The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-13
FOR OUTSIDE CAPITAL.
Ex-CoyGRESsMAx ACkLEy IyyEs-
TIeaTEs ALASKA
He Makes . Careful sarvey Of the
Trails and Gathers Tnformattca
About the Claims on the Greeks
>eattie's Interest fn SkaEuay.

Judge J. II Acklsn. prominent lawyer
C Nashville. Tennessee. ard an sx-con-
gresham. came down recently from SKA
gGzY Judge Ackssn Is zzt c-Ey mar Il
means hiusaif. but IS the representative
and lsgsI adviser Of a syndicate q
wealthy capitalists He has visited Alas
ka VITA the view q making large invest
meats there. While 81 sssEuzy Judge
Aekla1 was retained by the eftsEsns % taa;
town 70 defend tae3r Interests agslns, TIE
claIE1 @ Bernard Moore % 81 ths land
up3n which the town = heated
Speaking % SkAguzy ne saids The 10
eaton % Skaguay Is too we1l-krown -
require description. CcnSi9erfng tire Dis
advantages unGsr Ehtca the settlers have
laborsd tie place Is really 81 marvellous
growth There ara already upwards %
20 houses, exclusive u = multitude q
tents, AID a population 81 over 2ssa Al
this Is the result q less tran four rno1fhs
labor- o. course. as = 81 such Few
places. there are some rough characters.
bat taken a. q = nole the men are as 4ne
a set as ] have ever met open-hsz-ted.
generous, h3spit2hle and brimful C en-
ergy ard pluck: the kind q men OF al
others who build 70 cities IN waste places
and make nations great While there IS
a notable absence Of the gentlsr sex. YET
this = accounted for By the fact that men
naturally hesitate 20 bring their families
until they can offer taeu the security and
comforts OF 4 home
There = equally an absence OF that
class Of women who render many Mining
camps notorious. Considering the fact
that there Is no municipal government the
order and quiet Of the place reflects rot
only credit upon the Inhabitants. bat too
much praise cannot De accorded the rnen
composing the various committees who
have so unselfshly taken charge OF local
affairs
The rise and fall Of the tide at Ska
quay. some twenty-threa feet. offers a
drawback 10 IT'S naturally fine harbox. but
that difficulty VIII soon be entirely over
come, for there are now building three
wharfs whose completion within the
month vii enable the largest steamers
% land freight and passengers with IS
much facility as at Seattle and the MFR
chants and all other business mea 6f Sc
attic, by-the-by. are financially interest
ed in the growth and success OF Skaguay
as the starting point for the trip inland
TO tbs gold fields Of the Yukon From
personal inspection and surveys By cem-
petent engineers IL Is clear that al COM
paratlvely small expense wagon road can
be constructed over the White pass. This
road should be built at once, and when
done VIII assure 70 Seattle more than TO
any other city market as the base Of sup
HleS AoT miners ana ST19A re1AfleFs-
Should this opportunity be neglected.
British capital. which has already IN view
the Stickeel route. VIII take from Seattle
In the next spring alone more than would
build the road twenty times over. Such
wagon read should not follow the pre-
sent trail, which Is not practicable, and
which from bad or rather no manage
nent has been rendered difscult bat
would follow up the Skaguay river with
grade OF less than 8 Per cent
Judge Acklen did not attempt 10 20 TO TIA
interior. but confined himself % an exam
nation OF the routes os travel and 20 max
ing and taking notes from those who came
ca; from Dawson City. As the result OF
these various inquiries he said:
statements OF men coming out are
widely conflicting. To get at the exact
Facts these statements must be carefully
examined and analysed To one unac-
quSinted with that trait IN human nature
which, with the large majority. tends 20
color everything fTom Immediate surround
iugs and 10 exaggerate personal experience
70 the border OF romance. u would appear
strange that men from the same place
with the same opportunities of ohserva-
ton should tell such different tales. but
such. however. IS the truth DgscardIns
the nanifestly improbable, the facts are
substantially these: