Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-29
THE SUBSIDY IS ACCEPTED.
Contractors Mackenzie & Mann Agree to the Terms of the Province of British COlum- bia And Work on the Lake Teslin
 Road VIII Commence Soon,
Seattle Post-Intclligencer.

A telegram received by Judge K. M. Jackson, the United States commission CT at Wrangcl, from Victoria, conveys the information that Mackenzie X Mann, railroad contractors, have ac- copted the subsidy of Si,oO0 per mile from the province of British Columbia, and have signed a contract by which they agree to commence work at once on the railroad from Glenora to Lake Teslin.
 Since the failure of tie bill in the Dominion parliament granting the firm an imperial subsidy in the form of money and lands, the residents of WraEgel have been more or less du b.ous concerning the prospect of d tailroad through to Lake Tesln from Telegraph creek, at the head of naviga- ton on the StlHeen river Many of the influential people of the city, how ever. believed that If the original pro jcct for the building of the railroad did not 20 through, some other would be offered. The faith of tine leading citizens of Wrangel in the Stlkeen route and the proposed railroad has been firm and undying, and HOW, it appears, they are 10 be rewarded.
 Judge Jackson, who has been in Sc attla on business for several days. showed Post-lnteligencer reporterth the telegram referred to, which Was signed by Chales II, Lusrin. 1t states that Mackenzie X Mann have signed the contracts for the railroad and that work k to be begun at once. It k fur ther stated that Il wagon road will be built along the trail between Teslin and Glenora, presumably for the pur- pose of hauling supplies and materials for the contractor.
 "Wrangel's long deferred hope of see ing d railroad built from Glenora to Lake Ieslin, opening new route to the gold fields, is about to be reailZed,' said Judge Jackson yesterday. The leading men of the town have never lost faith ill the project. and their con etancy k at last to be rewarded. The provincial legislature of British Colum- bla has granted the firm of Mackenzie ,I Mann subsidy of S4,OOO per mile for the l4O miles of road between Glen ora and Lake Teslin. The country Is comparatively level and there are pos itlvely no engineering difficulties of any magnitude to be encountered. or course. 1t iS not expected that the road will be built in time to be of use to prospectorS this summer, but d wagon road will be built along the route to be followed by the road for the use of the contractors i'll getting material and supplies for their grading camps. l understand that work on the road Is to be pushed with all possible haste.
 That Wrangel is one of the most for tunate towns as far as the future de velopment of Alaska is concerned will be readily granted. The building of the Lake Teslin road will greatly stim ulate all forms of business at Wrangel. The city will be the base of supplies for the country traversed by the road. and the merchants will derive much busi- ness therefrom. More than that, it es- tahlishes permanent and feasible route to the interior. and one which, believe. will be much favored by pros pectOrs.
 When the road is finally completed and in operation. in conjunction with d line of steamers plying between the lake and Dawson by way of the Hoot- alinqua river, it should be possible for a miner to reach Dawson from Seattle in eight days. This is allowing three days for the voyage to Wrangel, one day up the Stikeen to Glenora, another from Glenora to Lake Teslin, at the terminus of the railroad, and three days from there to Dawson.'