The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-06

GOOD, Ter TIE furniture man, the Dutchsr.
the baker ana che groeeryman have all
been called on 20 participate.
Railroad 4, King.
The measure o. profit that the railroads
have derived from the tremendous travel
that has only jast started Is almost ines
Unable. Not a road thai enters Seattle
nor the connecting lines have allowed the
time TO pass without making arrange
ments for extra equipment. ana the move
ment 10 the Northwest i- now approach
ing in its proportions the Christian En-
oeavar convention travel of last summer.
X very conservative estimate would place
The rnmber of people who have come 10
Seattle during January at IQ.ee. These
5 have beta brought by the Northern Pa
eisic frou the East. from the Southeas;
by the burlington and the Union Pacific
from Portland. and by the Southern Pa
ellie also from Portland. and the Great
Northern from the East. or this 10 go
possibly % per cent. have come from Cal
ifofnia. the remaining 50 per cent. being
from other sections Of the country; and
the total amount Of fares, assuming that
possible 10 per cent. was nrst class, was
over s&25 .es9. The estimate is a low one
and IL based upon Seattle travel alone
IN addition 10 the fares paid, thousands
Of dollars have been paid for excess bag
gage. The heaviest travel Is expected 10
occur between February Is and April Is
but great business viii undoubtedly roI-
low the last named date and last through
out the summer. Another thing that &C.
ours I'm connection with the problem Of
travelling accommodations and the vast
sums paid 10 the railroads IS that many
Of those who are now in the city and whc
have formed no .nconsiderabie portion Of
tho travel 81 the past month are only tho
A.
dozen 20 one hundred who are about 10
start for this city. The estimate OF tho
people who have como 10 Seattle during
January does net include local business
nor the thousands who are arriving every
few days by steamers from the south.
Bonansa fer che Inventors
This klond!ke movement has been pro-
iific OF Inventors. In fact. genigses IN this
line have sproated and alossofned INTO
ripe frui,ion about as rapidly as A crop
os mushrooms after an early fan rain.
The man who hasn't a top-notch scheme
for coming money faster than they GO Il
at the mint Is a rarity nowadays
To begin with. there's the man with tho
kicndlke prospecting driA- These instru-
mentS. designed for Wrestling from poor
old mother earth the secrets she has cher
ished Cor Lord knows how many ages are
thicker than apple blossoms IN TIE SPRING
time. They are % all kinds and shau.s
ISN'T every ore ~ them ~ guaranteed 10
pu0ctufe thc covering OF frozen muck and
cecayed vegetatlan that hides the nngget
studded placer beds ~ the Yukon countr~
and 20 bring - the surface the Elisicu.ng
Sos4-Y provided 81 course ven strike II
riEhf.
The Gr~t crop q inventors IN this tire
hats seoTe3 at the notions entertained by
WeaIaer-woru N0koners They have ps{af-
"a VIA scern af ghs primitive met hgs4s In.
vogue IN tGr early weeks OF the ktpr-
4iAe. when presgseeturs were Corapensss -
barn heies through The .cy covering taat
lay $@1rc the beds q eo}d-hssFlnE -~av-
= srtst aas the interest been iu tats
tt5 - invention that whenever e man
anfe8rs on the street WITH ore e. tna=e
SOS 5usevs lu Pas AaGd re s. forthwith
surrounded hy = crowd - eager s3sse--
c.rrv~~
ftar ire s!r0.et Inventor is not thc o-,{y-
aeftv There Is the man wtth tre ras.-
+ae furnace aud the stearn-hcas man. got,
te ~i=ak - tha ertgat starry genius teat
-'i~e*stta V.ea--Eic5tS ana current carry
steel Saw as gre only ssr@ means
z sHhsiuioE 'he frozen EolG fseias ara
asfn stag - the surface tAesr hAf9sn treas
Ts sos after ths crowds negan - Hre
fht lfCks - ucvtN-heu13 steamers the
s'tarEs-taisR as efltteTnRn appeared or rra
streets AVA sssr Ssnce Re Nas been 80
.e~d ~ a tFasn et Seueertsss anxious %
Hf1r ets polished eiact sattgr guosa srs,
4l''tt -*its-s saaG ara encountered IT,, Y~t-trT
go CAD nader ise Arctic clrrse. Tsy., ~
'-tss A&fess,9Fs. Believing sn&t II saey