The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-03-07
HEAVY FR[|GAT FOR
 RAILROAD EXTENSION
Steamers Danube and Diri-
 go Arrive In Port.
AMUR'S SPECIAL TRIP
VIII Bring n Large Cargo of Rails For the Road Beyond Cioseleigh Steamer Arrivals Yesterday.

Heavy shipments of rails for the exten- tension of the White Pass X Yukon rail- road 10 Closelelgh are coming from the south. One steamer yesterday brought 2so tons. and another will be here Friday on a special trip from British Columbia with rails. The two vessels arriving ves- terdav also brought in between them mole than 100 tons of coal, oo,ooo brick, and II,ooo feet of lumber for The railroad.
 The Danube and the Dlrlgo are the ves> sells which arrived yesterday, and the Amur
 Is the ship to make the special trip.
 The Dirigo and the Danube brought all told more than Soo tons of freight and I2o passengers.
 The Danube brought eighty passengers. 200 tons of general freight II6tors of coal for the railroad, 32 cattle to be taken to Dawson by RIpstine & DsInner. and fifty horses. mostly for the Vietoha-Yukon Trading Company. She left Victoria the night of February 2S, Vancouver the night of March [. and Comox the night of Mar. 2. Sh. Is expected to get away on the re. turn trip at : o'clock tonight.
 The Dirigo brought thity'eight pass engers and $50 tons of freight and mail. The freight includes 2so tons of railroad
 iron, 63.ooo brick and IIOoo feet of oak lumber, all for the White Pass & Yukon
 siIroId. The other freight is consigned 10 local merchants and parties in the inte- rior. The Dlrgo left Seattle February 2S, and Tacoma at G a. m. March I, called al Vancouver the evening of the same day. ana got away from that port direct for the north the same day. She Is expected 10 sail at D. m. today,
 This is the irst trip of the Danube since she was laid up in Victoria a month ago for repairs. Her machinery was given an overhauling, and her bottom seraped. Capt. Foote Is again in command of the vessel, and Mr. Monroe Is purser. The other members of the rev de the same as before the ship was laid up. lt Is hoped 10 keep the DJnube on the run right along now.
 The Danube brought the following pIss- engers:
 Miss Brockway, C Fletcher and brother, Andrew Young, I L MeManus,D E Dillis, s " Jackson O Graham, R Sproule, J LaFontine, A Caldwell, Geo C Coulter. A Hyde, Capt Buckley, J s Barron, w Dllbv, Geo Mckay, Mr MeMullen, Geo MeGill, W Power, Cook, B Simon, H Jacob, L Dunbroeke. E Hlnap, PA Me Lean, T Walsh. Lindstrom, I Porter. O Olsen, V Olson. A Anderson, Geo Cart ley, G N Borand, L MeNeiI, N Smith, W Walker, N MeLaren, Miss ABethell. Il F Waugh. H B Rudd, C Calkin. J Bell, C H Boone, $ Rich, K Waters, c Admiraux. c Block, L Bedell, w w Boddv, G T Purden, A C Amiraux, R Chestnut, N sullivan, c A MeRenke, J Smith, C Johns, H Waters, H Dubell, R Raymond, p Finnegan, Mr and Mrs Phillips, L Gar fnckle. w Kettle. T w Birks, C Chit tick, T MeMartin. Harry Phillips, P Suilli- van. r w Stubbs, H Nicholson, H Gar.- lev, H Mclean. Wm Todd, J Flannigan, " Wallace, F Keteh.
 The Dirigo brought the following pass engers:
 AL RemIck. J E Nelson, H. Y Tavlor, T Carlson. A w Hoffman, w Johns, R. H Simpson, M Smith. AB Towne, Frank Dumas, Louis and Karl Langlow, Jaek Alnes. B W Perry. N F Sheehan. Wm Blodgett. L Fulton, Al Achlson, Mrs Aehison, J Brozeau. A Dlscit, H J Cole man, J A Stoddart. J. E Williams. Mat Demiseourt, E Matheson, P Stone. w Teator, AF Cannon. C E Simpson. P Whitney, F Flanagan, w F Thomas. Sam Lowe, N Thompson, E Swanson. J A Cummings.