The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-29


noticeable feature Of the rush IS the una
n.nslty wlth which SEATTLE is mentioned rs
the ou.afting and starting point fer these
expedi;ioas.
Organizing ia Hot Springs.
The people OF Hot Springs, Ark. have
Formulated d plan 70 engage in mining.
milling and trading IN Alaska. a mass
Yneeslns NJ citizens vas recently held 20
discuss toe projecI. n whiel the mayor
presided.
The plan proposed was az follows. TO
organize. equip and station Tor period
OF twn years In the Yukon gold fields a
party Of twelve OF fifteen able bodied men,
who ALL engage in suen operations or occu-
paiions a. may ne found m0st expedient or
profitable. \ small light draft river
steamer 81 sixty fo1s capacity VIII be Rur-
chased In the knock down and shipped
Is 81. Michael where it viii be put to-
getaeF and loaded a.tn twenty tons " pro-
visions a sswnill and centrifugal pump.
The sisli VIII be capable OF cutting from
!. 09a 10 2e.ae0 feet Of lumber in t.cniy-four
nours. ard the pump vii be capable OF
handling 1900 Cubic feet Of sand and gravel
Ia twenty -fol.r hours.
When the boat REACHES favorable To-
cation on the rSser the sand pump viii
spared Will devote their tim" TO cutting
timber and rafting II &c the boat. where
81 viii be sawed When winter sets in
small part!ea viii he sent out prospecting.
When a pa4aiE>is discovery IN made. claims
will be located and If thought expedient,
"a town VIII b. started. Il is claimed that
the company H. capable Of doing this. as
the prospecting party will include n physi-
elan. a mechanical aud electrical engineer.
one steam engineer. enc civil engineer, one
ccok. oae sawmili man, one clerk. one
druggist one carpenter, one practical
steamboat man and ole blacksmith. Ey-
cry member Of the party will be pledged
70 remain in Alaska TWO years, aud every
thing acquired becomes the property OF
The company The advance party Is ex-
peeted raise 5000. and the remainder.
so Oel. with be raised by subscription
among the people Of Hot Springs.
William H. Gamblers. a returned klon-
diker. addressed the meeting. lie said
that IL the party was composed OF sner-
Retic young men there was ID reason why
the plan should not be successful
Another steamer te ~. Michael.
The steamer New Orleans is being Mt
ted up In Providence, r. l., 10 carry
party OF prosnectors around the Cape to
Seattle. whence start will be made on
the voyage to St. Michael Alaska, An
;aony corcoran. Of Johnston. left Provi-
dence January Is for this city 10 arrange
for the departure of the vessel and pur-
chanA in advance the outfits OF tho pas
sengers expected. The number OF the
party is not known. bat Ii will exceed
fifty
sir. Corroran's arrival here is expected
daily He viii stop on the way westward
in Chicago and 81. Pant. - confer with
.sAI reg lei
ton in the handling az passengers.
The steamer will reach Seattle about
April l. and as soon as the passengers
nave secured their outfits the boat will
leave for the north. Arrangements viii
he made with some company operating
steamboats, on the Yukon 10 handle the
passengers between ~ Michael and haw-
son. The steamer will go into regular
commission between Seattle and ST. Mich
ael. after the Rhode leland party has been
carried 90 lts destination.
VIII Incorporate Here.
A party ~ twelve is being deliberately
f,ted oui in South Manchester. Conn. for
Alaska. Each % the men has a $1,000 cash
Interest in the success Of the expedition
and outsiders VIII Join the twelve ~
Stamford bTinsing the total number ep
Ia seventy They VIII come directly To this
city
The main part ~ the supplies viii ~
purchased in Seattle. the material taken
from Connecticut coming within the bag
GAGE limit II In pounds pHf rasSf niger
The weight "a be- DRAGGED inland for TIE
use of each man NIL! b. IN Tire neishhor-
hood os 5sa pounds. and VIII 7" bundled
on the slSds row 50 ncce ssaTy In pros
,.csofsa outfit M DOGS uia be used IA
the iabay Of dragging sheds. as q harness
~ helttpz heather made IA test oNNE she