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Alaska, under the Act of Congreu of
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NOME. ALASKA. OCT. 6. 1916.
li llu navo are <\«-r again stilled
lor so long as two or throe days at one
stretch civilisation wont continue to
ia main in St Michael.
Suim pet'plt take life so seriously
that lin t seem to hate themselves, not
to mention everybody else
Tht Wolf is a first-rate movie but
oil leaven the theater uutte depress
• d by thinking of what the mounted'
1 toilet will do to that hero when they
catch him as they surely will.
vustm Bruct (larretson. president
of the Order of Kaiiwny Conductors,
.nd chairman of the four Brotherhoods
i i nference committee, and w ho may
in presumed to know something alstut
I he causes which Its! to the la-cent
ji..ssagt of the eight hour law tty con -
gross m addressing a committee of
I'nited States senators In reference to
he demands of the men ho represented
.:srd thesi words. Now the public is
the carcass. And »ve are all. perhaps,
the vultures.”
METHODS OF RO/kD BUILDING.
V gre.ti many people in Alaska are
«*. scussmg the matter of more and
1*11tot roti.Is The road commission
s urging fiv. million dollar appro
at- n fc roads The railroad can
not la developed without roads. Some
places r. Alaska arc already developed
enough for the fact to be known that
hi y c • ot In worked at a profit un
i roads an built to bring the cost of
supplies below a prohibitive price
Taking it for granted then that there
is practical unaminity as to the de
s.rab l ty and reed of roads and as
suming that the money will l*e provid
ed to build them, thi question arises
kvhat kind of roads are wi go-r.g to
hav< Is tbi money to be- spent on
thi k.nd of roads that we haw, or arc
he roads to be built on a different
plan*
It is rtated* that the Bess.e road
fi om N MB* to th* third beach line, a
-■ .nee of - ss "han four mile*, has
st 'r* .,dy or.- hundred thousand
dollars. This include* the first cost
nd the sr.bseqpent expense for re
pairs. And ■; *.? not now nor ever
will bf a permanent road. It will al
ways lie requ.ring repair* This is so
•ecausi of its manner of construction
w hie b cur. - *ted of 1 making the sur
face take c ff the tundra top, and
- raping he road into rounded form.
When the moss or sod top. is re
ive, r. northern road-building there
follow- a slow, hut never-ending,
thawing of the underlying glaciers in
consequence of which the road con
-t.rily requires filling and other re
pairs. So it turns out that the re
pair expense Is usually very heavy It i
the road is to he kept In condition for
travel.
From time to time people have won
dered why our roads have not been
built ns the Canadians build theirs.
They customarily leave the surface
unbroken except where there are cuts.
On the moss or sod where the road
Is to run they spread such small trees
and brush as may have been removed
from the right of way. On top of this
brush they spread stone and then
gravel. The road Is thus raised above
the surrounding level and if the ground
be not broken near it for gutters It is
on a solid foundation of frost which,
will never thaw because of the blanket
on top through which a summer's he;U
cannot penetrate. After the road has
been completed and used a while there |
is' of course' a certain amount of
filling and grading made necessary
because of the top dirt settling into
natural depressions. After the top
gravel has finally settled into place !
and the surface has been levelled
there is usually veiv little up-keep
expense.
It would seem to a layman who has I
not built roads and who knows about
them only from observation that Ihe
Canadian method briefly outlined
tbo'o is greatly superior lo Ihe Alas
kan method which results oyving to
thawing merely in a long trench pro
viding it is not constantly filled.
Another fault of our roads is that
heavy rainfalls cause the gutters to
run full of watei and when there is
much grade the gutter is ground
sluiced down to water grade so that
many of our roads which have been
built for several years have here and
there yawning chasms on either side
sometimes eight or ten feet deep. And
with the passage of time or rather
with further heav\ rainfalls these
gullies become wider. If they were
not attended to such guillles would
soon undermine and carry away the
whole road.
Hoad building on the Canadian plan,
or on a plan similar in principle, would
be easy of execution in nearly all
parts of Alaska for almost every
where access can be had to gravel
banks, or to the shattered rock of the
Ihlllisidcs. The coarser and heavier the
lower stratum of a road is, the better
the road will be in the long run. Of
course the surface of a road should
consist of gravel or crushed rock that
Is not so coarse as to impede travel.
On the other hand the surface must
rot be so flue ns to wash away. Many
of our Alaskan roads have been whol
ly constructed of silt. Such a road
was easy for the contractors to build
end looked very tine indeed to the
inspector and paymaster who came
e'otig during the nice dry weather
and drove over it, approved it. paid for
it. : nd then told the local editor what
a “Ine Job It was. It was a tine road,
assuredly, until the heavens opened,
and the floods came and then in a few
hours it was altered to a furrowed, un
even trench that any intelligent pack
animal would climb out of to make his
way as best he could over the moss
and nigger heads.
I* is true that we need roads and
w* need Ihc right kind of roads. The
subject ought to be agitated and thor
oughly discussed in all its aspects so
that, if money be secured for Alaskan
loads, they shall be built in the right '
way and it would appear that the Can
adian way Is the right way. for such
a road is cheaper in first cost, is more
nearly permanent, and its up-keep is j
comparatively trivial.
Albert Matson will leave Tuesday
morning for the fishing camp on Pil
grim river. Will leave every Tuesday
• nd Friday for the camp. Information
can La secured at Streeteu’s office.
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next Territorial Convention is based
upon the vote cast for Attorney Gen
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POLITICAL CARDS
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
Andy Anderson
Republican Candidate.
ELECTION TUESDAY. NOV. 7. 19H
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FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
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A. A. ALLAN
. 'SCOTTY
ELECTION TUESDAY. NOV. 7, 1916.
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CMAS. JONES
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
ELECTION TUESDAY. NOV. 7. 1916.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
JAMES DALY
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ELECTION TUESDAY, NOV. 7, 1916.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
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Nate h. Coombs
FOR RE ELECTION
ELECTION TUESDAY. NOV. 7, 1616.
OR ROAD COMMISSIONER.
W. J. ROWE
ELECTION TUESDAY. NOV. 7. 1916.
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ROAD COMMISSIONER
Barney Gibney
•LECTION TUESDAY. NOV. 7. 1916.
OR -SENATOR.
TOM McQANN
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOV. 7, 1916.
OR SENATOR.
MARTIN MORAN
LECTION TUESDAY NOV. 7. 1916
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