| Show WOItt INCI Till lAS 1 XetTlIcr lie 11 Iollle n llo VMillo Trail Seallle Wash Sept 19fhe mol conspicuous figure of the grand contusion con-tusion at bkaguay and the White pass in I ry 11 ester Hcovcl tile correspondent of the New York World who organIzed organ-Ized a party anti furnished tile nece nary tools anti dynamite 10 put JIM trail In psable condition at Oil eXpense ex-pense of several thousand dollars enabling mail to gel through to the cold fields this tall Mr 8eoOi Is now In tho tltvhav Ins arrived today on the Bteamer llosolle lie brings > the news that at least 2160 men with complete outfits will get through to the Yukon Iver I though he believes that only R email traction of this number mill reach non City before winter Prom the brat Infoi I mutton he could obtain gathered from All sources he believes that Jim men have gotten over the Chllkoot parts and have gone down to the mines These men how everwith few exceptionahave gone through with little or no supplies tile average amount taken hy orh man being > not over 500 or COO pound not more than enough to get him to the scene of tile great gold fields there provisions are riot 10 be had When ou ask mo what condition the While trail H I In Slid Mr hcovt I tell you that tho White pass has not been used bs the thousands of men who have been climbing over ill mountains from pkaguay to the lake listen of usInR the pass the men have sllniuzl nlonc tho sides of the mountains S50 feet above the pus The reason they have Alone this ls I that the pass Itself Is I full of boulders Anti even In Us present shape U Impossabl The Canadian build I to had no money for dynamite To get away from thse bouldt the mlnero lime Ihroogholll the entire length of the pass gone Ut above the boulders on the side of the illl I and made their trail The mountains moun-tains are steep and the trail In II 4 Plement J location ran never be mad Into n good one Instead of folloIII along tin Skllguo river bank here there In I tin easy grade though of course greatly obstructed with boulders and In Places ellllrely blocked hy Precipitous points ivhlch Jut out Into the river they haw gone iff to the side In I their rush 10 get through In a hu try Th trail crosses And teerorae the river and make long detours which would bo unneee1I1 hI 1 the use of n little dj nllmlte The sum of J 5 000 would make 0 One pack trail to Lake Hennett Not more than 115000 would be required to hlllhl II good Wagon road the entire lIslnlloe A railroad Mull be built on the ome r 0 ute but of course m hll t is ivai t d Is tin immediate Inlet for the people i there and on tire may Af trail that ran lo packed over wl tit horse Is I Absolutely needed 1 for men ore unl uolllg to lack on their backs The Chl1koo roll of course cannot be used for horse packIng |
