The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-30
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e Fooza Tor -" more tsss as kooz ~ thsy
.eacz Skakgay. TIE wages paid, eS<sSa5-
eE1ng TIE e5ase q worx, are xoad Every
naaa receives 40 gsr day and 10 Charge
81 p@r day for board. Il iz necessary 10
asnssE tie asen IRIS amount for card 2x
ing 70 t5s big cost .. provisions ard
TIE exseEse attached 20 frezgatsrx ne
sa-as 20 FozcGpisss alGi. where the men are
eEcsuf,e9
Tfas food furnished the -aen n good.
gook GIrDsr a. Chg 81 the CAMPS white
thsre, and ! vas vel sz;l~asa with ire
.Ere- Tn. rnen sleep III tents which are
decidedly comfortable. ard ID not hEsr
& single Complaint aSoug the aceouno-
ds.sons.
The railroad s. being well Constructed
ard TIE -os9Dsd is much better rhan az
pecte2 u would &c Bang a narrow gauge,
sixty-p9an1 rails are used Tn contractor
also tod nae that Il vas intended 20 nave
TIE Rad completed 70 sis summit hy gers-
ssnoer =. and Il order 20 10 his * i
necessary 20 work twenty-tzo out G. the
tweniy-four hG2Fs. OF course, there are
Two shifts.
Al tse present tine nearly All the worg
ia being done n rock and granite. aud i;
VIII Se necessary % run tao or three short
tunnels. Surveyors have been sent beyond
ne summit and are now making surveys
20 Fort Ss.ki~k. whiah Is located at the
junction u ne Stewart and EselIy rivers
'',Ths skagway railroad an benea, Alas
~ UNNECESSARILY. ard XII - a radical
step In the way o. introducing the csuntry
20 modern improvements and iaie lnveu-
,ions.
TO Ar ogsslde- skagway appears 70 be
a lively town. ard the buginax s -asn. as
rule, are doing a profitable business The
water~orks are completed. and noticed
that number q sewers are being cor
struc,ec. ] have no doab. that general
sewer system VIII Ia established In the
course % time
"skagHay II row orderly. and venture
70 say that Yukorer could piacs a sack
os gold on the sidewalk and !: would be
perfectly safe. as the thieves have been
run out % he town. Before LEFT gam
bling. which bat been suspended several
days after 'soapy' Smith was disposed %,
resumed. but &. was or the legitimate or
der
Il talked 20 the representative O. the
Canadian mounted police, who informed m =
that Re had been kep: vel posted on the
au1sunt % gold thai had beer cleaned %
The mounted police are ~ . position 20
know. ar they keep close watch on ac-
count II the royalties lmposeJ by the Ca
madam government. He informed ne that
the ason's output would not - less than
SIS 0ao y.s Tire same or1c5al also told me
that the number Il lives lost q, The White
Horse rapids and other points on the Yu-
k3n had been greatly exaggerated an9
that according - of9rial records only
steven men fiieS wstery graves "a re-
sGlt % the rapids this season