The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-18

Ia. lens aad suggested thar tie
world would be GALES. upon to
- devise means % mapping the
great. then comparatively un-
kLown territory OF Alaska with railways
and tramways ard improved travelling ia
cahfses 10 accommodate rish 81 people
numbering fully s1Ca - ali parts Of an
area covering three-aoarters OF a million
square miles an that with scarcely a
YEAR, advance notice hs wOuld have been
laughed down a dreamer. The posi-
biiIy Of such 4 crush ~ immigration into
= couDtry Ia tie temperate zone was not
- cilfmer1cai but that these Developments
would Ire necessary IN land q third OF
winch beyond the Arctic circle and
covered during from a third to three
iourths Of the year IL Ice and snow was
deemed utterly beyond the calculation %
thinking men.
But chance spade Of earth uptarIed
from the bed Of an unknown tributary OF
gre Yukon just across the American aoun-
cary HE, revealing a wealth Of god tlil
then unknown on earth. and continued dis
coyeEes OF greater and greater fortune
were the note that Fang in the world 3 a.
tenton-and the great fax of ks vas
soon setting ont for the frozen North.
Ine first year's flow u this northo0und
stream Is over: q nam country has been
opened 10 the world a1a the problems thar
were apparently iTnyracficabia have been
eoivsd by American genius into mere ques-
lions Of successful business venture. Learn
Ing from the inev}taaie catastrorh. that
overlook innumefable baseless schemes 10
make speedy fortunes out Of wealthy and
inexperienced prOspectofs the coming year
VIII md Alaska AS easy destination for
Business or pleasure as one may go to-
Definite. or even approximate. statistics
covex1ng the northward traffic OF the last
year are impossible To get Il Is only
known that fnIHNardq Eexy
interior Of Alaska. mostly by way OF the
Skaxway and Hyea trails some by IN.
st. Michael Yukon route. Others 10 the
peninsula between Kotzehle ard Morton
eoards, and to the Copper river and Cook
inlet districts
Great Trade From Seattle.
Ail7soid, there were thirty -eight 70 for.y
Steamers plying between Seattle and LYNN
Canal ports last spring besides scores Of
sailing Vessels and craft in tow As ac-
curaieiy az can be learned this IL a list az
ths sh'aiit. passage steamers then in ser
VICE.
Queen Corona, city OF Ton4ka AI.ki
Willamette. Santa Cruz Oregon. George
w. Elder. Victorian. Australia and Gar
ina, OF the Pacific Coast Steamship Com
panys of which tho Australia and Czarlna
were the only vessels 10 make as few as
four trips; the Excelsior. Valencia. Golden
cate. Noicott ana Ihrasher. Of the Paci-
nc Steam Whaling Company. and theaa
ssattcred among a dozen Other owners and
charserers: Soyo. Rival Protection. LAX
me. tieyeland. BERTHA Albion, Del Norte
nouta Coast. f1ilafnook. Humboldt Dirigo
Roraise. city OF Seattle. Utopia. Discovery
Brixham. Lanrada. Alliance Fulton NJ,
tionai CITY and Farailoa.
This is said to have been the iarree.
fleet ever In direct service between any two
TDfft< but mt.
traffic, and many instances are given nf
people having 10 wait and freight being
LETT behind. owing to the oVercrow(led con-
dillon or the departing steamers The han.
ncr cargo OF the Year VAS taken hy ,he
Willamette. FOR the Pacific Coast Steam
snip company. There were n0 less than
StD Passengers. snO tons If freight ami -,
10 80 head Of live stock taken on ona trIr,
or IL days. which IS said 10 have notta.i
the owners sG5co.
Ihere were from twenty to tvVrntv-0va
steamers running from here 10 81. Michael
~ncre tho passengers and freight wyre
transferred to river steamboats, and taken
UP the Yukon 20 tho klonelko \ ust NJ
these vessels follows: Humboldt. tybarlez
Nelson Del Norte. Hrixharu. south p.,t.
land. tAsurada. C0nemaugh. Portland R.-
anoke, TIamook. Albion, Samoa. SUMO,
Rival, Protection. Lakrne Cleveland Move
Navarro. Eiihu Thomson and Pry,cr.rso
IT Will be noticed that some Of cheese yes
s"'s were transferred from the LYNN canal
route. They were pat on the 81. Michael
trace "a soon as the Boring sea opened in
early summer
Wedding Ont ola Steamers.
The demand for vessels for THIS Alaskan
trade was - great isst spring that - VS.
practically impossNe 20 find a GRAF, ~
any description, ola. WORKOUT steamers
that had been tied up FOR years and wcrs
destined for the scFap-heap We're hauir,I
out. given enough repairing 50 they w-au,a
carry steam ans pillow through the esas IN
mostly any oil fashion. and sent 20 Alsslx,
ioseed d"Nn WIN passengers and freight
Charter rates advanced unft mere rssn
the worth u tire old tu.s Was axk,s arF
gotten. for every months service II vas
said before the rush commenced fhat .he
steamers then IN tire tslusr faszsa.re nm
Required this services az an the ssnahfa
pilots acquainted with tao~- waters. bat
with the uew demand came the SUNNY
and rs scan az 4 str8rer was ready TO-
use plenty f,fs}ea aplraryt wsa e.atrut,l f3
know AL eAiut the treacheroux W'r.nz.l
narfnws and o.her dangerous places ,:
MS, therefore. strange :h8t dozens u thtse
boats dd not 50 - the bottom. felt cs,.f
foEtiane attended their business ana acll-
dtfits were comparatively raro.
The result ~ mica competition was
hound - ee disastrous 80 MANY ~f}a{ar
coFieefn" taat had tutycai tie sod VITA
OUT adequate Fua1cfns- ana w.1h n selsl
expectation - tr.rmauenye Now tge
COURTS arr fired wi3a damage al t.t,l a-s4
reeefsersb'p SUITS. fhat wI tAke mauras
oS work 'o clear IL tte 3>~svrs Rat a
more aI'prtt af-t sH3 ~ tefs s--t ~ ,,....f-
ftas.s0i is tas5 :Gc eona-aE gar there
VIII ~ oalr t<ta'te companies e~e..-s -,
t'te- ta1e ut.a=r o',tt~- uis+af ,re..sa, .st,-
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