TRACK TOUCHES
END Of MILE 42
R«iils WiR R(Mch 4Trd Milepost
l ari) Next Week and Tunnel
on 4R in a Month.
Track i- now laid ami in “• I oration
ami early next week th< ^ail> will
!, :icli t«> tile 4.ini iaile|HM tvuin Sew-i
ani. A few weeks more will be re
t, n >i on hard spots of the sjrade be
tween that }>oiTd ami the tunnel on;
mile 41*. but the < mi o the trad: is *ex
1* cted to touch the »nt ranee of the
first bie bore within thirty or forty
day >.
The railroad company is preparing |
to tiore the .Vk'-'oot tunnel on’ mile 41*. J
which will require several months.
A camp and store house have been ^
established and steam roek drills will
Ik* at work in a short time. This is the
heaviest work which the railroad has
still to perform this side of i'urnajrain
Attn and it is the intent iort to complete I
t as >oon as possible. so asto carry the ,
•rack up to the first tunnel wldch lrich
\ Harris are boring on mile •**-.
Beyond the t.w tunnels which tite
contractors will construct on mile oli i
fit tie heavy work intervenes this side,
>f Turnuifain Arm. The jfrade will Is1
mostly thrown up alor.ir stretches of
•.Travel. A few patches ot rock work
•ue on the line hm they aYe short, and
the evade bet ween the tunnels and
Turna train Arn will be finished More ;
tbe tunnels are ready for the track.
Krom the tunnels to the head o* Pum
a-ain Arm. which is on mile (*.*», tin*
sails will be laid without a stop abmit
next May.
BfGSN MOVING INTO
RAILROAD BUILDING
occupancy of the new railroad office
1 : Iding began y* sterday when the d*
partim-nt of etnstruclion moved into
th.* room- allotted to it in the new of
lice building, and will he prepared to
do husim— th* re touiorrow. I he d*—
partne ut will txvupy four roon-. three
, xteti ding aero— the north end of the
building and the fourth adjoining the
i orthea-! corner room. This will be
th*- private office of .1. !> < atm-ron. en
0 (i* , . f cou-tmet h*n. atm hi- a—i-t
ant, \V. <*. Atwood
The north*-,i-t corner room will he
the public entrance to the. suite. Mr.
Jack-on will p***.-ide over this, and h**
and bis , istant- will commutu- with
caller- who tuny or may not know what
they want, other employes will occupy
the middle and the mart iiwe-t corner
1 ootn.
The other parts of tb** building are
not yet Iini-hed. but it i- * -x|*ected that
all departments of the road will move
: next w■ t h. *-xe* 1 t ;Tu* commissary,
which will remain when* it i- beside
jhe i ■ ’ track. IT treasurers
••oonis will * .tend from the middle to
the th * iid of tin* building, along
the w*-* -id. on th* first floor, Uen
• r.t[ Man,i_. i Poland’> rooms will he
an th*- se.comi floor, a- will those of the
mast*-r mechanic. but th** exact ar
rangement h i- not \et been -ettled.
Mechanic- i.re -till busy with the
interior work, but tin* entire structure
will probably be complete and fully
occupied by November 1.
As -....a a* the office buildirg !*
finished th- carpenter- will probably
he placed upoi the construction of tb**
temporary machine -Imp- and round
house. These will only be huge enough
for tin* housing ami repair of the
present rolling stock of the line, but
will be good »i/.t-d buildings neverthe
less.
A strong winti at Noun* recently blew
the waters of llerinjr chit ward and
for several 1; aid red f?°‘t from *hore
men could wa k the V>tt‘om with jfum
boots on their fee*. The low staye of
water made it possible to prospect the
beach at points never l*efore touched,
and pan> worth '2~> cents and oh cents
were obtaiuee at several places, in the
vicinity of the mouth of Snake river,
t <>rh east and wes'.
WINTER WORK ON
TURNAGAIN ARM
+
Railroad Will Operate Two Sawmills
and Welch & Co. Have
Several Camps.
Notwithstanding its isolation during j
the winter reason. when Iwuits cannot
go up TurAagain Arm. rAilroad build-j
ing will be pushed actively along the,
north shore of th:d estuary, Great
quantities of supplies have been sent
in for tin* company and for Welch A
t'o.. and large quantities are -.till at
Seldovia. awaiting transportation.
Tin raili'oad will operate two saw- j
mills, on*1 at Glacier creek, and the .
other at a location not yet chosen.
The CompAny shipped in a large mill!
r. ceutly. and bought another from M. :
K. D;i* ik. which hud been operated orVj
Ka inbow creek. Some exchanges of ^
machinery have beer' made between
the two to add to the utility of both. i
The mill at Glacier creek is located
in a timber belt which ckndaihs Several
million feet. It has a capacity of
feet a day. ’rids is a short distance
from the head of the Arm. The other
mill will be located farther to the
west \i*>trd. f
Welch A 'Go. have three grading
canVps established, and probably will j
have another soon. The firm has also,
sublet'small portions of their thirty-,
ihifi contract to station men. The
principal camp is at mile 70. but rock
work will be done on a considerable
-cale at the other camps. About 140
men are now employed by Welch A 1
Co. and the firm is anxious to multiply
the nund*er se\*er;'v tiAVes.
TO “USH TUNNEL WORK
Contractor* will Soon be Driving
Five Big Bore*? at Once
Work on tin* ti-V railroad tunnels on f
mile •>'■! of the Alaska t entral. for
which llich tk Harris hold the con-j
tract, will he pushed all winter with
all the men who can he secured. Lite ;
preliminary work of clearing around '
the entrance andmaking a beginning
for th»* machinery ha- been dene on
the first tunnel and boring will begin
as soon as t he big compressor can he '
taken up over the snow.
Th< tunnel eamp hrts been estab
lished and i- all ready for winter.
About sixty-live men are employed now
and the contractors have an agent out
looking for more. The intention is to
employ several hundred men.
STEAMER NEPTUNE AFLOAT
Takes Advantage of Her Ground
ing to Fix Machinery
Steamer Neptune was Hooted last
week at Alder creek, oh the north
side of Turnagain Arm. where she was j
grounded a week before. 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 Ajhip-1
meat was obtained some time before
butTiad never been put in because the:
steamer was so busy that the cook did j
not like to spare the time.
It had not been expected that the j
Neptune would he able to get off the
beach until extreme high tide, which .
was yesterday. The news that sin*
Has again afloat wa> brought in last
Monday ,by VV. G. Atwood of the con
struction d^paVtment of the Alaska
Central, who came over the 'rail from 1
Turnagain Arm. He says she grounded
on a sandpit and that ten feet away
-.he would never have struck bottom.
Seventeen Want to be Citizens
Seventeen forVVjfn-horn rcsidcTus of
Seward applied for first papers while
Clerk Crandall of' the Cnited Stab s
j court at Valdez was here last week,
and are now on the road to citizenship.
The fijrht over water rights between
the Miocen** I>itcl» Company and the
Campion Mining Coi.pany (/ Nome,
which was'recently “settled”, is a ha in
unsettled. Tom Campion says one of
his attorneys “ settled ” when he was
looking ‘Vie other way.
Runlall H. Kemp went to Valdez on
the Kvc^Kl*^to ;4'erev’ll to work for
, Rich Harris on the rntlroad tunnels.
i J
INLET REGION |
RICH IN GOTO
Phil Hickey says all Creeks flowinq
into Arms Carry Wealth of
Yellow Metal.
‘•The Cook Inlot region is one of the
richest gold flelds 1 ever >‘a\v.” said ,
I’hil Hickey, the mining expert whoj
represents the .1. 1>. Parrel! syndicate,;
hist night. “The mining man can tin*I [
am kind of gold property he wants. |
The hills seem to he full of quart/.: the
credit heds and hanks’Contain as good
hydraulic ledges as can he found any-1
where: and the delta at the mouths of i
thV* creeks along tia Inlet beaches
are full of gold that can be picked up
with dredgers.”
Mr. Hickey is an experienced mining
man, who lias been all omt the Pucilic
coast in pursuit of bis business. The
syndicate which lie represents owns
tine copper property at Latouclie and
elsewhere on Prince William Sound.
Mr. Hickey has spent most of the sum
mer in this part of Alaska, and since:
August ha's J**e6n engaged chiefly in !
looking around the Inlet. Id*that time
lie has tak^n a bond on extensive j
property op' lower Glasier creek and ,
has’located si^fdon new claims.'
Repeated tests of the gravel in the
ground which Mr. Hickey has bonded
and located on Glacier creek showed
colors every time and everywhere. [
The smallest quantity which he ob
tained from a pan was 10 cents, and
the amount was frequently several
time's that. A great deal of coarse
go\'V was found.
Mr. Hickey left several men o’A the,
property to do development work this
whiter. Next year maehifHiv;' will In'
installed and the ground worked on an j
extensive scale. Mr. Rickey does nof
consider that any further experiments;
are needed to demonstrate the value of
t he ground.
The Inlet region has been overlooked,
in Mr. Hickey's opinion, because the j
ground is mostly ol a nature that re-:
quires machinery to work' it.' Some |
placers have been foi hd which miners
have worked for several years by
panning, with considerable profit, but
to obtain results on a large scale it [
will he necessary to work tlie creek
deposits by the hydraulic method, and j
tin1 sand dunes along tide water by!
dredging.
The Crow creek Placer Mining Com
pany lias what Mr. Hickey considers
one ot the most remarkable hydraulic
properties in* ever saw. At the present
time the face of the ledge is l?0h feet
wide and 110 feet high. This forma
tion apparently continues to the head!
of the creek liecause the Girdvood
property above it is similar in extent
and the richness of its deposits.
HAS FARMING RESOURCES
Report on Experiment Station*
Speaks Well of Alaska
From Prof. C. C. Georgeson, in charge
of the government agricultural experi-j
ment station*, the Gateway lias received j
a copy of the anmrll report of the i
office of experifhonf stations of the de
partment t»f agriculture for l!>of. The
report describes 111■ experiments at all
stations in the United States and con- j
siderable space i- given to Alaska. |
Prof. Georgeson makes a report, and
C. V. Piper describes an itinerary for
the purpose 0f investigating the Alaska
slat ions.
Both officials rejiort favorably on the
results of experiments in tin* territory, j
Prof. Piper devotes several- fnigrs to‘a
description of the natural grasses on
Kenai peninsula and Kadiak island,
showing the advantages of this region
■{< a stock-raising country.
Pref. Piper ment ions t hat coal out -
cuppings show along much of the coast
vt Kenai peninsula and says for that
reason much of it cannot bo home
steaded* __
Agent Churchill Keeps Mum
Frank G. Churchill, the agent sent
to Alaska to investigate Gov. Brady's
administration, has visited Sitka and
gone without telling anything of his
intentions, which leads the Sitka
Cablegram to ohm plain:
“When it comes to being Putin the
oyster i> a riotously. nois\ cuss com
pared with Churchilh”
TAHANA WOULD
MAKE A STATE
Judge Wicfcfcrsliain says Alaska Cen
tral will Open an Impire
to Settlement.
“The Tanana region is big enough
and lie 11 enough for a great state,
said .bulge Wiekersham in Seward a
few da vs ago. “There i.; ;i valley Jdu
miles long and lifty wide, with a soil ,
of remarkable richness, besides the,
most marvelous mineral area • ver dis
covered on this earth.'
.fudge Wiekersham admits being j
something of an enthusiast, regarding |
Alaska in general and the Tatiana in |
particular. (Hr predicts a^ wonderful
future for the whole of Cent raj Alaska,
that vast region which will lie ^tribu
tary to the Alaska Central Kail way.
saving that all that is necessary to
start a rush of immigration is to dis
pense ace unit * information concerning
its resources throughout the states,
of the Tan ana Judge Wiekersham
said:
“ Its mineral resources seem almost
inexhaustible and everywhere the pros
peetoi bores in'lie finds deposits similar
to those first discovered. I expect the
Kitnt'bihrm rush to be repeated over
anil over again. I am tom ny men
Who have Investigated that’ great dis
coveries may he expected all through
( entrul Alaska. Not all of them will
he as rich as the Kantishna hut good1
camps will he planted on every creek. 1
••The Tanana lias a magnificent, j
bracing climate, no colder than the j
northern states, and it is extremely I
healthful. It is well adapted'to stock-1
raising anil t he small" grains'grow well j
there. All kinds of vegetables thrive j
wonderfully. The soil is deep and!
black, like that of the prairie states.
••The people of the Tanana are look
ing forward ea'ger'y to a completion of
a railroad from this coast, ft means
as much to them as to you. When the
ro;ul reaches Fairbanks that town and
Seward will liavi a wonderful growth.
Both of them should heroine large
cities, with many prosperous towns
between."
••Tim Alaska Central will open upan
empire, a region which will always be
tributary to that line. It will make no
difference to you here whether another
road goes to the Yukon from Valdez or
not. Such a road would traverse a
different territory and would develop
other resources, so that the net result
would he beneficial to the whole of
Alaska. Kncouragement ought to lie
givi n to everybody who wants to build
a railroad in Alaska.
BRINGING MTN FROM NOME
Steamer Corwin Sails South
Sail by Way of Seward
E. L. Whitt omore received a cable
message Thursday from a Nome friend
announcing that he was about to sail
from that port for Seward on the
steamer Corwin, and would arrive
hero October 2<>. While the message
did not so state it is assumed that the
vessel was just about to embark when
it was tiled.
According to the reckoning of the
sender the steamer is now scheduled
to come through to Seward in a week.
It is expected that the Corwin will
bring a large number of men to
work hew during the winter. Last
\ear she made a similar trip, leaving
some iik n here, and as Seward is so
much better known than last year it
is thought that nearly all the men who
Nvish to remain in Alaska will get off
at Seward.
Inquiries have been made here re
centlr in behalf of Nome men concern
ing the opportunities fof Winter work
and it is believed that a lAt of quaff/
miners mhy come down to work in the
railroad tunnels, as the job is in their
line.___
Steamer fxfelsior Satis
Steamer Excelsior sailed for Seattle
last Saturday evening at 7:$) after a
stay of three hours in Seward.' Among
her passengers were H. A. Ingalls, the
mining man who has taken a bond of
Falls creek quartz property, and Chris
Hanson, who with three other men re
cently located thb’ty-two claims at.,tin*
mouth of the KnVk river, which they
expect to wora next year with a
dredger.
MEETS OVATION
IN THE SOUTH
President Roosevelt Greeted Fnthu
siiVstic.TlIy in Virginia on Way
to New Orleans.
By Cable to the Daily Gateway
Uichipond. Va. oat. Presid. t
lloosev* It'd mm i hi 'digit Virginia i •
Ihtm a continuous ovation. At evt v
station great crowds gathered to s*“,.
him and t he ent luisiasin was unltound* I.
The I Ye -ident'' program may
changed to enable him to attend tii• •
reunion of Confederate veterans.
In the President's speech here lie ■•••
ferred to the change in sentiment <•.
tween the sections since the civil ws
Washington. Oct. L‘o In reply to
criticism of ^hp President for going
a region wl ich has so recently h» * n
suffering.from yellow fever infection,
tht official statement was given out ’»•
day that the visit to Ne.v Orleans Hue
the South was promised a year ago.
PLEASANT WEATHER
IN LATE OCTOBER
Resilient- of bleak New Kn^lami
-bore* anil alon“ tlie(!reat Lakes, win)
wake up every muniinir in October <
M.,. «-vi’rythiny white with frost. woui«
doubtless refuse to believe that inSex
ard, above the sixtieth parallel of la i
tude.' little fro>lt has been seen up to
■October 2d Day after day this month
the thermometer ha- risen above 1<
and scVi ral times above .V). withalmu-t
constant sum bun’* exemptinif three or
four rainy days.
In the i astern states fifteen de-rn -
farther south tIn- approach of wint-o
is nearly always felt in the latter part
of October, lee forms every morn in-/:
tlie trees are leafle-s. and shudder bc
fore ohillinjr winds which forecast tie
blizzards the later months will brim/.
()n this far northern coast, although
the nights are cool people have scarcely
hetftin to think of winter, overcoats
are rarely seen except at ni'/ht.
The thermometer has not yet bei-n
below 40 except at ni«rht and in the
early morn in *f. The entire month ha
lieen vr ’*y simUh** ,v> a San Francisco
December, with l**>s wind: It ha
scareely been cooler 'ban the average
()ctoher on l’m/et' Sound.
Kenai peninsula, on whose southern
const Seward stands. Inis ti peculiar',*
equable climate. The warm waters of
the Japan current flow only a few
leagues away, tempering the elimateof
adjacent shores to a remarkable «!•*
free.' At the head of I Vince William
sound, *\ist of Kenai peninsula and ex
tending a decree farther north, th
mercury in winter drops 10 dejrre.
lower in the coldest weather.
Some day the people of the state
will learn that the winter of the South
ern Alaska coast is milder than that
alon/ the Ohio river, while the sum
mers an. warm but nev* r hot. At tie*
present time they would not accept tie
judicial lindintf of a court of record
| that the mercury did not fail to zero
[ in Seward last winter.
ODD FELLOWS TO ORGANIZE
—
Local Members Numerous Enough
to Form Good Lodge
Local Odd Fellows have decided ilia’
the time has arrived to form a Sewar..
lodge and have culled a meeting for
| tomorrow afternoon to initiate th<*
necessary steps. E. W < ^ oung. of tin
j Seward Commercial Company, who
' issued the call after consultation with
other Odd Fellows, said this week
| that there are between thirty and fort.v
members in and about Seward.
This will be tin* first Organization of
a lodge of a secret order in Seward.
Members of ot her Qv^rs are numerous.
' eapecmily Elks a:)#1, Masons, but no
steps li.'ve been taken tu establisa
local lodges. --
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The government lias sent a relief
party to the head of the Gokana for a,
man wlio was stricken with paralysis
and deserted by partners, with no pro
I visions. His name is unknown. In
dians reported Id* predicament