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WOULD EXTEND
ALASKA CABLE
Gen. Williams of the Department of
the Columbia Proposes Line
to Dutch Harbor.
By Cable to the Gateway
Washington, D. (A, Oct. 10 Gen.
Constant Williams, commanding the
department of the Columbia, in hi> an
nual report recommends that the gov
ernment cable in Alaska be extended
from Seward, on Resurrection bay, to
Dutch Harbor, on account of the im
portance of the latter port in peace!
and war as a coaling station and the;
gateway to Bering sea.
Gen. Williams also urges that the
feasibility of a wireless telegraph sys- j
tern between Dutch Harbor and St.
Michael be considered, and that spem
al provisions for the comfort of the
signal corps men in Alaska be made. !
He commends their services very high
ly and says that the government ought j
to do all in its power to mitigate the j
natural hardships of their work.
The report endorses the recommen
dations already made by Gen. Greely \
* * i
for extensions of the Alaska cable and
telegraph service, and recommends
that the cableship Burnside be station
ed permanently in North Pacific waters
to take care of the Alaska cables.
Other recommendations affect ihg
Alaska are made in the report of Gen.
Williams. He favors the abandon
ment of Fort Davis, near Nome, and
the transfer of the garrison to Fort
William H. Seward, near Skagwav.
He al>o urges that extra pay for speci
al services in Alaska be not forbidden.
DRESSING UP MOOSE CABIN
Cafe to Have New Entrance and
Glass Front
The Moose Cabin is getting a new
suit of winter clothes. The entrance
is to be placed at the alley between
the cafe and the XcNeiley hotel, which
has been roofed over. The present en
trance is to be closed and the entire
front of the cafe will be tilled with
glass, making it very light. An en- \
trance will be cut through to the Mc
Neilev so that guests of the hotel can !
enter the cafe that way. A handsome
board front ha^ already been placed!
above the door and windows of the cafe, 1
and painted white. A very handsome I
door for the new entrance was put in
this afternoon. The upper part is
glass.
William McCarty is directing the
improvements on the Moose Cabin.
The building is the property of Miss !
Lillie N. Gordon, Seward’s postmis
tress, who is now in Seattle.
Excelsior now at Valdez
Steamer Excelsior reached Valdez
this morning and will leave for Seward
late this afternoon.
SEWARD NAMES
ITS DELEGATES
Sends John E. Ballaine, S. 0. Mor
ford and E. E. Youngs to
Alaska Convention.
To represent Seward in the Alaska
legislative convention called to meet
in Seattle November 15, John E. Bal
laine, F. E. Youngs and S. (t Morford
were chosen last night by a mass meet
ing which met in Moore's hall. Hie
delegates were named free of instruc
tions.
In spite of the stormy weather a
large number of men were present and
the business of the evening was dis
posed of without friction. Dr. Burns
presided over the meeting and trunk
L. Ba Maine was secretary, it was
agreed that under the terms of thecal!,
which allots one delegate to each
Alaska community for each 500 popula
tion, Seward had a right to include the
men working on the railroad this side
of the summit, which would give an
aggregate population of atjjleast 1.500.
This would entitle the town to three
delegates.
Maj. BaMaine, Judge Morford and \\ .
M. Sauers were first nominated and
would have been elected without oppo
sition had it not been discovered by a
comparison of notes all around that
Mr. Sauers will probably he traveling
homeward on a steamer about the time
the convention meeds in Seattle, and
that it is doubtful whether he could be
reached in order to secure his proxy
in time for some one else to go. Mr.
Youngs was then nominated and on
the ballot received the highest vote of
all.
Mr. Hale suggested that the dele
gates go without instructions, saying
that he thought the men chosen could
he trusted to exercise good judgment
on all questions. Mr. Whittlesey
thought they should he instructed not
to oppose anything that any other part
of Alaska might want, saying he had
observed that all previous conventions
of Alaskans had come to naught
through the clash of imaginary rival
interests. After brief discussion how
ever. it was decided to leave the dele
gates free of instructions.
The choice of Maj. Ballaine received
general favor, the sentiment of the
meeting seeming to be that expressed
by Judge Hildreth in nominating him,
that his election would be lilting be
cause while not technically a resident
of the town lie spends a great deal of
time here and has larger interests in
it than almost any resident. Maj. Bal
laine expects to spend several months
in Washingtog this winter working
for Alaska interests.
Steamer Santa Clara, which sailed
from Seward last Friday morning, did
not ^et away from Valdez until yester
day afternoon.
DEVELOPS fENE
COPPER LEDGE
Port Dick Property now Owned !?y
James 0. Bu?ard Shows
Excellent Assays.
At Port Dick, on the southern side
of Kenai peninsula, lies one of the
1 richest copper deposits in Alaska,
although the field is not so extensive
as those around Prince 'William Sound.
The mire w hich .Tames O. Buzard is
now* working has a ledge which carries
j ore that assays 16 per cent copper. It
also shows very often as high as $15 in
gold and silver.
Although Mr. Buzard does not he
; lievo that the Port Dick mines will
ever produce as much copper as those
at Latouche and Kllamar, in which he j
is also interested, he considers his prop
er! v there a good enough tiling to lol
low up. He acquired it last spring and
has been prosecuting the work steadily
i ever since. Seven men are engaged in
driving tunnels on three levels. The
lowest tunnel is in 2<>0 feet.
This copper property was discovered
several years ayo and was worked for j
a time by the Alaska < ’ommercial Com- J
pany without tamrible results. The
work done hv M.\ Buzard this summer
has opened up a ledge seven feet wide i
with a pay streak three feet wide. Mr.
Buzard is now in Seward, and this
morning* said of the Port Dick mine:
‘•While l do not expect the Port Dick j
property ever to cut a big figure in the
copper world it looks to me like a good
thing*. The pay streak is richer than
at Latouche or Kllamar and it carries
more gold and silver. 1 think it will
prove a valuable mine. Ii is easily ac
cessible, lying about a mile trotn tide
water, at the inland side of a low* beach.
“The Latouche and Kllamar copper;
belt I think is one of the greatest in !
the world. The area undoubtedly ex
tends from Latouche island under the j
sea to the other side of Prince William |
Sound. We are working ore that runs j
from 4 to 10 per cent copper. This is |
not a high percentage but the deposits;
seem almost unlimited.”
Hurt by Falling Crane
By Cable to the Gateway
Seattle, Oct. 10 -Cyrus Walker, one
of the owners of the big lumber mills
at Port Blakely, across the Sound from
this city, was struck by an iron crane
this morning and suffered the iracture
of his collar-bone and three ribs. Mr.
Walker is an old man and his condi
tion is considered serious.
Steamer Portland Still Out
Steamer Portland has not yet come
in from the west. It is supposed that
she was delayed in discharging at Sel
dovia.
Temperature at 4 p. ra. today 41).
TRUNK SEWER
IS COMPUTED
*
Laid to Bay and Connections made
with Buildings Throughout
its Length.
The trunk sewer was completed to
the bav shortly after (> o’clock yester
day evening, and connection made with
all buildings along its route. * The
work was finished six days ahead of
time, the contract, calling for its com
pletion < )ctober 15.
Only one thing remained to be done
and that was to pile a few rocks upon
tlie last section of the main, which lies
under water except at extreme low
tide, to keep it from floating away.
George Salami, the contractor, was
nervous about that job all night and
went down before breakfast thi> morn
ing to see that the boxing was still in
place. It was firmly weighted down to
day with heavy rocks.
The sewer now carries \Vaste from
tin* most thickly settled portion of the
town. It is 1275 feet long, extending
from Adams street to the bay through
the alley in the blocks between Fourth
and Fifth avenues. The work was
done in less than forty days, the con
tract having been let August III.
When Mr. Salami took the contract it
was generally thought that he had cut
out a rapid pace to agree to finish it in
month and a half, but it was done eas
ily although some diflicult digging was
encountered in the shape sf big rocks
and roots in the narrow line of the
trench.
The main is of Puget Sound fir planks,
two inches thick, and builders say that
the timber will last for \ears without
repairs. Before they will require re
placing Seward will be a city and reg
ulation pipe will doubtless surplant the
boxing.
Berkeley lias Big Tire
By Cable to the Gateway
Berkeley, Cal., Oct. 10—A fierce tire
has been raging at Berkeley Hills,
where the state university is located,
since last night and 1,000 students have
been constantly engaged in fighting
the flames, which this morning were
brought under control, although not
extinguished.
The tire started in the timber north
of town. A large amount of valuable
property has been destroyed, including'
many buildings, and it was checked
near the university campus.
Norway Ratifies Dissolution
By Cable to the Gateway
Christiana, Norway, Oct. 10—The
Norwegian storthing today ratified the
terms of dissolution with Sweden after
a discussion lasting two days. The off
er of the throne to a member of the
Bernadotte family, the reigning fami
lv of Sweden, was withdrawn.