The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-24

reached Lake Bennett with nearly all
OF our outfit Tuesday morning alto
o'clock, just fifty hours from the time
we left Canyon City, from which point
our goods were packed on horses and
mules to the Scales. About this time
they commenced sending goods through
on the tramway from Canyon City to.
the summit, and: to-day they are carry
ing freight from here by wayyofsthis
tram to the summit for four cents per
pound, and I am creditably informed
that, within a week. the rate Will noo.
exceed three cents: consequently one
can easily figure on freight from here
to Lake Bennett at this time at not over
six cents, and next spring. when every
thing Is frozen up and the trails are
good, 1t will not exceed! five cents, and
/ am almost sure that within q year
there will be q three cent rate from
Dyea to Linderman.
II have no word to say against tho
White Pass trail as have not been
over It, but IL they could not carry
freight for less than thirteen and 'ff-
teen cents at n profit before this tram
was completed, / cannot understand
why, IL they had u better trail, as they
claim, 1t would cost nearly twice as
much TO get over 1t. l have no axe to
grind on this side, not a dollars worth
Of interest here, nor am / under obliga-
lions to anyone; have paid cash for
everything 1 have purchased, have
neither asked for nor received favors
from anyone except Judge Irwin. and
that was entirely spontaneous and per-
sonal, rendered after I had contracted
with the opposition party.
/ simply want to give my experience
honestly and truthfu!ly that others may
benefit thereby, and would readily have
given 500 two weeks ago for the In
formation contained In this letter, and
everyone who knows me will realize
that VIII not write a line that cannot
be sustained.
Now let us see for o moment what
the ddngers and difficulties OF this
route really are: In the first place. 1
have talked with q dozen Indians and
everyone tells the same story; that no
Indian could be found on the trail that
terrible day of the slide; that the hot
wind and the big fresh snowstorm was
sure to bring q Slide, and they (thc In
dians) warnedthepe0ple to stay in camp
and not risk It; but 1t seems useless 10
warn people. I myself would be one OF
tiIcs lllbt ", Try ~ prevent pcOplc. lTOIl
going Into danger, and yet. because I
had business that might suffer on top
Of the pass, l refused to listen to the
warnings / received. and II, while fac
Ing that storm, l had been buried In q
slide. l alone would be to blame.
Now the trail between Sheep Camp
and Canyon City Is as bad as It can, be,
yet crippled MS l am, I left Lake Lin
dermnn vt 6 a.. m. day before yesterday,
and after spending an hour on the sum
init and half IN hour ct the Scales,
reached Canyon City at l p. M, In time
to catch the stuge to Dyea: twenty miles
In Ihuccasins. L Ind just time to rush
into the Red Onion hotel. change my
socks anitmoccasins. cnt n plate of Ice
cream, tendereds by tho gentlemlnly
landlord OF the Red Onion. before jump
ing on the stngc.S One can get MS good
n,dinner at the Red Onion MS he can get
at the Waldorf-Aslor. especially II he
lE hungry, 60 whats in n name?"GA
hotel by any other name would, smell as
sweetly.
Parties going to the Yukon would do
vol to write TO n or two OF the trans
| portatloncompanicshercat Dyea as well
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