The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-09-12
A SHORTER ROUTE
IS DISCOVERED
By Way OF Sitha 500 Miles Can Be
Saved 10 klOndlhr
RAILROAD LINE IL ASSURED
Cable TramNay Over lhilknOt rass Viii
soon Be rinishsd-Aahing hintef
Quarters In Juneau.

Seattle, September 1.-THE steamer CT,
VI Topeka arrived from Alaska ut
o'clock this morning and brings tho tol
lowing letter to tho Associated ProHzi
Juneau. September ii-AmonR the re-
cent arrivals at this port arr tho steamers
hosalir. Mayhowor Detroit. wlllamstt,
and Topeka. and tho falling on OF III,
volume OF travel In very noticeable. II
In nuw calculated that tho majority ot
newcomers viii stop at Juneau. whoru
th0y will remain unul spring. being thus
Ia position to ~ into tho Yukon at the
ntst posalbic moment. should they alill
retain thor desire to mako tho lrip.
business Ia good IN Juneau and tho
poHtoincv has extremely large mails from
tho south. ana also forwarding rom th 4,
north thlH being tho distributing point
Tot great many Alaskan places.
Tho arrival OF the steamer Portland at
Seattle with but u small portion Of Tho
much talked VI oarso of gold dust iid
not disappont pSoplo herv. In fact. Il
Ia often remarked by travelling mon that
the farther north they got tho less "a.
'iomonl appears about the discoveries
oI last year.
Al skaEuay no progruSs over the trail
appears. excepting tho lmprov 7mrn.s In
the Way OF rough shaokH taklns tho place
81 'omr uf the trnu. Rough lumber is
quoted at w to 40 por looJ feet
An enort viii bo made neat year 10
turn tho tide Of travel BY way OF sItki,
golns thero To Yakulat aud Dl.sne.,ant.
mont bay and up the White river. tho
distance holrg only about - miluB from
hltkA TO Dawson. an against 10 miles
from Juneau over thp present trails.
ThnH far In tho season tho wraths-
haH hvvn all that could ppssibly be- do
sired with tho exception OF rsw days
recently. whom a soYure wind prevailed
or course there la srcseI amount OF
rain. but everyone oHpests that In this
country.
The building OF railroad from gu. I
noau to Lake Tcslln Ia now Al ansurcd
fact Thorough examination by tho in. .
tcfcsivd parties has dc.ilol ,hum to com. .
moner work at tho carlleHl plAalbl, mo
ment next year, This road Will 60 by
way OF raku ever Ia the lake. uher,
tho traveller viii go by water to hlH place
OF destination. No doubt his Will bo
the hrnt railroad established. but IL will
probably ho quickly followed hy others.
two prospective roads In .,aru,ul1r hsv.
Ing the same terminus an tho Juneau
road In going into N. Yukon oaurtry
tho White Horse rapids and many other
dangerous places will bc avoided.
AH thcic viii be- suitable boats pl,lng
on Lake ToalIn and the Hp,a a'lnaua river
the trip win ho ono OF pleasure rather
than otherwise.
Tho ncwH that thcrc Will be n now
line OF steamer running between Puget
sound and Alaskan ports IL nsiloi with
delight by tho merchants and miners of
this country. as that will mean 'casonallc
fright ana paAscngcr rates. and ipc new
wharf which viii noon 90 erected az /
Juneau VIII reduce tho wharfage so that
goods may be sold at much lower prices
han at present
Rapid progress II bolng made On tho
able 'ramwny now boinE constructed nt
'hIlkooi pass, and when finished every
hing can. go over cheaper ana quicker
md In much bcttcr shape than hereto.
fore \
Everyone II now mapping out their ar
'angcmcnts for winter quarters as IL 4
viii soon be out OF the question to enter q,
ho KlondIkc country before February -,
r March. -