The daily Alaskan., 1911-05-18
!. |. DICKSON
 E INTERVIEWED

o. l.. Dic&esou. who on April 24 was appointed ylce-president and op. sratlug head of the White Pass & Yukon route. arrived in Seattle yes. ttrday from Chicago. and win assume hi. new duties immediately.
 MT Dickcsou for the last twelve years has been connected with Che transportation department Of Che Chicago. Burlington & Quincy rail- road As head Of the White Pass & Yukon Route he win have charge of the operation of a fleet of eighteen vessels plying on the Yukon river and Lake AuiD. and a railroad line uo miles in length. extending from SGagway. Alaska. to whitehorse. Yu- kou Territory Mir Dickeson will sail for Alaska. May l6. and will spend the entire summer in the North. making a complete inspection 1G the steamboat and railroad lines end planning for the winter
 aI am told there is no more loyal and competent body Of men to be found anywhere than the men asso- ctated with the White Pass G Yukon route. and it is very encouraging to me that such a condition prevails. sad Mir. Dickesou yesterday "I shall be able to find plenty of good men n t. ranks to promote and operate the n.operty. It shall not be my policy to bring in men from the outside as }ong as good men can be found aE ready in the employ Of the company.
 MT Dickeson entered the service of tbe Burlington railroad as a stem sg-ap.er in the transportation de. rmtmeLt Ja..ary s. 1899 and two yaars later WAS promo d to the pos fuon of chief clerk of that depart ueuL In 1905 he was appointed superintendent of freight and passen- ser transportation of the Burlington l.ros west of the Missouri river, with Headquarters at Omaha. Neb
 His work that department at t-acted the attention of Daniel Wil- l I'd. then operating yice-president Of t road who took him to Chicago .a ee years later as a general officer oG the company with the title Of iu- sD,ctor of transportation. reporting Esrect to the yice.nreseut
 Since MT. Wtnard's election Go the a-s.ideucy of the Baltimore & ohio. lr January Igg Mr. Dickes0n has reported direct Co the president of -he c. B G @. Darius Miller
 The White Pass & Yukon route has been in operation eleven years its steamship and railroad lines serve ta2 miles of territory divided as fol- iows River steamboats. Whitahorse Co Dawson. 460 miles lake steam. boats. Caribou to Aun. on Lake At lin. S1 miles. and railroad division dlm Sk8gway Go Whttehorse. no uIes.
 The railroad is operated the year around with no greater difficulties t5h respect 70 weather conditions than is attendant in the operation of .e average ranscontinental line through the Sierra Nevada mountains,
 The passenger boats on the Yukon hsye first class commfssary and sleeping accommodations. so that lurists can make the trip with com fa-t During the winter months the company maintains a winter service by seiehs. which are operated from The end Of -he railroad line Co Daw- sgu.
 MT. Dickson will make an effort Go increase the tourist travel over the White Pass & Yukon route and has invited number Of grand opera stars and theatrical stars to make tho trip. Elsie Janis and her moth CT have signified their intention Of making the trip
 The White Pass & Yukon route i0- cludes the Pacific & Arctic Railway G Navigation Co. British Columbia Yukon Railway Comp8Dy. British Nu- ken Railway Company and the Brit ish Yukon Navigation Company. Linn ited.-Sesttle P-L