Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-28
NEW SCHEME FOR MAKING MONEY
IN THE KLONDIkE.
TO Do A DOG LIVERY BUSINESS
Ours BOUGHT, SOLD, RENTED AND
USED FOR FREIGHTING.
A Well Equipped Michigan Party-A
Woman Ply stefan and Her seal
skin jnmas-ChicaGo Man
Invcnts a Snow Trac-
tion Engine.

will buy and sell dogs and also do dog
livery business. They expect to take in a
large quantity OF supplies with the 30 dogs
which they have already had shipped 10
Skasuay. They will arrive III Dawson
about April /. Not only for the purpose OF
doing a freighting business viii the dogs E.
be used, but they will also be- rented for
pleasure SleiEhinC. Business can only he
done in the winter time, hut the expert
n.enters hope to be able to get such rates
as to enable them TO take a vacation in the
summer. AS the use of dogs is practically
the only means of freishtinS in the coun-
try. they feel confident that their stock
VIII he kept busy.
Another party of twelve fortune hunters
from Kalamazoo, Mich. departed for the
Stuart river tonight The Wolverines
have formed the Kalamazoo Mining and
Prospecting Company. which is on the
crmmunistic plan. The company is well
equipped. having in its possession saw
mill. an engine and boiler. Il pump and n
small lighting plant. The whole outti.
weighs only fifteen tons. From Skaguay
they will go over the White pass TO Lake
Bennett, where the saw mill will be set up
and a steamboat built The time interven-
ing between arrival at the lake and the
breaking up of the ice will be used in get
ting out lumber, which will be disposed OF
to people desiring TO build boats. Upon
paiSn OF prospecting will be begun.
DIR. Day and Her Pajamas.
Sealskin pajamas are the thing on which
DR.. Luelia Day places great emphasis when
she speaks of the costume in which she
will incase herself to shut out the cold. icy
blasts of Chilkoot pass. She is going to the
Klondike. and will sail from San Francisco
February 1. The party in which DIR. Day
Will be a member will contain no other
woman than herself. She will be the ply
siclan to the others.
When she is accoutered for the overland
trip she will appear in u sealskin cap. with
sealskin Jacket that will reach her knees. Il
pair of sealskin pajamas and a pair of rub
Der boots that reach above the knees she
will also carry fur-lined sleeping bag.
which is like pillow case with a running
string at the open end
The other members of the party of which
she Will be 4 member have been in the
lew gold country before. They know of all
the hardships and promises of the land. and
be there before the great rush of tenderfeet
in the spring.
Snow Traction Locomotives.
George T. Glover. Chicago inventor. has
solved the problem of getting supplies into
the Klondike region this winter by means
of his snow traction locomotive Seven OF
these locomotives are now building in Chi
cago and New York, and thirty-two freight
and passenger cars will be made at Port
land. Ore. for this work. These will be at
Dyea by February l, and will start by Feb
ruary Is for Dawson City over the Dalton
trail.
constructed for this klondike trip, said
Mr.. Glover. will weigh about eight tons
each-half the weight of the logging loco
motives. Their capacity will be about 100
tons burden. / find that an eight ton ma
chine will do the work quicker and easier
The seven locomotives are now practically
ready for shipment to Portland, where they
will be assembled and then shipped. to-
gether with thirty-two cars. to Dyea- Here
they will be put up and placed in readiness
for the expedition which leaves that point
on February Is for Dawson City; in charge
of Captain Brainard. of the United States
army.
struction encountered on the first trip
There is no part of the pass. however, that
presents a grade greater than 80 per cent.
These Locomotives can; can climb tsa suen n graae
windlass attached. and by means of this
the train can easily pull itself up at re-
markable speed. 1 calculate on getting over
the pass in less than forty-eight hours with
the first train. The way once opened. sub
sequent travel will be easier.
Thirty Days to Dawson.
Captain Brainard thinks that the trip to
Dawson will require about fifty days: I
think thirty days will be more accurate.
Some bridging will doubtless have TO be
done. and parts of the trail opened up by
blasting. However. these things are readily
obviated
.'The cost of building and equipping this
train will be less than $4,000. Each loco
motive will cost about A000. The passen-
ger and freight cars and their Transports
tion to Dyea VIII not exceed $500
locomotives will be used in transporting
supplies and passengers TO and from the
Kiondike gold fields The others will re-
turn and make another trip before the win-
ter in Alaska is over
The Snow & Ice Transportation Company,
which owns the right of the Glover loco
motive. will receive o cents a pound for
transmitting the food supplies for the
There will be $50 tons in this shipment.
Mr.. Glover was the first to solve the
problem of traction on snow He expert
mented for years and spent n snug fortune
In developing and accomplishing this me-
chanical result.
Very simple in Construction.
The locomotive is very simple in con-
struction and principle. consisting of a
boiler, twin engines driving wheel and
other necessary appurtenances. supported
in a steel frame. The frame rests upon
runners, fore and aft. and the locomotive
proper is hinged to the frame by steel
beams. The great feature of the machine
Is a huge traction wheel between the run;
the wheel is rotated by an engine with
horse power ranging from twenty to sixty
geared from five to one up to nine to one
The heat from the boiler furnace and the
exhaust steam is utilized in the drum. into
which il is conveyed through the trun-
MONS. BY this means the wheel is kept hot
all the time. About the wheel V-shaped
teeth. three by twelve inches. are set ir-
regularly. The action of the heat from the
cylinder prevents the snow from clogginE
it and at the same time congresses the
snow into a solid mass. thereby giving
sufficient resistance to enable the teeth to
pull a train burdened with a 200-ton weight.
The Reindeer Expedition.
New York. Jan. 27.-Bids for the trans
pOrtation of $50 reindeer and their attend
ants from New York to Portland. Ore. or
Seattle, have been opened in tho office OF
Deputy Quartermaster General A s. KIM
ball About twenty-five railroads were rep
that of the Canadian Pacific, which offers
TO transport the reindeer and their attend
ants. with forage and food supplies for
the party, at the rate of S2ia.0 per car.
Other bids ranged as high as 500 per car.
These reindeer will be used in the gov-
ernment relief expedition to the klondike.
for which 10000 has been appropriated by
congress. The expedition will leave the
In charge of Brigadier General Henry c.
Merriam. U. S. A.
The supplies which the government is
sending to the suffering miners in the Klon-
dixie consist chiefly of bacon. bread and
coffee. Lieutenant n. n. Devore and the
Rev. DR.. Sheldon jackson went to Norway
some time ago to buy reindeer to be used
In the expedition. and succeeded in buying
500 at from SO to SIS per head. They also
engaged seventy-fve Laplanders who,
with their families and household effects
VIII be part of the relief expedition The
Allan line steamer Manitoba has been char
tered for the trip. and is now on the way
from Alton, Norway. with the reindeer
Laplanders and sufficient supplies to last
until the party reaches the Pacific coast.
TO CUREA COLD IN ONE nay