SEWARD GATEWAY
V(lL „ N() , ~ SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1). 100:.._ WHOLE NUMBER Mi
TWO STEAMERS BRING
RAILROAD EQUIPMENT
Two steamers this week brought up:
contractors for important railroad
work and lame quantities of material,
liimrant- < mu' jrroat progress in con
struction throughout the winter.
Steamer Portland, t’apt. Lindquist,
ot the Alaska Commercial Company,
arrived from Seattle by the inside route
jit Otic o'clock last Tuesday. She eat-,
vied thirty-six passengers and L. tons :
,ii ueiteral freight for Seward. In ad- i
i ion a v* sixty pa>» n^ei>. 1- * tons ot ;
i •; ,st rue: ien aterial ami < i-ht horses
• p. Welch and Company via Soldo
\i.i. there to br Uans-sltippetl to the
»rth sltore of Turnauain Arm at d j
employed on the 30 mile section of the
Alaska IVnttal railroad grading »’»*
ecntly let to that firm.
Atumi_r the passemrer* were an ur.
u>ual number of prominent men. Maj. |
.1. p. lialUitne. w ho oris:ina1 * 1. oejfan-1
.i ;t:i. prometed the Ala-ka < entra!. -
: . i- now *n«‘ of r- ii'-es - ekh-*ld*
, i- and a director of the company.’
canto up from Scuttle tin tirst time
- oe he*! October. la- »- belUL. the i
originator of the Ala-.vU t entral rail*
w.i_\. Maj. Bullaine was the founder o!
Seward, and he it wa> who he sowed |
• j i,an.' ,t ! •« a *s. 1 le i-■* Stf e.<! * ater
, e’or \i, t ic Bank *U S ward.
Mr. Baliavne in*end* to remain -evcral
\v.-.-k*> on hr,-im--. an- w i • 1 I >< a jtues
of t i- broth* T, *’• 1* Ualhcne.
Yd. B. 1 Miami, chi f engineer and j
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- • i • l e. W ., ■ ' I
*.J ;n -- oi the !“»urd ol d’fCCtor
o! the ra tread and conferred with
i* . .. jit i■ ,t. M ’ ■ ‘ ■ dan<. —tise—
'mat e n-true i ion w iB lotttimte to
ho pushed, and that several hundred j
:ue: wi!' h k .■ on lie-work all winter.
Th ptv- nt force ol lsoo men - to he
Mi , |*o .ir.d •- J. t‘. B . \ Or of the en*
Cor.rict i* Biv;: Iqnpns*::r
M. t-iIn \Y k h. e . ■>, tie- ... ■ >. ! *.
Wt ieh anu* up • came . n > l* ri
■ ai.» wi' i art of hi- c< ?.-ti e;u>n
of his o'.- 1 U '• > ~ ■ at m.
Mr-. Welch ; ci me *d 1dm.
1*. Id, H tP’ris. of Id eh o e '•>.-• t e
contractor- on the ; -
ol the IMr - p.;— . . 1
Mr. I|;trri- n vi- t * i.a'.e • !.•• e; < -
ci- i • <-t« ' hin >' n r, ‘ ■ h-.
Mr-. F. L. Batltiue. arrive-, from a
\ ’—it a i r*-i.a! i ’ in ■ ic.. .1. > * ’
tn.’ke If** ' r.ii.iie With h f dim.. :i t*.
B in.o*cd val* -.*cnt ma -ocd. (>', -»vk
nv—. -lie i- m l* r tii • care of a train* 1
nurse. Miss. Gertrude Ji’iikius of I»*■ 11 -
ingham.
Miss. Marv Kilpatrick came up to
Income principal of the Seward school.
; She has been teaching in Tacoma.
‘ Mis>. Kilpatrick is a graduate of Oli
vet te College near Detroit.
I’rof. C. t Georgeson, chief of the
j agricultural experiment stations in
Alaska for t he department of agricul
ture, was a passenger for Kenai to visit
the station there. He made a tripover
; the railroad, and is enthusiastie in
his praise of the manner in which the
railroad construct ion is being done.
Steamer i‘ortland returned about I
o'clock this morning from her west
ward trip and sailed for Seattle at 11.
She will load ore at Latouche for re
turn cargo. She had a large passenger
list, both it s! and second class.
Slcamer Dollar Arrives
Steamship Melville Dollar, the biiT
freighter chartered In the Alaska
i out mere in l Company to carry the sitr
j.i.is freight which was ly in*ron Seattle
decks awaiting its turn to he carried
i on one of the regular steamers. tied up
at tlie railroad dock on ruesday
afternoon. She left Seattle August
The Dollar looked like a miniature
'took yard as she lay beside the wharf.
'»>n |mmt*d were nearly tit ty head of fat
j cattle for the Carstens Caekinir Com
pany: >ixteen horses for 1Welch A
Company, the railroad contractors, to
Tniaa. jj^Vrin. and tw. nty
. live government mules for Fort Li*>
ctiiu. Th** Dollar eamt* straight to
Sew a til, and will return by way of
i VaUk .
Desidfs the live stock the Dollar
brought s <• tons of ft eiititi tor SevVard
,tn.! mi) tor Soldovia. most of which
i will he trans-shipped fo Turnajrain
Arm. Her Seward carjro of material
,va> S r the railroad and for Rich and
i [arris, who have tin* tunnel contract.
S'ti'attte! Mel villi* Dollar sailed y < >ter
. jay eveninjr at tiki" for S ldoviu, where
-hi will discharge about "»oo tons of
, i ,k rai Li'o. She will th n return
. > s A ar 1 and discharge !*>0 tons which
! were plaeeti on hoard before it was
1 ; • : tl.at the Cortland would heun
. > ai;e ii. • entire Soldovia carjro,
- . -• original intention, and that
i: \,:s v;:i to the Dollar to t;ik’ it.
.A iov: icarin must liedischarged
j . . fe tl • retnaitid t* of the Seward
o . r. "in can he reached conven
F-em Seward tie* Melville Dollar
i o.-ocei d to Valdez. for which port
•* s,.:. ■ fr. i - in. besides the ear*
•I,:,:. . f .a* •riitmmt mules for Fort
Ci-ruit), which have been taken around
. to s. . tii • best part of the coast before
t'n . ,;oto he introduced to their new
field of labor.
Company and Contractors Will Re
quire Many Men to Push Con
struct on this Week.
That railroad construction will he
-lied steadily all v. Inter i- us-tired
ov the arrival of the contractors on
ttunnels and tin* long stretch of rock
work along Tut nagain Arm wiihetjuip
nient for the employment of a large
number of men This will he in au
dition to the work which will l*e done
directly by the railroad company under
Construction Kiginoer t ante'on.
1‘. K. Harris, of Rich «!x Harris, who
came up on the Portland, state- that
iti- firm will employ A'tU men on the
tunnel- till winter. Mr. Olson, book
keeper for i\ Welch & Company, in
placing an advertisement in the Gate
way for men. stated that the firm ex
ited- to employ at least on the
Turnagain Arm work during the winter
. ad a arg number next summer. Tin
! ail road will u-o at least a- many men
the contractors. >o that the total on
tlu> lino throughout the winter will he
i:ii>i'i• than I'Mii ami may In* kept up to
the n■•fdier now working, which i- up
v. ;it':e (if IT** >.
Tli -applies of 1\ Welch Company
w*t nt on to Selilovia on the Portland.
A- -<> n a- they can he landed at the
up ter ejw: of Turnaguin Arm hy an in
le -oasnerthe loti"- job of rock work
w ill b.-yin. which is expected to occupy
nearly a year.
Mi . Harris is -imply waiting for the
Melvill. Dollar to place hi- supplies on
the link. The eipiipment will lie tak
en up the line a- fast as the railroad
can haul it and the actual work of driv
init the tunnels will he in progress by
thi- time next week. The drilling
machinery is coming on the Kxeel-ior.
which sailed last Friday from Seattle,
but the preliminary work, on the tir-t
tunm l at least, will begin as soon as
the camp outfits can be taken to the
location. In u short time work will be
ii pi- >gre-s in ten places, -at both ends
of each of the five tunnels. Mr. Har
ris expects to complete the work with
in -even months. The tirst and last
tunnel are each about !Hl ) feet long;
the other three are shorter.
United States Commissioner F.rwin,
at Fairbanks has decided that women
w ill not be permitted to Appear on the
street ih a drunken condition after K
o'clock in the moruing. The tine for
disobedience is
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HOW RAILROAD
WAS FINANCED
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Major Ballalne Tells of Retirement
of Shedd Syndicate and Taking
Over by f rost.
Why the Frost syndicate of Chicago
capitalists wa> suhstituted for tlu*
Shedd syndicate in tlu* financial hack
ing of tin* Alaska Central Kailway lias
been the source of a great deal of spec
ulation in Seward and in all other
towns along the Alaskan coast. No
authoritative reason has ever been
published but many fanciful ones have
gone the rounds of the press.
Maj. .1. K. ltallaine, who promoted
the Alaska Central from its inception
and is the only person who knows every
detail of every transaction connected
with the promotion of the enterprise,
was requested by the (uitoway this
morning to make an authoritative state-'
i meat on tlu* subject as a matter of
! general interest.
In reply lie gave this statement!
“Crider the terms of the contract :
with tlu* Sliedd syndicate I had thei
'erivilege of repaying them, at any!
Cum* before February l, lbOti, the
amounts they had advanced, plus a
stipulated bonus.
"K. A. Shedd w as very frank in s.iy-1
i ,ng to me last summer that he had
>*ome to Si*ward prepared to discount
all previous statements bo per cent, j
' and even then lie satisfied, but instead
he declared that the strongest state
ments concerning the climate, resour-,
ci -. harbor and general conditions
connected w ith the Alaska Central had
m>t h' ep, one half as strong as the facts
would justify, lie was willing to con
tinue supply ing funds for the complet
ion of iti.- rood lo the Tynumi i'i'-cr. he
assured me, sutliiciently to push the
work at a rate of at least l'«» miles a
year, lint he insisted on a reorgani
zation of the company and a consequent
wiping out of all interests except my
| own.
“Anticipating such a pOs>ibility I
had organized two other syndicates,
either of which stood ready to take the|
place of the Shedd syndicate and carry
the work to completion on a basis ac
cording full protection to everybody.
"I preferably closed with the frost
svndicate, who paid the Shedds oil
and took over the securities they held.
••The Frost syndicate is composed of j
tlm s((uarest lot of men I ever had dea 1
ings with, and is strong enough to build
several railroads. Mr. Frost himself is |
a young man of except ional ability. Me
has made a fortune by his own efforts,
and in doing so lias always been con
siderate of the rights of others. I re
gard Mr. Frost as one of the strongest
men in Chicago in point of character
and general business equipment. As
every hody in Seward knows, the Alaska
Central b being constructed as sub
st ant ially as any of the t ranscont mental
roads. That is Mr. Frost s style. Me*
believes thoroughly that the Alaska
Central is opening the richest mineral
country in the world, and his purpose
is to provide for the development of
those resources in the most efficient
, manner."
ALASKA MEN AT PORTLAND!
_
R. H. Kemp Addressed Trans-j
Mississippi Congress
Randall M. Kemp, who returned
home on the steamer Portland, reports
that much interest was shown in Alas
ka by delegates to the Trans-Missis>ippi j
congress at Portland, Oregon. Mr. |
Kemp made a speech to the congress. !
He was frequently interrupted by quest
ions which showed a desire to acquire
information concerning tin* territory.
The Portland Telegram in its account
of the convention says:
“Delegates from Alaska to the con-,
gress did not arrive in Portland until;
Saturday afternoon, and therefore tot)
late to participate in the deliberations!
of the body until Saturday night.;
Randall H. Kemp, of Seward, headed j
; this contingent, and came as the per
sonal representative of Governor Brady.
Mr. Kemp addressed the convention
and told of the development of that
territory during the past few years.
The delegation consisted of Mr. Kemp,1
W. J. Allen and John R. Dodson.’’
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DAILY GATEWAY
JAPANESE RAGE
GROWS FIERCER
people of Tokyo Show Great Resent
ment Over Treaty of Peace
with Russia.
By Cable to the Gateway
Tokyo, Sept.!) Popular raffe over
the peace treaty with I lussia continues.
Five newspapers have hern ordered I y
the government to suspend puhlieation
because of their hitter criticisms of the
terms of the treaty and the intlamma
tor\ nature of their utterances.
It is with great difficulty that the
police prevent rioting. Street ear ser
vice has been suspended heeauseof the
turbulent crowds. A statue of Marquis
Ito. who is held largely responsible
for the treaty. was torn from its pede
stal yesterday and draped through
the streets. It is believed that if Par
on Konuirn, tin* chief peace envoy,
should return to Japan now his life
i would he in danger from popular vio
lence.
A rumor is or prevalent jt hat amove
I mod is on fool in the .Japanese army
! in Manchuria to revolt and place < •n
i era 1 Kodono, Marshal < >\ama’s chief of
staff, at the head of tin troops and con
tinue the war regardless of t he treaty.
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Thirty Killed In Explosion
By Cable to the Gateway
Met oimellsvillr. I ’a.. Sept. 0 Thirty
iiit'ii were killed tin' morninir hy an
explosion in tin* Hand I’owder Works.
The huildiny was wrecked w ith almost
a total loss.
Elevator lire Bur.is $1,000,000
By Cable to the Cateway
Chicago, Sept. !» Kiri* in tin* Santa
Ft* freight elevators of the Atehisou.
Topeka A' Santa Fe Ilaiin id Company
'in this city today resulted in a loss of
*1.000,000 in property.
Santa Clara hue Tonight
Steamer Santa Clara left Valdez at
II o'clock this morniny. which should
hrinyr her into Seward late tonight.
| Site left Si-at tie last Saturday ni_ht.
Steamer Kxcelsior should reaeli Sew
ard next Monday. She sailed from
Seattle hy the inside passage the even
ing of September 1.
SPORTS EXPECT
NELSON TO WIN
Duarble Bane Favorite in Bettino
Over Briit and Both are in
Fink of Condition.
By Cable to the Gateway
Col mu, California, Sept. !» 'I’l.i
i afternoon before tin* "Teat battle tor
tie* weight championship linns
Nelson a s!i'.;lii favorite in the hettiiej
over.limttn Britt. Both men are in
pink of condition and a hard and l<>i ■
contest is looked for. hut tin* opinion
is that Britt cannot punch hurdcnou**'h
to knock out the durable Dane, an*
that the latter sootier or later w II laud
the wining blow.
It is pointed out that in all bis tur
tles the Dane has never been dazed by
a blow, although he lias been knock* *:
down b\ punches on the jaw th
would linisii anv other man. Nelson
however always bobs up in a moment.
By Cable to the Gateway
Naples. S jit. i leport* have ju-t
been r eelveii of a:i ear!hqmike it
Southern l.aiy. which d***t :*o\eti ::t
least 1000 1Lv > ami -wallow. :i up or
wreck* 1 ni.it.y ! ■■
No details In ve b* « :i <>b ained b '
accounts vhirh ’ a eon: • *n so :n
dicatc that only a vayue idea ol the
niatfniutde of tn ■ * i; t « r lias been
jfiven.
GajDlinf Barns ‘.toman Ml\e
By Cable Lo tha Gateway
Newark. N. .T.. Sept. !• fIv the * \
plosi- n of a yaso!: cu. !.• re to a
wotnan was to eM ai• i a!. “ in the re
sult imr lire, anti -ix persons were in
jured In the explosion.
Th** owners ol the p;ae locations
on Kinjf bay, 1. A bn y. J. \V. Mim
1*1*11 and H. John.- n. n- i - nit bon the
Portland. .Mr. Johnson will return in
February wit!i a h\«trau!ic plant to
work the claims.
WILL WORK PLACERS
Locators of Big Tract to Install
Hydraulic System
Next spring an extensive hydraulic
; system will he installed by the three
men who recently located forty-four
placer claims on the east side of Kenai
peninsula near Fort Nel.luan. I he
locators are il. Anderson, It. It. Ahney
| and J. W. Sumrall. They will incorp
orate a company this winter to control
tho property and in February Mr. An
| derson will return with the necessary
material to work the claim by the hy
| draulic system.
Ample water power exists on a creek
! which the locators named Money creek.
| and on thi- they claimed 2,'otK) inches
of water. The creek has a very steep
j descent and in one place a perpcndicu
! hir fall of sixty feet. A ditch it,000 feet
long will be constructed to carry th
; water to the place where hydraulic j
operations will begin. A sawmill will
he erected to furnish lumber for the
Hume ;tnd other purposes. At the start
10,000 feet will he required. All the j
' machinery will he taken in over the
snow and a considerable force of men
will be employed.
As stated last week in the Gateway
Mr. Anderson discovered this property
in hi is, when he came north to join in
the Copper river rush. He has worked
: there at intervals ever since and ob
tained results hy simple panning which
satisfied him that the property would
be a bonanza as a hydraulic proposition,
hut never had money enough himself
to work it extensively. Since he dis
covered it he has been in many parts
of Alaska, coming north every year
except lit!»4. This summer he a s ciat
ed with him Messrs. Sumrall and Abney,
'and they came north together and re
located the property.
Then -w water airs are in place on
Fourth avenue to Adams street, mul
water nas h.-en turned into the pipes
to the buddings that far. Men are
now digging the tr nehes for the main
on Adams street. ’!’.<• systen will! i e
extended on Fifth avenue north from
Adams street past tin railway office
building; as far as the Gateway office.
On Third, avenue a main will ho laid
as far as tjie residence of Frank L.
Ballaine, across Lowell creek.
(Ills Nelson, ef Nelson Btothers, who
own the water system, stated this
morning; that they expect to have a
in w source of water supply before win
ter. as already published. No details
have been griven out regarding; this yet,
as the plans for it have not been en
tirely perfected, but the intention is to
have a reservoir which will a (lord a
water supply for a town of set era 1
thousand population.
.Mr. Nelson said that the mains will
be extended as fast as building in any
direction will justify it. The system
contemplated at present will be finis! -
1 ed within a few weeks.
The wooden mains, prepared with
a tar covering, are entirely satisfactory
to the owners of the plant. \V hen the
water was turned into them o.i Fourth
avenue only two slight leaks appeared
and these were at t.ie joints an l were
easily stopped, so that U e main is now
in perfect condition.
Mrs. C. S. Newton is a passenger
to Seattle on the Portland.