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

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from some stanapoiEts, offer as great In
ducesnents "a prosoectors and explorers.
The A,iir and Goloyin bay districts are
most promising. They DO rot show the
enormous pockets and Individual finds Of
F.idorsdo. Bonanz1 and Dominion; but the
distribution Of aurferons deposits IS more
general. and at the same time shows a
wealth that compares favorabiy with any
locality OF Alaska
One noteworthy feature OF these places
Is the extreme ugiI68ess Of the climate,
from prosp@ctor's point OF view. which
permits OF successful development all the
year round. The Koyokuk is a great deal
similar. IN climate and otherwise. 10 the
Kl1nGlke but gold does not seem 10 ex-
ist so plentifully. There is. nevertheless
much interest shown In this part OF the
country. which has already been mani
Tested 10y the immigration there of hum
dre0s o. prospectors, 80 or 800 OF whom
spending the winter there waiting for
the opening OF spring 10 continue their
work
Most OF the spring travel will probably
be to the Atlin. and this Will In q nature
partake Of some Of the features that exist
ed last spring. The lack OF hardships. as
compared with the Yukon viii however
do away with the suffering that was 50
widespread IN the latter. and make the
toGrneylng there and from there more
steady.
Plans for the Coming Trade
Everything IS being done to handle the
trade out from Seattle. There Is not a line
OF steamers engaged in the Alaskan bust
ness mat is nc, planning extensions re.ul,i-
site 10 handle IL. and within q month the
transportation business will lie on n regu-
lar footing that viii not be ruTled by any
rush that may ensue.
Supt- J. f. Trow bridge Of the Pacific
Coast Steamship Company, looks for a
fine steady traffic northward hereafter:
a trade heavier and more permanent than
has yet been known. There will he lots
OF lumber and mining machinery taken 10
Alaska In the spring" he says That
country is on the way 10 being permanent
~ built up. There Will be new towns es-
taolished. and they VIII differ from those
now existing In that more regard will he
paid 10 their future as all now know that
Alaska will live. Dawson City. too is go
Ing 10 undergo something of a building re-
voiution. in the way OF having more and
larger buildings. With less OF mining caug,
features The general impression OF
steamship men and Alaskan authorities is
the same, and all are preparing along the
same lines.
There nine steamers now engaged
between Seattle and Lynn canal ports
These are the Cottage City. Al-ki, City .!
Topeka. Farallon. Homer Rosale Dirigo
Protection and Elihu Thomson. The ITO
pia is on her way home to be repaired after
her accidents IN the north, and will soon
again be IN the service. The City of Seat
tie will be on the run again in another Ten
days or two weeks and will probably have
a companion, as the operators are said "a
be searching for another steamer With
these and such other boats as viii be add
ed next month, or as soon thereafter as the
sR.4 r. l.
Seattle viii well look after the Alaskan
business
II the present passenger and freigh. rates
continue through the spring they Will
b. the lowest tariffs that were ever col
leCted In that run. TO all points in Lynn
canal one may go from here for $40 first
and S. second-class. and freight is taken at
from s. 10 $40 a ton. one steamer even
Offering 10 carry for a maximum rate OF
81 The outlook is that the passenger fares
viii remain rs They now stand. There
have been several local steamship pools
formed. but they have always dropped on,
of existence. after serious rnptures. and the
breach now seems too wide 20 be bridged
over by tho next season. II there is no
pool formed there VII n0t likely be a re-
ductlon.
How to Get Over the Passes.
The facilities for getting over the Chill
koot and White passes have been improved
until there seems nothing left 10 wish n
mat direction, as soon as the White Pass
& Yukon Railway is completed as II prob
ably will be by early spring II has al
ready oeen constructed 20 nearly the sum-
nit. the managers still insisting that L
VIII be done that far by January l. as
they have always claimed This would
seem - ~ sufficient 20 practically give a
monopoly Of the traffic into the interior az
Alaska. although tho companies engaged
81 packing freight over the summit be-
love they Will have enough 70 keep them
busy In handling the goods OF those VINO
cannot bear the greater charges Of rail-
Way transportation.
Archie Burns has built wagon roaa
from the foot OF Crater lake on tho Chill
k2at traN. 20 the head oC Long hike. con
Meeting country that has heretofore been
passaH.e IN only pack horses. ana exceed
3rCly cough for them Salberc Bros have
tr"~trac.ed another tran around Under
m3a h;il and viii widen II into a wagon
road Ia the winter as to lie ready for
spring Iye1 people beiieNa that these
improvements IN thei~ traii VIII enable
them 70 comp-ste With the railway AZ least
unsi n Is completed - Lake Bennett Bur
The rev trails VIII IN any event insure a
healthy competition and make II cheaper
shan ever before 20 get 20 Dawson.
The wharf facilities - Dyea are nuch
Superior - their condition - last spring
The wharf Il the Ipyea- X lontlke Trans pov-
}ati9u Company connects wltA nvea bv
w~E0R roei three miles long. aui Is nos
usei much. There is wharf much nearer
to bySa 80 whf,h deep-s-a vessels NAV
laof. s.}t THIS tats not coroF-t wttA h{en
iaad, aui consequently - high tide Il IS
isolated from tire shore ~ Intervening fsass
fff't a. ;hr beach g. bar: and teams may
retHit drive 80 tAe WHARF a, }ow er mo-
ti.- .tc the facilities Ter ie~.8.nr .~eit.f,.