The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-08
Dawson City No Longer a Proviu-
oial Mining Town.
FIRE ENGINE, BANK AND PIANOS
These Luxurtes of Civilization Are
the klondike Capftai-Steel Vault
and Three Burgiar-Proef Money
Chests-orgaas. Gold nag., saw
Mills and Hfg stoves, All Going.

Dawson VIII take several forward str!des
from the ranks of ordinary mining camp
towns with the arrival OF the freight THAI
viii leave here the latter part Of tho
week for ST. Michael on the steamer
Roanoke. As Citizens Of the richest gold
camp In the world. Dawsoniies believe shAt
Their town should have some OF the mod
ern improvements that are not usually
found in an ordinary camp. Consequently
the shipments on the Roanoke are OF sousa
interest
Just after the serious fire in the business
portion of the kiondike capital last winter
the representative men of the camp de-
eded that they must have some ire pro-
lection. Capt. j. J. Hsaly. who is at the
head OF the North American Transportation
and Trading Company in the interior. was
Appealed 10 and managed to sc, an order
out over the ice for "a complete oatit of
fire apparatus. This outfit arrived from
the East few days ago and is now at
Yesler dock.
The most improved fire engine that the
American Fire Engine Company could
build Is the chief item in the shipment.
1t Is steam engine OF great power and
il called the kiondke No. /. 1t was
shipped out here carefully boxed. A COM
plete hook and ladder truck and two big
hose carts came along with the engine. 4
large chemical engine or the type used
In several large Eastern cities completes
the paraphernalia OF Dawson's first fra
department.
As soon as the apparatus arrives a vol
unteer fire department WI. be organized
and men trained In use OF the engines. 1t
Will AFFORD great protection In country
where fire insurance In unknown. The
buildings are constructed entirely OF wood
and n the hot summer months they are
as dry as finder.
Tho North American Transportation and
Trading Company Is going to give UP tha
banking branch OF It's business and
through solicitation OF the company the
Canadian Bank OF Commerce IS TO estab-
lish a branch at Dawson. The supplies
and oute; of tho bankers Will be taken
North OH the Roanoke. A large steel
vault in sections and three Of the most
improved steel. burglar proof money
chests form the heaviest part OF the ship
ment. A complete set OF banking books and
several hundred pounds OF stationery MI
several large boxes. II Is evident that the
bankers do not intend TO ne dependent on
supplies A complete outfit OF everything
eatable weighing several tons IL being
shipped.
Four small bales I'm an obscure corner
OF the warehouse represent an outlay OF
si.4o0. The bales contain several thousand
gold bags and the las; yellow nugget ship
ment out OF Dawson this season will be
inciosed in their ample folds The bags
were made by the Russell Glove Company
after n special design
Six fine pianos and two organs billed
to Capt. J. j. Heaay are punched to-
gether in the center OF the warehouse and
attract great deal OF attention. Capt
Heaiy expected TO get these instruments
last winter, but the failure Of river boats
10 reach Dawson caused them TO be held
here until this year. Two OF the pianos
go TO Circle city. the others are for Daw-
son.
Two complete sawmiIi outfits appear In
the Roanoke's manifest. One OF the mills
Will he set up at Dawson. the other goes
TO Weara Both are the property OF the
company. Two large pumps and operating
machinery for hydraulic mining are billed
for Dawson. They Will b. used. II Is said
TO develop some upland or bench property
belonging TO the company
Mere canned goods and less -four In be-
ing taken North tbs year by the COM
pany. Last year 1900 tons OF -four was
taken 10 Dawson. bat IL In likely that the
amount shipped this year will not he as
large. Everything that can possibly be
needed by the miners IL being shipped
North Two eargoes have already he~n
dispatched for St. Michael and the Roam
oke VIII have 1000 tons more
Three carloads of cooking and heating
stoves are 20 20 UP this year 10 replace
tho crude sheet iron camp stoves thar
have so far been the miners standby. The
stoves are so heavy that 4 Eo,,td frIghtep
a prospective Kioudiker who WA going
In via the lakes 10 think OF including one
OF them In hts outfit. The ail-water route.
however. has always been the channel
through which luxaries found their way
to Dawson.