The San Francisco call., 1897-11-28
EASY ENTRY
tn THE LAND
Of NUGGETS
Lofty Aerial TramWays
Being Built Over
ChiICoOt.
CABLES ASCEND TO
THE CLOUDS.
Next Years ArgonautS Will
Find the Journey Not
Difficult.
MAKING READY FOR THE
SPRING RUSH.
Boats Being Cons and Pro-
visions Hurried to the Head
of the LAX S.
Next Years Argonauts Will
Find the Journey Not
Difficult.
MAKING READY FOR THE
SPRING RUSH.
Boats Being Cons :ruc1ed and Pro-
visions Hurried to the Head
of the LAX S,
Special Dispatch to The CALL

JUNEAU, ALASKA, Nov. % iva Vie
toria, B. c., Nov Exchanges so novel
as to excite wonder are taking place at the
head Of the Lynn Canal Lofty aerial
tramways over the summit of Chilcoot
Pass and a new city are being bull. The
cables run up into the cloud.
Their huge, swinging buckets of iron.
laden with tons Of outfits, will disap-
pear in the floating vapor. but will drop
IN safety on the shore OF Crater Lake, on
the other side of the mountain. Fortified
bv the railways Dyea feels a new impulse.
consequently a town-lot boom Is on.
Skaguay looks on with jealous eyes.
\ Juneau attorney, representing Healy
& Wilson, who have had a store at Dyea
these many wears, and who claim extern
sive sQnatters' rights there, vent to Dyea
several days ago and tackled notices of
warning to jumpers on the stakes, puild-
inCs and tents.
The notices were torn down before his
eyes, and the plating Of lots goes merrily
on. \ large cargo of lumber-a great
scarcity-arriyed cay before yesterday,
and more is Oh the way, coming from
Puget Sound Buildings will be erected
as rapidly as the weather will permit.
Ten men got to the lakes with their out
its over the Cnilkoot Pas this summer to
one over the White Pass. With the
unique tramWays in operation the propor-
ton during the season now approaching
promises TO be much greater, and they
Will take the business away from Skaguav.
Large sums of money have been ex-
Tended in Skaguay IN buildings and
docks, but the town s going backward IN
stead OF forward. Many have declared
their intention Of floating their cabins TO
Dyea when the weather is favorable.
Four OF The aerial routes will in all
ropability lie in working order next
spring. At least one of them, backed by
ihe capital OF officers of the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company ana Tacoma
carital, Will start at tidewater at Dyea
and have its terminus sixteen miles away
Crak Lake, on the Yukon side Of the
summit.
The other three will pick up outfits at
as manY different point between Sheer
Camp and the root OF the summit ana
drop them all at Crater Lake. The line
from tideWater and one OF the shorter
ones are now being constructe /. The pro-
lec;ors OF the other two are on the ground.
The three short tramWavs will be run
in connection with the wagon and pack
trains from Dyea two and d hal; miles to
Lake Linderman. The best estimate as
TO the price per pound to be charged for
carTyins freight over these tramwavs and
10 tie lake places Is at from 20 IA cents,
or more II the rush is too greal.
Two deep-water docks are being built at
Dyea. Tne freight picked up by the
tramway a Dyea will be landed at Crater
Lake in !our or five hours. Steam and
eiectr city will be the motive power. The
shorter tramways will lift their burdens
over the summit IN a few minutes.
Several rope pulleys operated by horse
power will also be put mp to drag sleds
and boats over the summit Other great
aids to prOgre-s, not met with by th sea-
sons klondiaers, viii be small steam
boats, sail and ore craft on the chain OF
small lakes, and on Lake Liaderman.
The little steam boats Will be used as
tugs TO pull rats and boats heaped with
outfits.
At Lake Bennett there is quite a winter
settlement Among the K ondikers are a
nun ber Of practical boat builders and
carpenters, who are cutting timber ana
building boats ready TO sell to the spring
rush.
Ii any one CT the railroad projects now
proposed is carried out, over the Stick
cen, the Takou or the Dalton trails, the
c ming kiondikers Ii be able 10 take