FRANCHISE GRANTED
Council Grants Franchise To Alaska Home Railway
From Tuesdays Bulletin.
At tbe regular meeting of the Valdez
City Council last night an ordinance
was passed granting to Henry D. Rey
nolds, Trustee, a franchise for ninety
nine years, covering every street and
alley in Valdez as at present laid out
and future territory. Also to construct
and operate wharf at foot of Broadway.
In return for these valuable privi
leges Renolds agrees to immediately
construct and maintain a substantial
permanent breakwater to protect Val
dez from the periodic overflow of tbe
glacier streams.
This is in line with the square deal
. era which has begun in Valdez.
The Railway movement gained great
headway yesterday and today. Tbe
subscriptions now amounts to nearly
9150,000 and everyone is digging deeply
into their pokes to supply tbe needed
funds. Reynolds was everywhere!
soliciting subscriptions, imparting eu
tbusiasm, organizing tbe construction
crews and laying out the work for to
day when tbe actual building began at
one o’clock.
Mr Blarney Stevens, tbe volunteer i
chief engineer was out this morning j
bright and early with his corps of sur j
veyors and before the Yaldezians were j
astir the survey stakes dotted the
right-of way as far as the eye could ;
reach. This is certainly a bustling!
outfit which has undertaken to build j
tbe Alaskan Home Railway.
en have been engaged, tools pur i
chased and grading commenced. The '
wires aiehot with orders for material;
and supplies from below.
Night and day shifts have been in- |
augurated and Reynolds promises to
take Yaldezians over tbe summit iu
Alaska Home Railway cars before
su- w flies. Yesterday tbe carpenter
aud machine shops were purchased by
Reyuolds «nd placed free of charae at !
tbe seirice of the contractors.
Thus fm- his investment.^ and those
of the Reynolds-Alaska Co. iu acquir
ing facilities to farther the project
mast amount to nearly §50,000. iuclud
ing the saw mill, dock and warehouse.*.
All are freely loaned to the Rail »ay
without charge. The generous spirit
is infectious for every lawyer has
volunteered his services, every citizeu
is doing likewise in every available
capacity. Buildings, offices, ^-.onuds
| and material are freely lo ned.
I . This morning Col. Swanitz seut over
i a wagon load of tools and loaned his
team and wagon. The merchants are
[ supplying goods without i roflt.
It is the policy ol the railway t« pur
chase all possible supplies and mater
ial locally sud to give employment to
every Alaskan wbo wants to work on
the road.
Such a spirit of harmonious activity
is simply irresistable and the railway
will go over the summit with a rush
Cruiser To Protect Seals
Seattle, Aug. 12—li» order to
better protect the sen Is oil the
Pribiloff islands from poacher?*,
the cruiser Buffalo has 1m* n
ordeied to pro******* I to those waters
immediately.
M<*Ne»l Island, Aug 12—Coun
terfeiter Herman Wendt was cap
tured last nigh* on the island. He
was preparing a craft in which to
escape to the main land.
San Francisco. Aug. 12—Presi
dent Small has wired asking the
government to investigate the
telegrapher- strike and arbitrate
the matter
Tangiers, Aug. 12—The fanati
cal trii*esmei. and the French an*
engaged in a fierce fight just out
side «h** walls of Casa Blanca. The
Moors luve sustained heavy losses.
French artillery is shelling the
city.
Cleveland, Aug. 12—Frank
Rockefeller, brother of John D.
Rockefeller, is writing a hook,
which he sa*’s will cause John I).
i to leave the United States It is a
story of tin- life and method* of
! John Dough.
New York, Aug. 12—It is
rumored that Architect Charles
McKitn, partner of St an fori White,
| is soon to marry Mrs White.
Lacrosse, Aug 12—A tornado
i struck this city last nigh', creating
! havoc with buildings. All of the
! electric companies are put out of
business. factories, stores, resi
dences and cl urcVs are destroyed
or damaged, and thousands of
shade trees were uproot*d.
Oakland, Aug. 12—President
j Small, of the telegraphers union.
■ has been advistd that Cleveland,
! Birmingham and Cincinnati oper
i atnrs are all going on strike
Seattle, Aug. 12—Steamer Port
land sailed for Valdez Saturday
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night. She had her full capacity
of freight and 90 pas -angers.
Seattle, Aug. 12—Bill Miner,
who escaped from the penitentiary
two days ago, was seen today at
Georgetown. Detectives have been
S' m after him, and a fight is ex
| coted if they succeed in finding
him.
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San Francisco, Aug. 12—Tin*
railroad telegraphers have derided
to swing their entire strength and
treasury to the support of the com
mercial telegraphers who are strik
ing. All the railroad officers have
been wired orders not to handle
any of the Western Union busi
ness.
Vancouver, Aug. 12—Blood
hounds have lieen out on the hunt
! for Bill Min^r two days but have
' failed to find the least trace of him.
j Chicago, Aug. 12—The tel* -
graj hers strike all over the United
States and Canada including th.
newspaper key men. is inevitable.
The railroad telegraphers *iil
I support the commercial strikers.
! This year the government will est>*Ir
tish five new schools for natives in
Alaska, at the following places: Got*,
vin bay. Si nook. Port Clarence. »t a
point on the Yukon near Rampart and
on the Little Diomede island.
W. LINCOLN REEDY
Dentist
EITEL BUILDING
SECOND AND PIKE
Seattle, Wash
! Dr. H. COCKERILLE
DEMIST
Second Street
On Reservation VALDKX
FRED M. BROWN
ATTOKNEYATLAW
Valdez, Alaska
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W. T. SCOTT
A TTOHNE Y-A T-L A W'
Office
Court House VALDEZ
John A. Carson,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law.
SALEM,
Member of
Alaska Bar. OREGON
Valdez From 1 he Water Front, 1907