By May 1898, three tramway companies had cornered most of the mechanized transport business on the Chilkoot Pass.
The Alaska Railroad & Transportation Company's tramway began two miles above Sheep-Camp and ran to the summit. A gasoline-powered cable carried an endless stream of buckets, each capable of carrying 100 pounds.
The Dyea-Klondike Transportation Company's tramway had two large buckets suspended from a long cable driven by a steam engine and supported only by an anchor at either end of the line. Each bucket held 500