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YOL. I SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 1 «, H>0> _NO* U~
TO SEND ALASKA
STEAMER NEWS
Cable Office Planning to Report all
Movements of Vessels from
Each Port.
To keep residents of the coast towns
of Alaska informed on the branch of
news most interesting to them, the
movements of steamers from various
ports,—Maj. Glassford of the govern
ment cable service, and the steamship
companies have planned a system
which will be in force within a few
da vs.
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According to this plan the sailing
of everv steamer from Seattle for this
coast will be reported all along the
line by cable. When the steamer
reaches Juneau the fact will also be
reported, and departure likewise. 1 he
sailing of a vessel from Sitka will also
be reported, and at \ aldez. Move
ments of vessels southward will be re
ported in the same way at every port.
This system of reporting will enable j
residents on the Alaska coast to keep
informed of the progress of their
friends on board steamers, of their
mails and cargoes in transit. Ever
since the cable reached Seward the
management of the Gateway has sought
to obtain this information, but has
been unable to do so because of the
difficulty of getting special press mat
ter over the line. The burden of com
mercial messages has become so heavy
that it was necessary to establish a
combined press service for all Alaska
dailies in order to reduce the number
of news messages.
It was impracticable to embrace a
record of steamer movements in
this service because different ports
want a rej>ort on different ves
sels. Nome is not interested in Sew
ard Units nor Seward in Nome boats,
and Lvnn canal towns lose interest in
vessels after they leave Juneau.
This morning Maj. Glassford cabled
to Sergeant Faust, operator in the
Seward office, that the arrangement to
report the movements of Alaska steam
el's from all ]>orts will be perfected
verv soon.
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Roof Going on Butler Building
The roof is groing on t he building
which will be occupied by Butler &
Company with their new electrical
plant which will be run by power from
Lowell creek. The bi£ water wheel
is on the ground ready to be installed
and the pipe for the pipe line is ex
pected on the Bertha about October 20.
Hill brow up Hith Seward
Dr. H. Gibbons, who lias been
making his fortune digging gold near
Rampart, struck town the other day,
full of his old fashioned enthusiasm.
The Doctor will go to Seward and
grow up with the country.—Douglas
Island News.
COLORADO PLANS
i NORTHWEST LINE
—
Engineers in the field to Locate
Denver, Yellowstone and
Pacific Railroad.
By Cable to the Gateway
Denver, Oct. 17 Engineers have
been placed in the field to locate a rail
road line from this city to Puget
Sound, to becalledthe Denver, Yellow
stone & Pacific. The road is projected
to run in a northwesterly direction,
I passing south of the Yellowstone
| National Park.
Ample capital is said to he behind
the project but it is not known wheth
er any of the transcontinental lines is
interested.
To Recover Stolen Lands
By Cable to the Gateway
Tacoma, Oct. 17 In the l nited
States circuit court here Attorney
General Moody will institute and direct
actions to recover back for t lie govern- j
ment lands in Oregon, Washington and J
California, alleged to have been ob-;
tained by various persons by means of1
bribery, perjury and forgery, in viola
tion of the federal land laws.
Gov. folk Talks to Quakers
By Cable to the Cateway
Philadelphia, Oct. 17 -Gov. Folk ot
Missouri last night addressed a large;
audience of people in sympathy with
the city party movement. He urged
citizens to show more civic patriotism
aed said the hoodie question could he
solved by the people if they would take
the matter into their own hands.
STEAMER NEPTUNE AFLOAT
Takes Advantage of Her Ground
ing to Fix Machinery
Steamer Neptune was floated last
Tuesday at Alder creek, on the north
side of Turnagain Arm. where she was j
grounded a week betore. She was not
injured at all, and her engineers and
crew took advantage of the vacation to
install a new shaft and wheel which !
were much needed. The new equip
ment was obtained some time before
but had never been put in because the
steamer was so busy that the cook did
not like to spare the time.
It had not been expected that the
Neptune would be able to get off the
beach until extreme high tide, which
was yesterday. The news that she
I was again afloat was brought in last
night by W. G. Atwood of the con
struction department of the Alaska
Central, who came over the trail from j
Turnagain Arm. He says she grounded
on a sandpit and that ten feet away
she would never have struck bottom.
Since gettieg off a week ago she had
made a trip to the head of the Arm
and returned to Seldovia before he left.
ALASKA CENTRAL
SLITS BACKERS
Agent of Netherland Bondholders
Tells Seattle Papers of
future Plans.
By Cable to the Gateway
Seattle, Oct. IT—G. A. Middlcburg,
representing the Nothorland bankers
who floated bonds for the Alaska (Cen
tral Railway Company, is in Seattle on
his way to Seward to inspect operations
for the bondholders.
Mr. Middleburg says his hackers are
well satisfied with their investment
and that according to their information
it is the intention of the construction j
company to pierce the heart of the coal ,
fields of the Matanuska by this time j
next year and have lbO miles of road in ;
operation by that time.
NO SLACK IN BUILDING
Construction Proceeds Rapidly
and More Houses are Planned
Building proceeds rapidly in all di
rections and every week finds new
houses under way. The new building
of E. C. Richards will be
ready for the inside work before the
end of this week. The addition to F.
V. Thomas’ building is nearly finished
and the additions to the Northern
saloon and tha McNeiley hotel are go
ing up steadily.
Similar progress is noted in the res
idence district. The row of houses on
North Third avenue have reached the
stage of interior finishing. The next i
to he completed will he Eugene Hale s.
This plastered and the first-coat of
paint is on the outside. Contractor
Henry Houle said today that lie expect
ed to have it finished before next Sun
day. The adjoining houses of ••. 15.
Cameron and M. 15. Holland are nearly
as far along. A large number of small
cottages are going up in every part of
town.
TO PUSH TUNNEL WORK
Contractors will Soon be Driving
Five Big Bores at Once
Work on the five railroad tunnels on ;
mile 52 of the Alaska Central- for;
which Rich <& Harris hold the con-1
tract, will he pushed all winter with
all the men who can be secured. The
preliminary work of clearing around
the entrance and making a beginning
for the machinery has been done on
the first tunnel and boring will begin
as soon as the big compressor can be
taken up over the snow.
The tunnel camp has been estab
lished and is all ready for winter.
About sixty-five men are employed now
and the contractors have an agent out
looking for more. The intention is to
employ several hundred men.
Temperature at 4 p. m. today—45.
STORM DRIVES
MEN TO SUICIDE
Officers of Schooner Become Insane
from Exposure and Jump
Into the Sea.
By Cable to the Gtewoay
Boston, Oct. 17—Schooner Van M.
King is reported to the owners
here to have been disabled off the
coast of South Carolina in a terrific
storm which caused intense suffering
to those on board. Cold waves fre
quently washed over the decks, drench
ing all on hoard. Captain Maxwell,
Mate Chase and one of the engineers
became insane from suffering and
jumped into the .sea. Three sailors
were washed overboard.
The second mate, with the remainder
of the crew managed to reach shoie in
safety hut were almost exhausted from
from suffering and exposure.
TO BEGIN MOVING THURSDAY
Seme Railroad Officials Will go
Into New Building
According to present plans the office
of J. B. Cameron, engineer of construc
tion of the Alaska Centra-], will he
moved into the new railroad building
Thursday. The rooms set apart for
his use and that of his immediate
assistants are nearly ready although
other parts of the new building will
require some time yet for finishing.
It is probable that the new building
will be completed for occupancy
throughout by November 1. Paper
hangers. painters and decorators are
busy in all the rooms. Electricians
are engaged in wiring and steam-titters
and plumbers in the installation of
pipes and fixtures.
As soon as the office building is
finished the carpenters will probably
l)e placed upon the construction of the
temporary machine shops and round
house. These will only be large enough
for the housing and repair of the
present rolling stock of the line, but
will be good sized buildings neverthe
less. _ _
ODD FELLOWS TO ORGANIZE
Local Members Numerous Enough
to Form Good Lodge
Local Odd Fellows have decided that
the time has arrived to form a Seward
lodge and have called a meeting for
next Monday night to initiate the
necessary steps. K. W. Young, of the
Seward Commercial Company, who
issued the call after consultation with
other Odd Fellows, said this morning
that there are between thirty and forty
members in and about Seward.
This will be the first organization of
a lodge of a secret order in Seward.
Members of other orders are numerous,
especially Flks and Masons, but no
steps have been taken to establish
local lodges.