The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-16
| TRAVEL on THE SI|eIEa
COLD WEATHER MAKES PROOnu
EASY ON THE FR0xEx Rlynn
Travellers FreA TelegrapA Cseoa
Reach Wrangel In Seven Days~
City II Becoming and PeeDIs -
paring to Go Up the StlelEssu

According to advices Just received h1e43
from Wrangel spell Of cold weather Into,
In March. due to the strong wind thos'
blew from the north. CONCEALED the theNs
ing surface OF the 6tickeen river % tn1k
travel over the ice for several weeks NJ
been good. Walter Clayton. an ex.ueA
paper man. and Charles Jonss arsieea =
Wrangel from Telegraph creek Aptn 81
having covered the distance. aAsut ~
miles. In seven days. They report 1sS,s
passed fully = thousand people penAtng
their way up the river over tn ~ an1I
though heavily laden with suppxeA ulak-
Ing good time.
At wrangel the people have not olysn
up hope that the Mackensie-11Ann ssil-
way 70 the Yukon win n hnlt. H.
weather at wrangei has been varm y
late. and there u prospsct thak -.
Stickeen will be open for steam nayiCer
ton within a short time. This has ~
couraged the merchants Of the city. -
well as the several hundred prospective
gold hunters that are waiting at Wranod
for q chance 60 ascend the rivef N
steamer.
A letter from wrangel to the Fost-
Intslllgencer states that for thres s'ed1Ds
the Stickeen trail was In fine conditlqa,
and numbers Of men with light loo6g
have been making the distance fsssA
Telegraph creek TO the mouth Of the rivef
In from Ave to seven days. soms e -
recent arrivals from Telegraph creek
stated TO the Post-Intelligencer coetNr
spondent that the trail over the ice $3.50
In splendid condition. due to the cse1s
weather prevailing In March.
Fort Wrangel Is = busting town. ~
population being ketE busy m pFepafM
expected as soon az steamer navig1too
on the river n resumed. 0ambling 49,
are run wide Open" Recently the ~
fhorities raided the gamblers. and ~
city treasury was enriched several hNot&
dred dollars an result
The shell game" operators have NJ ~ s
left Wrangel. and those still these afe
raking in the shekeis from the msu -
the boats which stop Mt Wrangel On 49,
way north. The lawless element tnae
Infested Skagway apparently did not -
WFaneei 70 the4r Hiking. The conGdeoGpH
men have this advantage. that their 49,
Tins are usually men bound for the 49,
who are unwilling to remain and psuoox
cute the men who rob them. The -
thorities. II b stated. are treating the iaueH
less ones with rigor. and the result - thoes
crime In kept at as low an ebb ~ Coz
be expected under the circumstances.
The scarcity OF lumber that prevailee
for long time at WrangeI. conseQuee
upon the building boom. has been reliesU
by the arrival Of several large conslDnk
menta The local rawmiIi. with caceo,
ity OF 1900 feet per day. has be<n -
busy night and day. but has been unao1 4
to MI the demand.
The business men OF Wranxei have 49,
termined to lay out the city in rp2eoyo
fashion. Recently = meeting Of the 49,
ing buainess men was held, at 49,
measures for plating the streets veee
discussed. II was finally decided IT,
a survey Of the townsite would b. ~
best mode Of procedure This WIN
done Immediately. and !, Is plspne9
after system Of streets has been $780,
ed TO plank First and Second streets.
On her last trip down the steamer ~
si fouled her propeller with A hawsW
attached TO one Of the vessels In the -
Dor. u WAS found necessary - 49,
the Al-kt before repairs conid be mAde
IL n stated that fhsre Is no sickness -
wrangei- Believing that HUNDREDS
prospectors win pass through the -
VA tHSu WY 10 tHe YUKON WheS b@Ss 4 4
lion opens. movement has been starr &
10 establish On emergency hospital
Tho citizens Of Wrangs.l are patFt0ea
The war feeling runs high. and ~
have been taken 70 organise H.
company and tender IA services ~
government IN case Of war with epal4
supplies OF all kinds are psensffW
Wrangel. Many Of the newcomers y
unloading their supplies III Seattle -
Meat u paentifai and sells ut - csaDs &
pound. Eggs are Is cents per doSss
No sate news has been receives - .Zs
Maeken1.s- Mann expedition, neg - -
way 10 telegraph cssek. - = 81