DAILY GATEWAY
VOL. I SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY EVENING, (X TOLU? >, UK> > ^
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WILL GIVE SEWARD
CITY IMPROVEMENTS
Maj. J. K Ballaine announced before
be left for Seattle on the Santa Ana
last Monday that he and his brother,
Frank L. Ballaine, had made arrange
ments for the installing of all modern
improvements in Seward on a scale to
keep pace with the growth of the city
into metropolitan rank. The exten
sive water system now being put in
was cited as an illustration.
“You may say to the people of
Seward,” said Maj. Ballaine. "that 1
am working to bring wholesale houses
and manufacturing industries of every
kind to Seward as fast as the extension
of the Alaska Central railway into the i
interior will warrant, so that by the j
time the rails reach the Tanana river
Seward will be the commercial, finan
cial and manufacturing center for all
of central and southern Alaska. I ex
pect Seward in time to take the place
Seattle now holds as the outfitting
point for Alaska. As far as l can do
it, I intend that regular lines of
steamers shall ply not only between
Seattle and Seward, but between \ an
couver and Seward, Portland and
Seward, San Francisco and Seward,
and Port Simpson and Seward as soon
as the Grand Trunk Pacific shall be
completed to that place. Central
Alaska within the next ten years
should contain a population of several
hundred thousand and the imputation
of Seward should be not less than one
tifth of the total, just a> the population
of Seattle is about one-fifth of the total
population of Washington, and the
population of San Francisco is one-lifth
t hat of California.
** With the abundance of high grade
copper and the great areas of first
class coking and steaming coal tribu
te Seward with the completion of
another 100 miles of the Alaska ( en
trah the situation will demand smelters
here on resurection bay. I am now
working to enlist the necessary capital
and men of experience to build and
operate them. The centering here of
the ocean carrying trade for practi
cally all of Alaska on completion of
the Alaska Central will bring with it
a demand for ship yards and machine ;
shops capable of caring for any ordi- ;
nary vessel. I am giving my attention ;
to that also. The unexcelled steaming
qualities of the Matamuska coal. !
coupled with the lack of a good steani
iifr' coal elsewhere on the Pacific coast. I
will make Seward the principal coal ■
depot on either the American or
Asiatic side of the Pacific. Prepara
tions to meet that condition are al
ready under full headway, backed by >
coal operators of experience and plenty j
of capital, both the men and the capital!
being mostly from Pittsburg.
4‘These are a few of tlie influences
that will make Seward one of the large
cities on the Pacific coast. If I live my
normal life, l expect to see Seward the
largest city north of Seattle, not even
excepting Victoria or Vancouver. It
lias a greater variety and abundance
of resources behind it than any other
city north of Seattle, and a climate
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just as favorable to habitation as the
climate of Scotland."
Maj. Ballaine, as is well known, was
the originator, organizer and promoter
of the-Alaska Central railway, and the
founder of Seward. The St*ward town
site belongs to the Ballaine Brothers
Company, of which he is president and
majority stockholder, brank R. Bal
laine being the onl\ other stockholder.
The Ballaine Brothers Company is a
Washington corporation. Both of the
Ballaines are stockholders and directors
in two or three hanks, and are among
tlie principal stockholders of the Alaska
Central Railway. Maj. Ballaine is a
director of the railway company.
During the month of September
which Maj. Ballaine spent in and around
Seward he visited every mine and pros
pect within fifty miles of Seward, and
examined each one himself. To many of
them he went with a pack on his back,
accompanied onl\ bv a guide. 1 le also
covered the railroad work as far as
Placer river. Last summer and the j
summer before he went into the inter
ior along the route of the road tor a
distance of lot) miles north of Seward.
The results are that he has a fuller
knowledge of the country hack of Sew
ard than any other man, and it is all
knowledge that he gained by personal
investigation.
To Begin Work on Church
Work will begin tomorrow on the
(Episcopal church at the corner of
Adams street and Second avenue.
Construction will he pushed as rapidly
as possible and the building will be
completed some time next month.
Bishop Howe is expected to he here at
the dedication.
Comes to the Alaska Central
J. C. Williams of Spokane came up
on the Santa Clara to enter the treas
urer’s department of the Alaska Cen
tral. He will he assigned to special
work. Mr. Williams is given a natter
ing'eulogy by the Spakane Outburst,
which says he was one of the most pop
ular men in Spokane. A large party
of friends escorted him to the train :
when he left that city.
More than 53,000 tons of freight have
been shipped from Seattle to Bering
sea ports so far this summer on the !
steam and sailing vessels engaged in ,
the trade.
TRY TO HOLD IP
SEATTLE STORE
Bandits Enter Grocery Near Poliee
Station and in Fight Boy Is
Mortally Wounded.
By Cable to the Gateway
Seattle, Oct. 5 Thomas Daly and
John Noland attempted last night to
hold up Gladstone's grocery at the
corner of Fifth avenue and Yesler
way, two blocks from the police station.
An alarm was given and officers reach
ed the place as tin* men escaped from
the store and started to run. In a run
ning tight a boy bystander named
Campbell, and Constable ( line were
shot. The bandits were captured after j
a run of live blocks in which many
shots were tired by the officers and j
several by the robbers.
The Campbell boy is expected to die. ;
He was shot through the stomach, j
Constable (’line will recover.
STEAMER PORTLAND HERE
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Vessel Makes Record Run by the
Inside Passage
Steamer Portland, (’apt. Lindquist,
reached port this forenoon at 11:30.
She came through from Seattle in the,
record time of a little more than eight
days on the inside passage. Had she j
not been delayed four hours l>\ a tide
between Valdez and Seward she would
have shortened the time that much1
more.
The Portland left Seattle the morn
ing of September *J7. She started late
enough to miss the big storm, although
she experienced some wind. She j
reached Valdez less than seven days j
out from Seattle.
The I ’ortland brought about 300 tons j
of freight for Seward. Mains for the j
city water system and the machinery!
for the power plant of Butler Brothers
were included in the cargo. Some
freight came for the railroad and the
remainder was for Seward merchants,
several of whom received heavy con
signments.
Tlu* Seward cargo will be discharg-!
ed bv evening and the Portland will
sail for Seldovia about 7 or 8 o'clock.
She has about loO tons for that port.
Her Seward passenger list was follows:
Mrs. J. F. Keyset* and child: Mrs. J.
H. Brooks. Mrs. J. M. Cummings. H.
G. Ward, John A. Terry, W. H.
Shankland, tW. Purington, Mrs.
Purington. F. J. Hellen, Mrs. Hellen,
Edward Hite, Mrs. John Dubreuil: and
eighteen second class.
The Seward Commercial Company
has painted the front of the “White
h >use on the levee" a dark color and
the fresh paint warning sign chal
lenges all customers.
Temperature at 4 p. m. today—48.
FLOODS PREVENT
BURIAL OF DEA
Corpses of New Orleans fever
Victims Have To Be Taken
Long Distance.
By Cable to the Gateway
New ()rleans. ()ct. o Heavy and con
stant rains for several da\s have
flooded the lower Mississippi region.
The flood has presented a new diffi
culty in the fever situation. The
authorities find it difficult to regulate
the burial of fever victims. Several
cemetaries and the roads leading to
them are under water. In some cases
relatives have been compelled to float
with the coffins of their dead many
miles to dry land to find a place for
temporary interment.
Tiie possibility that the situation
may not improve before the time set
for President Roosevelt’s visit is troub
ling the city officials. The President
has promised to he here October iR-’Jb.
Great injurv to crops has resulted
from the floods. Many streams have
overflowed wide areas and in places
the water is many feet deep.
Shove Nomination on Hearst
By Cable to the Gatewey
New York, Oct. 5—The Municipal
Ownership Lea true has nominated Con
oressman William It. Hearst. owner
of the New York Journal, Chicago
American and San Francisco Fxamin
er, for mayor of Greater New York,
over his protest. Mr. Hearst says that
he cannot accept the nomination, al
though in sympathy with the purposes
of the league, because he i* a Demo
cratic office-holder.
Slated Tor Dowie’s Graft
By Cable to the Gateway
St. Paul, Oct. 5—It is reported here
that John Speacher. a physician of
Waterloo, Iowa, has been named by
“Prophet” Dowie as successor of the
latter in the event of his death, follow
ing the stroke of paralysis a few days
ago at FI Paso, Texas.
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Dance Tomorrow Evening
The Seward dancing club will give
the first of a series of dances in Moore's
hall tomorrow evening. The grand
march is scheduled for 9 o'clock. Ke
freshments will be served at 12. The
club will give a dance the first and
third Friday of each month through
out the winter season.
Citizens’ Mass Meeting
A mass convention of the citizens of
Seward will be held Monday evening,
October 9. in Moore’s hall, to elect
delegates to the Alaska convention
which will be held in Seattle November
15 to discuss needed legislation for the
territory.