Show v one of the wonders rs of the country situated in a gently sloping valley large wharves construction Construct lon has a lation of 2000 denver dec 3 A correspondent to the news from says Sk aguay iuar the youngest city of 0 the united stater s brought into existence by the great lash of prospective cold gold miners into the ini interior tenor of alaska ia is one of the wonders of 0 it the nineteenth century situated ia a gently eloping E val ey eyono one mile wide and i one and one half miles miles in length den eely timbered by pine spruce and fir tree treet suitable tui table for building pur purpose posea 1 on either tide side high towering snowcapped snow capped mountains stand out io in all their lonely grandeur dom n the sides of 0 this grand work of nature sparkle innumerable streams streams ol 01 the purest water rolling rollic ff and tumbling over hugo bo boulders bowl ders roaring and f iam am edg and hiering in mirthful alee glee in the beautiful rolden golden eun sun rays of an ideal autumn day downward and onward until at last they reach the grand old oli ocean here in ibis beautiful valley with its many advantages and natural facilities ie Is an ideal spot for a city of no mean proportions and which from its ver ria cantoral tural and Feo graphical situation wiil inevitably become the metropolis of alaska notwithstanding the fact ehlt all manner of stories concerning suay the real truth is that tills this is an exceedingly well conducted town there is an unwritten I 1 lawa awa model law that prevails among ahe inhabitants ot of this bustling city and the desire f for ar wrongdoing wrong doing seems to be eliminated from our midst there is one tore fore trial however our government has not seen fit up to the present writing to establish ea a postoffice post poa office of 01 the three the first and largest wharf will be four daye days from date at a cost of towo which will have consumed two months of labor both day and find rii ht there ie is under construe construction ti on here a tramway making direct connections with all three wharves following out main street leading direct to what ie is known as box canyon up an easy grade a distance dit tince of about seventeen miles to the summit of the celebrated while pass or the territorial line your correspondent today hae has been over four mile of 0 the cleared richt ot of way two miles of which all the ties tics are laid and ready for the rolling stock which ie in billed to arrive on the steamer eljer elder on the inet the company building buil dine the tramway have thoughtfully studied the transportation necessities oirA of Alaska laska and decided that the chita paes pass of 0 fired ned the easiest crossing an the tile coast any place that haa has ae yet been found is le to have a toll wagon road completed to the summit of the NV V bite paea pass within the next tareo month it ie is beyond a doubt that the wagon road will be completed and while it if Is im empoe filble at this writing to give the exact rate ot of charges for transportation on thie this load george brackett ie is authority tor the statement that the jai per pound will rot not be belech belece lees than two rente cents sor nor more than four cents from to the sur arnit a distance die tance cf c seventeen miles mile 9 balling making and the white paes pass tile easiest and cheapest chea peet for any one anticipating Pat iril goinn going into the yukon yulon in the conster construction a action of this road seven iron bridge 6 play an important part the skeet of which is to be feet lu in lenae lent ti and all constructed ao so ae as to be capable fl a railroad J rn forth of denver who ie is here bete in i 0 0 tie 1 of 0 tre tie colorado ali company ancor POT atea the state laws law of colo rado do ani na who left denver october 15 latt lt has thia this to say of and abd white paa pass 1 I shall report back to mr joseph rue ot of buffalo N Y who whole Is at the head of our company and who awalda my communication ai at denver donver 10 lo 6 favorable decision in regard to Etc agnay and the white pass it la Is in to MY ti mation the only praiano Aio and moat feasible route into the interior of alaa also b I 1 have consulted consul tei with CAP captain tail woodland 9 lioner mcgregor of the canadian mounted police and ot other her officials and they laye eiven glyen me 07 every ery to establish etab lieh a line no tish this route and I 1 have bays no doubt that our enterprise ie going to bo carried forward to completion our company ie a org organized or anizel to ferword pers gers and freight frei lit into the interior 0 of alaska and dball Z establish a daily ex press roote route to tho the gold fields we be revs the st michels route rout e to be impractical to reach the interior of alaska as there is but about two months of conama communication n cation by the water route and the dalton trail ie is exceedingly treacherous during the winter inter julon months while lies near the front door of the sold gold district climatic conditions condition here shere Sk aguay are no more estere than those of the rocky mountains of colorado proper has won surveyed into town lots two mon months the ago was a city ot of tents there are today about 2000 inhabitants and over good bad and costing thoa thousands sands of dollars have been erected and while the first were of an exceedingly cheap order the latter onea are very verv well constructed one is surprised at t the number ct cf hotels end and restaurants saloons and gambling bouses houses and the merchants as a general rule carry very large blocks stocks of merchandise of a general character the churches are under con Et ruction and one the union church will be completed in IL few days mr and mie mrs charles caldwell cf ouray colo who intend to go to the klondike about the first of march next have purchased a fine cabin here and are comfortably situated for the winter mi mr 0 ia is flieman for the canadian mounted police pack train who are taking sixty tons of freight over the white whits paes pass to the interior J breckenridge S T stone lee parlin and slid frank benson who hail ball from telluride colo bays made a mall mail fortune oa on the trail having been packing with one ot of the largest and beet pace trains been seen in tl ese mountains the they y arrived here on the day of septem tier on the steam sr elder ex assistant postmaster W 11 II mcroberts of monument colo baa has a real estate shingle out aad seems to tie lie in 0 on 11 the ground floor |