Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-18

and make Il place 70 Jack up the car.
we had an axe and long-handied
shovel with us with u view to such ne
rtdents. and we cut down trees and
made bed of branches in front Of the
car We put pine track under the
whocls and used u pine tree as Il lever
TO aid the jack in getting the car out
OF the mud. II took us about two
hours To dig the machine out of the
clay and start il on the firm roadbcd.
After that we turned out and sought
new roads through the grass, and
rushed over the wet spots to prevent
the car sinking, In some places the
movement of tho road as we went over
II was as though we were riding over
blanket. or rubber sheet Those
places were underlatd with glacial
mud.
The only salvation for Il road of this
kind is TO keep il we'll drained. That
is what will have TO be done with the
track of our new railway. and. whcr-
ever possible, the moss will be left on
the frozen strata and the road built
upon that The Overland trail is used
almost altogether during the winter
although the Canadian government
keeps il in such Il condition that il can
he used In the summer. II is on the
whole better than most OF Uncle Sans
roads in Alaska. and in the winter 1t
gives regular mail service into the
liiondike The freight and mail are
carried on great sleds hauled by six
horses. There are relays ut the va
rious roadhouscs. Each house has
stables for the horses. and Il; certain
places there are sleeping arrange
mcrrs for passengers. At the Tah-
kccna Roadhousc / saw Il great stack
OF horse feed tina; had bee brought
UP the Tahkeena River and cached
there for tho winter, and at the Little
River Roadhouse saw one OF the
s!cds used for carrying eggs, oranges
and other perishable articles into the
Klondke when the thermometer may
go 10 seventy degrees below zero The
sled was covered one. large enough
70 carry three or four tons. II was so
arranged that carbon heaters like those
used for carriage warmers can he
placed in trouEhs around the bed OF the
sled These heaters keep the tightly
covered load from being affected by
trosts These sledss were drawn by
four or six horses, according to the
state of the roads. In the spring six
horse wagons are used.
CANADA SPENDS MUCH
TO KEEP TT ROAD
The average charge for freight over
the road is 10 cents per pound. Pas
senGers pay from SIS 10 $50 II trip. but
this does not include their stay at tho
where they are charged
sl.5o meal and 81 a room. If nothing
happens the trip is made in five days.
and The roadhouses expense is about
$50 In times past the stages carried
from 500 10 Loco people month. and
in March. when the people were going
back 10 The gold mines. two or three
stages left White Horse every day.
Just now the traffic is light. on The
trip fifteen teams are used and three
changes Of horses are made every day.
each team travelling on the average
about twenty-five miles.
The Canadian rovernmen, has al
ready spent a great deal on The road
and its urkcep costs some thousands
of dollars per annum. Within the past
few years IL has heen made more and
more III for automobiles The first
Zine an automobile road was proposed
the opponents OF the measure scoff.d
~ The idea and said that i could not
ID" done. The matter came up before
the parliament N Ottawa and 1t was
discussed pro and con. An appropria-
lion OF $4,000 had been proposed for
the purpose. The objections were made
that autom ohilcs could not be run in
the low temperature OF the Yukon. ana
that the road was 50 rough that the
machines coWid never MAX. thc!r way
over Il. THIS discussion occurred in
the midst Of the winter. and while i,
was going on The Hon. George ISIack
VII" was then commissioner. or gov
ern"r. OF Yukon territory. decided to
snow parliament that the Undertaking
was possible lie thcrcupon made an
arrangement with G. y. Thomas the
resident manager OF the Yukon Cold
Company at Dawson. TO take his forty
horsepower automobile over the trail.
The Two started out. with George
Porter as chauffeur. They left Daw-