Show railroad for or ala wira san francisco oct iz 13 the call says that a party of 13 12 engineers and surveyors including captain smith W J 11 II fogelstorm Fagel storm A IV blake and A B shearer Sh carer have started for seattle where they will be reinforced by about CO 60 men A steamer will be chartered to carry them to inlet and from there they w will ill go to fort selkirk one of the objects of the expedition is to determine whether the miles that separate the yukon at fort selkirk from the tb a ocean at affords a practicable route for a railroad or not it is I 1 also iso proposed to thoroughly prospect the yukon country tor for gold the parties who have organized the formidable expedition are from boston san francisco and puget sound and nd to thoroughly equip ha has been subscribed and paid in |