The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-21
sKAGUAY CROWDED FULL.
Town Government Organized - The
boundary Question should Be

Settled Ht once
John L. Smith, United States commits
sioner at Dyea. has written a letter to
personal friend In Port Townsend giving
a description OF the conditions at Dyea
and Skaguay up 10 The time the steamship
Queen left there. four days ago. The let
ter IS as follows;
There are now go people oamPed In
the vicinity OF Skaguay. ana on August II
they held a meeting and organized q town
government by the election of a. j. Nc
Kinney as chairman. CT mayor. and br.
r. II. Littlefeld as clerk. committee
OF nine WAS also chosen TO Jay cut the
town in regular form, With streets siAty
feet wide ana lots ~ by $50 feet. No man u
10 be allowed 10 hold more than one lot.
and he must do $50 worth OF Work on i
within thirty days. and Nlo worth acui-
tional by January /. isss. Mr.. Reed was
DESIGNATED as city surveyog. and the Uni
ted States commissioner was instructed 20
keep record Of filings. and also record
aling notice when requested.
Already there have been numerous
transfers OF lots prices ranging from Sl'8
10 S25a each. FOR such sqBatfers rights as
the settlers possess. Lots in what u ex-
pected to he the business portion OF the
town cannot be bought for any price. and
men are stalking Of lots down on the tids
fats as we'll as back IN the WOODS. LuEn-
Der and hardware for the construction oi
houses are ordered by every steamer, and
II is expected thaf by fall there viii be
city Of several thousand Inhabitants AZ
Skaguay.
houses now nj Skagvay. and more are be-
ing fitted UP Whisky il also going 10 the
interior. In spite Of the efforts OF the tH-
ted States officials here 20 prevent II.
skaguay also has several restaurants, orc
blacksmith shop, where fuifr mcn are
working 50 hard sh0eing horses that thsE
can scarcely hold their heads an. and one
secondhand store, where a hig sign on ne
outside Of the tent announces THAI you can
.biiv or sell boats. horses provisions OUT
fits or any old thing There Is saWtniu
going up ard almost completed, and busi-
ness men are preparing 10 move theit
stocks from Juneau 20 the new town on
..At Dyea there IS still much activity:
There seems 10 be no end 20 tie stream oi
people landing there. and It T. wonder
whst becomes 0f them They ret out on
the trails and are gone ont OF sighf oi eit~
ifizatiou in short order 10 cop" Win tac
efpYueufg IL the mountains ana rtNtfs.
Horses can be used TO good advantage on
the first eighteen miles ct the Ahlihpoi
trail out from Dyes. and then on TIE otheF
side of the pass the animals can abalh &c
used for the last eight or nine miles of ttf"
trim Ia the lakes But Il is almost impos-
sible 10 get horses across the narrow, steep
pass and only small. trained animals sah
make IL across even without loads. III u]I-
ferent parties Of miners would stand to-
gsther and send part of their PACK nofHts
across the pass. hundreds rlisht &c over
the Dyea trail who VIII otnsfwisT be
has been no concerted action on the part
of the miners tiii they were forced 70 kr'
together and complete the SkaEunE rati
Mail facilities are very poor. both Al
ne eud GkaFuav M ore has time 70
h4'.her with mall and the only sure way ?
communicate with any one mere u 10 es'isN
letters BY some ore you can depend on tot.e e,
liver Them personatly People seem 30 hnu
TOO r9,tfeh 70 do. for wna2n tfffE grt Wei
usid here2 bouts. 70 spend any iime zoFtttg
ana dtspatch3ng mali
'sprovisions are cheap. but labor of All
kinds = very hign When y9u waUl a p Al
- prork here he names his own price. ana
far boating and hauling the MAJ 7rltt afe
al the mercy of the few VINO Rave iacl1-
fsss Tor doing fhis sort 81 wrrz Tn y
~baree tgst as r1uc1 as they fhi7E r uaan
cen nav and ara foo much IN fnaDd 70
argue matters win any one
t-The Erl { u s1-@FaetE 81 asa &Dg0- A'@ q
are being weu sooked aftrr. 4 parry ot
soldiers came through from CAE.NdA on ne
Is,n ard n-fnrc e1af aeEaT3 Efi I'm ost
cera were campFd tn = large lent "a t1e
sa-~r ufsce a aernf -oNicisl call was made
On thew by the deputy IHiiea N-AsA& W3F-
snaL A A Richards snd Tnyscifs enc A
report 81 that meeting has gore ~ 20 is1
do4bt as f0 the pawi-i9D hzs1g1arters 81
Ottawa. There II 10 secret ~ kHs ttet
that the British enicers afe FsaNl 81 -
advantage Of any opportunity tf.at rnAf
present ITSELF Tor pnrrescFi1E or Autri-
can territory along the coast az Wel ~ N
- t~tarfnr nvN it iF understood that one
Tgvrs ana SkaguaF 90 arE e nixon ctaiiy "a
directing miners gnd Inform ~ tnez n wear
ain BE- required ~ them on arriving a. tae
s.-Tnsre ts already intense feeling betwee q
sha Arna-scar ard British wlsHeFs and 3
. thaaxh i has oeeu well suppressed. BE- VIII
f1t - surprising II trouble tnf1es hst~.rgt
tfr~n before fne winter is 0Fet. one of
the British nflccrs while going thg flEa.
rna6e an un@esruly display = q large bun
az 81 han6cufs ard T. 81 asser 20, app =
. E4-.fa M FFas j
ezra that the English customs ard on =
regulations vii De enforced sfTfcfsN on
earn individual miner. Many are starring
e4.t f-arp here wsfh scarcely enough rrsorsev
30 s.@E fraru over t0e pass and started
doan the I4kes and Il an atfemgt + made
"a, carry out the threats ~ c11flrca aElhE ne
ssuulses ~ those re1 f0r customs dgtlss
tn = IS bound 70 - troaUs9, - als ar wetl
sr-1eH ard zTfH reElst wh7t tnaB would
c5-ss4e~ facing raeetaia sgarv attor-
There are various r1rrnrS here aE -
the claims of tire American ara GTitNa
Authorities regarding tae ta-ndaTy tua
s1onK sac coast. and & g sszTeo fhat ne
A Ars@rg-ar claim now sets fne ilre s4gr K
So heza ~ ne lakss Tcfng oyer ere Chi
kcof pass News was brought down u -
rswnf bv 2 useksF tnas saloon AZ tns
heas of the lake rad t1Et ffrn toFcfnty
rfnssaa nv customs 9~lceF. Sut u co1.t
Ay-e~frar CT a Brf Ism oT.ce-- Tnlssf q Is
N-rIrazrv auestieH IS settled very soon
ga e-gs :a5na1 complies ions ar2 81 r s.
sss-tzln % arise on account % e e5FlnE fha
80 few zu3rsh Tne surrounding con-
aifIoas g~eatIY help re British heFs. b.
eagee xs are 80 remote from 4esaQuArtess