The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-21

through American territory Nas 49,
realized by every ous weo yosx .@As
$ interested IN the trade with 49,
ard has been trlpr SSt~} o. ne -.,-~.A
ment 50 forcioly ,aat il has ;ass, ..'
10 that end. More ,Eln Aair fha ~es.ss
Of The Yukon Is IL NaSka. ana ,,snss
rich as hose OF re Nlons;ss 80. -
discovered and are ing or,snss ~. Vt
]. large ma 3vity az tAe Arvans,,. .-s'e
Americans ard would naturally - are
mine in their cwD country. II ihax "a %
gain as much by Il. for they are !. "a. an
patAy VAIN me institutions and have w..
hhera. min ns laws Bu; AL the oyeylass
routes SO TAR opened pass through g..
ada- MS Involves the expense az,
trouble % passing ;her outn;s -
the custom house and throws AIM, va
superahie obstacles n The way ~ -.
construction OF Railroads The only - '
by which men eau INTER the Yusa, -
fields IN Alaska without Passing -hras-s
Canada Is ;aat up thu river winch i -
open for four months in the year
To remove This difficulty, the sav.--
ment has sent ioay parties OF rssss..
soldiers TO explore the best ro,,.ss -
the coast TO the Yukon with The .v.. la
object OF discovering a practicable -
through American territory. Ona -
goes up the Copper river and daun -,
Tanana; another up The Sushi,na s,s
down the Tanana. a third over the r,si,ss
trail: the fourth down the Yukon from ~
headwaters and UP Forty Mile ereeg :,
the Tanana river The Unite, S,.,.s
geological survey has also sent GU, four
parties to make topographic mans a. -.
district from the eastern bounaar, -
Forty Mile. the Waite and Tansna r.y.-s.
the Melozikakat and Koyukuk rIys,s'
the Sushi,na river basin. to comma, :.
the divide with the party working m ~.
White and Tanana, The coast ana ga
detic survey has also set TO work "a AZ.
navigation by sending out four nAr.,ss
one 10 survey the bars outside the ,nn,.s
OF the Yukon river: fh. second 70 WI
on the delta of the Yukon. the ,hlra !,
survey the Yukon mp 10 the sas.sss
boundary OF Alaska: and the fo,,th -
survey the mouths Of Copper river ana
Cook Inlet.
New Trading Posts.
Preparations Oh a large scale ara hs,n,
made by the companies which have IA,
years traded on the Yukon and by A nus.
Der of new ones which are now en,srl,,
the field to supply the increased dsmans
which will exist in future. Tra5l,g
posts are now from 20 TO 20 miles apar.
along the valley. those already estah,IsA.
ed. with their distance from ST. McAss
IN miles, being: Fort Get There a
Michael island: Andreafsk. rs; Aryt
400; Hamilton, 6S5. Nulato. 6,5, Cochrans
80: Weare, 925: Rampant. l.tn; Far
Hamlin. LOO: Fort Yukon, .sa. Cir,
I4l0: Forty-Mile, 1850; Dawson. ia
S!xty-Mile. 1.7i9; Fort Se.kirk. LIS: LII.
Bennett. 2.+3l Sheep Camp slN.
Y. G. Richardson. who has the contsa
for carrying the mails between Juasas
and Weare and between Wsafs
and ST. Michael. beginning on jus
/, is preparing TO establish new
posts at the following points. the num-
Der OF miles from St. Michael berg
given after the name: Mouth Of he
Autokakat river. branch OF TIE
Koyukuk; mouth OF the Msaoxlkaka,
river. 1e5: mouth OF Beaver creek
Ito: Charlie creek. l.49o: Eag.s City at
the mouth OF American creek. 1850, Stew
art river, ITO: Five Fingers, lAS.
The Seattle-Yukon Transportation Com.
pany will establish a Wholesale store a,
Dawson and regular trading posts 8.
Woodw orth. LIS miles from st. Mieass
Rampant and Eagle City. as wei as
Nulato and the head OF navigation on De
Koyukuk river. The Boston and Alaska
Transportation Company VIII also open
trading posts at Nuiato. Lake Watt and
the head OF navigation on the koyukgk