The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-23
The PASSING IHRONG.

has made thorough Inspection & the
s1iczeen river route or which the Tacoma
Pert Orchard Navigation Company viii
rau rs lne q steamers. and throws some
SIDE lights On a proposition that ne claims
+ has never been well understood. Mr..
: YeTkes states that the calling Of the Stick
cen river route the alI-EanaGlaz route
has pTejgdiCed a grear many people who
have not investigated the snoJect Suffi
+ GENTLY 20 discover that Fort Wra3gsl.
through which all business for the interior
b. the Stickesn river route must pass. .
IL American territory. Many Of the pa
+ peTs OF TIE United States which should he
better informed. nave discussed the Stick
eeu river route 10 rs disadvantage, rs
sumlng from the title that the Canadians
have given IL. that it lies wholly within
British Columbia The subject Of The nav
liability Of 5lle river has been questioned
when those who are informed on the sub
5ect arc aware that the Hudson Bay Com
paEy has operated steamers on the Stick
/ cen river fer years. There are but brief in
tervals IN the spring and fall when the
water is extremely low and this fact does
rot interfere with tire running OF steamers
trai are constructed for shallow channels.
The Tacoma-Por; Orchard Navigation
Company. with which Mr.. Yerkes : cen
nected as manager OF its steamers viii
first send up the Skagit Chief and put her
II Immediate commission upon the open
ing % navigation. Another steamer TO be
named The Glenora. after the upper river
terminal Of the companys steamers. is
now Il course Of construction and Is al
most a large az the Skagit Chief. a.
though of much less draft. The Stickeen
river is navisahls for 40 miles from its
mouth and the steamers Of the company
VIII land a. the ocean docks when a trans
fer Of through shipments 10 Glenora VIII
ba made without wharfage charges, which
81 Wraneel a-s s. per ton. The Stea wers
3 - q. AFaHa fsvs. -,
Company VIII be able 10 make the round
trip from Wrangei 20 Glenora IN four
days. The Hudson Bay Company now has
wharf 90 feet long with an Il Of 20
feet. The Canadian Pacific railway has
purchased Reed x Sylvester's wharf and
Will repair and extend il 80 that IL VIII
have a 4n-foog face. The town OF Fort
Wrarge as described by Mr. Yerkes. has
grown from an Indian village with pos
sble white popula ton Of 40 people 10 a
towr al more than 1000 white people.
There Is a hotel there OF forty rooms and
wealthy London companies. which have
acquired valuable sites are preparing 10
erect another hotel three stories high.
build wharves and warehouses and prose-
cute a vigorous policy Of Improvement.
first rate wagon road leads from Glenora
10 the main trail which IS the line 10 he
followed by the Stickeen river and Lake
Teslin railway and the charter from The
Canadian government requires that the
railroad keep the road and trail in perfect
condition for use. and whore its constitute
ton crosses either that regular railroad
crossings shall be made Wth the placing
I'm commission of the river bottoms and
new construction intended for the Wran-
gel-GlenCra route there VIII be twenty
nine stcamres navigating the Stickeen. M.
Yerk.S states that steamers VIII be ready
10 operate on Lake Teslin by the time the
ice breaks up and he confirms the state
ment that passengers can be delivered
from Seattle TO Dawson City In seven
days. The operation Of the river steamers
will he I'm relation 10 customs collections
exactly the same as the system maintained
d on PUGET Sound between the American
ports and Victoria and Vancouver. The
Canadian government promises large
force at Glcnora within British Columbia
territory. ard there VIII be no delay on
account Of insufficient force. The freight
carving capacity Of both ~ the steamers
or the Tatoma-Port orchard Navigation
Company viii be 80 tons and each viii
have passenger accommodations for $50
passengers. The steamers will be towed
from The Sound TO Fort Wra9cel IN time
for .he opening Of river navigation.
a prominent member Of the Forty-Fiye
Consolidated Mining Company. OF Eyere.t
was IN the city yesterday and gave 4 Post
IuJeihCencer reporter the following facts
about TAO Sultan valley railroad. with
Which ,hs ForIy-FiVc company expects 30
lap rs valuable mining property;
The prei urinary survey for the nav
Sultan basin railroad as just been com
IieteG. IhS survey starts about one and
/ one-hal. miles below The present reloadlug
+ station az tAe tram line built last summer
/ 10 thc Everett = Monte CrlstQ Talt-4ad
AZ S.teytcr. The washing out * Jhe
Everett read Lass winter made this tram-
/ way OK no use From the reio3din8 station