The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-19

rs most complete. and is sufficient to last
the entire party fu, two years. Before
coming TO Seattle we spent sI5,o1 for sup
plies alone, and have probably spent 5000
additional here. Slowed away In tho
Beulah is food enough for an army.
Among the items are. Flour. IT'S barrels;
eorned beef. bacon. salt pork, sausage
and other meats, $1,000 pounds: oatmeal.
1000 pounds: horniny. Is barrels; cornmeai.
1880 pounds: coffee, 5000 pounds. ga, 1900
pounds. rice. tons. extract of beef. 800
pounds. eyaporated vegetables, 400
pounds: prunes. 1900 pounds: sauer kraut.
60 barrels; butter, 2Iso pounds; butterine.
i.5oo pounds. and numerous other articles.
such as sugar, condensed milk and eyapo-
rated cream. There Is q large eight grid
die steel range for cooking. and all the
accessories. including white and blue
enamel dishes. lver-plated knives. forks
and spoons.
These last items would indicate that
our party in selecting its outfit had APP
preached very close 20 the Injurious.
when ore considers that we are going into
the Yukon country Wei. we have made
every provision looking 10 the comfort of
the men, Every member of the party IL
provided with spring bed. hair mattress
and feather pillow: and for the eighty
men there are more than 20 pairs OF ten
ance Of clothing suitable TO withstand tho
rigors of the Arctic winter. Every man
has 20-ae Winchester. and there are
about a dozen sfoiguns in fhe party for
use on small game. We have fifteen wall
tents. two Of them 49xs0 each. ore fsxai
and the remainder SKID: ard 70 the casual
observer even Ii Is evident that the hard
ships incident 10 the north in our case
will be reduced to the minimum. II not
entirely eliminated"
The men under Capt. Croweli made re-
markabse time IN transferring tie two
eleven-ion boilers from the railroad cars
10 the Beulah. BY means of block ard
tackle worked from the rigging Of the
foremost, the ponderous adjuncts 20 the
steamers machinery were swung fsour the
fats 10 their positions aboard ship In t1ss
four hours. Conspicuous on the Beulan
was q lighter isx25. TO b. usAd In dis
charging cargo at Hooper bay. The
lighter. wAica was placed securely amid
ships, had besn irnprovised into a water
tank. the center having been buikheaded
50 as to contain n good supply ~ water
for the voyage. The expeditsoa also load
ed aboard the schooner 1000 barrels Of
water. The cargo was filled out with 100
tons OF coal, and means OF escapa from
the vessel in case OF uishap at sea will
BE- afforded BY twelve galvanized lEfeboats.
fitted with alright compartments.
Gruhsfakinx ON n Large scale.
As stated IN the prospectus. the expo
disioa Is based on mutual cooperation ara
equality, the members sharing alike In
everything The scheme was originated
by DIR. Hageman shortly after the vas,
wealth az the kiondike became known.
Tie made thorough investigation Of the
possibilities Of the north a. a gold PRO-
aae1F. and concluded that the tributaries
0f 7he YUKON on the American side we're
.5Aa ~ zen N gold as the streams In the
Northwest territory. and proceeding on
[nar hypothesis he incorporated the com
o@ny under the laws OF Illinois, capitalize
arg II a. slseaa0 divided into So shares
he then proposed the formation ~ an ex-
Se6sfionaTy force. apart from tas COM
pary. the company 10 furnish The capital
and The expedition tie skill ard sahSr fer
The development OF claims, each individual
member OF the expedition 10 be gwen a
aals Interest IN discoveries OF claims made
by HIN. The proposition. which Was com
pared 70 = cYubstake on large scale.
tseysA atsracssye. AID Dr.. Eageman. who