The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-17
REAL CONDITION At DYEA.
cart. W.. r. PEsDL&Tos WHITES
from SHEEP CAMP.
Road FrSa wharf 10 shsse - slew
Progress On other I1Dsov~1enfs
-Iss~ns~ Geld Prevents Work
ON ah~ ssmaft-The TFa@wsyss

Capt, ". r. pensslefcs. az ssw London.
Corn, Is highly respected y0aag eftixea
OF tssas CITY mnd al essssev ri the CsssEssss4-
esse National Guard In January last 8 let
tar from hsn visa printss Ia his hoans pa
Ger, which Was 10 interesting sid ssss home
pager s,scsa oE him so highly sl%SE a eIiA@
ger of SEATTLE ugoss aisa Aass month @s&-
Ing for CERTAIN Information. In answer
Cars. pessaleaaas Aas written tsze following
letter dated saseess sSassass isoEstafy =. AID
receives. sn seattla tsaay. Hs says;
'.sss.szp Camp, As4sAa. Fso. 81. fss.
"D~lr Sir: reees lied yeaxs u the -ssa
OF January YESTERDAY. tias I'd az FeDra-
AIRY. i have fS3t ally! tszss TO XII TOW. as
] asga OF the trail ana busy. ~asn The ess-
u.<nts viii allog. asbtsEg ever tie pas.
with my outfit. I lsYf I,yea FassruarY J.
sna viii e:.dezAvor To answer yelr 152es~
fsons fr1tsfaigg as far IS my eyes and
judgment wtlI aiIoss. rot having ssss3 far
any information from interested parties
- ali. ard saying nothing or hessfaay.
know nothing personally about @sagwsy.
ard fisexsfsxx cara gls.s no resiait!s ihf9T~
Nation aDozIt that place. Dyea csa7 Hssak
al a. / aAsa been aars since * be-
gan It's Fua1ssarsoIo~iak4 growth. The Dy@a
ard ksoFitsa transportation Company
have bad = wharf built Tor "a long tin&s.
ard | have seen the Al-hI 1t that saTGss
wtsar. alseass girsg freight. That eoTa-
pany's wharf n os tbs lest~haud side. fac
;rg pyea / atIo9ld think s!G@ wharf ex-
tends about "a mile or r41Fa From IsSa
water Some time about DseaEg ksg they
started "a roaabed over a hos buck. from
wharf - h.gh water mark aHd they 1dsf
4 - 7
left Dyea il waa nearly soTlpiate.i. TIE
pile wharf being built By the s<y~caIle1
Alaska Forwarding Company has had 10
say tbs least. rather aa az aad down eX-
ixtefee IL could Dut aaY5 BEER tire sss-
xsaents working agsasnEs IL, as up Ia tas
tine | loft there had been very I1ttls
weather to pr#vent sta being hus4f There
would be = sprint Ca II for few days.
reports that IL would ba ctssapletsd by
such date. and very likely IN weeks
time not = soul was working On IL. and
the iatsyssngfuan wondering where and
when, aid hew. AMI from whom his money
was coming. Bat give 1t time ard II vii
come. wharf. money aud all Evidently
there has been trouble about the collateral
and Ia country where = iafloTangnan
cannot buy a cents worth other than for
esAsfa II LOOKS II rtss wgaDE To start suea
q thing nntsi IL lie On slrm basis sirass-
cialsy. The trai, hax been and Is al right.
Rivers snd Trail.
'*1lae rivers and streams since came In
October have had no existence except in
name. Th~y have beea iust lssle brook
Iess which could be wad.si, teams could
haul COED ioaaa 20 tbs canyon then on
whesis and many ou1nta were taken up
on pack trains te Sheep camp over tie
HogDack trail from the canyoa 10 Sheep
camp, for 5ss eEsI,ts per pound. which was
considered cheap from Dyea To the foot
OF Tho mountain trail for thai price. New.
ewtnx 20 tho splendid ri.dlng. seine en-
ter4.rtslnG parties building "a sed trail up
through. the canyon. the sharp competi
s.on arrcng tbs tsssnsterS~&a many going
into that buslness-you can get an outfit
hauled up for less than a cent Is pound
Yoa can xss packing done from Sheep
camp 20 the scales for 70 cents per
pound. and from there to the summit up
thu last very sharp rso Tor c@rss
making less than 6 Giants f,ssr pound from
pyea tn the summit but IL won't last.
BY and by when TIE ifttts streams are
raging torrents things win changs. bat
packing Will nevermaro te al high as last
fall. that was simply axtortion and rob
berry In the first degree. The trail now
up the mountain Is "a ssmon-pure snow
trail and looks nothing like II aid Last fall
When came up 10 look ~ n, / hardly
knew the place. The trail goess over I
an1w, sns - far more easy fu wAlk on
''os animals horses are the best hy far,
and are used clear to the ssalea Ever
person who has eQss1a up aud faced the
cold weather DoA. evsn II he intends -
build beat In 81 IN later. has done we'll
ta get over she Tsaas Raw. or before SNOW
has disappeared I don', thgnk IA = rule
this tran can ever gut very muddy II
has "a hard. story bottom.
In frareesHVa 80
wire cable. sln by horse power frcn4 tf,a
scales np the k8gt steep hiil. IL In opera
ton At cents per pound | sild nog BOW
ever, f~airuniss II, as ghe packers take
your outtst about So fea, further directly
ec the tnn ~ the samfnit. which II quite
m Item when you get ready Is 20 slsyvYs
she othsr side. for th~ satire 3 cents yer
pound. The t,htiaoos TTamway Company
has these peculiar trestle shaped frames
for ito car cables nearly an c~yfnutefe Cd
clear II the Sumrit rTum fhn csuyos hslt
neither It's cah1e for piesws - mach! mary
adjusted IA me frames nre sip What con
di'son tts power houses ara ia I knlw not
as NO aJmk5taaev exevtf 90 business
stares ysss ~ the face about such place.
They are Just working against the .ste-
msaia SD thAt means Il heap un here
Mr.. Ganaelf. the *unerSnf,sa.ssa ~, il 4 sr.s--
teal faan ! believe gtx,ta tha f.ep ~ hss
bead 20 tae sales 81 his fnes. anf tH5rsa
nave SHif}H 8EA4fE A-~s@ Ns MHEsassaest feta
morh l0t eaHnet 80 sheru in .3y.ey8ftasg
before ssEre Fi1se sa April u1i.~@ Vs. haxH
an extra assHenSatfofs sn the way NJ
weather. Tee fyss \ tStsta<fsks ter,,.>s,9y
seems So he working fsessgs ths foq - tHe
summit back #u2 Nj Nswmara appears
IN evidence snd - aeEae az ths4 man san
sss. Ats,3 "a ~ nsst. | believe l-e a grpat vxntss
behind. bAt taey are A3s vafksue AGAINST
'ha ss*fa*Hts hsso xeeu szsea working
Mp there eu ths ira nlss ay~ whrFa ;haw sad
- keep sostr faess covered tsy, "a R,sss fns
eyes, "asn a tga&a g~sast aaE geep wsrrn
81 n t+ts To- hl4 y e 81 sack asa Asa hsrk
Naat e~a man accomplish un,ssr snssv
s>sr7ssssersSs FyT she uAet uveA sns wfes
aas JtssE ti@~n Is ho@iBa< kalss sAerssa.stis-
et~F ae'e@i = degrees essaw gre, aas1 70
etst cooia work al al @ss gssase
"a feSsrs5 = sAssar IL has ~Qs txen ~
"s-'i473 'Asff ear~ s~eea asar. g2e:a anx-
fosss All v'i.sss 10 serk taass eaatt ~
e'sFrf7*rf t.sx 81 AZ &ct#z2 ts-z
~ $500. fHes~ 'fasa s~~t E-A-v es,s-
H-ss'fs3 aaa >ryssy sesst.ty te.e esf teev
as rs3s. 9eIos 81 IS saas~ esssas Er
e.@n. effh%r fa Srars*e Tacoma ae {s.sst-