Dawson City - A History of Growing Pains 1896 - 1906
As prepared by Dawson Historian, John Gould.
... established under the name of Harrisburg, which was later changed to it present name. In 1895 Juneau came to the Yukon country, a legend being to the effect that he was brought here by another gold hunter on account of his known luck.
Juneau made several fortunes in his time, but he was improvident in disposition and riotous in his habits, and at the time of his death his financial circumstances were greatly reduced. (Klondike Nugget May 20,1899)
BIDS
Ten bids for the construction work on the Fifth avenue extension and the bridge
across the slough came at the following; bridge from $ 1,973.00 to $2,825.00.
The contract
for the bridge was awarded to Baker and Timmins for $1,973.00 The contract
for the road work was awarded to Davidson and Bittencourt for $886.00.
(Dawson
Daily News Aug. 3,1899)
OPEN FIFTH AVENUE
Fifth avenue is to be extended so as to have another thoroughfare from the
creeks, other than that now followed around the water front to First avenue.
An expenditure of
$3,500.00 has been authorized by the Yukon council for this purpose. It will
include the building of a bridge across the slough on Fifth avenue and the
opening of the street through
the Government reserve between the slough and the Klondike river.
The route followed by the proposed new thoroughfare will be up 3rd avenue to Church Street, thence along Church Street to Fifth avenue. The congestion now caused along the old thorough (First Avenue) by the traffic thereon will be greatly relieved.
The opening up of Fifth avenue is considered a necessity because of the fact
that the water front route is liable to be flooded during the spring freshets,
thus cutting off
communications with the upper part of town for an indefinite length of time
in the spring Of the year..
(Dawson Daily News Aug. 19,1899)
NO WHISKY FOR DRUNKARDS
Ordinance passed to that effect by the Yukon council.
Hereafter persons in the
habit of drinking liquor to excess can be prevented from slaking their thirst
by the necessary action taken in court to have their liquor allowance cut
off. This is the aim of an ordinance passed Thursday by the Yukon council.
It is entitled an ordinance respecting interdiction of intemperate people.
It provided that when a complaint has been made to a justice that any person
by excessive drinking of liquor misuses, wastes or lessens his estate or greatly
injures his health endangers or interrupts the peace and happiness of his family,
the justice shall institute proceedings against such a person and if it is
found that the complaint is well founded, every person licensed to sell liquor
shall be forbidden to sell or furnish liquor to the individual for the space
of one year. The penalty for violation of this ordinance is a fine not to exceed
$100.00 or imprisonment not to exceed three months, and the forfeiture of the
license of the offending party.
(Dawson daily News Aug. 19,1899)
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