
sffkia the half century
sshis NAV seem like strong state
-~sf. but ] feel. from q vide range Of
Eforrn1tion. that hazard nothing In
~sksne IL Before next year closes rau
indication, either steam or electric.
mi ronuect the coast with the upper
4 ~Sf~s ef the Yukcu and the Canadian
Ssrernmenf IL seriously considering rail
ssd hks route through the Dominion Mon.
~ 1rside' part water route along the
eSrst, ~ Iong distance transportation on
ukeejs can never compete With water
Skeft nature has done the excayating
- Turntables an abundance Of fluid.
& aAn electric road may be laid down
frou the coast 10 Lake Linderman. say
flIffy Ave miles. without great cost, and
& IN thousand dollars expended In blast
- soms granite a p e. ,a oa * me way
- Cgfy II !s safe 20 estimate that bis
Ear and next at least l5.000 men will
ss1ssvor to get through the passes. ard
I cost averaging not less than 500
~ VI a
- and improved water route would 10
yd1ve. one-haif of this saving should
hnsish this inperstively needed improve
net
ssd timber, and Is therefore abundantiy
e1sipped With fuel TO offset the rigorous
r5nnfe % there need be no fear as 10
asy shortage or necessarily high cost OF
nnasfisl for heat and power.
aside from this. this gold region has
4Fe fE4fet4nF0 Gf fine sfTEavna for -
Gastric power. and a station at each side
he thsrty-ffve mile divide would i'm
81 cars al any rate OF speed at ali necee-
mr. Snow sheds could be erected and
connunIcation could be maintained the
yrar round. Once this Is done, good and
eommcdlous buildings will follow per-
nzasnt towns and cities will evolve as IL
n magic, and the frigid region Will lose
4 predict, from geological Indications.
4As natural gas Will be a feature OF the
A:askAn future. II does not ma tier much
ma living be more, expensive than else
sosfs there be millions OF gold "a be
I'D for a little pan-sha king or Siuicing.
Nm could contrive to live in comfort on
1uir glacier or on ice-ciad Greenland IL
here we're money enough In II to justify
9nt expenditure. The future OF this
Nershsana must not be judged by the
fesfhie present. We. who are now living
tlp1{ In middle age cannot conceive OF
&c hardships endured by our ancestors
ihst took TO the wilderness OF Ohio and
Indiana two generations back, and what
came 81 the thousands OF modern Access
seIss Of civilization, then undreamed OF
tnd rnereated
Nov ! see here electric roads carried
tn,asSn tAnsies or mr. stumps. see electric
AShts on the trees In forests. and see
electric and cable cars climb grades with
g rassnsss and airiness as IL the Law
rsyitaticn had gone 20 sleep.
lei II he conceded for the sake OF
tffunsni what. however Ia not entirely
sfvs n fart. that Alaska can never raise
ssfeais or vegetables whatever and must
esRfhd Entirely on outside sources What
markti this viii open for the Pacific
yates as soon az the country IS popuinus
.iia gold seekers and is concoml,antly
ssfe'opet with industries. Conceive what
g. would mean for California, Oregon
81 nashington--an open. permanent
mss ss s s.,. market for Is surplus beef.
80 capital OF these states should at once
- the situation by both hornS-con-
49, roads over the divide, than which
ss ~ sa,sse ss could pay better and
'hea proft from the development
az,h ="
Ialnk what consumption mean~ I'm that
nnaaaie not only In the accessories Of
49, aat - hardware. dry goods-eycry-
as oi which that country has moth
.<~hothlng but an inexhaurtibie dif-
Iasion ef gold 10 not thlnk Oar one
~ mat THE country viii not deveior
e.-., mat much gold Ia hades and the
trnsus Oh the nineteenth century eos,lA
ssaiee on to devise WAYS and rusanR
. ass mere and secure enough water
snase out the last pan az pay dirt
4 .sspi,lt OF the age Is not going to halt
a - sss,a development by such trifies
- INCREMENT metenroiogy
Asaaer II Seattle sees the situation
nF reason or TOO great nearne~s
- ices not see st. lust as We cannot
sx.a Z mountain unless some distance
W. nm ". What would Ii mean for
: s.ssalagton that she Stands AZ ne had
t.se sotemn of the states lining to-
MN 'hs coming great Norths
ssa, ~ sse western capitalists wait for
rssh., sssiilsn 10 come from the Fast ard
ss sss1 " this grand transportation or
~ 49, fhey are discussing II now.
~ e1eF AGENTS are even on TIE way 10
ss',ssM ne land 90 estimate the nrah-,
rs.v ,, saa sceon the West a. they have
ri Nt'ses done In the past
49, saHat scheme 10 connect lake
soa With the Sound thus con
/ - ~ y into fresh water hsrhar in
ssrsas ~ should be a national urnie..i
sAe,IlS eNisress, as the United States
~ -. - mace 60 see that na ffner and
49, stattan can be found or orr conn
-. FaNfe coast for shin Yards than
49, - tn.s Femarkabie lake srnsfi but
- - ssee1Sh % accommodate teo ma
8s@k.
wAea barber ia the event ~ va x.itt,
4 !. 's.oas. merchant marine should
49, Stfe. with proper defense. as n
srs. y me plains 81 the Daknfas
esass., ssta3 lton rs simply marvellous
:. 49, handled Seattle sho,lia eNcena
fst 1890 CITY 81 the Pacific and TIE
sxtklAaa.s '''F"' Vl the coming
eshare~ F Burlesrh has ..,..--,,., =,
SasSe after a months frs, ~, ~ -
4 49,. = N&aeouver tsisad where re ws-,t
suss.,-s.t copper mining properties. Mr.
60 tFlr extended IS Ear north as
- miles from N5ctorla. There
tazsa /. '..,'isliS steamer sevslce from Vie
ss~ns - interest cr the many mining
- 80 ne trading posts and the
ss,s. .zN9sasng to Mr. BurlviEh is no
s.s.. Nsh any sea vJyaKe The prop-
SOS = u'sneeied with the l3ca - pos.