The Lamar register., 1898-10-05

between British Columbia and the do
iIiiiiS1a Of Canada. the road will be
built By the British Columbia Yukon
HAilEay company. Incorporated by
specSl hSt OF the colonial legislature at
Victoria. From and beyond the six
tir,h parallel the road will be hulit
By the British Yukoa Mining, Trading
and Transportation company. incor-
poFated IN special act OF the Canadian
parlianent al Ottawa. All the con-
esa
w.
AT THE SUMMIT OF WHITE PASS.
ztructl0u work OF these three local
systems wiIl be carried by the Pacific
Contrast contrary. s Il. Graves OF
Chicago Is president oi this company
and aisn Of each Of the three local
companies named. Z. @. Hawkins.
formerly Of Denver. Is the chief en-
ginecr and superintendent OF the
White Pass and Yukon company. John
Hislop Is the assistant chief engineer.
and r. IL Whiting Is the division en-
gineer and superintendent Of the ska
quay division.
Work vas commenced on the sur
yeya Of the road early In April. and
track laying vas begun in skasuay
In the early part Of June AZ the date
the Information for this article was
forwarded. Aug. -. twelve miles Of
road had been completed and put In
TO operation. This carried the line TO
point ave miles beyond a noted rock
suitIng al Poreupine HIN. which will be
referred to again presently.
The read starts az the wharf in ska
quay. where there is thirty feet OF
Sater AZ the lowest spring tides AS
II present constructed, II extends
through the business center OF the
ava. along Broadway In order to
properly protect franchise rights, the
construction OF the frst mile OF the
-oad was rushed through in one day
By an extension Of the terminal IA
,ilities another branch OF the road viii
,e run from the wharf through the
order Of the town, along the foot OF
he steep blum 10 the eastward. The
inc crosses to the west side OF the
skagtay river At a point one and one
aan miles above the business center
u the town. II Tecr0sses the river.
and. 10 gain elevation, makes loop
up the narrow valley Of the east fork
OF SkaEuay river. as the tirst loop from
skaguay. AT the exit from this loop
the line encounters heavy rock work
at Il point seven miles from Skaguay
known as PorcupiHe Hill, previously
referred to- The elevation OF this point
Is something over 100 feet above sea
level and most OF this elevation is
reached By the road in a little more
than three miles. At this second loop
the line leaves the river and ascends
toward the summit of the pass. At
point about fifteen and one-half miles
rom Skaguay there will be an iron
russ bridge OF $50 feet span The
elevation of the pass at the summit is
1850 feet. and the elevation OF the
rack 2,S65 feet, there being cut of
fifteen feet for a considerable dis
:ance. The distance from Skaguay to
he summit on an air line is fourteen
niles
The work has been very interesting
rom an engineering point of view, by
virtue of the fact that almost the en-
tire way from three miles beyond ska
quay TO the summit Is entirely rock
and there are some heavy cuts. TheFe
viii be but one tunnel. about 500 feet
long, on the entire route to the sum
NIT. The heaviest gradients will be
80 per cent, and this gradient is OBJ
tanned without switchback The
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