The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-21

Sc TIE No~th American Transportation
& Trading Company has Is CssaTaS1GsS
headquarters IN Sease1s, ard raas iis
steamers frs-n s@aEfEe 70 s. Ntcn8sl j.
Fsc-. ard tn@s far 10 sts only regular all
xzser r0asA company s-un Page; sound.
& From Seattle - LyEr cara! points.
Ths regular sne S -hat ~ th@ Pacific
Cozs. s.ea-zf@p Company. which has lis
terminus a. Seattle Gu. dung zee EiGrl-
1;ks rush Sixty-r.Ee veSs@aS Jeff Seattle IN
sixty-eszhs days Tar Alaskan perts- more
vs=seLs leaving tAls cscy thar from al osA
~ Pacific Coas- paris together.
The S. Nl@naea route = 9peE only from
snosT. June - % September "a
fares-
Fares this yea- haT4 hee1 sI55 from S.
attic - Dawson BY way II s. Michael.
and 81 fgrs;-caass and 81 ssco21 class .rena
Seattle 20 Lynn canal pc@a-s Sprirg book
sngs sre row heinx made ~ thsss rates,
bur doubtless tney vi BE- much less -
iAs srr.ng sf tire projected new lines enter
TIE field Suffice & % say Seattle v.I Be
abe 70 transport all who come These
rates have changed very ht.le.
Fares - tae Copper river country are
g. and So 20 Sstka. Thence % CA.ikas
village "a mouth az Copper river. OF
Kayak Island 81 Thence 20 saore ~
rcx 5oss -, SO day. Fares 10 kenAI
peninsula fv0n SKA Or Juneau, from
sis-5a 70 S2ase
Cost of journey.
TIE minimum ccst az re Journey 20 he
T4ko1, sxclafsng railroad fares from t1e
starting point - Seattle. vii BE-, on shis
years basis. board IL Seattle While out
flit.ng-which can be done il less than
day-and waiting Yer seausr: cost Of OUT
f. and scAnr necessities. say SIS. fare 10
Dyea. s.. freight a. So per ton. say s.
L. man goes lnto the Yukon country IN
The early sprlng ard packs MS outat on 4
sled ne vii have nothing 10 pay except
for rs dogs n ne sprang, or his horses in
the summer, as the laJter ara gor avail
able for spring use
Native Indian dogs cost from S. up
ward. and there shoIsc not be Jess thar
fo5.r dogs % team. Horses cost from
g. upward. II Indians d. the "a king ne
cost il from y cents per pouni up@ard-
After The goods are packed over rhe passes
the Only other extra expense Is for boat
THIS year ;hat has -ua from SEQ 10 So
The total coss. therefore az the Journey
With dogs, horses O. packers viii De ~.
and upward. II d iran undertakes 70 do
all his OWL packa1g Whsch cnly a man
AS strong a a hoTse" should undertake.
b vii sIve tas items mentioned.
/, = likely. however, JhAJ all these items
OF SOS. VIII - lowered >onlewaa- In the
SfE&As ~ OA+S S-@SN4sN ShA4k ~ 40 A4SS 4S>>
than s...
No man should go sioue NOT less than
tvo should 90 together. BY forming
parties % a dozen. more o. less, supplies
can ~ bought from u Il - per cent.
cheaper. They wIll need oniy one set OF
c4mp tooss. can camp quicker aud make
ard break camp quicker and reduce The
weight u each ones outfit materially
Tais l. a very important point. as ne
total reduction IN expenses and wear and
tear on persons and PACKS ~ going in
parties vii ~ found very much less than
any one 1llgnt anticipate. 10 say nothing
% the danger CT going alone.
The hest Pass.
Questions are asked, which is the test
pass AL have the.r advocates: all have
their merits ard defects We believe Il
is safe 10 trust % the judgment and tx
perirslce Of the Indians. From time i'm
memorial Indians OF the coaS. and % tie
interior nave traded 10 and fro They
have Known ~ all the passes They have
preferred TIE Cn.ihoot pass a. Dyea.
White men on tae ahoie have done the
same. /, Is the most tFayeied pass ard
IS certainly likely q be So in The spring
of isss. The other Passes except n
White pass, At Skagway. are practicaiy
unknown TIE White pass Was loudly
aeral3ed "a the hest this year Many