The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-09-10

lt is quite evident that E. C. Hawkins | has resigned The following is taken from
 Che Daily Colonlst of last Wednesday.
 Mir E e. Hawkins has resigned his poe sItlon as General Manager of thc White | Pass & Yukon route. and was in thc
 city yesterday bidding au official good | bye Co those who have been associated
 with him in that enterprise. Ordinarily | thc retirement of an official from % poe 1 sition in railway company. even when | chat position is thc responsible one of | general manager does not call for special comment. but thc relation which Mir. l Hawkins bears toward Che development of Che Northern gold fields is such that
 h.s career in connection the railway is 70 part of Che remarkable history of that re-
 markablc country When a few years ago Mr. Hawkins. then a stranger Co the | Pacific Northwest went Co Lynn Canal | Co examine into Che chances of construct | ing a railway Co the hcadwaters of the Yukon. hc found condition of things
 existing. which. although very recent
 seems now like a romance.
 Thousands of people were toilIng Co find | % way for themselves and their pack an- imals oyer mountains which seemed spec
 cially designed Go bar the passage Go Che
 gold fields far Co the North. TO most pco- plo who had heard of lt, thc suggestion | that railway could bc built over thc White Pass seemed an obsurdity. but Mr. Hawkins ls one of those men who
 refuse Go recognize the existence of i'm possibilities lie examined thc ground and decided that Che enterprise was a l feasible one. and such is his standing among capitalists that his report was acted upon and Che work begun.
 How it was carried out. what Che dif- faculties were that had to bc met and
 overcome. who were thc men who assist ed him in accomplishing this remarkable piece of mountain railruading has nl. ready been told Suffice it Co add that th, change from go terrible trail across snow. bound mountains. Co ou admirably con structed railway from Che sea Co Che Yu- kon waters at a point from which nav | igation is safc is and win remain 70 mon umcnt Co Che skill. courage and energy
 of E. C. Hawkins
 After Che railway was completed Mr Hawkins managed lt. and it may Doc said
 with confidence, that no one is mol, closely iu touch with tho business of th, l North than hc Hr knows the condition. under which chat business has Go 10, carried on. he has made a thorough stud, of Che country; hc is personally uc mointed with most of thc business men
 Inc has shown his faith in the region
 which hc opened Co traffic by himself Investing in lt
 Always courteous and kindly in his in-
 tcrcoursc with others. hc win bc very
 greatly missed by those having business
 reIntlons with Che White Pass route H
 was not of that We desired specially Co spcnk, but of hIs Identification with the great work of Northern railway construc- uon. which is an achievement almost
 unique in the history of mountain work | It is highly satisfactory Co bo able to add that Mir Hawkins does not contemplate
 breaking on his relations with Che Pacific
 Northwest lie has great faIth in the future of this part of Che continent, and
 We shall bo surprised If very long time elapscs before he ls heard Of again tn
 connection with transportation enter
 prise here.