Show in if now dooming booming Sem sentile Se atile wash aug 31 the following lotter letter was received per steamer etorla today by the associated press Sk aguay aug 31 the jam is i broken enon on the trail Anum A number berof 0 outfits have gotten over and there is a steady stream of moving humanity mixed up th an almost indescribable mass of horses of all and conditions mules steers cows goats and dogs also vehicles of every description three steamers are now unloading on lighters which convey the freight as near the shore as possible where it is loaded on wagons or carried carrl id over in the high tide the utopia is loading at the only wharf which is a shaky structure two pile drivers are at work on another dock which is intended to be a substantial affair A new sawmill got up steam for the first time this morning rough lumber is worth 27 per thousand but cannot be got half fast enough at any price the city of tents is not being displaced but reinforced by a city ot of shacks of all sizes and degrees degre of finish Is the boom town of 0 alaska every man whose heart fails him when he be encountered the first hardship has turned town townsite sito boomer four weeks ago was not known today there are not less than people here in addition to those on the ships in the harbor |