The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-24
WHEEIING DAILY EllIeENcE TUEsDAY. "a. 1898

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as at Skagway a month or two before
starting, for rates and conditions. Irving
& Coburg, or the d. X. T. Co. are thor
oughly reliable and will give, lowest
rates and practical information. The
only one company that I can think Of
at slsngwayl II Bartlett & Co.
Here Is one incident which II think
worthy OF mention. While my FOODS
were being loaded here Supt. Ham.
inond, OF the d, X. T. Co.. Eaid 10 mo:
those big boxes with your That heavy
lumber Is not worth nine cents q pound.
When We unload at Canyon City get
your men 10 take those machlnea out,
pack oil yoti can in sacks, and41 will
give you credit for every pound you
throw away"
Tts fesuie ie that 900 pounds are pack.
ed In the Dyea Trading Companyts
store. where / nm writing this letter.
These SO free to Bennett In lieu OF
boxes dispensed WITH saving Si5, which
Is quite an Item. Everything should be
packed In fifty or 100 pound waterproof
sacks, and.. boxes should not weigh over
100 TO $50 pounds, SO q o to be easily
handled. thus saving lots Of breaknge.i
nndtotten much loss; for the packer rs
a peculiar arn-mile. and when he gets
hold OF an awkward overweight pack
age he uses much muscle and more pro-
family, In his attempt to reduce II.
We purchased four boats In Seattle,
ind here Is another Item worth rrmem-
5erlng, Two OF our boats are galvan-
lied steel. twenty-eight feet long, in
two rolls about thirteen Inches In d.
lmeter, two and one-halt feet long.
Weighing $50 pounds each, while the
frame weight Is about fifty pounds
Zach. or 400 pounds In the two boats;
cost OF Seattle 800 for the two. Freight
from Seattle to Bennett. $40, making
about $3.50 for the two boats complete,
while at Bennett or Llnderman the
lumber for one boat cost as much US
twenty-five. cents per foot. l could not
purchase q boat for $3.50. made1o OF very
poor lumber, that would be as good or
as valuable Us one OF mine that cost
s65; hence ] say, buy your boats knock
ed down or bring your own lumber to
build them and save money.
When one realizes that last summer
freight went up as high as fifty cents
PNh looAu NJNd anu fkllC lahtot
and that to-day YOU can get 1t for six
cents, on account of the tramway be-
ing completed, 1t will readily be seen
that freight cannot go beyond the aver
age winter price.
One can land In Dyea with $1,000, and
after purchasing q years supplies and
outfit and paying his fare and freight
will Still have 5000 left upon reaching
Dawson City, and In the meantime look
upon scenery that is worth travelling
thousands OF miles to see. Indeed I
would not have missed seeing the Chill
coot Pass and climbing It and sliding
back to the foot OF the hill for q thou
sand dollars; and when anyone at
tempts to describe this scene and tells
you he has done SO. you can put him
down mot her, Of course) as n lineal
descendant OF Ananias. No pen can de-
scribe It, even though It were welded
by "She" Haggard or Zola.
In one day We put together INT OF our
steel boats and the other was nearing
completion when 1 left the lake. When
our four boats are put together l shall
paint them white and shall name them
after Uncle SAINTS ships, which no doubt