New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-17
RELIEF WORK BEGUN.
ppoNpr ACTION TAKEN BY SECRETARY
ALGER.

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! RIG REINDEER CARAVANS PROPOSED
rBY TELEGRAPH THE TRIBUEE.l
woeb,ncton Dec. l6.-Secretary Alger ac'eu
n,orntly this afternoon TO set In motion tue 'a'
"rdor,olng OF relieving the condition OF severai
thoTso,d men penned UP without food in Northern
Alaska and the Klondke gold fields Ihe olsPos'
ton evirccd in both houses OF Congress 10 caN',
no delay by quibblins over details gave suliG'e".
assurances that ample funds would DC aNaii
for the rescue project before the recess ID '"he'
- ca,nrday II not as early tomorrow. anu
rho War department will respond with ViSo' -
soon MS the President is enabled 10 Issue 'ne
s,to authority for carrying out the pans w" ~.
have been prepared In the last month"; VIZ" -.
Enforcement of all the Alaskan experts VINO cou'"
lie consulted -. ,diu,on,
General Breck to-day to General Merriam al van
couver Barracks. Washington cor'i'l"''',.'s
recruitment of the Columbia when fc'uue'
Alaska directing him 10 serd TWO OF 'H'eo Co"'f
tent officers 20 Dyea and Its vicinity 10 Hi"Ne
corro,ssances and report at the earnest pos'io.
dav what In their judgment Will be the o.s. ,t
for sending supplies TO the Upper iuho'' 80 ,,r
Dyea or the Copper River. or poth' Wne'"e. 80
csn be driven over the pass whether tle'o On
go, cumming 70 the Copper River. by which ON
care could go there and such further INFORMS o''
as may be OF service In hitting Out eApeu'' 60
ubIch must OF necessity be on a large STAT -
er,l Merriam was told that 1t was ho' eNPe'SS
4 hat, OfNcerS
that they shall obtain such Information as my
ooreider trustworthy In case General hc'iA''
| is already possessed OF such Information Ho We"
directed TO report II at once 10 'he oe''e''
War by telegraph. Without waiting lot 'ep'''
however Secretary Alger will begin the orsaill@H-
-. oxo.d,,ton Tomorrow. The Congress
sional Appropriation - '"S w
| rough estimate: ,,,..u, o, Dvea
at 800 each, sso.0oo for sixty skNieo dINe'e 80.
berders at $500 each for the season. sSooU' tof 400
On army ratons al IS cents each. Know '''
| ,oacos ,retyb, regular soldiers for guards. III"
,,sc.lianeous about $4,000. This called Tor MN,
,n,un sum Of sl75O 900. but 1t was pohtcu ou' 80"
go o,O or s5o 90 more ought TO be available TOT
eeocies or to enable the sending OF a lar se' "''OI
! Of supplies.
MAY USE HUNDREDS OF REINDEER
NJ tina Two plans between which definite deci'
sion need not be reached for several weeks ~
! that OF starting a caravan OF severn num- -
deer sledses under military escort ABOUT eo' va,
| , t-ou Dvea over the Chilkoot Pass and by inc
! Dalton trail to the Upper Yukon - strongly I'M
! ored This caravan Will be unique eAp'N''V''
with IT'S remarkable draught anima.s anu '".' ~
! ,endants accompanied by about three huhdIcU men,
! including Army officers. soldiers. dr1Ve's' eAp','
| enced Alaskan guides and other VolHhcet' Wv
! uu have permission 10 Join. From Chi!Ko0' !"
Dawson {. Coz miles. and tho distance 10 70 DC COW
! cred N about two weeks. After the iran ~ o"O'
! broken and packed down. however Teh'S "'a' 10
established along the line, and mali service VI
three days between the points Is contemplate
| This accords with the reports OF Or. ehe'doh
! rockson on which moro than upon any other SIN
| gle source the War Department has depehdeu 'o'
! data IN pertecting IS arrangements. -,
D- rockson's plan for n daily express from chill
! voo, which ls considered wholly feasible with
| three hundred reindeer. Is as follows: with
proper relay stations. which should be rom Ten 10
| twenty miles apart stocked with provisions ana
place3 under the charge OF two or three respohs'-
! bla ncrson. II would be easy 10. foo-raVelsE' "
| 90 20 tho mine. return from tho mines ~ any
! fine during the winter. The relays for the rem
deer could well be placed nifty miles apart ou' '''
tho convenience Of ,oot-travelers II H better thA
! the intervals should lie ten miles or twenty AZ
| most Even for reindeer the ten miles relay s'a-
| lions would serve valuable turn IN o"hdns
storrns or Billiards. The time Occupied for ma,
seryice by this route TO Circle 1Ity, " Hy -, a..
Dawson distance OF about eshi hTh mo Ga
from Dyea, wth hfty-inie te.oSs % rcacb Dawson
! would be eight days, OF OK Gays 10 'pa~'' '"
TO IMPORT DEER AND TEAMsTERa
s.ve-al weeks ago. In anticipation OF the present
,reonre OF relief tho Interior Department Heh'
| w K,ellrnan to Norway TO prepare for shipping
| reindeer on receipt Of cabled Instructions lie mas
| reached his destination by this time. ana VIII 10
| ordered 20 begin shipments NJ once KesaIaiis ',S
harn.ss from Lapland 10 Chilkoot Or; JAc s hson
says: at IS impracucabIe 70 prInt az ~ snuth
inc region oi o. th"v ars needed in sufficiently large
numbers to accomplish the gesfed opJe Tom M 10
| land or Finland even II reindeer are rshsporttyp
from the northwest 10 n eSSh en deer trancd
| ~ ber%"ss and one team OF ten deer. with yen
rom Dyea for Dawson. would require about Twelve
days TO make the journey at the rae OF LII mn 9S
d "a ieannsteTs and go reindeer would be re-
CURED to make ,pos5'9S G4y dags BENG com
sumed in The round trip one sledge BENG 90. ,
tho remaining nne sledges Sa tTegn,I aSont
$50 even 400 POUNDS mus % @ Nc, daiiv
nGer the circumstances It is necessary to pro.
| cure reindeer as wei az herdsmen and teamstcFS
| from Lapland or Finand-Laplend furnishes SUI
perior herdsmen but Finland superior teams'e rs
| beTdsmen and teaInsters Reindeer cost about q
head IN wo hapa 6s sS TSo Thnsas Line q
! steamers. sailing once in two weeks iron. New
9 GoIk from i95 Tromsoe in the exreae north the
ScsnGinavan P.nnsI,ac 20 s,tendonce II I'VE
hundred are carried at one time tbs doey an,
include food for The deer The Pennsylys YAM Ha
holding at least thirty-three reindeer) transport.
Ing the same r3m HSI head The Pscc coass
Steamship Company at Seattle gives rates for deer
| these items and the transportation. exclusive OF
food amounts to 81 z and adding PrtiGe OF AZ ~
| delivered al Dyea: this without making allowance
for the loss Of render by sGeqenS or ci Sar. OF
| the deer or for food The moss consumed by the
deer during the transportation for i've weeks wou
from s. to $40 per head. The reindeer would
therefore cost Dyea from 80 10 go head. To
induce the Lapland herders consisting or seven
famiies) to enter tho Government service at Port
Clarence. the Bureau OF Education was Obliged
TO promise about $40 month each for the seven
skilled Transfers and herdsmen"
OVER THE DALTON TRAIL.
The Dalton TRAIL over which the pioneer expedi-
ton will travel. is named for Jack Dalton It's dts
coverer, who has promised Secretary Ager 10 act
guide for the big expedition. 1t from the
headwaters OF the Chilkat River to the westward
| OF Lake Arkel, and keeps along tho hills down 10
| the region OF Fort Selkrk. the mouth OF the
| Pely river Inasmuch as It's grades are ess steeu