SAN DIEGO TO ALASKA
OY MOTOR THIS YEAR
Consul General K. E. Mansfield of
Vancouver is submitting a report to
Washington on the road activities of
the Pacific Coast, asserts that in ad
dition to the great Canadian automobile
highway now in course of construction
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, of
which Vancouver is the western ter
minus, the Pacific Coast highway ex
tending from San Diego to Alaska via
Vancouver Is being linked up and by
the end of 1915 motorists will he able
to make the trip from Southern Calif
ornia to British Columbia over a hard
surfaced road. The route will Include
the principle cities on the Coast and
will atTord one of the most attractive
motor trips of the continent.
"There has been great activity in
road-bulldlng In California, Oregon and
Washington and several thousand miles
of One roads have been added to the
highways in those States in recent
years." says the report. "This activity
has heeri encouraged and is largely due
to the increasing interest in motoring
and the great number of automobiles
in use on the Coast Various sections
of the Pacific Coast highway have been
linked up in the States mentioned and
it is now possible to make a trip by
motor for most of the distance from
Sail Diego to Seattle.
■'Approximately $7,000,000 was spent
on road-building in British Columbia in
1913, and every settled section of the
Province is being provided with good
roads. As procttcally all the original
transportation routes in this district
wore from east to west, especial atten
tion is now being given to the building
vf north and south lines of both high
ways and railroads. The purpose is to
open up lines of coastwise communi
cation connecting (he main arteries of
traffic extending from (tie eastern and
central provinces to the Pacific Coast
Tills is especially true of motor roads,
and at the present rate of progress in
construction, British Columbia will
soon be provided with highways suit
able for motor traffic from the border
of the Cnited States to Yukon Terri
tory .
“That portion of the British Columbia
section of the Pacific highway from
Vancouver to Blaine. Wash., was re
oently definitely marked, and other di
visions In the Province are being con
nected. A great many British Columbia
residents go to California each year, a
considerable number of them sending
their motor cars by boat or train. Eorj
several years various sections of good |
motor roads along the const have been
in use. but only within the last few
years has there been a concerted effort
to connect the completed divisions,
making one continuous highway
through the Pacific Coast States and
British Columbia.
The plan of the Pacific Coast High
way Commission, which initiated and
has been the moving factor in tlie con
ic ruction of a motor trail along the Pa
cific Coast, is ultimately to include Yu*
l n Territory and Alaska in the route.
Great progress has been made this
ytvir in road-building in the Yukon,
among the most important stretches of
which is the overland road between
Dawson and Whitehorse, on which
grades are being reduced, sharp curves
eliminated, and fills and surfacing ad
ded. Ono of tho most important im
provements on the road near Dawson Ts
tho straightening of the highway on
the east side of the Ogilvie Paver,
where the road was destroyed by
dredges last year The old roadway
followed a tortuous course which made
travel dangerous, especially automoblie
traffic, becouso of the steep grades and
curves The plan of the Yukon Terri
torial Government is to improve tho
existing roads, establishing a system
connecting with routes through British
Columbia and the new roads being
built in Alaska, extending the auto
mobile routo from tho semi-tropical re
gions of tho coast to the land of the
midnight sun.
• "Tho Engineers detuiled by the Alas
lean Hoad Commission to survey the
proposed Government highway from
trkagwoy to the summit of the White
1‘ass have completed the work and are
now preparing maps and data for the
route. The road is to connect at the
international bo undry line at the sum
mit of the pass with tho Canadian sys
tem of roads reaching to the AUin sec
tion and the Yukon as far north as
Dawson. The road from Skngwnv to
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the summit will have a grade averag
ing less than 5 per cent and at no place
will It exceed H per cent.
1 “.According to the new survey the
route follows for the greater part of
the distance the old '97 trail leaving
out that section of the road leading to
j Block Lake, hut continuing on the west
side of the Skagway River to Rocky
Point, avoiding the long, steep grndcs
to Black Lake The route passes
through historic Ltarsville . a former
lively station on the '97 trail, from
where it approaches a sheer wall of
granite, which will require either tres
tle work or extensive cribbing for a
long distance At Mile No. 7 of the
White Pass * Yukon Railway, the great
scenic beauty of tpe road becomes ho
parent and the route continues to In
crease in attractiveness as It winds up
through the rocky canyon of the Skag
way to White Pass Cttv.once an ani
mated munclpality living off the adven
turous gold seekers passing to and from
the mining regions farther in the in
terior. hut now reduced to a deserted
village consisting of a few uninhabited
cabins. The scenic aepeet of the road
continue* to grow in interest until the
summit uf tie- pass is reached, and th.
attractions that will make h one of
the great popular thoroughfares of the
Northwest for summer tourists and
motorists.
"With thn completion of this route
motorists living In any section of the!
Coast country will he able to make the1
Journey from Southern California to
Alaska with sueh side trips as they mav
desire to Include The popularity of the
Pacific Coast highway Is assured, as It i
passes through a country possessing I
special scenic attractions, and In which,
most of the way. during the greater
portion of the year good weather and
favorable conditions ai-e assured
"The great continental and const
highways will make Vancouver the ob
jective point for motorists from the
Bast and South and will Increase the
Interest In motoring In British Colum
hla It will also greatly Increase the
demand for touring cars and furnish
a market for American-made auto
mobiles
"There are registered In British Co
lumhla 7350 cars, which Is a greater
number In proportion to the population
than tn any Province In the Dominion
ALASKA
NOTES
(From fur Exchange**
The A. IS. lodge ut Howard has inoor
pnraed under the law* of the territory.
KutchikuIt kicked through with en
barrels of .*«lt«cl codfish lor the Bel
gians.
Hot Sprites, in the Fairlx.ii!;* c uu
fiy, claims ttie largest f"X ranch in
Alaska.
The White 1‘usb und Vukoi. ruilwtt)
pays an annual tax to thecit.' of Sk g
way of $2,921,
A federal grand jure at Value/, ret—
commended that the < itx provide bel
ter sehool buildings for thj jliildren.
Tiie Cordova Ski t’ltii, is a new or
ganization in that town wild ■ the in
habitants are living >>n 111* le . • of]
some big jumps
Two years' imprisonment in li.n !u- j
etrior of Siberia is the minimum sen !
teme for an infringement of tiie pro
hihition lav; over at Vladivostok
Falcon .losiin. of Fr.irhanks, was
chosen one of the six directors of the
American Mining Congress at the an
nual convent Ion at Phoenix, Arizona.
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The old reliable steamer Corwin, for
mer revenue cutter and for fifteen years
in succession the first boot to reach
Nome in tho spring was Hid in by Bruce
Shorts, a Seattle attorney, at a. recent
sale to satisfy a libel for repairs made
last year. The price was $6,300 The
Kotzebue Sound Transportation Com
pany expended more than $30,000 for
repairs at I id Hal! shipyard.-.
Xot profit in tho < iteration of tiie
Ready Bullion mine o.t Treadwell, dur
ing tho month of October, Is given by
the Mining and Scientific Press at
$15,461. Over 40,000 tons of ore was
crushed. The average yeikl <f gold por
ton was $2 46 Operating expenses were
$62,000.
A movement has been started among
business men at Juneau to establish a
citizens' light and power company,
primarily for the purpose of securing
lights at greatly reduced cost.
Hince systematic work was begun by
tho United States Geological Survey in
exploring and mapping the mineral re
sources of Alaska, in 189$. the Survey
has covered by exploratory geologic
surveys 72,Otto square miles, by recon
naissance geologic surveys 96,000
square miles, und by detailed geologic
surveys 4,071 square miles. During the
same period topographic exploratory
surveys have covered 51,000 square
miles, topographic reconnaissance sur
veys 116,000 squaro miles, and detailed
topographic surveys 3,612 spuaro miles.
—Thirty-fifth Annual Rcpo't of the
Director. United Stated Oenlbgleal Sur
vey.
CORDOVA.—Two tons of gold quartz
from the Grant Lake property. In tu*
Kenai district, crushed at tho Ellsworth
mill, returned tho owners $247.99 a ton.
The owners will continue operations
all winter.
Tho Seward Gateway reports that
ihe Houston Dredging & Hydraulic
company has changed its name to that
of the Alaska Gold Dredging Company j
and under tho new name will (n.iugu- |
isle extensive operations in the spring. I
More than 40 sled loads of freight j
started over lfie Valdez trail for Fair
banks recently following u light fall of
snow.
Itohert tilei. a show mini in Dawson
in the early days, is given credit in the
Mining Ago of October 3 of bringing
to the attention of the Morgan- dug- j
genheim syndicate to the rich Bonanza
copper properties at the head of the
Copper River.
The most extraodinary sled team on 1
record is now being trained at Seward !
says tli« Gateway. It is nothing less!
Ilian a team of hears which Joe Morris |
is busy preparing to fake the place of |
dogs, i me of the bears gi\es every in
dication of being easily turned into a
first class niulamute. hut the other
seems to require more coaxing. The ,
beats have been hitched up several j
times and are learing rapidly.
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