The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-06
Two Hundred Men Comm,,n {.
tual Work On the liz
COMPANY SECURES FRA,,e.
The Skagway City C>unem
Grants Tive Franchises. AS.-
stormy he%''"s-Railrsss -
Ray All the Horses In ss~AA~
Want 1000 More Men-TA> -
ers Humboldt and Al.ls A.

With the arrival Of the steamer AZ
and Humboldt from Alaska yua-s
comes the news that work has se4r.,.
commenced on the proposed railroas e.
Skagway across White pass TO the ~
on the other side OF the coast rxns.s
railroad that may in course Of tina J.
tend down the chain OF lakes and rix.r, !.
the interior os the Great Nerihwest T,r&
tory ana give easy outlet 10 the MARI
Gus richness of the god districts AZ i.
KIondike. Forty Mile. Birch ersek -
Munook as well as many others We, h
discovered.
According TO the officers Of the steame..
arriving yesterday work actually a.
menced on Tuesday. the last day O. Mn
Previous 10 that time the railway oslcAA
had been hiring all available men a.
buying up every horse they couh !,
their hands on. on Tuesday they Aaa =
men and opened up tive camps, They n,
several hundred horses to work and Sks..
way knew for sure that there was gaias !.
be a railroad.
Purser Tr.ggs, Of the steamer Han.
boldt was tod by Engieser NJ. J. Hesn.s
of the railroad company that they veua
employ leo additional men IL that usrA,
could be secured. The men now empacyss
are paid S. per day and the comnns
boards all who desire for 81.
Early last week TWO right OF ways ~
a franchise were granted to X. c. Hse.
k;ns and other members of The conra.s
by the Skagway city council. The f;az.
chise gives the right TO construct ral
road through the town and provides In
it be IN operation within ~ days One 4
the rights of way extends from the VAN.
front on the east side Of town 10 u
point where the Skagway river b 70 i
crossed. The other is through the ~
side of the towns.te.
OF course the franchise matten coa2
not be settled without whispers Of hFiAr
coming up. The meeting OF the coua6
was "A spirited one according TO the oeaor1
OF the Humboldt. II. Il. Batien, wAo ~
recently appointed collector az internal ~
enue at Skagway and who Is psss4w
of the council body, was asked BY sne I
the eouncilmen II he had not reools1l
money from the railroad promoteF1 n
denied that he had received benefit n "
way. There IS some talk, II Ii SAID I
eieeting a new head for the city gcv4s
ment.
Real estate Is std increasing in vx1u
In spite of the fact that money at ~
way is said TO be very scarce. The ~
road proposition has given the town ~
life. Property on the water front has ~
~ oil W Ynltts N Il.
stances as much as 80 per cent Ctss;
travel to the Sound has been given
biack eye for time. for all the me- NJ
a few weeks ago wanted to come h4ek I
the low fare have gone TO work.
The Humboldt. Capt. BonnifeId. ~
the trip from Sxagway in thre4s dA1B ~
sixteen hours. A small tug waR stslI wofk1
ing over the wreck of the iil-f1tad Cam
Nevada with a deep~sea diver. The Hum
boidts officers did not hear whethef szys
thing had been recovered or not ~
brought down forty-eight passenGeD y
Guiding Collector OF Alaskan Custnms 4
w. Ivey who Is on his way 10 PortA1t
Mrs. Ivey and children accompanied m
This is the Humboldts last trip 70 Sk1e
way. She will run down 10 San Frsncsu
and enter the ST. Michael lists.
The Al-kl. Capt. Gage. arrived ahcHi I
o'clock yesterday afternoon. having M
the trip down In few hours longer 10
the Humboldt. The Ai~ki unloated Il
number of steel rails at Skagway fcf Al
new road. She also had some heavy ~
ing machinery TO unload AT Douglas ikez1
for the Treadwel mine
Mark Hager, pufser's boy on the All
who fell into an open hatchway % fA|
vessels last trip North and who was 1T
in the hospital at Juneau, died befors -
AK. reached Juneau on the return ~
The Al-ki had thirty passengers a. -
lows:
r. G. Lawson. j. Void. Aug. Humnae
j. Mckenna. Mrs. A. j. Clark. O
Eashle. A. I.avetta. -. Conkas. Roy Htlf
lister, +. Moss. j. Cochran. p. II. ~
and wife. c. r. Schwartz. J. Mickeha
G. r. Baldwin, J. F.. Convict. G. II. jews
J. w Webster ard wife. NJ. A. PhSh
Mrs. NJ, G. Dune. L. Brooks. w. Kesa4
y. Wander most. =. Carlson, r. NJ. vi
Jams, @. c. Brinker. c. p. Dune. J. ~
dell.