The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-27
IIIIE men It SEleUlY.
raruIIAa FACES THAT GREET ONE
on ARRIVING THERE.



1aren charge Of TIE Alaskan al Skagway.
r.furnea yesterday oB tie Topeka Coz
erusrg Seattle people In the north. Mr..
nhef6esd xaid:
.sOld-sinse seattle faces sre familiar ev-
xxyuhNre In Alsska. Oae fsnds them at
ianeaE sxagway, Dyea, Leg Cabin, VI hlte
sPzss CRY, benasft and ali along both the
fsasik1af and W nste Pass trails. The Seat
8 fae man gong 10 Alaska need not think
( - 4 going inso a. country where ne IA nOs
foown. he meets Seattle men 81 every
street. corner and following every .faagias-
Z se yoca Ei0G.
q eone.dered hsgh-scnsa sad legitimate ia
Isasta provided Ore does not Literally run
4 10 hands into mars pocket and take
Is wealth. Even thai al one time was
ksid quite ger.tiesnaniy, but since .soapy'
NTH died It has BOT Seen esteemed proper
ssigass,s,;; 90. .,., arc r,yo,ou.,v ,.,oos. ),
n nnore effese and sfasd communities afe fill
- In Alaska b. men who occupied posi-
fjons Of honor and trust 81 their old
afssight-lacsd home towns Everything
st5oinx 10 Alaska the steamer touches
b 1Ysf al Juneau. al least that II the pr.n-
vel nllsd with people when the steamer
arytyes. You Will SEE faces that are IA
= missar to you, but few names that can be
caIled. Jack Mcdonald, formerly deputy
that same old smile with whcin he was
Woni 70 win votes on election day Ia times
past. Ben stretch. formerly sheriff OF sno-
hoHisa county and later member of the
SEATTLE police force. ix living AZ Juneau.
7 i. G. Van poren. formerly OF Seattle. ard
Qu.te wei known. is interested IN generai
transfer and carrying business AT Juneau
and h making good money: When Q man
speaks Of good money IN Alaska II means
tkat he il hauling In four or FIVE times in
amount what he could In the states.
when Seattle man FIRST steps on
steamer a. Skagway he ss ovsrwhslmea
by the large number OF people ne knows;
kAH 20 .fa8
each old-fiSne Acquaintance grasps him by
the hand and greeis him az though Il
were the most natural tbsns In the world
for everyone 10 come where the people
ere Members Of the Seattle colony stand
together al Skagway. The Seattle spirit
hss been iranspiantad and the password.
he's from Seattle. means much almost
q he.nz A member Of q lodge
aSkagway boasts about 4Ao0 people With
large transient and floating population.
effordng good business TO the hotels and
restaurants. Down Broadway the prsncl-
raj street, the trains OF the White Pass
4 Yukon route come and go and the peo-
pie regulate their watches and clocks by
the whistle OF the n. m. and 8 y. M. pas
seneer trains. II Is A lively, hustang, ea-
erxetic little city. with It's sidewalks, graded
streets rows az Substantial business blocks
While he movement Of trains adds a tiecid-
ely metropolitan air 10 the town. Al
though IN December The sun sets AZ go
eeiock in The afternoon. he Egyp.an,
The Gkngway river Is dspel,sd by the arc
lights In the streets Besides the electric
iiEhs plant, skagway has iirsi-class Wa
ter system and a fire department. The
people In fact have all the convenieaces
Of a central stats city excepting telegraph
&c communication.
Is Phil Abrahams. who Is doing general
brokerage business and enjoys tho conf
uence and respect of the community. Sc
attic people will rccaII sbrahafns a for
rner business man in the grocery fGe on
Second avenue. near fesfer II. ~. Trogan.
formerly one Of the owners Of tho North
ern hotel has leased Ehc Occidental hotel
al SkagMay and has opened a brokers Of
fee He r. handling Atilu mining proper
ties and has some very fine claims listed.
Matt Efannigau. the weii-knewn grade ana
street contractor. Of Seattle. who a. one
time owned the Franfaiean block on Com
mereial street. is putting ap chimneys at
ekagway. EranniEars went broke In Seal
stle and sailed For Honolulu. lie was worse
Of there than In SEATTLE. 80 In August he
turned TAP at Slngwar. then in poor health
however; Eranngan does not give up he
hangs on 10 the game OF life with bull
dogs grip. He had no MONEY. 80 for three
months he worked on the RAILROAD a.
common lahor.r. breaking rHsk for 81
day. peducttns 81 day for board and
room. this left bin s. clear. There were
few minor expenses, h.a In three months
he cashs-i In his time checks and was SOME
thing ever 500 ahead OF the game He quit
his JOB. went down the road 10 Skagway
and looked about for a business opening
chimness He sent 10 Seattle for lo9a
brick BY the At-ki, and he IL how hard a,
work
Frank Clancy. John Clancy AMI James
Clancy ~Ramex not unfamiliar IN SEATTLE
are making money at skagway. Aside from
toe saloon business tnry have ar oyster
house thar bids fair % rival the reputation
81 boane's At Olympia Clancy Is strong al
tkagway as he WAS al Seattle. and was
elected member az the Skagway common
soaneit Is the November city eieetien.
3ya ts@x x.f
Atsd with Frank clancy IN few Of his
ventures. Charles Wendf. formerly pro-
prfetor OF the Eookery restaurant on South
Third street. was I'm SkaSway fer sffne.
but Is now running the RnakeFy restaurant
q Attn city, In the rev mining region.
Mark Hun, formerly with the breyfoos
Company. 10 IN huxtness ON Hoiiy street,
n~xi door 70 III. ]. FSlSter, another former
seattle btsai!aee. pfugglss i<attimer. OF Sc
attic with his family. ia Tn Skagway lie
u operating pack train.
Robert Webb. jr.~-sserynedy In SEATTLE
knows htFri--is spending tho wsrser In Skag-
way. ARD VIII leave In the efsrsfsg for paw
son, lie is killing time acting as night
clerk al the Bsaineri hotel Just row he
Y fliiug in his spare moments staging
Ihsrk Tor the Winsiknnow Dramatic
e.ap. an amateur organisation composed
os Tie stst young pcuple in the city Vic
sT ]. Hahn, formerly a draugatssfi.si with
ne Oregon Improvement Company. is with
me railroad and Is doing well. Capt n IL
stretch, the civil engineer, Is also with the
sr the seattis butcher. ia u the Meat
business on Mckinney street John kaiens
wac had 4 grocery store on Pike street ~
sssnins q sa<gs business OH Broadway
:. Lawrence jesfssier. II ssfsosg the fater
Way.
fraHk Twicheii IL agent for the Pacific
Least Steamship Company at Skagsas
SaN Johnson and Frank Burus are tn the
sazttShE business, both making money
Sasman smith. of Port Angeles. hss wall
Ahswh IN Seattle. II a eivIi engineer VITA
sae railroad in tae preliminary survey
soFfs. +, NJ Mortimer is book ks,s ger for the
t.aeiBc Coast Steamship COMPANY r IL
Aei1ns@d. uf m. Nevada cigar Store is
eassaskserer @sth the railroad. Harry Tai
ct. 81 the Seattle Coal ana lran sss,s,s-
eahs, = IN charge az TIE railroad commits
sFs J. Henss is IRE contractor ~ con
ssF.ctsoh for the railroad auss = sas Of the
seSa'ns men II Alaska. y. Caslhere is snn~
rrAE a grocery store on State siEvet. W.
nte1frotn - in tae hotel business en-
1ghtA street. J r. Lilly. formerly a $3.50
s,Sse etssns@3 wlIh the Oregon Improvements
sohSSns. IN seSaa big business ia thv
9sS assa grain liDss his SISTER. N.sS Frances
AAiss is making money ay csefgss SITTING a
"a ana fesNs StaF1 ri White PAS t4Sy
ntsisEn DAVIS 0wns fas -. James hotss