The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-25
5EIdDAY rs Il Is TODAY.
4 nrsHIsC TOWN. OF 900 DUILDISGs
AND $500 INHABITANTS.
30 y. Hughes writes . Letter to the
posf-InteIisgenceR ON Topics Oh
General Interest 10 Those Going
rorf,.-Wbsf In . Complete outhf-

An interesting letter. describing ska-
nav as Il l. today. and giving advice as
"a o,,,ats.ng which VIII undoubtedly prove
valuable TO those going north. has been
r~e,s,vea by the Post-kts lligsncer rom
". Il. Hughes, formerly OF this city. Al
a. dated Log Cabin, sksguay trail, 5ana-
arr 10 aad il as fellows.
Log cabsa, Jan. l0. Isss-
= have made & trip TO Skasaay and re-
,r-rs The trip Of tAlrsy-s.x miles Was
covered Ia part Of THO days, OK, III exact
ensrz lust fourteen. The first part OK ike
way was through O sn0. storm. ~14~a
eAussd a1e TO lose at least fHo noofs 40
zine. For mile before the business cen
ssr at Skaguay was reached log canlns and
sc.v f..rie co;tasss were passed Oh either
slds. assl thrift and enterprise dispiayea
a. Of yo-e IN Seattle. The facI Is. tAs
areater part OF the population Is from Ss-
Attic when | landed On that mythical
wharf OF the beach in August last tnert
we're about twenty tents visible 20 marx
re present site OF the town NO" theFe
ere three long wharEes leading TO deep
vassr. with good substantial warehouses
10 hocse the freight a. IL comes IN
.axu,sil Il Ia fun operation: an electric
nsht plant Il furnishing light. telephone
e0eu4cts Dyes; hundred business houses
eupply the wants Of tina people, i've
uewspaper il being issued: there 10 4
church and public school: and. last OK
III. after driving a iong-snfferiag and pa
dent people almost to distraction In wait
ing a rossosiice has been established
There are 10 less than 80 business houses
and residences In the town. A consersa-
tive estimate ought 10 enfitle the town 10
af least $50 Inhabitants.
Considerable lnteres. was being taken in
l.
ley. But the greatest activity was dis
piaysd on the wagon road which Is being
built along the right-hand hank OF the
Gkaxuay river. During the noon hour and
at quitting time In the evening 81 regular
lusilade OF cannonading may be heard
along the rlzhtzof-way. as far north as the
famous cutoff. Hundreds of blasts are
6rsf each day. and millions OF tons OF rock
are broken up and hurled down the en-
bankment, or used TO level up the bad
places The wagon road people evidently
mean business. ~ leasf so men are en-
pioyei.
Crowd Moving Forward.
People were coming In on every steamer
Iy the hundreds. The river. from the
town 20 the foot OF White pass. Is lined
with tents. The moving mass OF human
ify has begun to march forward. Haul
ing on sleds lie done entirely over the river.
Tho recent heavy snow has retarded travel
70 some extent. but has materially aided
II improving the river q all for Shedding.
One man. with 200 pound a sled. can
90 from Skasuay to the third bridge In
ssx hours. a distance of twelve miles by
the river route. From there 10 the foot
Of White pass. I'm one hour. a distance of
three niles. From this point everything
has 10 BE- packed up through, the pass.
three-fogrths of a mile. From there on
you can take your load through to Lake
Bennett without transferring.
During the last three weeks Il has been
moving and blowing almost continuously
from the south Travel has been retarded
considerably In Consequences. but the snow
viii Improve the trail by filling Up holes
and covering rocks. Some old settlers
claim that January and part OF February
viii be quite stormy. During the past
Eve weeks the mercury has registered
from ) 10 Il degrees below freezing. About
70 inches 81 snow has fallen since last
September
TIE winter have gone 10 Sksguay and 9TH
er places In search Of work so they may
rspienlsfi their store 81 goods and he better
able 70 stand the cold OF another winter,
A Christmas Dinner
On Christmas very pleasant and agree
able dinner party assembled I'm the cabin
3nst north Of where am writing. Those
present. We're q. y. Alexander. James F.
Mason. J. @. Scurry. Matt f. scurry. Sam
Oel Newman and the writer. from Seattle.
and Hugo yoss. or New York The bin OF
fare was not elaborate. yet II was relished.
Mine host tho cook. @. ~. Alexander
spread himself like ship with all sails
ees- He has displayed skill "a a mixer OF
pastry, and knows how TO cater 10 the
wants ~ a hungry miner. The bill OF fare
was "a follows:
ftarnigan pot pie, cranberry sauce
Fried grannlated posaioes
EnEliFh plum pudding lemon sauce.
:. Mince. apple and peach pies
Pound cake Gingerbread Doughnut<
Homo made yeast bread. with new butter
tSs~s'- toHee Tea.
With the assistance ~ Mr. Alexander
and others who have made valuable snv-
gestions. send you II carefully preD, -e,
list Of whit one man ought To have whom
he lands In Skavuay. In thu line az nro-
visions, etc The HIST may Ia nodded
changed or increased 10 sri. the fast. ~
the purchaser but on the whole believe
u to be as nearly complete AZ possible.
An OUTFIT.