The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-06
THE PASSING THRONG

A ID. Gum. of Index. miner packer.
noteikeeper and founder az the prosperous
asus mining town az the forks % the
sky Aonash. is in the city. Mr. Gum has
Just finished packing In the last q the
supplies IA. the various winter camps in
the mountains near Index and has more
aaioslha1ion regarding .he work being
gone than perhaps any other man In the
district In speaking os his section Of the
country las night MI Gum said:
IN the Skykorish. Silver Creek, TroIi-
oieSore and Trout Greek districts there
are ten men working this winter for ev-
eIF one thar was a. work last winter.
IBis does rot look much like everybody
hao gone to the Klondike. does IL: The
Eastern men Of money who have been
attracted % the coast by the kloadlke
advertising are showing a great interest
IN the mines Of the Cascades ard several
Dig investments have been made in the
incex country
In regard 10 the work being done in
our ssctIcn Of the mountains. the biggest
outnt AT work this winter Is opening up
TWO claims on Troublesome creek for
eerman syndicate. Two camps are being
operated and twelve men are at work.
me tunnel OF one OF the claims on which
work Is being done is LEO feet up 4 steep
mountain side. The men have blasted out
Place for their camp at the mouth Of
the tunnel and during good weather draw
I'D enough wood and supplies over a tele-
graph wire tramway TO last them until
more good weather comes. On ali OF the
other creeks outfits are working IN spite
OF the snow and Sides
r. d. Newell. OF Juneau. returned YES
terday from New York, and will go north
on the next trip of the Topeka. Cues
'ioned as TO the receivership ordered re-
Gently for his company at Juneau. he said
at the Butler last night: The causes
which led to the receiyership were purely
local 1 have examined the situation thor
oughly in New York Chicago and Seattle
and there is nothing in either place that
would warrant such proceedings. The fact
that our own auditor E. F. Cassei was
appointed receiver shows pretty we'll that
there is no serious trouble with the affairs
OF the company. I am authorized to say.
however. that whatever the trouble was,
It viii be Strengthened out at once on my
arrival In Juneau.
The klondike excitement has per,ne-
ated the entire East in a way which II is
difficut to describe. At the Waldorf
where I stopped while was In New York
/ could hear the word Klondike whispered
and talked through the corridors every
day. In this connection Seattle is every
starting point, and this city will unques-
tionably receive the bulk Ct the travel and
trade this winter and spring"
One OF the very few men who have been
in Seattle recently that do not believe In
the permanency OF the klondike move
ment is Capt. A. NJ. Simpson. of San Fran
cisco. He Is here looking after his inter-
ests In the Northwestern Lumber Company
ha Hmm Il bar 4 IA
came up from Hoquiam yesterday. and will
go to Port Townsend this morning to look
after the wreck Of the bark Oakland, lowed
into that port a week ago. He left San
Francisco two weeks ago for the purpose
Of visiting the mills along the Coast.
There is" said he at the Occidental last
night. "a great demand for lumber just
now on account OF the klondike craze. l
call II a craze. for II is nothing less. Mark
my prediction. 1t will break down within
six months.
Yes. / approve the movement In shut
ting down the shingie mills this month,
and OF course my mills are interested in It,
That is the only method we have OF keep
ing up prices.
1.-THE best piece of industrial news that
know just now is that We are building the
branch road from Aberdeen to HoQuiam,
four miles. which Will give us immediate
connection with the Northern Pacific. 1t
will be finished In May
Joseph Ferguson, a prominent lumber
man of Arlington, Is guest OF the Diiier.
Last evening he stated that there Is
pronounced Improvement In the business
feeling up the line Of the Seattle & In
ternationaI railroad owing to the prospect
of the opening OF the shingle mills, which
next week will begin cutting for the
spring trade. There is good outlook FOR
the lumber and single business. both To-
caiiy and In the Eastern market. The
temporary repairs to the Seattle & Inter
national bridge at Arlington. according TO
Mr.. Ferguson, are about completed. A
long sheer boom Is being placed in the
river TO protect the work. The knocking
out of one of the piers was due to the ac-
emulation OF drift and the water press
ure above il. The bents In the trestle work
were undermined by the current finding its
way behind the piling. Mr.. Ferguson is in
the city on brief business visit.
ID. Warner and ]. r. Hall OF Cincin-
natl are at the New England, preparing
TO so TO the Yukon. Mark Hanna has the
essentials OF political success" said Mr.
Warner. who has himself seen much OF
politics in his time. He is diplomat 4.
keen hard fighter and has the means.
He will succeed"
Both Mr.. Hall and Mr.. Warner said that
throughout Ohio Seattle was known a the
gateway TO the gold fields of the north.
and that among all classes OF people there
was great interest in the Yukon district
ard in the Northwest. They Will outfit In
Seattle and expect 10 leave for the north
III three weeks or a month.
The friends OF Louis Klodt. the we'll
known ieweler are giving him a good
natured laugh because q Il little Kiondike
venture which he undertook and then
abandoned. He eruh-staked a certain man
at cost Of $3.50. Before the prospector left
town he went on A spree. In disgust Mr.
Klodt gladly accepted a chance TO sell out
his half interest IN the prospective dis
coveries Now the man has sent down
some handsome nuggets, and has negoti-
ated sale Of one-half interest In the claim
he has staked for $4,000.
II. NJ Stevens and wife. OF Butte, Mont.
are at the fremont. hotei, CT their way
TO Dawson They are buying complete
outfit here for winter trip in over the
ice and will take supplies enough TO last
them eighteen months. Mr.. Stevens does
not believe the boats will Re able to get
enough grub Up the river next year SO Is
going We'll prepared. He VIII take in his
outfit with two dog teams Of four
dogs each. The dogs were Sc
cured in Montana and California and are
we'll trained. Six Of the dogs are big
black coliles. Mrs. Stevens will drive one
Of the teams and her husband the other.
All Of their supplies viii be purchased in
Seattle.