The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-29

remain any longer after that hour thar
is absolutely necessary.
Many persons inquired this morning
for passage, Notwithstanding notice had
been given some days ago that every
berth was taken and that more tickets
would not be sold. 1t was reported on the
street and on the dock that as high as
$3.50 had been offered as bonus for pas
| sage on the steamer, and that if more
money was needed to secure it there
would be more Forthcoming. But all
| who had secured their tickets seemed to
be satisfied to cling to them and no sales
were reported
THE CASSIAR DISTRICT.
| VANCOUVER, B. c., July ga cable
gram from London states that the cap
| ital of $40 900 has been subscribed for
the construction of the Cassiar Central
Railway in the Cassiar district, in the
northern part of British Columbia.
The charter was granted the company at
the last session of the provincial legis-
| lature, which also gave aid by the con-
cession of a lease of 1000 acres OF land
and the right to all minerals, including
gold and silver, found therein. Parties
connected with Transvaal mining en-
terprises are behind the company, audit
is expected this will lead to large devel-
opment of the Cassiar district, supposed
| to be rich in mineral. lying, as it does, be-
tween the Kootenais on the south and
the Alaskan gold fields on the north. In
early days Cassiar yielded much placer
gold.
| THE YUKON POLICE
| OTTAWA, Ont, July 2S.-Fred White,
comptroller of the mounted police, is-
sued orders today for the dispatch of
eighty additional police to the Yukon
| country. Twenty-Five will start al
most as soon as they can be properly
equipped. Care is being taken to select
the best possible men, not merely men
of the soundest health and high physi-
cal vigor, but handy and familiar with
boats, camping, etc. Regarding the COZ
| lection of royalties on the gold output,
the advice of the government officers in
the district is being asked. Minister of
| the Interior Siftol admits that general
and equitable collection will be diff
cult, but says he hopes to arrive at
| satisfactory system
GOING UNDER CANVAS
SAN DIEGO, July 2S.-The lessees of
the schooner Mcpherson, which will
sail for Alaska August Is, have received
numerous applications from men in diff
ferents parts of the southwest for freight
rates on dogs intended for pack animals
A man at Tucson has also written that
he wants the rate on 100 burros- APP
plications for passage on the Mcpherson
| aipr
men.
| CANADIAN ACTION
| OTTAWA, Ont, July 2S.-At the meet
| ing of the ministers last evening Minis
| ter Patterson was authorized to send two
more customs officers to the Alaskan
| boundary by the Islander, which sails for
! the north tomorrow The officers will
| be taken from the Victoria custom
house and will be accompanied by a
couple of provincial police. They will
| open stations as outposts of Victoria be-
yond the head of the Lynn canal, which
is in disputed territory and at present
| in the United States possessions and at
Lake Tagish. There is a collector at
Fort Cudahy, only fifty miles from Daw-
son City and these arrangements
backed up by a strong force of police,
are considered ample for the protection
of revenue just now The greatest
quest of all is one of communication.
1t is reported that pack trail exists of
twenty of the eighty miles which separ-
ates from the first post to be estab lislhed
at sixty degrees of latitude in undisput-
ed British territory. If a narrow guage
railway can be built where there is a
pack trail the cost would not be great,
and if cars could be hauled twice day
over the mountains facing the coast a
tremendous obstacle would be over
come because in winter it is impossible
to cross the mountains except at the
risk of life, for to be caught in a storm
would be fatal. The mounted police
force will be increased from 20 to 100.
/ Thomas Fawcett will be continued as
gold commissioner and the regulations
already adopted amended.