The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-19
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o0o-LaAeP Ohtatnahle NJ . LSw
1Ss~rs-Dsvs~a Gseassy l.prsv-
- asA MsAssnissA-0pass 81 AtA.
sKAowAY. July M-wfsA the crowd OF
Ksen<szkeSx vAe eame N On the train yes
teTaAy wAs T. Z 3irooAsd. who vixen
esscsed member al the rxksa council sf
sdmfninraTsea year as WA the mem
ney Of pnrftAR<at fsf AsnAnAska. Sssees.
He wAs scconpanGed b. Euae Beta. q
ycung BeaG.an m6nsng engineer. who rs2Fe-
eeose large capital bass - ID always the
dlAa1pntntxng cor with the representatives
az hrue affairs. had ncfhing 90 say f5g
pabiscAfscn- ~ GisoaaFd. on the coa-
tssry. as<w hsw much be could pro2ssis
sAy - sosssnoenf ofArsai. and aow to
say !. With tie sfmose fraakness. He u
weighted With the report IL the admlnistra-
ten Of III Ynkaa that IL TO be had BY
him before M cabinet 0foctais ~ Ottawa.
and "a such subjects ~ ARE treated there
H. of ccufve. n1a aps we're sealed. But oF
general fnforUAtIon a. 70 the country. well
knowing THAI Information from sach
source has IN authoritative acceptance. he
naswered I'll the questions of your SPECIAL
correspondent VITA unaffected franknssA
large aevenue rsoa tA~ Macs.
when no left pAyzou the repcTt fog the
moHth Of June had not been completed.
Hus enough Of the returns had been made
| 10 state that the royalties Tor thu season
would run over Ca The total output
for the SEASON be estimated * tse,aotsas,
and the discrepancy On the roy atty as
ssaanxt this total output he explained On
Mtnsxhesi because IL Was aew oniy levied on
over N.90 tnsseac u over s1wa ard tnas
the output Of claims which would iAus -
cape the royalty tax amounted 20 large
sun Nc slain was worked al al uaiess
Ii was proven rich because labor and other
! expenses had bssn 80 high Practically the
principal creeks workss. last year and la
bor had run srom 81 70 81 IS per hour. With
Eaany Idle men. hawayer, 10 had come
Down and THIS fall weuld moi average over
50 eents per hour. He admitted that men
/ he'd worked fer that rate this summer pos
sioiy even lower, bat, says he: You can
not call IL wages when a man 70 forced 70
accept what will barely pas bis expenses.
These expenses. however have been mate
rally reduced this season. the completion
OF the White Pass satiruaa 10 Bennett and
the competition % the lake an1 river steam
ers having Zone away with the ahnorrnaIfy
heavy freight bills and materially reduced
the cos, q al necessities and commodities"
Dawson vasssy Improved.
From others who arrived here today
your special correspondent learned tha.
Dawson il now a new place entirely. that
the knee-deep mad and the binding dust
are both things Of the past. ana that this
summer general sickness has been pracsi-
Commissioners Gsrouard remarked that
the administration had expended Ss5aa on
Improvements in the city: cs.He On hos
psfats ard In addition had worked all the
prisoners on what may be termed city i'm
provements. Dawson no~ IL no longer .
mining camp but = systematically laid
cut city. The xwnmps have been; drained,
81 an IA
In. substantial bridge built ever the
kIondike TO kicndike CITY. and there are
other improvements kiondike CITY Is
place OF bones and household stores
Across the Yukon from Dawson is another
city 81 suburban homes and ferryeoat
service every twenss minutes
Demand for Electric Lighss.
Gsorgs Max Esp.rly who pa; in naw.
sens SINS slssirfe nsns raan., vas u aa an.
his company II now running 80 lights IN
good shape and thai although II rs iishi
there All night IN the sansnner- bus ness
people put In as many lights In the sum
mar as in the winter ia order to make
their places attractive. He is sending tn
next week t1o alternating current ma
chimes. which Win give the company a
total rapae4ty Of sm lights, lie says
ther. are any narsbee Of water works IN
Dawson, one Of them, the HyEeias pump
ing water from the Yukon. boiling II and
then Hiteriag 81.
There were several handsome collections
Of nuggets In the party and several large
sacks hat meme eonsplsuousiy worthy OF
especial mention. On tire question az 70
piles this season, I am, however. able
to give You the only reliable information
that has yet come cat. Charley Anderson
stands al the head OF royalty PAYERS nav
ing HANDED over 10 the government tStpn
He has claims on Eid9rsdo and also on
Dominion Prot Larry. Of Ne. u Edo
RADIO Is coed seeoad. Hail a Pico,'e,
oe No, Il Eidorssie paid trIfis ever sa.
ae in royalty. ana Stanley n NsrsiHer. OF
SEATTLE from No. Is and Ma y Eiderasio.
paid the royalty on szaG SEQ of gold dust
EianTad6 - therefore fffss season ny TAR
. ttae heaviest producer.
Aawfntstrassom of the Yukon
am In position ta inform you that
! The administration ef the Yukon has this
season given general sssfssaciten MAJ
Steele. Who 81 a member OF the admins
srasion anA also superintendent ~ the
Northwest mounted fsssifee. ss 3 man cal
esaaatet so give satisfaction On any sx-
ecntise position. snf every credit Is given
him for tha excellent order that has
been maintained. and fhe blending ~
strict official rgle with the unofficial
csrnriatsane@ necessary tn mining
camp He has e. ssen Ia hts command,
af wharn only t~entysseTen are stationed
In Dawson and SIS immediate Vicinity.
| afn also able 20 state on the very bNst
authority. that sAa administration VIII
recommend 20 shr government at ottawa
fer next season a very large resfuHts@n
az the rny@fsv Ter cegt. ard a large ift-
crease ~ the amount Of the oatrat upon
which the tax IS 80 he asxesss<i. T1ts
will be welcome news 70 the American
miners aew out and tho&e stfsf fn tie
fwse~tor ard wsN leave tsserYs few hicks
coming Thers Il alreaAy good feeling
ever sae Fourth II july celebration
which is every way s*@rsh4da~esf the
sssrnur ssTz stnss aw ftr 9s@sS hfrt hsiay.
Ne fireworks WERE allowed Ia fse city
F.isersty "a N~ep TIE display ~aa fran
;sa h5sss eH4 firm : AAsrz on tge river
Ever she dogs ses4aa b.. only few taking
20 tie wssasf<. wttts last year Fasny swan
she r.xer snA never sst1rre1 TIE s1ee
population ~ Fsa@snr ss ynTy 3argr The
T-sastee have - animals II tAs pound
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