The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-30
SUPPLIES FOR THE MINERS.
THE QUESTION rs NOW TO GET THEM
TO THE KLoNDIKE.

Mig Freight blockade Mt Tntyn on the Route to
Chiikoot Pass-It viii Take six Months to
Forward tho Goods ut tho Present Rate
OF ProGrcss-Inauiries from Eastern Men.
SEATTLE, July 90. Tho departure Of vessels
crowded with passengers for tho gold mines of
the Klondike having lost novelty by reason OF
tho number, attention Is now centred on tho
congestion of freight at Taiya Itho head of navi-
cation from Junoaul and It has become a seri-
GUS question how to move the thousands Of
packages that have accumulated there, aggro-
eating millions Of pounds. By the present
method of transportation over the pass, by
horse and Indian,packing, 1t Is estimated that 1t
will require six months TO got tho present accu-
mutation out Of the way, to say nothing Of that
now daily piling up at Taiya. Tho distance
over the divide is thirty miles, and the ordinary
outfit Of the miner is 1900 pounds, three days
being consumed in making the round trip.
Two hundred pounds is u load for a pack ami
NAL, while the Indians carry from rs to 100
pounds apiece. There are now 200 Indians and
100 horses engaged In packing over this trail,
assisted by 900 miners and tenderfeet.
1t Is suggested that army officers. or good road
ganizing tho entire gang and constructing q
hrst-ciass wagon road, a feat that could be ac-
coTm hs hedo n less s"ri than III, thirty days, r,.
sen me-. capacity from 30 to $50; -,
abO. w hhiiut lii Will IL Ou aug. % {,
has also received permission to increase her
passenger list from 400 to 800. The local
mon are focking hore from ali parts Of tho
Union, regardless Of the fact that the steamship
lines have endeavored to discourage them from
by going now he Is just that much ahead Of the
spring rush and will save nearly q years timo.
visiting the Pacific coast, are many Of them
catching r. the fever and Grabstakins miners;
has SAY b.o Eh4 m tSo |, , JmiE ss1nEver body who
Juneau route and down the Yukon has some
thing to say of the DIFFICULTIES eneoan,
small timber available. The trees grow very
closely together, and do not attain good size.
nSSs'l inland i b Is foss's suitable tS f sf.o ssn af Ss s55Gsn
and then the logs must DO laboriously, whip
sawed and the lumber carried to the lakeside:
Many have concluded that the best solution OF
boats built here.
One builder has Ave orders from persons GO.
ing to the Klondike for boats in which to go
down the river. One boat in his shop Is twenty
I Mfah oG SouS SIl' e enss feet snd 5e a aio and So two feet s SbseRE :;
built Of seasoned spruce, and the knees are
natural crooks. The boat is put together with
tion and readily put, together when tho lakes
and river are reached. Such q boat costs from
would cost on the Yukon, and has a capacity
TACOMA, Wash, July 2o.-should all the men
Alaska this fall come to Puget sound at once,
every steamer in use on the Pacific coast would
be required to transport them North.
u tse Eas,erS so% States r9nr aaEinf in daily sye,m from
can now be chartered to take parties OF so to
300 men to either st. Michael or Taiya, where
the miners start for the Klondike by the over
land route 1t has been found necessary TO send
negative replies in nearly every case because the
big transportation companies have chartered
every available steamer for the ne1ttwo months
Some are told that by coming to Puget Sound
at once they can engage passage to Taiya fol
two or three weeks later and probably reach
Dawson City before the Yukon River freezes
over. Thomas johnson of New York has wired
Mrs. Josephine Atwood has received a tele
gram from her nephew. L. w. Putnam Of Chi
cago. requesting her to charter q steamer tc
carry 200 men to st. Michael. She has been un
able to get n steamer, and to-day advised then
to come out at once and outfit and go in by tn,
overland route from Taiya.
Similar answers have been made to requests
from Buffalo and Milwaukee. A Philadelphia
telographs to J. W. Anderson, Manager OF tn,
Tacoma Land Company, to charter u steamer fol
200 men. His party has been advised TO wal
until spring.
started for the Klondike within three weeks
and at least as many more will get away befor,
the fall rush stops.
Men have arrived at Juneau bringing news o
rich strikes on American soil In the Yuko,
country. Whom they left bed rock had no
say. that at least three newly discovered creek
will be AS rich as the klondike.
Further details will be brought by the mex
party TO come out and great hopes are enter
tanned that this news will be fully corroborated
Ingoing miners all prefer to work on the Amer
the taxes and duties which the Canadian Gov
eminent is preparing to levy.