The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-28

He fsana city Lively asa Cost Of
Living (heap.

Sssgi@ gorrs Stswarsvfiae. MINI, Star.
The Beautiful klas-sSIke fairy with her
sr,sSIe wand % geld. has ,asieea wTesS1
q transfer nation sesEe Ia Seattle To tsis
esSE mas cotse a multitude es pilgrims
from al parts u the weird. few hsv-
Ing fazs city taei- 5estfna tsev. 81 hers Dut
daring 10 venture farther sa&n the Coast
towns % Alaska bar tie vast majority
are bound for fhe kiaailke. But. | am
inclined TO faink hut snail percentage
81 taa great crowd >ezrtlag VIII ever
reach the Land % gold" As for myself
aTa already weanet. for while al least.
tsA better means % transportation - IN
operation Fran three 10 four vessels
leave Aeg'e every day heavily loaded with
freight 81 all kinds. human beings, .crses.
cattle and dogs. all packed closely foGssh-
eT- The steamboat managers ard sEplcy IS
work night ard CAV 10 handle the large
CROWDS % eager passengers. wAiie railroad
officials eShsel. letters ana kilograms
frosn Eastern agents. showing hundreds
are beng booked daily for transportation
10 Seattle, and slSge TO follow. Repre-
sen'agaves or Eastern syndieates and min
Ing investors touch elbows with the hardy
miner from Montana and Colorado and the
tender foot from Kansas ard Missouri.
the OF TIE problems ia Seattle incident ID
the migration % thousands OF ''kloadik-
ers' aorth~ard has been that OF sleeping
accommodations T91s hotel and resisu-
rant men have found the Yukon movement
q veriiable treasure. Yet at no time has
there been a scarcity OF rooms, for with
characteristic energy and enterprise. the
Aote4 men haze msae adequate prspsTa-
tons for the care % the thronss of visit
oFs, az prices ranging al. the way from s.
70 y per week fer single roons. These
same rooms. | am informed, five months
ago were renting fer 81 ID TO s. per week
ana dodgers scarce. The hungry are being
FAD ~
with those of the East. n very fair full
course dinner with a bottle OF cIaref wire
being offered for - cents. Business men
III all Other lines are each reaping their
share Of the "hoorn'' but 10 the provision
dealer and outiittar fails the big snare OF
the money left here During all hours III
the day wagons are seen going and COM
ing loaded with outfits for the outgoing
steamers and the sidewalks aad whsrves
are piled high with goods of ali kinds
marked skagway. Dyea. Wrangel or Cop
per river. Rigat ROW there lis deaFth OF
tugs Tor towing purposes: in consequence
a number OF sailing vessels all loaded have
been lying in the bay here for a week
waiting tor q tug TO take them north. But
with ali this push and enterprise there
are great many people here broke and
out OF work and wages for those at work
are low, The weather since we have been
here IS warm and nice. with the excsp-
tioi OF TWO or three DAYS rains. The grass
ia yards and lawns has been green all Will
ter and now three 20 four inches high
ShTubbsry OF ali kinds is in bud But the
evenings are cold and damp aud disagree
able TIL one becomes accimated ] like
the town were IL not for the hills one has
10 climb. bat we are ENCOURAGED by the
'oid-timers." who say you will soon get
used 10 them. We can look out of our
window for miles across the bay ana see
steamers and sailing vessels from all parts
OF the world.
y. F. MURPHY.