The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-04-18
The Railroad Increasing Its
 Force to 1900.
TWO TALES OF DAWSON
One That the Labor Market is Over stocked and Another. That Every Man rhsre is Employed Who Cares to Work.

LaoOreiS are oeglnning 10 afriNe rom the Sound enroute to the Interior to work cn the extension of the White Pass road Anumb-r arrived on the three ships com ing In from the south yesterday. With the advent of these men and the determln' ation Of the railroad to put 1890 men on the Like Bennett division; with the open ing of tEe prospecting season throughout the north nd the time of making c.ean- ups of the winters output in the Klon- like, and the threatened exodus from Dawson and other parts of the north, there Is some speculation as to what will be the condition of the labor market Sev- erll weeks hence when the summer opens.
 Assistant Chief Engineer Hislop of the White Pass road slvS that although the pay on the extension of the road Is now thirty cents an hour and eleven hours con- s,tu,s days labor, and everyone who applies can get work, there are Idle men in Skagwav who it seems do not care to go over and work on the road. Nevertheless men are leaving here daily to work on the road. The men working on the extension at present number 7so, 100 of whom are beyond Caribou, The force along Lake Bennett Is being increased.
 The Dawson News recently printed two large stories to the effect labor Is in de- mand in the KlOndlke. but there Is some exception taken to the matter bv late ar rivals from the interior.
 AZ Herdmln, who has been bench claim recorder in the gold commissioners ofise in Dawson, and who has arrived en- route to the south. SlyS the reports that ;he Dawson News has been publish ing to the effect that labor Is in demand in the Klondike should be cOntradicted. He says further:
 "There Is no demind tor labor in DIw- son. Men get as high as ss a day. Any one who eln get Sl a day heie will prodt more than be will in the Klondike at S, and have given this advice to others"
 The Dawson News ot March %, con- talns two biz articles under big heads to the effect th,t labor Is good demand in DlwSOn. One Of the heads says in large type: Many Workmen Wanted" Under this head the News in quoting Dr. L. O.. Wileoxsn. who hld jus, returned from a rip up the Forks" saws in part:
 "There Is no lck of work in the KlOn- dike for those who are willing to look !or I,. and the impression that the camp Is full Of idle men Is entirely erroneous. At cer- tain seasons of the year the mine owners to not require as many men as at others, but this Is one ot the times when active men are in demand all along the creeks. The prevailing rate Is sS per day and board. or So cents an hour, the miner to board himself. Cord wood cutters can work at these wages oi get all the con- tracts they want cutting at S4 per cord and ShipSlwyerS can eisily obtain contracts at 2S cents ger foot. At these rates live man can make considerably better than otdnary wages.
 "All winter stories have been floating around the outside and to a certain extent clrcula,ed here that the Klondike Is crowded with hungry men begging for work, vet the fact remains that every man who has had enough ambition in him to rustic for job found one without any great difficulty.
 "lf the number ot professional loaierS found in every community Is considered, the Klondike will be found to be exeep> tlOnally free from them,
 The population of Dawson, says tn. Daily News, Is close to 4,soo, Of whom 500 are women and children, leaving an adult male population of 3.7OO. These are engaged approximately as follows;
 Business men. merchants, etc........ 400 Lawyers and assistants tS.............. 30 Surveyors and aSsiSt. ntS ........... 90 Doctors and dentists. S.,.............. 70 Newspaper smployes s................ $ Restaurant keepers. S.................. roc Cooks and walters rS.................. Ioo Saloon keepers and bartenders........ I7s Gamblers .......... ................ ioc Variety theater employeS S............ 7' MuSlCl1nS ...sssssssssss 30