The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-30

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:, ether words, sacertaiiiig as
<.rped. q -. |. assigned to TIE point man
Z - pos1.ss--s &C. r,enriorled method q star
- " ID :. - : electric Telegraph, ana We
~razis sns - ss,roglssd e Two ooser fsrA.
= sei 3 80 equally exPerletced ana
III esy- differ ssyeTai aIiiored
klsrsiy 80 rssuits. Il would oe sanfea-
q y IT, t,s~t them 70 agree. 80 macn
9 tt< 81 So fats. In 1850 Lieut. ocnHst--
SIS sG . ~ rtases army. made
= d ins ~s,rvev OF this akoa rIyer.
essz crsss - l,oanaary. the l4lst fner!-
- sss1sfs =, 80 ksloE the mouth Of Ms
So So IRIS. however, vas AEtie Del
Il - srees~ Ii saying chs. nave 20
8 tsss = aeoreciatlHg Lieut.. Sca#aL-
s<kstsse =. r. method. n0g Ia man. E4s %
~ " 80 Vas sent In BY the Cana
11 - rr,,srs With suitable las r.-f1iellss
~ ssss-. economically Ene!e the hist
1880 the Yukon riTeE. This
ofss.AA ..s-s.rv object 81 my visit 70 the
~ s2s = Monumental survey Of ShaE
ssz'ss. - vukosl river ia Canada, which
-. icing Incidental % ti'iA y =
=. s..,Iz.ng nj winter quart ana 9i'-
- <..s-s.s. / eel 70 woTk ana look some
800 or twenty-ihree oosefVa ions
sssAs .raau. These were marked OUT, and
: r.sr.s.ssIor. o. the boundary with the
p .ssrked IL crude way a rough
g ~as made 70 Determine the posi-
81. -. bagnaary OF ForCy-Mile river.
y. !. that time al the mining or the
- = uas on the upper gaters 81 Forty
1885, 80 i xas not deemed necessary %
- !. accurate survey. my only idea
- : rye the people IN the country
80 - a. about whore the boundary
- .. re- rarfg- Nile. In 1855, Mr Mcgrath,
- 1srlfsd States cossl and ge0deflc
- earus was sent IN. to0. to deter
80 - mali II the United States, the
= resof He remained u the country
=. .srtsrs and appeared TO have been un-
s...s,.t% Es.h respect 10 weather. The re-
q = A.s observation, he told me. was 70
s -. ~ Itist meridian q little farther
- =, riser than ] had done. Hew
- = dfe not tell me. and. rs the Only
- MAJ be made IN the vicinity @as 70
s.~.ss snd emphasize. So 10 speak. my
- DO not know other than through
..su.ser report In 1886 the Canadian
s~~rsrent determined to send In a police
- md magistrates 10 preserve peace
s. administer law In the country To
- sgespass b. them on American
-esry was sent in 10 extend the 14ls.
~1faa. from the point established by
- north and south on tho Yukon. as
- i deemed necessary for the public
-. Preliminary 10 this / set up my
~pnlical transit al the same point ct
= i stood In ISIS. and got some ten
= ssssrgations on the moon. These,
eszstd with the former observations,
81 fssals practically the same as The
= ns From this point / ran q line
"a from the river some miles and south
sxx:y.NIle river, upwards Of fifty miles
tE This had 70 be done during the
x1w. will make no comment Of the
tsaksps aad sufferings attendant npoa
Sst sill only say that We were all
/ IL hs4rflly glad when IL was accom-
| sas1 IN combination with this work
] nd photo-topographical survey OF
II aaaly adjacent TO the boundary.
bsn which great deal Of detail as 10
rxalzlns. valleys. etc. can be pat on
| a nap u the country when II is pro-
| hri Thls Is the history Of the survey
| At KS; meridian at this point. This
" tAxit - VI H. tttt t43Eff ever WAS
| /, notwithstanding the newspaper war
/ serSs about II In 1886 and 1886. There
! lse sss any dispute. never was a cause
| zApate. and between two civilized,
| IN honest peoples there never can be
| ~ dispute. The two governments con-
| md bare, believe. agreed 10 split the
/ Essnse between Mr.. MeGrath's deter
tzaslen and my own, so the question Is
! Fz;snAisy settled for all time 10 come.
| IL a. this vicinity IS concerned. al
| NJ. Ny line Is now plainly marked on
| = ground. and the worst that can hap
| = 4 Itsf joint commission may move
Il handful Of feet one way or the other.
fAahy 10 the westward But. even as
ks'sg that II were moved east ward a
E ffom where / have marked IL. II
VI affect no claim or right or interest
~ known In the country. Let us hope
= pace viii be definitely concluded on
y subject By the newspapers. and no
se charges OF highway robbery of ter
sFT Be freely cast around.
Tks Klondike district Is on the east side
- river about 100 miles above the
hs1sssY. aud hence beyond ali POSSIBLE
| Il dispute"