SOLDIER TELLS
OF ‘TROLLEY’
RAILROAD
By CpI. ALLAN MERRITT
(Army Correspondent)
NOME, ALASKA — The En
gineer soldiers who operate the
Tooncrville Trolley railroad that
helps carry supplies from the
Nome jetty to the neanby Army
post call it the “Kougarok
Limited,” explaining that until
the Army took it over its loco
motives were limited to a slow
speed to keep them from jump
ing the tracks and that the line
extends into the Kougarok river
country.
*■ Started at the height of Nome’s
gold rush days in 1900, the small
gauge railway was taken over
by the Army after establishment
of the post near here, and its
miniature flat cars carry lum
ber, fuels and other supplies
into the Army camp located in
and near the Anvil Creek min
ing area through which the rail
road passes.
Listed officially as the Seward
Peninsular Railway, its locomo
tives probably held the world’s
record for track jumping until
soldiers repaired the roadbeds
and put the line into shape be
tween the jetty and the Army
pos. t Some parts of the railway
extending north from the post,
rarely used by the At'my. are’
not in as good state of repair.
It is ’probably the only rail
* road in the world on which sled
dogs are sometimes use for mo
tive power.
It has no traffic signals, and
that part of it not used by the
Army can be used without any
one's permission by any person
who can provide his own motive
power.
There are 181 bridges or large
culverts in its 83 miles of track.
Master Sgt. Joseph Oldson of
Herington, Kans., wha as a ci
vilian worked for the Union Pa
cific Railroad, is the ranking
non-com of the Kougarok Limit
ed’s ■ crew and Supervised the
work that was necessary to put
the railway’s tracks and equip
ment into operation for the
Army.
The soldiers dismantled a mile ^
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HENRY JOSEPH
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ACCOUNTING, INCOME TAX
AND SOCIAL SECURITY
P. O. Box 156 Nome. Alaska
IRA D. ORTON
Attorney At Law
■•om 1—Nevada BoUdlng
Nome, Alaska
Seattle Office:
1912-13 Smith Tower
Telephone Elliot 8200
O. D. COCHRAN
Attorney At Law
Phone Main 121
Nome, Ahufca
N. STRAND
MXW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY
Phone Black 150
NOME, ALASKA
HAGEN
JEWELER AND OPTICIAN
Court House la Opposite Hi
Phone Main tt
I. O. O. F. No. A-5
NOME, ALASKA
Meets Every Friday—8:00 P. M.
Odd Fellow Hall
long abandoned spur of the road
to get enougn materials to re
place broken sections of the
part used by the Army, and
“cannibalised” two eld lomomo
tives to get parts with which to
repair those still usable. At one
place they had to blast away ice
in which the tracks were frozen.
The Army uses for it's main
runs three gasoline-powered lo
comotives. somewhat similar to
trucks in appearance and rang
ing from 55 to 110 horsepower.
There are also two four-cylinder
“speeders” which are used for
light loads and as personnel car
riers.
Last SeptemibeT a crew took
one of the locomotives all the
way to the end of the line at.
Banker Hill, a distance of some
83 miles, to deliver some dielsel
oil in that area. Part of a drive
shaft broke on the way but Bill
Munz, commercial pilot of Nome,
flew to their rescue with a re
placement.
When they got the train roll
ing again it was not long before
a “hot box” developed and this ,
required a day and a half for ]
temporary repairs. The round
trip took them nine days, and
they were forced to ration their
four-day food supplies to make j
it. There are shaekte with cook
ing facilities along the railroad
every 20 miles or so.
Other Nome soldiers who have
worked with the railroad, which
is operated by Post Utilities, in
clude Sgt Elie Harris of Okla- 1
homa City, Okla., and Sgt. How- 1
ard Pryor of Reform. Ala., sec
tion foremen: Cpl. Joe Jennings
of Whittier Calif., Cpl. MaTtin
O’Herrin of Keil, Wis., and Pfc.
Marvin Milrkien of Pampa. Tex.,
engineers: Cpl. Edwa-d Harring
ton of' Decatur. 111., and Pvt.
Lyle Rambeck of Thief River
Falls, Minn., mechanics; Sgt.
Arthur Wedge of Elksview, W.
Va., welder and blacksmith, and
Cpl. Donald Hultman of Des
Moines. Iowa, dispatcher.
When the Wild Goose Mining
and Trading Company started
construction of the railroad in
1900, Nome was crowded with
some 30.000 to 40,000 persons
lured heTe by the gold discover
ies. A few of them struck it
rich, but the great majority
found themselves broke and dis
illusioned and it wa*s largely i
from these that labor for con
struction of the first six or seven
miles of the railroad was obtain
ed. They were paid about five
dollars a day and their board.
The railway later was trans
ferred to the Seward Penirfsular
Rialway Company, and still later
to the Maine Northwestern De
velopment Company, during
which time it was extended
several miles north. It was sold j
at ,a, ;paa,rshal’.s sale in 1920 to
Jafet Lindeberg, president of,
the Pioneer MJling company
from whom it was purchased in
1922 by the Territory of Alaska.
The Territorial legislature pro
vided that the railway be turn- j
ed over to the Alaska Road Com:
mission for maintenance and op
eration as a public hughway, an
arrangement that existed unt 1
the railway was taken over by
the Army.
Among the gold mining are ‘
served by the road are Co Lee
Creek, Fox Barr. Kougarok
river. America, Dahl and Iron
Creeks. A wagon road extends
north from Banker Hill, at the
end of the rail Line, approxi
mately 50 miles to the mining
settlement of Taylor, ihree
fourths the way across the Sew
ard Peninsula.
The railroad sometimes is used
by Eskimos who hitch their dog
teams to light cars, having
wheels fitted for the three-feet
wide tracks. These conveyances
have come to be known as “Pup
mobilefi.”
AIRWAYS
Alaska Airlines
January 4th, Pilot Weaver
made the mail run to Golovin.
Council, and White Mountain.
Mrs. Nellie David was a passen
ger from Golovin.
Pilot Emmons came in from
Unalakleet with Albert Bahls and
two prisoners from Marshall,
Alaska. Lindell Bagley was a pas
senger from St. Michael.
Capt. MacKenzie left for An
chorage via Flat with Mr. Jeffer
son of the weather bureau and
Glenn Ryan.
Today, Pilot Emmons left for
Kotzebue with a load of freight.
Pilot Weaver left on the mail
run to Teller, Wales, Shishmaref.
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Wien Alaska Airlines
H Jj Hager arrived in Nome
in t ne tr.n otor with express and
With Mr. and Mrs. John Miller
and son Jack. Hager returned t .
Fairbanks this morning with Geo.
ivln -.n, and i scheduled to re
turn *o Nome tomorrow with a
capacity load of freight.
Pan American Airways
Captain McLenncn arrived with
he Par.-A oerican plane yester
day with a full load of mail. He
returned to Fairbanks with C. A.
Roust and Mrs. Josephine Martin
and child.
Captain Herman Jo-lyn arrived
late last evening about 10:15 p.
m.. with Mr. and Mrs. Ben Mo
zee, Allen Lee and Edith Bul
lock.
W’hite Fruit Cake
1-3 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1-2 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1-4 teaspoon almond extract
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1-2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
1-2 cup chopped candied cher
ries
1-2 cup chopped white raisins
1-3 cup chopped almonds
4 egg whites, beaten.
Cream shortening and sugar.
Add milk, extracts, 1 1-2 cups
flour, baking powder and salt
Beat a minute. Sprinkle rest of
flour onto rind, candied fruits
and almonds. Mix these lightly
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b aten whites. Bake in a loaf pan
lined with heavy waxed paper,
f ir an hour and 45 minutes in a
moderately slow oven. (275).
IN NOME THIS
WEEK ON VISIT
Albert Bahls is a visitor in
Nome this week from Unalakleet.
having arrived yesterday via the
Alaska Airlines.
BUSINESSMAN
TAKES TRIP
George Madsen, a Nome busi
ne.vsrr.an left this morning with
Herb Hager, of the Wein Alaska
Airlines, and is expected to re
turn tomorrow, weather permit
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MARSHAL MOZEE
AND WIFE RETURN
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Mozee re
turned late last evening via the
PAA. from the outside, where
they have been visiting for the
past several weeks.
T 11 them you saw it adver
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