Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-15
REVIEWS OF A REVIEW.

That heretofore unusually quiet aud conservative newspaper the Seattle Re view, of the 4th inst. comes to Ills coll taining an editorial entitled, Wrangefs Feeble Kick, and which is directed prin cipally against this city and her inter ests. The Seattle newspapers, and es. pecially the dalies, have lost no oppOr- tunity ofinjuring Fort Wrangel ill their columns and now for the first time, we believe, the paper first mentioned has joined forces i'll this unholy warfare. Column after column has been publish ed against this place and the Stikeen river route and of course every body ought to know that these attacks are intended to pull down Fort Wrangel and build up Skaguay and Dyea. There are several reasons that prompt this unfair attack against Us, one of which, no doubt, is that the fare to Dyea and Skaguay on the boats is much higher than to this place and, as patrons and advertisers. the transportation compa- nies would be benefited by wiping Fort Wrangel off the face of the earth, or turning all the Yukon travel over the other trails.
 Seattle, as the Review suggests. is losing much of this northern trade, the wonder k that she receives any from this city While the constant fight against us has done no special injury, < stlll our people would rather be spoken indly of than otherwise. X general spirit of retaliation has not prevailed in this place, for the reason, perhaps. that business and improvements of all kinds have absorbed the attention of our people and they have had no spare T I T l,t lx-as against attacks that in the long run will do us no harm.
 The article referred to, with becoming frankness, says that an opportunity is offered for condemning the policy of the Canadian Pacific Railway officials located in the United States for repre- senting that the Lake Teslin route would he open for travel as soon as the ice was out of the river in the spring. We are not authorized to defend the Cana dian Pacific, but few facts are within the general knowledge of coast inhabi= tants that will perhaps throw some light upon this matter.
 Last winter contract was entered into between the Canadian ministry ill behalf of the government and Macken zie, Mann & Co.,, for the construction of railroad to connect the Stikeen river and Lake Teslin. The contractors took men, implements and horses up to Glenora and commenced work, but the Canadian senate was "intluenced' against the arrangement and the con tract was annulled. Since then, it has been the general belief that the rail road would be built and only within the last ten days did Mackenzie, Mann & Co. bring their stock from Glenora. No doubt, under the firm belief in the early construction of that road, the ad vertising matter referred to was print ed, and just as soon as it became known that the railroad mentioned would not be constructed a force of men was put to work to improve the trail leading from the river to the lake.
 Hundreds went through to the lake from Telegraph Creek last winter, one party taking eighty tons. Many have gone through this spring and summer and because, for week or ten days, the high water prevented travel, a short time ago, it is being heralded by the Seattle papers, the Review at this late day jumping in, that the trail from the river to the lake is utterly impossible. The good people of Seattle as a rule have shown kindly spirit toward Fort Wrangel and we are slow to believe that, outside of the transportation com panies, the attack upon us is approved. Fort Wrangel goes steadily on never theless. The Cassiar Central will be pushed through to a connection with rivers leading to the Yukon, and ill time will bring forth the truth that the Stik- cen river, or so called All Canadian route is the best and most practical to the klondike