| Show SUBPORT OP ENTRY I II I It Has Been Established at Dyea I Alaska Washington July 23In view of the I present rush of travel to the Clondyke gold fields Secretary Gage has estab I lished a subport of entry at Dyea Alaska The action was taken as the I result of an application to the treasury treas-ury department by Canada for permission permis-sion for Canadian vessels to enter at Dyea Alaska and land passengers and j baggage there Dyea is about 50 miles north of Juneau and is was desired to J savb passengers the annoyance of disembarking dis-embarking at Juneau and awaiting another an-other steamer for Dyea the head of navigation on this route to the Yukon frontier The granting of the application I applica-tion would have made it necessary in all cases of vessels clearing for Dyea to give a spe ial permit to the deputy at Juneau in the case of each vessel In order to obviate this difficulty the secretary of the treasury constituted Dyea a subport of entry This action was taken under authority of the act of March 161S96 which authorizes the secretary to establish subports at such places in Alaska as he may deem proper Some objection was made by representativeas from the Pacific coast to the granting of applications to permit per-mit Canadian vessels to proceed to Dyea but on full consideration of the question It was thought advisable by the secretary to exercise the right clearly given him by statute to make Dyea a subport thus relieving passengers pas-sengers from annoyance of disembark ing at Juneau and awaiting other means of transportation to Dyea The Canadian government or vill be notified immediately of the intention to create a subport of entry at Dyea for the benefit of British shippers of supplies for the gold district Vessels carrying men provisions and supplies will be allowed to proceed past Juneau to Dyea where the supplies are to be put into bond and shipped over the short intervening stretch of United States territory to the British Columbia Colum-bia boundary line and thence to the Clondyke fields All of the cabinet were agreed upon the course to be taken In the brief discussion over the matter it was pointed out that it was not only a very neighborly action to take but would be helpful to citizens of the United States as well Ninetenths or thereabouts of the men are nod rendezvoused rendez-voused in the gold belt belong to this I country it was stated and failure to make the concession might deprive our own citizens of needed supplies Beyond I Be-yond all this it was intimated that incase I In-case the privilege was denied by this government Canada might take up the I matter and by way of retaliation restrict re-strict operations upon such part of the I gold fields as are Canadian soil to citizens cit-izens of that government |
