The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-21
BY RAIL OVER WHITE PASS.
Narrow Gauge Road Between
Skaguay and the Lake.
TO be COMPLETED ~ MAY I.
a New York Syndicate Organizes ana
Obtains the ktghf-of-"
Known In seattle Among the d.
rectors-uatsrfat Contracted for
"a nm IN. Way Here-Western
once. 20 he Located an Seattle.

The dsa,crItles % travel OF the Waite
yass vii terminate this spring vita ne
eeus.raeslsn Of a railroad between slEassiay
anG r.ake Bennett. This plan has ma
.ared 50 quietly that It Is only after sur
xeys Of the route have been completed and
a rlxht-of-way secured from the govern
rnen< that the proposed esEaoiisnnent OF
such a the IL announced 70 the public.
while aundreds Of prospsctors have been
struggling through ths rire ard over
toulders 10 and from Lake Bennett. the
civil engineers q the new combination
have been working on 2 preliminary sur
vev. The result has Demonstrated The en-
tire feasibility % constructing narrow
gauge railway from sAasusy to the lake.
II no unlocked FOR obstruction delays me
sresent plans. the road will be built ana
ready for operation by May ], 49,
&c. Fsrnharn. a mining engineer q Cal
,sornIa representing the New York syndi-
cate wagea has organized for the eoEs1Fu2-
ton Of the road arrived from NeS YORK
city Yesterday on the Great northern. lie
will await here the arrival OF railroad me-
tersaf already contracted for. and when i
comes will go north TO push the Work as
rapidly as possible
The parflszs interested have been quietly
AZ work for some time upon the surveys
and other pref n1fnary worE. tnth X Nas
found possible 20 construct the ROAD over
this route. no mention q the undertaking
was made When this was fury demon
atrated the Yukon Railway Company was
organized and Incorporated under the
e. gssf y nru
principal office OF the company In the city
OF New York. where the capital mas an
been obtained
some Of the directors OF this company
are well known ia Seattle. among them
being Senator Watson G. Squire, James
r. AcNaught formerly general counsel
of the Northern Pacific railroad. and Sem
ator John II. Jones. Of Nevada. The West
esn Offices OF the company viii be located
at Seattle. and passengers and freight
will be billed through from this city 10
Lake Bennett. Boats can be built IN Sc
attic and transported over the company
lire thus saving the excessive cost now
being charged for boats built at the lakes
II begins to look ike easy PROPOSE
ton for those who will attempt 10 reach
Dawson City In the spring. With tram
way over Chilkoot pass, a railroad from
Pyramid harbor 20 the mouth Of the Ta-
keena river. another from Fort Nrangel
on every navlgahie sheet OF water.
tourney can be made this spring from
Seattle to Dawson City with little more
inconvenience than would attend q trip
across the continent. True. there will b.
many transfers and few luxaries, but
some hardship Is expected IN reaching the
gold fields Of the Yukon and many would
undoubtedly feel disappointed II the trip
were Invested Of all Its trials. At the
worst the spring rush viii have an easy
time compared with the excitable ones
who rushed 10 Skaguay and Dyea this
fall Not only VIII those who walt until
spring have an advantage in the material
isssening OF hardships TO be endured bur
also IN the amount 81 cash required 20
carry them through
VnquestIonahiy with so many advan-
taEeons routes. there will be the sharpest
kind OF competition. That means cut
rates and while II Is highly improbable
that fares viii be reduced below respect
able margin Of profit. they viii certainly
not he held at an extravagant height
Imagine the scramble that Will ensue
among transportation men upon the ar
rival Of a large party OF prospectors fresh
from the East and seeking for all tho In
formation possible. They viii have no
lack Of advice. All the steamer lines run
ming between Seattle and Skaguay or
iiyea VIII have their valuble agents 10
ieoN pHt ios tftcif interests. ADD to these
the agents hired 10 boom the various
routes and there IS certainly a galaxy OF
evolutionary talent that viii highly inter
est the Fastener. though lt may confuse
him.
Indications seem 70 point 70 a reduction
az the expenae OF reaching Dawson cry
mex; spring By fully two-thlrds. Another
advantage ~. great Importance "a that
complete outfits can be taken IN with less
EFFORT than has been heretofore required i'm
travelling light. 4 has been Rlla that
prospeefors this tsll sacrificed large por-
tons ef their outfits ~ order ~ get
Through the passes before the frevxe-nt,
With transportation ~ rail and steam
boat available a. every point IL viil NOT h,
necessary In throw away anything b.
cause of les bulk. unless freight chargss
shall b. too high
The Western offices ~ the yukon Rsn-
Way Company are 10 ~ located IN ssatfIe
They are practically the head offices II
= only another factor which VIII COM
tribute e making Seattle this enrinr "a
great vortex or business activity the
wmSlsns = which will be felt throughout
ths country.