The Nome daily nugget., 1914-06-20

The closing Of the bargain where by the White Pass takes over the Nor'hern Navigation effects the busi ness on the Yukon and gives the White Pass ,ae longest and most Continuous transportation service in the North. Recently the White Pass put on a line i steamers from Portland and Puge; sound 10 Sksgway. That line, wit q ;hs railway from SkAgway to White horse, and the z.OO0 miles of steamer lines on the main Yukon gives inc company 5000 miles of strkghEsEay ierruory. T. this might esadded th, T4nan-, the Koyukuk. Eehe IdItarod and che or two other Aide streams here the Northern Navigation has maintained a service on the lower Yu- kon-
 With all the splendid craft of ths Northern Navigation company and the nne boats of the original White Pass on the Yukon. the new owners should : be enabled 10 give as good, if not a better, service than ever. IL usually .s conteUded by companies whi,h merge that by eliminating compet- l!on ard the consequent waste that they can operate more economically and thus render services to the people 4t reduced costs. II is t5 be hoped ! this will prove the case in this in-
 stance. Of course. Il is not to be eK i pected the war rates of last year or anything near them will obtain, as all
 Ri,A competition obyiated the con-
 pany n the field should be able l. operate 10 much better financial ad vantage, and thus let the public also participate. President Dickson has proved one Ot the most progressive transporta- tion men ever in the North, and | doubtless he will work to C. cate traffic on the Yukon as well as be provided ] - oNNNPl t4AaA Uh4NA uat0Aa any NOAhGS this way. IL is a well known fact he | has boosted the Yukon route for the tourist business. and with the increas- ed advertising the American railway project is giving the North. he should now be able to get far more new busi- ness for his lines, and to make the Yukon the great scenic route of the land of the midnight sun-the route that eventually will become a world favorite because of being vernal midsummer route out of the range of scorching heat while the rest of the continent swelter
 The freighting of supplies into Dawson by the lower river route has meant long haul. 1900 miles against the current. It may now be that the new company will find 1t more econ omical tn ship practically all the Dawson supplies via Skagway. The chief offset for the Skagway route Is the added handling in the rail trans fers.
 IL is not made plain whether or not the White Pass is to acquire the
 Northern Commercial holdings and the mail contracts held by the Sloss people. Should the White Pass take 1 over all these it will be a mighty factor in the North. Even with only the river traffic in control it Is a vast concern. and Yukon must calcu- late on taking the transportation com pany and its tariffs and services into consideration in every transaction. It is impossible for anyone to forsee all the results of the change, but as AL aska is bound to advance rapidly with the assistance of the national rail- ways the Yukon basin sees new | chances. It, therefore, is to be hoped | that the policy to be laid down by the management in this field will be one which will in every way encourage de- vclopment. Only by such a policy will general prosperity follow and the 1 transportation people will be the first to share the benefts.-Dawson News