The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-27
American Portion Of White Pam
Railroad Completed.
TRACKS caoss THE BOUNDARY



Isl spAe - the "nfte Raas = fukon
ysisrosa o. me American portion OF the
mite F1ss summit ana the drysng 81
tne hrss spsMe On the aileeeo nntasn Co
snmo-A tssritofy "a contn1nuon o. the
sgoan 70 nsmneM ana On 70 Forf UetksSk.
10. piacs - - fasf evening. tnforuAl-
Y. IN me psese0ce OF Contractor ~ =
nensy; AZ coSpe on enss1een iosemen
eho ADoo< - tAootwfs On tnat 8feAt
seisyafion o. feet with oesp banks OF
snow and - On Al ndea ana eo3c wsnd
sowing - n rate 81 thirty miles An
hoor tns essne Was mA0e more impress
i've ~ Ia 93eem ~ nzeh9 with only .
sew ssntstt6. ene H9nf OF the gHuerng
essrs ana tne Da1e 91CW - young moon
~ gusoA en~ Wee4WNW
III. Hsuey afovo the spekeo and made
brie1 Addnes1 - tne er0op seandinG ~.
The spikes ase - b formally driven
4own tomorf0W ~ noon With set pro-
1Tamme Of t,srenonies, addresses, BAN
eu~s, etc. The Canadian officials from
Log Cabin ind Lake Bennett have bcsn
Invited 10 attend and thstr pfesencs with
the minGiirE OF The Union Jack and AOid
Glory Will give the AFFAIR m fnferna-
eiOnAi character that viii mark an era
IN the history OF Skagway as wei a.
that OF the White Pass 4 Yukon rail-
road.
a special excursion train viii leave ut
70 o'clock tomorrow morning from the
depot here with LOO invited guestS includ-
Ing the press. members Of sha city coun-
81. PROMINENT hotel keepers, steamship
men. the clergy. judges. attorneys, etc.
The twenty and q half miles TO the sum-
nit viii b. made IN one hour and ATTY
Ave minutes. All the officials OF the road
from every department. including engin.
Ger and construction viii be ON hard and
take part In the ceremonies The only
abaent .oSffa:Ial viii be- f. G.. Hawkins. the
chief engineer and general superintenss-
emit who went south 4 fsw DAYS ago As
afnfAnt Chief Engineer John Hislop will
take his place and as he liz also mayor OF
okagway no will represent both interests.
Among other officers viii he General
Traffic Manager T.. II. tsras. General
Auditor A. T.. Rerdoe. Division gt,perin-
tardent f. re- Whiting Division Enntne.rs
Alfred williams. n r. uoll,ster ana y
n Flood Txn.a ttnx E.n~inesr y rawia
Edwin Hail Warner.
The maximum grad. Of the road /. .hr.s
feet nine tenths inches n The fua fset
making the total elevation "a .umm,, . 80,
feet The total distance OF track Is az
miles To sufsamft and the conssyuctlon a.
far has co.s, n $40 00 This ends the ear
sfr,,stlou az the ynost ~xpensgve al .,,,
nrult uart ~ the line Frnsn ,h~ s,,y,x
NIT TO Lake Hsnnsff aua Esert aatt,rL !,
IN n gradual Aaun ~vsa. ar.a tha ~nrk
.-ras1
sktrtinr the chain ~ I.ks~ =. "a .,.x.-
tsf,n nf about fer Feet ahova ,he,r .s,s.s
Hou,efln,~ a,,rtrS .be .,,,u,ra~ ~ ,eu- -
attentlan az f.tss. ssrosherx -, T.,,tnv,
and f.hit,as., u.. ara~r - r. ,o,.s.s,..s
Of hef, ev fransna,tsts., sass,t,,a. &c..
ard 10 IN. tn.srtnr - 49, % o.
foast Thev rawu,sssanr.s . n f..ss
AZ tt,.,, f.h,eaga ,frr, D., s.h,..wo =. -
me matter nn In ~. FAN ga ,,sn,.s -
1nss he lx,.eS,i~t ,nat On .uw.s -. AZ.
AMY nrartfra, ra,,,, - 49,. az. s,,.s.
from for the Intsrfer Mr.. firaves Iaa
the necessarv sfeps taken m a.r,.ra ,,r,,,..
er iewtsintsnn in washlneson f,ttawa ara
victoria. and that secured h.. engage, tia
s~,,st,s.. ~ t.ntsf rsy,,~.r = =. u.m,,,..
who wss M that tim. chief enrsuear ~
the Great plstnx Water s.nr.~e woxEx az
Lamar Cal rhfa las, waa .taf n4sns.
tna ncter~d bv f.tosa pros
Mr. Hawkins arrived here far Tho sirst
tim. Auris 10 isas with Jah,, tt,~,o,, tiz.
asatsta,,t. and n f.w others surs~,s w-rs
begun immediately ard ths fsrst saa ,.a.
turned MAY n following Aaat az thn
Intervening time had been spanf IN fnd.
ing out that the reportx AZ nreyta,,s s,,,.
veys were all wranu and useless ovrsny
y, ts. fact .h.t a.. ., +. -,