The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-05-02

cation over UnalaSka for sucd a port It is also subject to improvement as a port. It is already an important transfer station although the only nn- movements SO far made there arc those of the A. C., N. X. T. & r., Elm pire and Seattle and Yukon HomPan- ieS.
 At present every station within the district has to make it report to the Sitka office. every dollar collected has to be sent there and an the instructions come from Sitka. which is now the nly port of entry for Alaska. The reeeS- sitv of an early change is made more patent on taking a look at the map 'i Alaska and consider the lenght o' time and loss of time in getting ius'ructlonS reports and money to and irota Sitka Co the Boring Sea coast or np the Nu- kon river.
 ITINERARY OF THIS rRtP
 "My present trip will be similar in character to the one made last wear I shall inspect the stations at Re. hi' kan. Juneau. Sitka. Skagway ,n@ otler sub stations of Southern Alaskl hen cross over to Dawson and so down the Yukon. stopping at Ft Cudahy. Eagle City. Circle City. Fort Yukon Rampant. Panama. St. Michael Colo win Bay. Nome. and Port Clarence. When coming south [ shall stop at Un- alaska. along the Aleutian Islands to Unga. Sand Point. Kadiak. Cooks ln- let. Valdes and back to SitLa.
 "At Port Clarence shall establish a customs house station That Is the only harbor in Boring sea for deep water vessels and the only plac, where they can unload on the shore line. The discoveries of gold in that sc 'tion have the appearance of being important and of making Port Clarence a1 import ant shipping point principally 'n ac- count of the safe harbor the formation of the land there affords Co deep sea vessels. especially during the stormy period, which prevail up there daring a large .iart of the time The heavy loS- ScS Co shipping interests 5t Nome l?St year would indicate that ,hc thirty or forty miles of beach on that coast can never be made a permanent iandrg place for merchandise. lt .s true that there are times in midsummer when it can be done with comparative safety, but it is not a shore at any one point oi which a harbor could ever be con structed. Ships will always have Co re- ly on bargeS. lighters and small boats
 "At st. Michael. the end of the ocean voyage for the Yukon trade. all ships and steamers have Co lighter their goods Co shore, a distance of two or three miles. and transfer them Co river steamers for the upper Yukon river points. The trade of that river Is be- coming an important factor m the de- vclopmcnt of Alaska. but the season of navigation is very Short-practica,ly from July | to October I-that great dispatch is required to accommodate shippers. and during that brief season the custom house station at St Mich ael has to be kept open day and nigh;. Oi course. the word night Is only used m a Pickwinian sense. for everybody now knows that during that period it is daylight all the time.
 We have a customs station at Nome in charge of an officer who is really 1u officer for the sub-port of St. Mi'h- aelS through whose office an reports have to be made Co the main oficc. or. port of entry. Sitka.'
 Col Evans will leave for the north on the next Steamer-P.-l