The herald., 1897-08-20
MAIL FOR
KLONDYKE
To Be Forwarded With
Due Dispatch
THE Governments AGREE
A BI-MoNTHLY SERVICE WILL
BE GIVET
THE Governments AGREE
More Steamers Sail for Alaskan Ports
and Every One Is Crowded With
Miners
Associated Press Special Wire.

| Associated Press Special Wire.
| WASHINGTON, Aug. 19-The Cana
dian government and the United States
have agreed upon cooperation in in
augurating the postal facilities of the
Klondyke region, and the result will
shortly be evidenced in a substantial
doubling of the mail service from the
coast into that district Canada made
proposition for an exchange of mails
at Circle City and Dawson City, agree
ing to perform the service from Dawson
City down to Dyea by means of con-
tract of her own, with reimbursement to
be made by this government for its share
of the service. This differs from this
latter the United States was to let he
contract and look to Canada for reim-
bursement for the latter's share. The
counter scheme, however, is satisfactory
to the pestoffice department here. Can
ada service provides for exchanges of
mails at Fort Cudahy and two other
stations between Dawson City and Dyea.
The exact route Is not outlined, but in all
proba bility it will strike off directly
southwark from Dawson City, which is
on the British side of the line, down to
Dyea AT present the district gets the
benefit of mails once month The new
arrangement will furnish an additional
service, giving semi-monthly mails the
trips probably being sandwiched be-
tween the dates designated in the pres
ent contract of the United States.
Canadas proposition for carrying the
mails one round trip month between
Dawson City and Dyea was formally ac-
cepted this afternoon by Acting Post
master General Shallenberger and the
Canadian government notified of the ac-
ton. In his communication this govern
ment is stated to be ready to assume its
share of the responsibility and Canada
is urged to put the service into opera
ton at the earliest possible moment.
Dyea, which is 100 miles above Juneau
on the Lynn canal, and Dawson City
will be declared international postal ex-
change offices. The British mails will
be carried by the United States from Vic
toria, B. c., to Dyea This service will
bring about the creation of postofficee at
Dawson City and also at Fort Cudahy,
Forty Mile and probably at other points,
although those mentioned are beyond
Dawson City. The service will be under
the immediate supervision of Canadian
mounted police, the carriers will be
equipped with dogs and sledges and have
Indian drivers. The first contract at
least will be for one year. Wherever the
British mails can be expedited by carry
ing them over the present Circle City
route between the dates of the mail SER
vice this will be done.
Last April an order was issued by the
postoffice department disseminating
steamboat mail service from Seattle,
Wash, to Juneau, Alaska, beginning
April 14th. The order has now been modi
fed to read omit service from that date
until the 31st of this month, when the
performance of the service is to be re-
sumed
STEAMERS SAILING
SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. 19--Tomor-
row the schooner Queen leaves for ST.
Mchaelsa with lumber all fitted to build
a hotel there to accommodate $50 per-
sons. 1t is expected to reach there in
three weeks.
: Deputy Sheriff Calderhead has letter
from ex-Deputy Adam Baker at Skag-
y,
planning of the hardship in getting
freight from the ship to land He says
many have lost their goods by horses
falling in the swift current, and then
packs must often be cut away in order to
save the horses from drowning.
The steamer Al-Ki left this afternoon
for Dyea.
VICTORIA, B. c., Aug. 19-The
| et6 ~ of z 1aft of fto,.
noon for Dyea and Skaguay with an
other large contingent of Klondykers.
She had as much freight aboard as she
could comfortably carry and was
crowded with miners.
SEEKING NEW ROUTES
VICTORIA, B. c.. Aug. 19.-Residents
of Ashcroft, Cariboo, are raising funds
for an exploratory survey for route
from that town to Telegraph creek at
Stickeen river, distance of about CSC
miles by land and water, trip often
made by Cariboo miners going to the
Casiar mines and by Hudson Bay trao.
ers It offers, so many believe, a good
all-Canadian route to the Yukon.
LIKE OLD TIMES
CHICAGO, August &c. M. Nettle
ton of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, who
is visiting in Chicago, says the condition.
on the Pacific Coast remind the ole
, settlers of the palmy days of California
in 1S49. He has a number of specimen:
of Klondyke gold
II believe" said Mr.. Nettleton, "tha
without question 100000 eco of the yellow
metal will be taken from Alaska mex
year. and it is confidently believed tha
the steamer Portland, which is due Il
arrive in Seattle on August 25th, viii
bring So, ,OOO, 900 in nuggets ard dust.
"One peculiar thing is that the miner.
upon landing seldom are willing to tel
the truth in reference to their success
Nearly all of them expect to return ant
for this reason do not give the facts al
to the amount of gold they have in thei
possession. asked one miner how muci
; gold he had secured. He replied that h,
had three or four thousand dollars, whei
. the truth was that he had about S120 ((l