The daily morning Alaskan., 1903-04-18
Off WRONG
Dawson People Have No Kick
 at Skagway.

The po>tofce authorities located at SNaswav say that the attack on che method ot handling mails a, Skagway made by che Dawson papers and United State, Consul savior Is not well iound- ed. Al wu,,, both American and Canadian move promptly out of Skag- Wa,. and always catch the first train out olt tn.> place and both American an. canadian mail, go out ai che same ..u.
 Tb, Dawson people are complaining chat American mails do not reach that uIac. a> ,.,u as che Canadian mails ..l.h., have coutcudcd that ,he delay |, oc,.~ou,I a, Skagway. A Dawson newspaper describes ;he situation as follows.
 "UH. Amer.cau postal authorities al., made Ssac0ay distributing uu.u, ur. ot Alaska and the Yukon. md ,ba, r,roacb.us at that point, vai.e ], ma, require only one days work. cIu>r. the consignmcnts Co fall iu,. far .a1a-h behind Co mss the first stage, o- ho5t, which make close con u.c.ou .. Wh.,ehor,r with passengers from .t. South. and ,he mails have Co U..t other incoming boats or stages. '
 United States consul Savior has -uaurJ- m,5 ,b- matter and he is quoted s- laying tbc blame on Skagway, .~ follows.
 -I Lay. tl.cl.,y collected and pre- nar.J data US Co ,he arrival of Ameri- can mails .u plv>on,' says Air. Ssylor, -auU have showed how unreaSonably .o.. ..., h.,. boon in getting here from ~>.-vls a> compared with the Canadian mail, coming North on the sam. -,r.m.r~. Canadian letters leay- .u- Nauc.as.r and Victoria on che -au. ,,,au.r v..h American letters ... Ler. .., before che American. There t, a. r.l,1u why Jhe many ..au,r.#,u. Nu.r.c1n citizens ot this a,.... should b. subjected Co such in- c.at........ l' .be American letters ... ,.a- n. Ssec0ay Co be- repouched .- u.-..,..o .ar Alaskan and North ..r ru..--. reform should be made.
 ~Tu. ~.r,,s uo,,oH.ce could jus, as r.I ra,. al. tl. mail from ,he states t. -.rer4,. pla,0a bag, All Cana dian wI t, SD treated d, Vancouver aud Victoria. Such service obyiates -H. delay a- ~ka-vay.
 Summer s> vel as winter the American malls from the outside have ...r d-.Jyrt have given the facts and uo doaa, ,ae po,tofice authorities n.- investigate 'he situation on the outside"
 Ah.eh po>,0tce authority said yes- ..rtay ,aa. ,hr statement accredited Co Ar. Say.o- wa, a pack O; lies" The opinion ua, further expressed ,ha, Mir. Nly'or had better attend Co matters re-. .a,r- ,0 1., own department and let ... no>'1'lce department manage the -u' m1-trr,.
 Postmaster ". B. Sampson, said yes ..r.1y. cha, a,l mail received at Skg- u., always clears on ;he first train de- r1-..u- at.,r i,s arrival He ,aid there had been some delay on portion oi the mai. sine. 1bou, ,he middle O., Febru- .... a, .baa, that time he received written orcsr~ from ;he pos,ofice de- ..,u-ut 4- Washington. not Co send ..t more ,aaa s-0 pounds of mail per ...s. distributed as follows. Three hundred and f',y pound, per week by .u. B. Y. Y. stage and 25O pounds twice . week ae ,1e Ca.derhead stage This .... ,.r-, lat some mail at Skagway ri-u.zt stage The iaul, for this
 ., a. ,hr door ot che Canadian
 .e.ruueat l, Mir. Sampson always ...tau -hemai, arriving here for the in- ...... l, far a, Wh,tehor,c until he e-, ordered uo, 60 by the pos;otace de- .utu..- which acted upon Che request r.-.- ,aal-.a,.