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Entered us second class mutter at the postotlice, Seward, Alaska.
THERE IS hardly a man in Alaska, perhaps, who has allowed his mind to
dwell long enough on all the details of the condi
THE RAILROAD tions that the government railroad will create
and it would be really a fascinating pastime to
enter into speculation about the various sorts of consequences it will have.
In the first place it is hardly too much to say that it will mean the per
manent employment of at least one thousand men to keep it running. There
must be several hundred section men for a road a thousand miles long and
the other crews required ought to bring the total easily over a thousand.
It also would appear to be most likely that the government would estab
lish a smelter at the ocean terminal or, anyhow, that some private company
would prepare to treat the ores which will be carried over the line cheaper
than ores were ever before shipped in the territory.
The ocean terminal will also be not only a place where a great retail busi
ness can be carried on but it ought really be a good wholesale center to fur
nish all the camps which the road will serve.
The end of the road that rests on the Yukon river will draw in the trade
of hundreds of miles up and down and beyond as a hydraulic elevator draws
in the gravel in the surrounding pit. This of course will be in addition to
the trade drawn in tor mdreds of miles on each side along the right of way.
This trade will not W one kind or two kinds. It will include the trade aris
ing from coal mining, p acer mining, hunting, trapping, quartz mining, agri
culture, stock ran- . t > .ring and various other activities. With a large
population to be fed agriculture will receive an impetus that seems impossi
ble when there ar< t •> ptvipie to eat the produce. The White Pass railroad,
1H> miles ong. ,'kagway and its 1,000 or more inhabitants in com
fortable circumstances . ough it draws practically no trade along its right
of way except what it draws from a distance.
The government • unread will draw the passenger traffic from places
as far away as .Nona , m u inter, and the Koyukuk. in w inter and summer.
Between those pln.e.- . re hundreds and thousands of men engaged in pros
pecting. mining anil n other ways who will be turned in this direction in
stead ot looking to St Michael or Whitehorse as the gateway to the outside
or to either of tin ac > as the port- through Which their supplies will
come.
With good bu.-in<:«■ -e- in the terminal town men hundreds of miles
away in the interior can send mail orders and have their supplies at the de
pots nearest their camps within two or three days. They are lucky to havo
them in two or three months now.
At the present time stock can be shipped from the Argentine republic
and Australia to Europe and make big money for the shippers. Of course it
might be necessary for people raising stock here to house cattle in the w inter
time but as long a* there is sufficient hay it ought not to be impossible to j
raise stock along the line of the railroad at a good profit. Indeed there seems
to be no good reason after the building of the Panama canal that Alaska
&tock could not rind its way to the crowded centers of population and bring
some money north.
There is an old saying that if a sufficient crowd of men are placed in what
is apparently the most barren country on earth they will find some resources.
This is a truth that has been proven by history and history has a habit of re
peating itself.
But one might speculate forever before such an undertaking as this Alaska
government railroad is built and yet never be able to conceive of all the activ
ities that such a railroad will create.
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considered. Call and see them.
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MINERS’ STORE
FRANK J. COTTER. Prop'r
‘Phone Adams 119 SEWARD
...PIONEER HOTEL...
F. B. CANNON. PROPR.
Newly Furnished and Renovated. Twelve Comfortable
Rooms. Nicely Furnished Ladies’ Sitting Room. Family
Accommodations as Good as Can Be Had in Alaska.
KNIK - - ALASKA
Hotel Seward
W. A. M'NEILEY. Paoa. W. A. C. BALDWIN. Lost*
MODERN CONVENIENCES
RATES $1.00 TO $2.50 PER DAY
HOT AND COLD WATER BATHS ELECTRIC LIGHTS
We guarantee Fisher’s Blend Flour,
$2 per sack. Fisher’s Art, $1.76 at
Brown & Hawkins, “Quality First”.
Special Sale of watches, jewelry
and diamonds to reduce stock. George
the Jeweler. lw
You’ll find everything In the Pastry Line Ht
Cooper’* Cafe.
Fishing tackle* at J 's Graef'a.
The name ‘‘Gamble’*” la a Trade Mark and
wherever aeen la a guarantee of Wholesome*
naaa and Cleanliness.
A large assortment of men’s negli
gee shirts, both light and dark colors;
values to $3 each; your cl oice, $1.50.
Brown & Hawkins, “Quality First”.
NOW OPEN
THE
..GERMANIA CAFE..
(Formerly Vienna Cafe)
Private Boxes Lunch Counter
Louis Rainey, Proprietor.
Igloo No. 9,
Order of Pioneers
Meets the First Monday Night of each
month at the A. B. hall.
Wm. Sauers. Pres. Isaac Evans. Sec v
! C. MATHISON
The Bald Headed Painter Will Do
Your Work Rijfht
PRICES RIGHT. A trial solicited.
The Carstens Packing Co.
Wholesale and Retail
Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton, Poultry
Lard, hams and Bacon.
Butter and Eggs
Orders from the Westward and
Cook Inlet (liven Careful Attention
Fourth Ave. Seward.
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BUTTS
HAS
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PIONEER
HOSPITAL
OF SEWARD
DR. J. tl. ROMIG. Director
Office Hours 2 to 4 p. m.
Daggett Block
Hospital by Appointment
PETER ANDERSON
Painting
and
Paperhanging
Oil SALE ON SECOND AVE:
The Krefting residence.
The Boe residence.
The Alice Dougherty prop
erty.
The Blumer lot and house.
ON THIRD AVENUE:
The Hugh Dougherty lot and
house.
The Muscott lot.
The Horning residence.
The Gray residence.
BUSINESS AND RESIDENCE!
LOTS FOR SALE
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HOUSES AND C ABINS FOR
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RENT.
SEE
ROMIG & ROMIG
C.W. PALMER
KNIK, ALASKA
THE BEST LINE OF MERCHANDISE OBTAINABLE
On account of having our own ship bringing in merchandise fresh
from the outside, we arc able to quote you prices that competition
cannot touch.
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The goods that we carry are the best that can be bought at any
price. A trial order will convince you.
REMEMBER WE CARRY EVERYTHING
WE SAVE YOU MONEY ON EVERY ITEM
C. W. PALMER, Knik, Alaska
HOTEL OVERLAN >
E. L. WHITTEMORE, PROP.
Headquarters for Mining Men
SEWARD, - - - ALASKA
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The Coleman
FIRST-CLASS HOTEL. GEO. SEXTON, PROP.
Electric lights. Electric bell. Modern bathrooms. Kates reasonable.
FOURTH AVENUE SEWARD, ALASKA
While in Knik Stay at
MORRISON ROAD HOUSE
Host Popular Mouse In Town
Mood Accommodation. First Class Board. Prices Reasonable.
Clothing, Furnishings, Footwear, Tents,
Tarps, Rugs, Etc.
S. L. Colwell
PIONEER MERCHANT Fourth Ave
The Seattle Bar
Bensen & Teeklenburg, Proprietors.
OLYMPIA DRAFT BEER BLUE RIBBON BOTTLED BEER
BEST LIQUORS
DOMESTIC AND IMPORTED CIGARS
Elegantly Furnished and Steam Heated
Rooms in Connection . -
THE SEWARD LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY
Incorporated November 1905 under the Laws of the Territory of Alaska
S. M. GRAFF, President and General Manager
CONTRACTORS AND DEALERS IN
Electric Supplies and Appliances
Office At the Station. TELEPHONE MAIN 123
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Evinrude
^Motors
2 and 3 1-2 h. p.
With Magneto.
J. L. Graef
Agent
Seward Commercial Co.
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.. Seward’s Ip-to-uate Business House..
Carries a Full Line of
Miners’ and Prospectors’ Supplies, Tents
Stoves, Ammunition and Hardware.
Reliance, Maximum and Supreme Brands
Canned Trulls and Vegetables.
Dry Goods, Hats, Caps, Sundries.
Ladies' and Gent’s furnishings.
exclusive on Crossett Shoes
Victors, Victrolas ani Victor Records
We give money back on any l hing purchased
here if not satisfactory.
FURNITURE_I
COAL MINFR'S AMD fiOLO MIAIfR’S SLUTIIFS
Doors 8c Windows
Lang's Utilises
I XL!*arlor healers
Gasoline Stoves
(’ook Stoves
Camp Stoves
Air Tight Healers
<>il Stoves
Alcohol Stoves
Spark Clogs
Jump ('oils
Catteries
Granite Ware
Ahiminum Ware
A sliest os
C& C Caper
Slalrhoid Rooting
'Jar Caper
Deafening felt
Weather Strips
Gasoline
(i.ts Lupine >ii
Marine Knu'ine <>ii
Valve (>ii
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I ’aims
I/icq lie ret I’aim
Asphaltum I ’tint
I Irushcs
Varnishes
Turpent ine
Japan
Denatured Aleehol
< .'oal Tar
Lamps
J /interns
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IH10M; BLACK I
Rifles
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J. L. QRAEF
ALASKA PACIFIC S. S. CO. ALASKA COAST CO.
PUCET SOUND-ALASKA ROUTE
Steamers leave Seattle every ten days each month on the
5th, 15 th, 25th, ,
ADMIRAL SAMPSON AND ADMIRAL EVANS
via the INSIDE PASSAGE, for Ketchikan, Juneau. Yakutat,
Katalla, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez, Latouche, Seward,
Cook Inlet Points and Kodiak Island.
PUCET SOU ND-CAL1FORNIA ROUTE
Seattle to San Francisco, connecting with steamers Yale and Har
vard for Southern California Points.
Right reserved to change steamers and sailing dates without notice.
B F. WATSON, General Agent. WAYNE BLUE. Local Agent.
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO. S
Steamers Alameda, Mariposa and Northwestern
sail from Seattle every six days tor Ketchikan.
Wrangell, Juneau, Skagwav, Cordova, Valdez and
Seward. Direct service to Kmk Anchorage via
Alameda and Mariposa
S. S. Dirigo leaves Seward 13th of each month for Cook Inlet points anJ Dutch Harbor.
Regular freight service tor Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar,
Valdez, Latouche and Seward
Freight Steamers sailing from Seattle each month: S. S. Seward. 5th;
S. S. Latouche, 15th; S. S. Cordova, 25th
(S. S. Seward carries Explosives)
(frft'Ripfht reserved to change this schedule without notice'"^
F. B. TRACY, General Agent C. B. GUPiTLL, AgeU
H V. HOBEN A- F. DAVIS
ALASKA TRANSFER
H. V. HOBEN, Manager
--Dealers in—-■ —
COAL, WOOD AND ICE
General Transferring Phones, Main 17 and 41
The Bor gen Grocery
Staple and Fancy Groceries
Handles the Best Canned Goods from the Pacific Coast—Best
Treatment to Everybody and Prices Right—Goods
Delivered to All Parts of the City
GUS BORGEN, Proprietor
Phone Main 134 Clayson Building, Seward