Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-11-23

+, " very cold during eight months OF the
year and warm during the other four
| During each season The temperature
ranges from so degrees below zero 10
| 100 degrees above. There ~ very little
| humidity. 40 that the extremes OF heat
| ana cold ran be endured The death
| rata during 1900 was Ave out OF each
| i,00O inhabitants The place Is drained
| by means Of bitches and wooden cul-
yerts There has been only one endemic,
| and that was one Of typhoid fever
caused by drinking the river water be-
| fore the water system was bullt. one Of
the great problems OF water supply il
| Dawson has been 20 devise some plan
by which the pipes aud their outlets
could be Kept open during the winter
months and the comuaNy believes II
has q plan that win mn all the require
m0nth, This consists of combination
Of water pipes ana electrical appll-
ances, The pipes being connected ana
made OF iron, VIII carry the current as
woll as wire. and it.is said that
current applied 70 the main, where IL
connects With the pumping plant viii
prevent the freezing OF water through
out the entire system, even In the cold
est weather, Up 10 the present time tn
only manner OF keeping the pipes open
has been 10 maintain a constant pres
sure upon them and this plan has not
beon altogether successful, The system
In owned by private company, and
me supply, which II naturally Altered
AMI very nure. IN derived from several
Lncxhaustble wells fed bv seen water
from the klondlkc river The town has
very efficient Are department.
equipped with two engines two hose
cnrts, two chemicals and hook and
ladder. II Is Illuminated by a modern
tlectrc light plant, which also fur.
nishes pumping power 10 The mines fo
miles N every direction II costs from
81 70 81 call 10 use the telephone sys-
TEN which connects the town with the
different mines
POPULATION 3, 400.
The census taken last fall shows the
resident population Of Dawson to be
b,iOO OF this number $500 are men. GjU
women and $50 children The floating
population during the summer season
VIII more than double these figures,
Among the business enterprises Of the
place may be mentioned two banks, five
assay offices, six newspapers, three ex-
press companies one telegraph COM
pany, SIX sawmills two planning mills
three brlckyards. three machine shops
eight cold storage warehouses, five
dailles, two breweries, one bottllng
establishment and twelve laundries
Ample provision has been made for en-
pertaining the transient guests within
the city gates, There are forty RESI-
taurants thirty-three hotels aud TWEEN
ty-three saloons. There are two pub
lie libraries. three theaters, three hos
pitfalls and five churches. The new
Presbyterian house OF worship cost slj,.
cen The government Is spending $780,
600 on public buildings In Dawson and
100000 on roads leading into the place
YUKON COUNCIL,
Dawson Is not incorporated, but II
governed by what Is known as the |
Yukon Council consisting Of the
senior Judge OF the Yukon territory, the
gold commissioner, the legal adviser,
the registrar, the commanding officer |
Of the Northwest mounted police and |
two members elected by the citizens. Il |
Is claimed TO have the best order Of any
mining town In the world. The North
west mounted police govern the terri
tory proper and their administration is !