The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-07-29
President of the White Pass
Route in the City.
Is NORTH FOR A MONTH
No Present Intention of Building
Beyond White Horse-GoId From
the KlOndike Is a Great Financial
Factor i'm the Country at Large.

President S. n. Graves and General
Manager E. &. Hawkins OF the White
Pass 4 Yukon railroad arrived Yesterday
on the Queen. This is the first visit
of Mr.. Graves to the north this wear, and
he will remain here during the entire
month of August, During that time he
will make Skagway his headquarters, and
visit Dawson, White Horse and Atlin, and
perhaps other important points of the in
terror. In regard to the affairs VI the road
and other matters Mr.. Graves Yesterday
said:
u am here to look into matters of the
road in general, and to visit the interior.
We have been very anxious to have the
road extended beyond the lakes and to
White Horse so that we might give a
through and uninterrupted rail service
from tide water on the Pacific to navigable
waters on the Yukon below those obstruc-
tons which have necessitated the transfer
of freight at Bennett and other lake points
Now that this has been accomplished we
feel quite relieved.
There is much business in sight, was
told while on the Sound, for Dawson by
The SkagWav gateway, and we are pleased
to now announce that we were never bet
ter equipped to handle traffic. Whereas it
took eight or ten DAYS to 20 from Skag-
way to White Horse with freight a wear
ago, we can now cover the same distance
and avoid the dangers of the White Horse
rapids in as many hours.
with the large fleet of steamers ply
ing on the Yukon in connection with the
road we feel the service given now is quite
commensurate with the demands of the
field.
"There is no present intention of build
ing beyond White Horse, as we consider
we are now in a position to give the pub
lie a first>cIass service.
"Shoud experience demonstrate that it
can be improved in any resTcc', we stand
ready and willing to do SO.
I'VE desire to see the c)ua'ry d, velCred
to its maximum. The mines Ct The Kon-
| dixie, believe, will Weld I'd Increase for
Years, and the American Camps further
down the river seem to promise we'll. All
create markets, and we hope to see them
develop.
"Skagway, it appears to me, is the logl>
cal point for a smelter should one be need
ed here, and there are indications that one
NAV. The railroad has made Skagway
and it desires to help the port all it can.
THE Atlin mines, think will be pro-
ducers for MANY years. However, the fact
that jumping still continues makes capita
charv of the field. What is needed there
is a permanent judge, man who will
settle cases of jumping quickly. Capita
DOES not like to invest where there is q
dispute as to title. However. it will
gradually find entrance to Atlin, feel.
"The gold that is coming from the
Klondike now is is one of the greatest ad-
vertisements the north has ever had The
dav of hard luck stories about the Klon-
dixie Is past. Now 1t is the golden story
of the much priced harvest of nuggets
These stories 60 broadcast over the lane
and thew have their effect
''lf half million to a million dollars o.
gold be shipped from New York any da,
the leading journals there take up tn,
matter with great interest and draw on
the point that the country is being drained
of gold or something of the kind. AnC