The daily morning Alaskan., 1899-02-21

of the windows kept the guests busy
scratching them clear, In order to secure a.
good view as possible Of the passing
scenery. either thousands Of feet down
gulches or frightful preciplces, or up thou
sands Of feet to dizzy heights with rib
bons Of snow blown from their erests. Al
East Fork bridge the train stopped for
series Of pictures, and for each Of these the
passengers would come out Of the car and
line up on the snow or crowd the engine
or car steps. Below Rocky Point a grand
view Of Skagway In the distance was In
Guided In one Of these pictures. Stops
were also made beyond Rocky Point and
at Clifton, at all Of which the camera club
got In lis deadly work. A short stop was
made at Pitch Fork falls, a point once
we'll knJwn to travellers on the wagon
road, but which Is not so picturesque since
the railroad changed the face Of nature In
that neighborhood, for where there used 10
be three streams, there Is now only one.
Another stop for the thirsty engine was
made at Glacier, and at this plaeeas well
as at Tunnel bridge another series Of ad-
mIratlon pictures were taken. At the lat
ter point grand view was had Of the
J valley, with White Pass city In the dis
tante, which were included In the plet-
ures. Al Tunnel bridge the greatest diff
culties were encountered by the company
owing to the perpendicular character Of
the cliff along which the line had to pass,
and thousands Of tons Of rock were blown
away before K was finally found necessary
to tunnel n order to avoid avalanehes.
Bridging md grading also were most dan
gerous and hazardous. and necessitated
singing men oyer dlzzv sleeps, overhang-
Ing cliffs. Another fine view was re-
eelved at another point around camp 9,
looking down the valley toward the bay,
about three miles from the summit. Saw
tooth mountain TO the south proved also
an attractive view, on which many a cam
era was levelled. The wonderful tints in
the distance, the lights and shadows on
the various peaks, the snake like trail
down In the bed Of the eonyon, with
teams and men tolllng up and down, all
proved object lessons that furnished food
for comment until the summit was reached
at 1870 In the afternoon.
The last half mile to the summit " as
mede through an excavation Of snow,
ranging in depth from six to twenty feel
on each side Of the track, and this work Of
shovelng snow along the line Of the road
keeps an armv Of nearly 900 men con-
stsntly at work,
ON THE SUMMIT.
The first glimpse Of the summit wa, the
sight Of two flag poles within about SC
feet Of each other, the one fvlng the star:
aad stripes, the other the Union Jack.
These are supposed to mark the boundary
line between the two countries.
The White Pass & Yukon company ha:
a camp located here on the American sid'
Of the boundary, known as Summit camp
which Is quite extensive, and where th'
whole one hundred guests were entertained
In a sumptuous manner never TO be forgo
ten. Beside the eompany's camp Their
are few other camps, one a "U. 5, Ho
tel" and several other places where th'
weary traveller OIL the trail can find ehee
for man and beast.
On the arrival OF the train Mr.. Hugh
Foy, Mr.. Heney's superintendent o
construction, in his usual bluff ant
hearty style, received the guests and
directed them TO some OF the tenti
where warm corners were found for al
pending the preparations for the ban
quet. Mr.. F. H. Dix had his commits
sary tent invaded by the ladies and gen
tlemen, where q red-hot stove KEEP
them all warm and comfortable for the
time being. The tent Of the walking
boss, Thomas F. Vaughn, was reserved
for the exclusive use OF gentlemen
where cigars and liquid Refreshments
were served to while away the tint
very pleasantly.
In q very short time, or at least i
seemed so from the fact that everybod!
was having jolly good time, Hugh
Foy announced dinner and the compan!
marched of TO the south dining room
tent OF the camp, tent about 100 fee
long, In which two tables running thu
entire length of the tent with bench
seats. The ladies were seated on thu
outside 70 save them climbing and thu
gentlemen were seated vis-a-vis, Their
was no iormality.
At this juncture the Canadian 9th
cIals from Log Cabin and Bennett ar
rived, having been delayed on the lake
by q storm. They were Captain w. J