The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-25
AUTOMOBILES ON THE YUKON
TO BE TRIED BETWEEN WHITE
HORSE AND DAWSON.
May BE Used I'm Klondike-Cfty of
Seattle Sails with 100 Passengers
MANY Prominent Operators Re-
turning North for the Winter.

The City Of Seattle. which sailed for
Lynn canal last night, but among its pas
sengers r. II. Clear. the promoter Of a
company whose purpose Is TO operate
automobiles on the Yukon. Mr.. Clear
believes ne will be able to demonstrate
the entire practicabfiity Of the automo-
bile as means Of transportation over
the river Ire and snow. Five OF the novel
contrivances were shipped on board the
Seattle These are TO be operated be-
tween White Horse. the terminus Of the
railroad. and Dawson. Their practicable
ity demonstrated, the company will then
try the automobile In the Kiondike dis
frict. running them wherever possible be-
tween Dawson and tho numerous creeks
OF the camp.
The Seattle took i5o passengers OF this
number nearly two-thirds are bound for
Dawson and the Kiondike. Judge Dugan,
Of tho territorial court OF Dawson. was a
passenger. and with him were five Brit
fsh-Yukon ofylcials.
Other well-known passengers en- route
70 the Kiondike on board the Seattle
were H. r.. Ridley. Charles Daniels,
James O'Neili Thomas Fowles. J. o. la
Chappellc. @. A, Qua. f. II. Seeley, ID. n.
Stewart. Mrs Y. 8. Hutchinson and Will
lam Dryden. Tho latter is returning north
10 spent his fourteenth consecutive win
ed with the Alex Mcdonald Kiondike
syndicate Chappelle and Qua are Edo
RADIO operators and Mrs Hutchinson con-
ducts one OF the leading mercantile estab-
iishments Of Dawson.
Willis Thorp. ore OF the pioneers OF
Alaska, took passage for Juneau. Thorp
has the distinction OF having driven the
FIRST cattle over the trail from Lynn canal
70 tho Yukon valley.
rfsl. 49, E..f "a
and nrst-cass passengers from this city.
as follows
A. J. Stretch. Miss Baxter. Miss John
ston. II. Williams. Miss Crawford, George
Nunan. Joe Beaupera, w. w. TAFT and
wife: George Russell, Mrs; w. 7, Howe.
Burns, n. NJ. Kalberg. II. V. Tarsher.
T.. Sole and wife. G. Fife and wife, Mrs.
Deering, Mrs. Belmont, Mrs Richards.
iiarNi. Flora n" Fre.dein g. cnshman
G. Schulz Miss A. Bean. w. @, Preston.
l.. Lundgren. May Colson. q. Hotter.
Katie Robson: Mr. Lang. J. =. Goulettee,
A. Davis and wife. Mrs. George Morrill,.
Harry Johnson and wife, Alice johnson.
Mrs. Mitchell and daughter Mrs M. a.
Lewis, Mrs. Zimple. o.. G. zimpie,. II.
La Chappeile. }. ID. Gadua. Edith Clark.
Emma Clark. Mrs Emma Eiweil. Frank
lie Roy. Mrs Bert, Mrs, y. Bert, Thomas
FOWlcs ana VIE. ID. NIXON, GEORGE But-
Ter. H. j. Fentcr, James ONeil John
o. Neil Thomas A. Barco. r.. III. Clear and
wife. George Dunbar Arthur Taylor. T.
pherson, H. Wat. & r.. Adair. Sidney
Johnson. Mrs. r. 3. Hutchinson. J. r.
McGovern, Mrs. Taylor Mcdonald, A.
Houston, Rueben Lyons. George Rocking
ham. William Dryden. J. j.. De Lay.
Charles Daniels, Miss Crowley, Mrs.
Daniels. w. Il. Little, J. r. Mcpherson.
a. ". .Wendt, II. u. Ridley. Miss II. N.
Miller, Mrs o. n. Lee, 3. A. Miller, r.
u. seeley. j Godfrey. ] d. scogel. y.
E Cummings r.. Lundgraf r. Thanked.
Louise LorenE. w, A, Webb. q. NJ. Hill,
G. J. Jones, Mrs. Elsie pease, G. Rice, +.
w Black A. Wagner, J. Mutchner, j. ID.
James, M. Donovan, Mira. Chapman, VIM.
Donovan. r. Ford. J. J. Jensen, J. g.
johnson, q. c. Burke. VIM. Townsey.
Charles Schutcherm. r.. II. Fornald. #.
H. fngersoll X. Howden.