SAN FRANCISCO 10 ESTABLISH j
STEAMSHIP LINE TO SEWARD!
Negotiations Between Maj. Bailaine and Merchants and Shipping Men of Coast Metropolis Result in
Decision to Place Biq \essel on Run to This Port About April 1 and Newspapers of
City at Golden Gate Give Vigorous Support to Movement to Secure
Alaska Trade—California Capital Proposes Large
Investments in This Region
By Colic to The Doily Gateway.
Sat. IV • -o’ U a C" < »’*
,-mv this umrsbug between whok- :
merchants and shipnku. officials of: o.s
city a ml .b hi: V. BaMnine. jfe present in,T
the \kiska Central K ilwa.v Comp tty.
the decision.'was ' ' to establish a
stem: shot !im a San F; am
thrif t to Seward, h-'^lnnitnr ah*> it
Apt l.
the Wan a or fin- iiuekman. the hi
steau - t v h ’ rot:mi ”1
The A’,..’ • veo. h. C . IV K. C:om .
w-i eh r e understood to be for sale.
: r > liieh several bids have al
r i. ! • made. Kaeh is of about
■J i m ; : > i' t i^ht capacity and can carry
.i1 m* passengers.
Ah tlm San Francisco papers are
riV'ii' i.n tie project and vigorously
an vnra'; :: act ion to enter 11*«* Alaska
, nil San Francisco mearners,
ir,'' Saturday the t'hronicle bail an
a t rated page showing the ail*
v •• : > san Francisco of competin';'
n > hr in the Alaskan tield <*1
i .-it Si ,'. -i . is the seaport. There
ii» m aw emigration to Seward
i '- < rd.utarv territory from San
Francisco this year. Minin# men par
ticularly. are investigating the oppor
tunities there, and a lar#e amount of
C.i!ift imia capital will he invested in,
mining and business projects in ( en-,
trai Alaska.
S.iippin# men and the promotion!
committ e of San Francisco #ave a!
dinner to Major Haltaino Saturday
evening and today he will be 11 j «■ guest |
of the wholesale merchants'association
at dinner. The meeting tins morning1
was held in the hall of the Merchants ;
rixchange and was attended by several j
hundred of the most prominent bust-:
ness men of San Francisco.
fSOM YfNTNA
“’Pia- \ • na •?: is a’! right >r
mer. who . > in : i plenty of supplies.
and know - • t on- mer milling.
f it «,%•»• - s< t* and - a>*
have « X| red i • is . km extensively.
O! lh. -
of them ■ e ‘ • • n rich. On
ounce a bay. : ‘ a -rood t al more
than ■ that s ■*. a • - taken,
claim ; ' -t a ' '• 1 < ! •! s'" c *;
will >: > to *7 -• a y. A man
can. -take . i am a a. . ri . >id*
‘*Tha* -1 tide -lh - of ft. The oth *r
. * o i;< kcO!.:. ’ h.1 v
who gv- - hi ;. • iv with • hatful of grub
tuna stare-. » death b lorn lie takes
out * not. b to pay for a meal. I ex
pect to sv Ur >•( gr« i -ihotTs rushing j
in there exp- et k.g to pick up g dd itujr
get-o.i thr -vir tee u>t i- they would
sera|v th- r eh m. tin* bar after
buying a d has. an l - ■ m* of them are
going to get almighty hungry. They
run that way into e\cry now camp.
“Most of the claims are a long way
from timber. Then - mber on the
creek in patches bat not much of it
where the best diggings have been
found. The men who are up there are
working hard to get timber to their
claims and some of them have to take
it twelve miles. From the Yet.tm
river up the creeks it is a big job to
take up -upplies. The creek banks
are rocky and generally lined with
bluffs, and takin , freight up them is
about as tough a job of mushing as a
man can find anywhere. Above all j
things though, men should not start
up there without provisions enough to!
Iasi a year because they ought to stay
that tong before coming out."
Mr. McDonald says it is no trouble
to go up the Ycntua to the mouths of
the creeks while the snow is on. The
snow was about two feet deep in the
interior when he came out. The
creeks are frozen over except at the
rapids, which never freeze. The
Yentna is also frozen over but it is
subject to periodical overflows all
through the winter.
The ice stops the water coming down
from the creeks and backs it up until
it gets high enough to run over the
ice. Then it flows down over the sur
face of the river ice until it spreads
out thi i enough to freeze again. This
temporarily suspends travel over the
river, usuaily for two or three days,
but as the river runs through a flat
country in its lower course it is gener
ally easy for a musher to go around
the overflowed portions and continue his
journey on the snow along the river
banks.
Dr. Baughman Takes an Office
Dr. J. A. Baughman, who came from
Skagway to Seward on the Farallon to
engage in the practice of his profess
ion, has taken the front part of the
old Coleman cafe for an office. It has j
been arranged into separate rooms to
suit the requirements of a physician’s
office.
c r: >;ioa
Cj 'O-lv o i.
ACOlJT 11
• *..,! f J Seward public school
1 ,v i- >: practically settled and the j
>>• ■ v ui of tin school hoard is j
i . .. ,.m v. i h two departments March 1.1
, h :■ r.ulcs will occupy the j
; • church and the primary j
v > t - i "i'M it schoolao' ;v wi etc
- K o.* trick is teaching a private!
.. A male principal will he sc-!
ei.fi . r lie upper class* s.
T ,- t plan is to continue the
seh-'oi tot- njfh the summer. After!
% *. i . i sidecut ion the hoard has de
e..k o t t to* summer season is bettor]
... Alaska to educational pur-.
mm m the winter season because
s’* .rim" of the daylight for I
• i .y v< r.s in the middle of winter.
s :, «. »1 fund has plenty of money
it . hie that school will continue
luui; late in the full, excepting a short
vacat: » include the Fourth of July.
n.-aki g of tiiis decision F. O. Hale of
th. sehooi hoard said this morning:
•• V, e , ave decided that the summer
s as. a is the proper school year in
Alaska. !n November, December and
.faa a;-' the (lays are so short that
Oar. in the afternoon every desk would
require an electric light over it to en
ubh the t hihlren to study. This is bad
for \«>u.eg eyes, besides adding some
th'.:. ; to th- expense. In the shortest
‘ day s artificial light would be required
soon after 2 o'clock, and even earlier
! on a very cloudy day.
“lr Alaska there is nothing to keep
! eh: Idren but of school in the summer
as stho case in the states. There is
no farm work for the big boys and
scarcely any employment of any kind.
The weather is never hot and it
app. ars to me the part of common
- use to have the long vacation during
the short, dark days of winter and hold
school the rest of the year, allowing a
short summer vacation including the
Fourth of July.”
MORE BOATS EOR SEWARD
Seattle Papers Say Watson and
Buckman May Go on This Run
Seattle papers continue to agitato
i the question of more steamers for the
1 run from that city to Seward, and the
possibility that the Watson and Buck
man. the big new vessels which Capt.
E. E. Caine recently brought around
from the Atlantic, may go on this run
■ is still suggested. At one time it was
reported that Capt. Omar .1. Humphrey,!
Seattle agent of the Alaska (Commercial
Company, had made a deal for both
vessels, but it fell through temporarily.
Talk of it is still in the air in Seattle.
The imperative necessity for more
tonnage to carry the increasing
freight cargoes to this port is admitted
but the difficulty seems to he to get t he
bottoms. Ocean carriers are in great
demand at Seattle for several runs..
Oriental cargoes are lying on the docks !
at Seattle awaiting their turn to be |
transported. Extra boats have to be
chartered for San Francisco from time
to time, and all Alaska is persistently
howling for better steamer service.
This is leading the steamship compan
ies to get busy in the search for more
and better steamers.
William Emerson, a popular saloon
man of Seattle, oamc to Seward on the
Oregon to look around.
Washington. IX C., Feb. 1 -C.overn
ineiiJ aid for Alaska railroads was
urged by Maj. W. F. Richardson. .
chairman of the Alaska road comtniss- j
ion. in an argument made yesterday
before the lions*-committee on torritor- j
i. He said that numerous railroad
lines yr*- needed to develop the district
and that the natural wealth of the
region is sufficient to guarantee the
p-nuaueuc*- of set t lenient.
S»-cr tary 't’aft of the war department
today sent a letter to the Senate ask
ing an appropriation of $150,000 for t he
construction of wagon roads in Maska.
Tin,- U tter was ordered to be printed.
In reply to a message from Nome.
I < ’ongri-ssman Lacey today wired that
bis mi! to change the mining assess
ment law provides for the payment of
an annual $25 tax on located mining
el a n; ■ nod :75 assessment work, the
time derived from the taxto be applied
to road construction in tlu- district. It
also provide*, for recording the proof of
assessment work on claims.
Rosene Opposes Interest Guaranty
Washington. IX C.. Jan.. 29 John
Rosene. president of the Northwestern
Steamship Company, will appear be
fore tin House committee on territor
ies to give bis views concerning the
form of subsidy which ought to be
granted to railroads building in Alas
ka. He is opposed to the government
guaranty of interest on railroad bonds
and will make an argument against
that plan before the committee.
Mr. Rosene is one of the promoters
of a project to build a railroad into the
Copper river country from the south
ern coast of Alaska and it is under
stood that the company seeks a sul>
sidy but Mr. Rosene reserves his sug
gestion as to \he desired form of sub
sidy until he meets the committee.
The committee is in session today to
give a hearing to the advocates of tiie
subsidy and several prominent Alas
kans will appear before it.
Windy Jim Recovers Health
“Windy .Tim’' Dodson, keeper of the
outer ^ite of the Alaska Central at the
end of the track, who came to town a
few days ago on account of illness, has
recovered and will return to his post
at the terminus in a day or two. James
is the king-pin of the terminus and
moves with it. He expects to go
through to the Tanana on the cow
catcher of the moving wagon.
Sells Fourth Avenue Lot
W. M. Sauers is reported to have
sold the Fourth avenue lot south of
Brown & Hawkins’ store yesteday
to P. W. Snyder. The price is under
| stood to bo about $2300. Mr Sauers
bought the lot in October for $2000.
Mr. Snyder will build upon it at once.
Off For the Yentna
John A. McDonald and Charles
Lydell embarked for the Yentna gold
district Thursday by way of the
Alaska Central and the Knik trail.
Both were in the district last fall and
located valuable claims there.
George A. Kyle Returns
George A. Kyle, engineer of surveys
of the Alaska Central, returned on the
Oregon from a Christmas holiday visit
to his family in Tacoma.
h tom nor Disci larging Railroad Cargo at St* ward l)o< k
DELEGATE SILL ;
PASSES SENATE;
No Opposition to Alaska Measure
Which fixes Section
for August
8/ C-". tie to T ie Daily Gateway.
Washington. I). < 1>V1'- - -Senator |
Poison’s Alaska «»• U-.-ate hill passed
iheSenate this i; erring without a <
seining vote. Senator Igidge raised
the point til: : tlio ,ii w:.Tr-. of a dele*
*>’ul<* to t 1m* < >t ■ v i ! i! i.;*ht Ik* cOli^l nicd
| as a promise of tut are statehood hot
j Senator Allison dYabtiied Ins mind of
i fear and Lodge vot i for the measure.
The ijiieition n«*w is whether the
House will pass the NA l>on hill or that
1 of (’ongresiman t ushtnan, already
i pending in the lower branch. The
two are practically identical. Nelson s
bill provides that the best deh*gat«
1 election snail be !;< 11 t!,<■ Slrst 1 uesttay
; in August iPOti.
According to the NYlsoiibill aU male'
i citizens of the I’nited States who shall
have actually resided in the district
( for at least one year proceeding the
election shall he entitled to vole tort
delegate to t'engre Kach incorpor-1
ated town shall constitute a precinct >
and outside territory shall he divided !
into precincts by tue I . S. district 1
' jutige of t he dist riel.
Delegate Bills May Conflict
Washington, D. (A, Feb. 1 Con
gressman Cushman of Washington and j
' Senator Nelson of Minnesota are liable '
! to clash over the bill to allow Alaska
^ a delegate in Congress. Kach has in
troduced a bill providing for the elec
! tiou of an Alaska delegate and each
wants his name attached to the meas
ure.
The two bills are very similar and
it is stated that if Nelson’s bill passes
the Senate and goes to the House be
fore Cushman’s bill comes up Cushman
will support Nelson’s measure. On
the other hand it is understood that if
Cushman gets his bill through lirst
and it goes to the Senate, Nelson is
likely to oppose it and seek to substi
tute his own.
Congressman Sulzer of New A'ork
has also introduced an Alaska delegate
bill, as well as one providing a terri
torial government for the district, but
as he belongs to the political minority
his measures are not likely to be given
precedence.
Thomas Constance Building
Thomas Constance is erecting a resi
dence on Fourth avenue a short dis
tance above Adams street, with a shop
in front for a fruit and cigar stand.
Mr. Constance came up on the
Farallontogo into business and will
later erect a large business block on
another lot and engage in some kind
of merchandising. He came here from
Boise. Idaho, but was formerly a resi
dent of Juneau.
To Open New Saloon
D. J. Quinlan, who came to Seward
on the Oregon, has leased the building
adjoining the Coleman house on the
south and will open a saloon in it as
soon as it can be fitted up. J. A. John
son, who holds a long time lease upon
the property, is having a plate glass
front put in and is otherwise remodel
ing the room.
To Be Secretary of Coal Company
A. H. Wheatley of Spokane came to
Seward on the Oregon to go to the coal
colony on the Chicaloon as secretary
for the Watson interests.
Dr. J. J. Boyle In Town
Dr. J. J. Boyle of Valdez, who is
interested in the Owl drug store, came
over on the Oregon to remain a short
time.
JiUiLiwSMm
13 C> [J *t <^7 r*r I
rnkti;
Latest from Washington Says
Only Aelson and Pettas Are
Opposing Him
ily Cr.’:1c to Ti* Bally CHitoway.
WasUingb-n. D. I’.. Jan. A' Judg
Wicker-ham ;>f Ala-ka will go today!
I>i*foi «• tie- Mb-committee « !' tin* Senate ;
judiciary c< mmiitec. which ha- charge j
of the invi -stt ’ation into the aive-u-l
(ions a ainst hitn. The fight on the ;
eliarg» - is now on in earne-t.
Nelson and IVitus arc the only posi*;
live oppor.o: ' - of Judge \'» icker-haui
lmt they are doing everything in then-,
power to defeat him. Fen-no - Ank-t
eny and Idles of Washington are both
i:i favor of Wickersham's c- muitum
arai it is regarded as certain that the
Sim ate will confirm the appointment.
Washington, 1). Jan. JO--The,
Senate judiciary commite e today dir
ected the sub-committee herded by !
Nel-on which has charge of the \\ ick- j
ersham investigation, to furni-'n Judge
Widkerslvun a copy of tiic charges
against Iiim. It is believ d licit the j
opp<>-itionto \\ ickersluiut Ici-dwinuhd j
to Nelson alone, and continuation ni ,
the appointment is now regarded as,
certain.
Nelson Continues Fight
Washington, i). t'.. Jan. -T An un
favorable report on the confirmation of
Judge Wickorsham of .‘viaska is ex
■ ported from the sub-committee of the
: Seanie judiciary committee, but a tna
I jority of the whole committee - favor
• able to him and the majority report to
! the Senate is likely therefore, to re
commend confirmation.
Of the sub-committee Nelson and
Pettus are against Wicker-ham and
Foraker is in favor of confirmation.
The entire committee is composed ut
thirteen members, and if a majority
make a favorable report, as is expected,
II he fight will doubtless be continued on
the floor of the Senate.
The sub-committee held another
session yesterday. The meeting was
executive. Much feeling has been
created among Wickersham's support
ers because Nelson refuses to take
verbal testimony or to inform Wicker
sham of the specifiic charges against
him.
Produces Wickcrsham Charges
Washington, I). C., Feb. 1 - Senator
Nelson today handed Judge Wicker
sham a copy of the charges against t he
latter. He refused to give the names
of the persons responsible for the
charges. Judge Wickershain will
make a formal answer to each charge
within a few days. It is claimed that
Nelson drew up the charges himself
after he was ordered by the judiciary
committee to furnish Wickershain a
copy. It is believed that Wickersham's
confirmation will be unanimous with
j the exception of Nelson'- vote.
To Open Assay Office
H. E. Ellsworth will soon open a
new’ assay office and ore testing labora
tory. Part of the apparatus arrived
on the Oregon and additional equip
ment w’ill be received soon on another
steamer. Mr. Ellsworth’s father, E. E.
Ellsworth, w ho recently came to Sew ard
from Spokane, will have an interest
with him in the business.
Mrs. Dr. Burns Goes South
Mrs. Dr. Burns and her little daugh
ter were passengers on the Oregon.
They went out for the sake of the
little girl’s health.
Wireless telegraph experts claim
that messages may be sent secretly so
that they can be intercepted only by
those for whom they are intended.
SEATTLE KEEPS
TAB ON SEWARD
Interest Grows in Alaska Centra
Territory and Immigration
Will Be Large
3y Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Seattle, Kel». I The attentioe tie
Seward and the country trihetry * >
tin line of tin* Alaska Central tailron
are attracting due in part > tie
iiuiusi rial department %)f tin* foad,
partly to the mining dev< iopnamt--.
that have di awn the eyes of t h" r imp
a;id investment world to 11.< Fen .'
peninsula, has not been e<pia!* .
the earliest gold discoveries « C
Klondike.
Steam-hio reservations have I * •
made as far ahead as March ;• n<I
freely predicted that anywiv rot
lO.OPO to iA.il* 0 persons will • ** t» Se»v
ard during the coming summer >*■
many of whom will locate in ( < t
and <‘ii,a‘_" in business, tin* re <e ■
going to tie* interior, using tr; "
from ih.e end of tin' track to v. i th
Kantishna and Vcntn idisti act'. oar *
papers ireely discuss th*’ prospects - n
a tremendous movement towan s
ar*i and predict a grand fi’.tui fur c •
By Ca’cle to TUo Daily Gateway.
Seattle, Jan. (.'apt. J<... a a
PH" •’ **t* < i (’apt. ( ’ ■> n v exp. ' *
expedition into the interior of Uti>k.-».
is lu re, ‘fe wii! *fo north soon toev
talk: !i a line of boats In i <\ o' Ink
up ti c Slutslirtna river in < " »'
reach the Mount McKinley mi:n n/d;
i l id s more cu>ily.
( apt. Johnson expects to put on box
of the largest dr.ift pos'ibJe :• no
aatin;; the Shushctna. lie] • rt»•<! sto
ri vent discoveries on the upper • nt:
have awakened extraordinary on - -
and it is to e^rry the expo • * ■ i nr.*
prospectors and their oni.bs ii r>
district that Johnson's rlvi > ih < : is !-.*
he established.
OREGON COMES AND GOES
Brings ISO Passengers and (m)
Tons of Freight to Seward
Steaimhip Oregon, (/apt. < > Iirii :t.
arrived in port Tuesday a err',. - ,
somewhat belated because she wa hi id
'in Prince William Sound and the
Ltrait leading out of it thirty->ix hour-.
! hy heavy weather. Part ol the time a
| blinding -now-storm prevailed and th«
vessel was forty-eight hours on the
j way from Fort Liscum when she might
have come in twelve in fair weather.
The Oregon brought 190 passengers
to Seward. <>l these 1>2 were from
! Seattle and eight from Valdez. About
! sixty were lirst-elass. the remainder
' being laborers for the railroad, Ivoki
| in the steerage. The Oregon’s freight
cargo for this port was (itiO tons, of
which ")-2 tons was for the railroad
company and 138 for Seward merchants,
i The railroad cargo was provisions and
forage, no steel coming this time.
The Oregon sailed Thursday morn
ing at 9 o’clock for Seattle by way of
Valdez and Kllamar, and thence by the
outside passage. She was hooked to go
at midnight but much more time was
requi *ed to discharge her cargo than
was anticipated.
As a climax to the accumulation of
hoodoos which have followed the Ore
gon on her present voyage a couple of
stevedores belonging to the vessel got
busy in the warehouse as her lines
were cast otT and did not saunter out
until the boat was clear of the doc*.
Then they traveled briskly to the edge
and set up a mournful wail which re
verberated across the bay and over the
townsite like the nocturnal call of a
coyote and created great interest and
joy among the by-standers.
The warwhoops of the belated truck
men attracted the attention of Capt.
O’Brien and he ordered the engineer
| to shove the big steamship back to the
wharf. While the task was in pro
gress he stood on the near side of the
deck and warmly congratulated tin*
misplaced employes on their enter
prise. His address was similar in tone
and composition to the remarks of a
Mississippi steamboat pilot when a raft
crosses his bow and was received by all
of his audience except two with great
delight.
When the stevedores were annexed
to the boat and she again turned south
ward the captain was still too mad to
say good-by to his friends on shore.