The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-06
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OKA0wAY. Sept z.-As The season q
naytgaton naotdiy draws to . Gloss Il u
msse 4pDassnt than ever that the ics WIN
ovsgfake the mamm0th congsotton -
freiGht 1T Benneef and ~ White Horse.
There may not b - much - ~ ,nn fetsS-
I'd. but only IN sxtrsmsly late seasoa and
sniracuiousiy good ipck with the stsamsrs
en the lower cad q the route can avail 70
clear away the many hundreds 81 tons Of
goods now blochsdsd on the way 70 Dax-
500 o. ca roats frca Seattle ana Br'fssh
TAs nrst Snow Of the season visited the
White f.a. 1ukoo niiway yesserAAy.
ana Bsasstt. : distance Of twenty -foar
mtisa Much - nailed - tan - u fell
but q nlght tAess vas three tnchsc Of snow
Log Ceb1n. Neas q iii stayed % the
ground II Bennett. although the mountains
% MI s:des wers heavily covssed when the
q :. isrrss sssss On q. " Whss Hot
SEASON and they viIl . ted up before the
sss. are over Sep tons Of
freight at white Horse, fully 1.oe0 tons 81
Bennett and consldsr able here ~ 0kagway.
s .o, c y NJ :rss s ,s s'r X.
interior.
FseAsAs Mates AAvaaeeU.
Freight rates have advanced from ce6ts
per pound between Bennett and Dawson
TO - cents. Come at the shippers are try
ing to ssii OF their goods here ana At
@ ns: s e tn. fear ar, 'ns nss
expense Most Of them, however are 70
anxious TO get thsir stun through that they
you'd give 2 cents t.. pound r.,hsr than
this fall
TIE rush Of frssght on the White Pas
rosd rs = e s,e.s e yet dssp.ts the sDpsr
shan Bennett for perhaps many months
SIX cars. all told. OF this number four are
without trucks because Of inability to get
them from the East; OF the seyenty-two
remaining twelve have been In constant use
IN construction work and ten Of the sixty
the company. This has Jeff only nifty cars
81 ~ sorts avAilAbte. for commercial pur-
poso NJ any tire 4nta recently nothing
customs officers to be pot on open cars
and this left bat fhirty-fos1 ci0std cars.
Thee have besn operated day and night.
able 10 haul one load UP the Hill, two. when
In good repair. win haul three loads teo
more win handle four loaded cars and thrss
over eight tons each ana their carrying
capacity II nfteen tons. few being good
for seventeen tons During the past nine
eixhtsen cars daily Of pay freight from
6ka&way TO Bennett
The whole number Of cars. outside OF
moved from one end Of the road 10 the
other for the nine days named wss 86
Machinery - Freight.
p1vian Superintendent Whiting estimates
that about - per cont Of the freight which
has bsen shipped In lately has been ma
chinsry- machines and Kindred APP
parAtus- Not over per cent Of tho cars
have been loaded with live stock. an cars
have been 20 scarce that the owners have
preferred TO drive the cattle. sheep and
horses across the trail rather than walt for
cars
Freight has been sent out and 10 stiu 60
ing out In the order In which II arrives ~
this port. The only exceptions have been
s9oea ana n's e.. nss.
material. necessary TO the operation and
building ~ the road. About - PET cent.
Of n. frsixht !. consigned to the Canadian
Development Company. great deal OF
the freight has besn released BY the Cana
dian DEVELOPMENT Company and shipped BY
other lines, but all ere crowded now and
said ,ha. the v. Z, r Co. wia GEAR 5000
or Sso.en on this rush with their scows.
The pseference rule Of taking freight 10
he has some way Of getting his freight out
OF Bennett promptly. TIE hundreds II
shippers who have been making ME miser-
on their knees before tho steamboat ard
scow NEE mt Bennett ~ anw htls. H. Mali
lard ksr,ey. manager Of the Canadian De-
ssee useg hs can g~t on the lower river TO
carry she fright from White Horw. TIA
Bailey and Avsfraitan have been going out
Of Bennett empty because Of the congestion
~ White Horne II n rumared fhas one OF
both Of thsss bosts are 10 b. put through
the rapida 81 once TO help clear Up the
thousand or two thousand tons piled Up az
Whsfs Horne. IL n eatfmafed that not over
twenty i've tons daily IL getting away from
White HORSE.
Msanwhiie winter and the freeze Up may
be only two three weeks away-wsrely
not four or ave.
The Csnssian f~selopm~nt Company.
which has the Canadian mali contract has
cut . new trail from csfthuD 20 FIVE pin
gers which ~ 10 said viii ca, on more than
= hundred miles % Distance. Not on.y
viii the saving I'm distnncs be q srsa,
advantage during tire winter. bus IL viii
~ available q month raris~r ,hau tfss I'D
winter rpns and viii enable fho~e goins
In by water IN the spring 10 got d1gn 10
open water AZ least . month cartier also
TIE Non~ fever 10 well dev~sops5 herr am
there VIII BE large excdus for that rrsion
early In the spring