The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-23
Runs Along the Main Thorough
fare Of Skagway.
sQuATTERs REFUSE TO MOVE.
Demand Heavy Pay to Get on the
Rfght-of-Way Along the Hun.
Thinking They Have the Railway
People in . Tight Place-Cfty
First Spike-News by the Ai-ki.

The first mile OF railroad at Skagway
was lad on June u, up the main street
o, the to~nsite, as the sqpa.ters who were
on tie right Of way along the bluff re-
FUSED 10 move unless heavily subs d zed
This news was brought down on the Ai-Ki,
Capt Gage. which arrived direct from
skagway at l:3e O'Clock yesterday after
noon
For several days last week the Skagway
city council held two sessions per day. try
ing 10 get the right of way they had given
the Skagway-Lake Bennett railaoad clear
cd OF squatters. The squasters objected
decidedly 20 moving. believing that the
railroad company was IN q tight place
ard that they could secure large sums Tor
the squatter rights. A committee OF Skag-
way business men worked among the
squatters for three days without the sight
est effect.
As last resort II was proposed that
right Of way be given up Broadway,
the principal street OF the town. This
passed the council and the railroad COM
pany went to work at once. The driving
OF the first spike was made the occas on
OF the day the first mile Of steel rails ever
laid in Alaska stretched out Of the town
in the direction Of White pass
The barge Skookum, which went north
with 200 head OF stock for the Taebo-
Calvin stock driving expedition. has finish
ed unloading AZ Hanes Mission. and was
rapidly getting out the 800 tons OF rails
which she had for Skagway. She is to
return here a. once for the rolling stock
OF the road.
The officers OF the Al-Ki say that the
story sent out from Juneau in regard 10
the arrival Of a spec!a, messenger from
the transportation companies at Daw Soa
was a fake. Some Canadian mounted po-
lice came up the river With some govern
ment dust. but they had no message to
the effect that the river was So low that
the beats would not De able 10 get up. On
the contrary. Il Is believed that there Will
be little trouble from thar score.
From Lake Bennett. comes the report
that the police are nor permitting many
OF the prospective klondikers 10 embark
In the boats they have built. Som. CO the
boats are shaped like cof1ns. and would
prove such 10 their owners If allowed TO
proceed. Many are stopped at the head ot
the White Horse rapids. where so many
lives have been lost and beats wrecked
Parties have recently arrived at Juneau
from Lake Tesdn via the Taku inlet route.
They report that there ~ truth in the
story that dirt had been found on a trih-
utary Of the lake which ran $50 TO the
pan
The r. D. Campbell. Of Moran's river
fleet had secured a new crew At SkaSway
and started 10 join the other vessels OF the
fleet. Her captain was confident that she
could reach ST. Michas! In safety, in spite
OF the fact that she was somewhat
'hogged."
The Ai-Ki had eIghty-seven passengers
In all Those in the cabin were.
S. NJ. Irwin. Mr.. and Mrs. George Dut-
ton. NJ Johansen and party % three.
Frank Conley. \. Demattus and parry Of
four {. W. Thnmnson q. Cogdell. :. Oh
son Ed Adams, NJ. Murphy '. Rogers.
] II. Syringe Charles Johnson. Mrs.
charles Hansen. Mr.. and Mrs. WITH Den
hv, 4 VIII W. Taylcr \ y Roe VIM
FIakely ! J. Aylsworth w S. Holman.
". r. Hemmiug II Candel r W Royal
NJ ] Walsh F y. Miller James Wallace.
James Anderson. and fortynine second
class