| Show IIIINf t I lI l I hit 1i I I 1 1 14 q 11 I PWWIRE TO KLONDIKE jq Li 1 q t l m1rfJr A New Telegraph f A 1 I lal I I 11 i Route Soon to Be awl 1 I i 1 Opened The Ib P 1 I 1 ij I Four Chief 1 1 Routes tot to-t 1 itA t l 6 I J i Alaska I i i 1 Ait I i i1 1 I I I I 1 I Very soon the weary overland trav I else to the Klondike will he able to follow fol-low a more direct route by counting the II forUIf i I I telegraph poles for It will only le a r J I I I j short while before Dawson City will be f jA r i r j liaim i connected by wire with the outer f I r I I world 11 The route for the first telegraph line I I Ix I Into the Klondike 21 I Dorado has Just I I I been decided upon and by the mldlll 1 f 00 I i if next summer the Mne will he open I 1 for business Mr Charles It Hosmer I superintendent of the taclflc Postal I Telerriih company which In reality Is I 0 ti I l i the CAnadian Pacific Hallway company I t rider another name is I now In Mont 1 I Bill completing the last details ot the 1 J Plain I In realltj t ic actual work has begun I 1 1 and the su4yors have Already accom pit shed a oUlI deal between Quesnelle 1 and Fort 1 raner the first two point I t 1 upon the routewhere the first section I i of the new line Is locate Not since 1SCI when the Western Union Telegraph i I company made its famous Attempt too to-o Asia and the United States has I a telegraph surveyor been 1 seen In the It II Cthrough which I the new line will r ltl run until the present party In the Held began 1 Its Journey The total length ot the main line from I Quesnelle II C to Dawson City will il be 1123 miles There will bo a branch J line constructed to Juneau Alaska Sj i miles In length and another branch to ljea which will be 70 miles long The company estimates that the total cost r or 11 I of the line and Us branches will le In the vicinity of 100000 Of course this total cost will depend largely on the 7 difficulties met with In purvey ant con i P ttructlon for a considerable I portion ot the route Is I unknown In detail The es I I I tlmato given however Is I Intended tiC cover an Increase over the figures orlg 3 Inally computed nn ampl Allowance I 1 having ben mad for emergencies Telegraphic communication with the 11 worlll exists as for north as QuenII I 1 n C which Is I somo 30 miles north by U northwest of Seattle This Is I the reason U rea-son for Its being chosen as the point of beginning From QuenlI the line will run northwest tbcprlnclpal point on he route being ns follows Fort Framer belng 135 miles distant Hazleton 200 miles farther on Telegraph creek 310 miles head uf Lake Atlln 240 Tislln river IS Biz Salmon river 34 Little Salmon Salm-on liver JO rive Finger rapids 59 Felly river 69 White river 90 Sixty Jllle river 31 Dawson City ja total of 1423 miles While the places mentioned are the principal points on the I Inc 3r 110 nr states It I is I th a Intention or I he company to establish stations every four miles The line will to a certain extent be a Canadian government affair af-fair and It Is I expected It will be utilIzed util-Ized cry largely by the mounted pOlice in their commUnications In fact ths Canadian government has really 1 bn acting In concert with the company and the selection of the route Is I In great mourn due 10 the preference cxpreas id by the authorities The difficulties of construction are not 10 great with this line as might be In sglncd Before making the selection of i rn route the knonledge of men who hove become tamlllar v lth tile country wn called Into requisition and combined Kith the Information furnished by n party of mn who nt the Instance or the company to > k a Prospecting trip freatl nfa same man the therewas danger of sources ot knowledge being shut off by winter This latter party Mr Ito mer stales discovered that a fairly direct di-rect line could be built and still many of the anticipated difficulties avoided Th route does not Include the famous Cbllkoot pass but dodges the Issue by going to the eat or this monumnt lIeath and despair There Is I no point on the projected line Mr Hmr Pays where there will not be maintained a passable road Just so long as the weather will permit In fact the con Inctlon ot the title rally mean n nw route to the Klondike and one which is I I likely to find great favor with those who prefer an overland journey I It ties been necessary in planning this lire constantly to bear In mind the fact that the cost ot maintenance Is I likely to be great Along om Portions of the route tho snowfall Is I simply tremendous tre-mendous very like that In the vicinity ofDuranfo Colo where the People u Pct to be snowed up for weeks regular I Iy very year At every station In the deep now section It will therefore be I necessary to store a I sufficient quantity ot provision to avoid any danger or starvation of the telegraph employees vn under extraordinary circumstances This man a heavy outlay when It Is I considered that the uniform rule of a station every four mile will as stated be adopted by the company The officials of the company believe that a force or 400 tclcgraph operators will be required the year round Many ot fiepo of necessity must be Inured to hardship anti QI much car will be exercised In recruiting the operators almost u would be observed In selectIng select-Ing mn to wear the uniform ot Uncle Sam In addition to this force nr op orators It wilt be necessary to have It Is I estimated at least 100 linemen and their duty will be perilous fully QI much BO as thai of their brethren in the big cities before the days of underground under-ground wires Mr Hofmer does not believe the com any will find It possible to employ the female telegraph operator to any ex J 41 1 h1t 1Z 1 n X = F = 1111 1 r 1 I Irl 0 1 7 = n5 E Alr It 1 1 Z = 1P A 41 Z I filf 1 = = 1TIi = 1 7 I I I I 0 i I I t I Zr d If d I i I I f L I 4 I I Ati 11 KLONDIKE PILGRIMS LEAVING ATHADASCA LANDING tent and the entire Held practicallY is I open only 10 men A pleasant feature for the operators Is I that the oallpe paId will be what are known As top notch What work can be Accomplished this winter will be briskly pushed forward and everything mad ready for further execution or the task the moment the weather permit Indeed the company expects to break all records In telegraph tele-graph building Mr Hosmer has Just returned east from n trIp to Victoria Vancouver Saltlo and Ran Francisco The tatemnt mad by him therefore are based on personal knowledge The stories toll and the opinions vouchsafed by people who have been north anti perhaps more by those who have not bn to the present clvlllzd outskirts ot the Yukon gold region re vrlliifr the prospects of success In aching tIe goldflelds differ very widely Among those who have ben to Skagguay reeently and who are In n position to speak authoritatively of the condition of things In the north Is Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Colonel James Domvllle M Pat P-at nothay N II lie maae his Inve flirtations at great personal Inconven fence with a view to obtaining all pos slble Information prior to going In with the expedition which he will lead In the spring Besides visiting Ekagguay and the Intermediate points along the coast Wrangell and Juneauhe went up the asses I and It was of his observations there that he recently chiefly spoke when In conversation with a reporter We are now making preparations for an expedition said He and will start as soon as It Is I practicable It Is not practicable I now I have made inveitl gallon and I consider that tho White pass from Skagguay Is I the only iprlnj route to go In by Colonel Domvlllo further said that If he was a voting man he would go to Skagguay right away and go Into the provisioning business There was sure said he to be a demand there In the spring for provisions People leaving the south would have to buy varlou packages there to supplement their outfits I out-fits Through the winter people would gradually work their way out to Lake Bennett and by spring their outfits would be considerably lightened so that It would bo necessary for them to return to BUigguay there was nowhere else and replenish them Now then he continued 1 before spring there will be many houses built and People will be encamped all along the trail to Lake Bennett There will be with those who come later C great army of people They talk about going down on the Ice but that Is Impiactl cable They will have to walt until the river opens In May The lumber around the lake Is I being used up fast and I think It Improbable that all these people peo-ple will get through I am convinced that there tire only two good joutes by whIch to tIt thmlnlng regions The one Is I to attack the White pass and get Into Lake Bennett In time to go down the river In the spring and the other I Is by the mouth of the Yukon To attempt it tempt the alton trail now Is worn II than foilyX will give you an Instance I The big Plerro liumboldt expedition that left here In November Is I now encamped en-camped In the Dalton trail 20miles from Pyramid harbor and thy will never get through this wlntll It Is I fol Ir to attempt ilia Dalton tr411 now and bt rb lnn later It will l be Impossible on account ot the now 11 Is I only a late summer trail Colonel Domvlllo wa asked whether the Stlckn wmi no good an the other routes mentioned The river will not open until the Olh ot May lie said I and vessels drawing ollly 26 Inches can I N 47 1 1o In l I 41 I I Ii 6 I 6I 111 j A dl 0 it 11z I I If 1 Iil I P iII iI-I I 1 I I l I I I ol I I I I I I 4 I CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICP run there In oummer I wilt tell you that unless tho greatest caution is I exer Ised many people will lose their money md never get In at nil Look it the police who have found It Impossible to get In their stores As to our own plans 1 will go In by the way of the Yukon with a party This Is I the longest ot any 01 the routes but some will prefer It no by It no packing will have to be done though the time In which It can bi used Is I llm Itd The traveler takes a steamer from Vancouver to St Michael on Norton Inlet Bering sea Here next season there will be found a number or steamers steam-ers running up the river to Circle City and Dawson City The total distance by this route Is I about 2 400 miles For Skagguay a steamer Is I taken dl > rct from Vancouver Several guides that have been Issued state that to get to Skagguay you must take a steamer from Victoria to Juneau This Is I en Is tlrly erroneous as the steamers run direct from Vancouver to EkAW4 bay and the old tiresome trip kl mall steamer from Juneau is I TdA From Skagguay the traveler will eta his way through the Unite pan flzi bas been much wrItten about the d6 cullies I of getting through this pass IU all who have persisted seen to rn got there barring those IIho met oil accidents which are liable to happen any one on such ail expedItIon It I that its t next season It Is l promised Iran will bo much improved This 11ere W leads to Lake Llndeman where 0 will have to be built or purclai W Travelers who Intend going via will also find a direct steamer at V0 from wh couvor not a hundred yards they get off the Canadian PMlfl r ton I J Parties going via Dyea will bsvl u through Wl > 111 stuff packed have their I tal pan A pock trail Was cut over 1 summit last year and It Is ellialtI 1 that a cable tramway will be la 01u tlon early next year This route promises to be largely Patronized taut 10 ronlzed this year to A Fort rtelluner WraDrel Sal I from Vancouver found Is I Ulstoft rconupoS readiness for the river to Clenra or TtJo journey up the Is portage creek At present a graph III 00 mil to be made atter a trip 01 beea all ad h is railroad the river but a r hett Teoll voycd from there to Lake the water journey can be resum |
