Seward Weekly Gateway
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SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, M A IJCM 3, 1906.
\ UL. 11, . > • • — • _____- :
Little Boat Was Driven Par Out to Sea by fierce Northwesterly
Gales and Vac'ii erv Became D saicd So ihat She Vlas
Oblige? to Hoist Sdi and Drift Southward Until
S ;e Put into Straits of ji.au Be' i:ia
By C : '
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mu U) u i.v rw\ wins
c.. .■ ... • - Ag.*.. '• •-cppr c\ ■
' o eli'.t’ Det.i.• 'r Case
wilit :
town' W > 1! sf( r •. <.
tale is u; .» I mteti■ -
pater.1 hi,* cm : ntermediute cot .*
vet mice. * ■ - *s Vi- uid appear to be con*
eht'iv< . , A c - government pa- t.U
cannot 1 - «-; * eckeu except for tram! or
error.
I’pon the latter ground th< jh r-on'
who resist '!.< tde am! possess.H!I of
the railroad company r« st thei case.
They asse t * at unuer the >■ ieral
statute the *>iM » strip is reservist as
u perpetual highway to give the pub
lic ingress anti - ■ _ e" to and from - he
beach mb that its inclusion in the
townsiie i at-'ut was illegal.
The railroad company claims that
even it it yvt -e true that * he patent
is invalid as to tie- ‘ Moot si: p the
townsite owner \yas granted an ease
ment over the strip and that this vvu>
transfen ad to the railroad company.
The railroadt company also relies j
upon a circular issued by the gem ral |
land oflie* setting forth rulings which
have been made upon the land laws, j
Referring to the section reserving a
HO-foot strip along the shore line for
a public highway the circular says: j
••This reservation yy ill not, however, j
prevent the survey and location ol a j
claim up to the shore line, for in such j
case the claim will he subject to this
servitude, and the area in the highway
will be computed a> a part of the area
entered and purchased.”
This is taken by the railroad com
pany and its counsel to uphold the con
tention that the patent to the land em
bracing the bO-foot strip is valid except
that the public has a right to travel
over the land, but this does not affect
the fee simple title to the land, merely
attaching a servitude to its use.
The squatter* who have piaceu |
houses or tents upon the disputed 1
tract do not pretend to have any inter-1
est in the land or to be other than
trespassers themselves, but they |
contend that they are upon govern-;
ment land and that only the govern
ment. upon the relation of the attorney
jjeneral, can take measures for their
ejectment.
It wu* contended by the defense
that the action was really one in
ejectment and therefore not cogniza
ble in the commissioner’s court, where
an action for forcible entry and de
tainer will lie. This point was over
ruled by Judjre Hildreth.
Steamship Melville Dollar Sails
Steamship Melville Dollar, the big
freighter chartered by the Kenai Lum
ber & Fuel Company, sailed from Seat
tle Monday for Seward. She is
loaded to her full capacity of 2300 tons.
The news came in a cable message
from .1. J. McManus to the company,
received thi> mominsr.
The government geological survey
estimates the area of Alaska at 586,401
square miles.
r»: .1. ill she htul coal < ti let
on’ 'Hit i \\ ami ivas fiirout to MMiWait
a .j i. n\ toii • t-r her course. Hit
e . is iii i ic iu*iut*d thickly
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vi > - c ’ •" e i !,i bloicinsf.
( i;*|ilcii the (leiftec
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m
u;. i lf£e$ That Part
,.' Uasku hoa !:uhu Be
Used Tiiat Way
l, L tc Tac Daily Gateway.
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:• an > t n< A as .
\,: si rod ...
v ) ... • i ?! ail' from tin os ;:;*trl* s at
i ij , up : :.i- Siiu.shot
, * - in Fair* auks and t ..ona in ad*
x i ■ -it. building of tho Alaska
i . r.t i . Kail road.
M Kichattisiin says that miiuti.tr is
:»k a. mnoli {•ro’jFcs* in tho u- ■•ion to
. (i i.. i'i d b\ tho railroau and that
d. veto-mo-ut w ill h.- :r really facilitated
b\ ? liMrniny' « f trails for tho traits
|w*i*tof supplies. Also that when
In. Alaska C. mr.nl is extended a little
i:-11 iir t* into tiie interior trails north*
.. ,i id I rota its terminus will
,»i i t a- u. >t available route to the
Tana mi _ ___
iJUSN LOAD Of MISHtRS
About Thirty Men With Outfits
Start for Interior
About thirty prospectors, all well
v.ippli.-ii with outfits, started for the
ir.i.riur Thursday ou flu* train,
which carried about seventy-five luen
altogether. A larjre majority of the
prospectors are headed for the 't entna
district, though a small number were
intendin'? to j?o elsewhere. Several
were bound for tin upper Shushetna,
and a few are interested in the region
list north of Knik.
Chief Clerk .Jackson of the construct
ion department of the railroad, who
■ furnishes the transportation for pass
engers over the road, says that nil
through February from fifty to seventy
five men a week went out from Seward
on the trains to t?o into the minin'* dis
tricts. Most of these are known to
have been headed for the Yentna. It
is expected that the next two weeks
will see a greater rush than ever as
after the middle of March thawin'*
may set in at any time and stop travel
on the rivers until the ice is out.
TO PROSPtCT TOR QUARTZ
Discoverers of Falls Creek Deposits
Will Organize Company
Frank t\ Skeen and John Lechner,
who made the discovery of quartz gold
deposits on Falls creek, will organize a
company to furnish capital for pros
pecting the whole of Kenai peninsula.
Both men went out late in the fall to
visit their old homes in the states and
have been putting in part of their time
upon the work of securing capital for
further investigation of mineral depos
its in this region.
Before leaving here Mr. Skeen ex
pressed the belief that Kenai peninsula
is likely to prove very rich in quartz
gold deposits and announced his intent
ion of spending the coming summer in
prospecting the district. He is an ex
perienced prospector, both in Alaska
and elsewhere, and says it would be
almost unheard of for deposits as rich
as those of Falls creek appear to be
from the surface indications and the
development work so far done, to stand
alone and isolated from any other.
The governorship is still hotfooting
on the trail of Capt. Jarvis.
TAfT TALKS FOR
ALASKA SUBSiDY
Appears by Request Before House
Committee But Bill Not
Likely to Pass
cv, to ' 3,uly Galway.
\Vashing or. 1 >. < Man'll - **'*'
ivtn; \ Tab appoatv 1 krlmv the 'louse;
conip o i ; -:a it«*1'o s y estn'day hy
r<*qiu-*t • i tin* eminnitti-e to .<•:<.russ
h|v I'icvo on the L'lvefiny hill to aid j
Ala -k i-til mads by a fee. ru! 'i;a:auty
,,f i , st end bonds,
hill provi . 11hat ;h** rbaos t> bo
i';«v«•: t Mi 1! *>•* liesi'^nnted t)J tie*
To • secret no said tort he favored
; he .*111 . "t i coil 1 no! ;herwisc
ln» iot* e.' * sr* *'id const rue', ion
at' territory. Il<* ur*r<‘d an appro
pri.d ion fora ore) inti nary survey fo • a
;tom FairhankstoNome, loeonm-et
will* ;m \hiska Central when tin* !ut
;,*r sliali read) the Tanana, ibis pro-1
p:»s*.*d road to he aided by In* »• .a»*rn
men?.
|‘n -;den' Frost of the Aiaska < en-1
-tat* a to the committee that he
,, or Id like to see tin* Utverimr bill !
;kiss becausi tie believed that (• mm et
ui* i "oi ;■ re mi' oi tin* - j: ‘oy coa
st ructio. i ! 12')• t mile ; of railroad in
V1.*fn:i. tb* si id that the Alaska
i u.dra count build without aid. the
one d.illei ..‘lice be^m that with a ,ov
, *■»tjij ut " it;1 : ; v ol the interest its
bonds would command a hi‘.fir r tlyiure
in t in* n.ai ■. I.: that itis won hi l>-si*n
ns to; iin.itf h.»; . d ..***<»**ss and
allow low r iradi.t rat s.
Mr. Frost -aid that WuMe constI'lH'i
ioi* of the All*-k: ( i-ntral railroad will
!„* j .isueii stiaieily regardless of it)*'
! ittM the LovoCni; bill tin* company
would avail, it- l! <>i its privileges iu
case the metis,!!** should b.* unacted
because the ' overnment guaranty
would 1* of distinct advantage in tie*
-aic u: bunds for the reason stated.
K,'.-Senator Turner and Maj. 15..])aine
- u • s-.. • here co-operatinsf with Crest*
dent Fro-t lo secure recognition of tin*
Alaska Central in case the Lovw'injr
bill passes.
'I’ll*- Loverim: bill is ahvocatodchiefly
by tin Council * ity railroad interests i
and it rs doubtful whether it "iil pass!
bectutse the progress which the Alaska
Central ha> mane without. ,'government j
aid ha practically convinced tin* com
mittee t hat bona tide railroads in Aiaska
ran be financed independently of federal;
hacking or guaranty.
Secretary Taft said he regarded the
buildinjjof the Alaska Central as an j
enterprise of national importance be-;
cause it would open the hijfli {trade i
coal fields of the Matanuska and make
the product easily accessible to tide
water, where it would be available for
the use of American naval vessels on |
the i Medic. He said the war-ships are
t u>inn several hundred thousand tons
of Welsh coal annually at a cost of
$l,nOO,OUO. which is more expensive
than the Matanuska coal will be when
the Alaska Central brings it to the sea,
and of no better, if as good quality.
Secretary Taft has promised to visit
Alaska next year to inform himself
more fully by personal observation of j
its resources and interests.
INTERVENES IN >
COAL TROUBLE
By Cable to The Bally Gateway.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 27—Presi
dent Roosevelt has intervened in the
impending strike of the coal miners
through a letter to President Mitchell
of the United Mine Workers which
was made public today. He urges
mutual concessions.
The strike is set for April 1, the date
of the expiration of the schedule ar
ranged by the arbitration commission
appointed by President Roosevelt in
l!X)2 to settle the former strike. It is
believed that the President has also
made an appeal to the operators and
the result may be another conference
and a settlement.
STEAMER BERTHA SAILS
Cable Message Says She Carries
175 Passengers
Seattle, Feb. 2G— Steamer Bertha
sailed last night by the inside passage
for Seward and Valdez with 175 pass
engers and a full freight cargo.
The Santa Clara arrived yesterday
from Southern Alaska with thirty-one
passengers and a oargo of ore from the
Ellamar mine.
Several of the eastern states are seek
ing to establish a maximum passenger
fare of 2 cents a mile.
BUYS BOAT FOR
INLET TRAFFIC
Transportation Company Secures
the Steamer Toledo from
Columbia lover
Vise s:earner Toledo has been chart-1
:M*od for i lie Cook inlet rati by lh**< ook
Inlei i’rnnspprtation » ompany to meet j
:he growing demands ol lira Hie on that
•stu: S;.! is a inucn larger boat
l ];;ir ny now ply ing upon t he In lot. ;
oei' . et lot I toils disp'acem*'. , and j
ii i .; : passenger accommodation- for •
ii 'U liity persons.
7!. ■ Tub-do has he. ii plying on I lie'
i nhi’nbiu riv*r and is on <■ :i !> •-’.
lilt . steamer- thilsengag . • ■ or i
-a;-: to he rior in nearly ''Very way
:.i a :uaun ity 01 t Ic boa'- ol tin I'ug.t
>oned mosquito Meet. She was.mid «n ;
Kur ka. California, in 'del. Her length
is '.ft feet, and b"ulii iM.'i. Her speed j
is about ten knots. She is now in Seal
ih't o!>•• o', erhaidod ami will be brought
north w it liin a few week-.
'['!• Toh'do was bought by .fames O.
!>u/od and hy him leased to tin* < ook
Inlet I’: misportationC unpany. in whieli
hr is interested. She wiil run from:
s.'{ cvi.i to Sunrise and other mb-,
port-.
<)lhei steamers will be added to the
In'. ; M.eet tIds summer ;t> the trallir
is increasing iron: ordinary causes
A ,end the capacity of the bouts al
ready there, and the railroad work
deu.Viie head of 'i'urnagain Arm to
the head of Knik Arm. :t tiistance of
eigiiiy-fl <• miles, will employ several
’ '■ lOU-nrd meii till snuiniqr and *'• q'liri
the transportation of many thousand
".lit s. 7 !: ad ii n of the
Ttdet.o will tint nv-et the transporta
tion demands.
('apt. Illodgelt of tfie Cook Inlet
Transport a ■ ion Company ha-, been
negei i;11 iu*r oitt-iuT lor ol her I tout s to
place mi live Ir.I • t mi. aud Capt.
de' eisof the Nepttmt went out early
in tiie winter to obtain one. and if pos
sible two. new boats for the Inlet. It
was reported from Seattle some time
ago that he had secured one. tape
Shaw of the Cook Inlet Transporta
tion Company's Tyonic has also been
outside all winter in search of boat* for j
the Inlet. The season on the Inlet j
will open early in April.
la Hun Floating Store
c'apr. II. A. Smith of the Inlet j
steamer Tonquin, is converting it into j
a float instore winch will ply around )
the Inlet all summer with supplies tor j
sale to anyone in immediate need ot j
them. Capt. Smith was for a lonjr
time manager of the Alaska ( ommer
cial Company's store at Sunrise and
knows all the old timers on the Inlet.
To Place Goats on Rivers
Several new projects are atloat to
place small boats on the Shushetna
and Yentna river run to the ‘fold
camps this summer. One man went
out on the Kxcelsior to secure a boat.
CASTRO MAKES
BIG WAR TALK
.Gy Cable to Tlie Daily Gateway.
Caracas. Feb. 2(> ( 'astro says lie will
humble France in the present contro
versy with that power and then break
the Monroe doctrine and clear Vene
zuela of Americans. He announces
his intention to defy all outside powers.
English and American residents here
are clamoring for immediate inter
vention by the United States and an
American protectorate for the pro
tection of foreign property and possi
bly the lives of foreigners.
PUBLIC SCHOOL OPENS
Forty-two Pupils Appear in all
Grades the First Day
School opened last Monday under
the direction of Prof. P. H. Buck with
an attendance of forty-two pupils.
Twenty-two of these are in the four
upper grades, numbered from Fifth to
Eighth,and will be taught by Prof. Buck
in the Methodist chureh. The re
maining twenty were in the four lower
grades and will be under the instruc
tion of Miss Kilpatrick in the Second
avenue schoolhouse. Several others
have entered Miss Kilpatrick’s classes
since.
A reception to Prof. Buck and Miss
Kilpatrick, teachers of the Seward
bublic schools, was given last night
in the Methodist church. While
written invitations were sent to par
ents of children in the schools all
other residents were made welcome
and several were present.
SEWARD EREIGilT
TAXES STEAMERS
Transportation Men Bothered to
Find Vessels to Carry In
creasing Cargoes
Kv Cabl* Jo T'i> Daily Gateway.
Seal lie, !•'••!». I'l The I’reiyht . >ve-1
menl r> Seward is riowiiiy so s' auily 1
that it ov -.‘taxes ‘he carry in;/’ ermeity ;
of the regular steamers, and : •1 ri?n
ship companies are t.rivnir <o ■/.•» hold ]
ol more vesvl.s for liiai rua ' > • • in
•rest ion of ftviyht i> becomhe* a o• i
I>11• it \ to ; he trati>;*ori; ion ;nen.
Althotif.i tii • Northwestern
ship tYmipany v tit run three -a. i"is
summer it i*. tu*t l.eh.-vo t a! tn<*
hoats can nan lie nil tie* f. . ■
is ironside; ed pcoo;.oe* t:. . \m v.i
>cis *,vi 11 have fn in eli.i .o*. i
time to time. This is very «.;. 'mi: w
do in tiie vuintm r time w In n ail
northern ports have heavy <i • ,
The Northwestern wiii i‘ ttece - r.
run tiie Kdith to Sevan! unii! Mr- !
Nome season opens. Sue will m: .e
her lirsl t rip next motif it.
USE
TEitit ORY BELL
Committee Kills it Because of
Alleged Differences Among
Alaska Residents
7Zy Ci i* to T>xe DAily (OfttevMjf,
Washington. lb t'.. March 2 '
ll.iusc committee on territories vot' d1
ysterda. to lay the table the bid
piviny :• rit a ial government l<> Alas
ka. A new bill oi the same purport
wiii be introduced in the Senate at the
n xt session.
Kx*t«ov. Swineford. one of the Alas
ka delegates was moved to tears wtien 1
the committee turned down the bill.
The reason p’lven by commit;'. tm m- j
hers for killing the bill was the di!'■ •;
ence of opinion amon<f residents of th •
district concernin',' the advisability of |
territorial government.
THIS THEM OF ALASKA
Maj. Ballaine Gives Pointers to
House Committee
Washington. 1). C.. Mr. Ballaine
yesterday told the House committee on
territories in detail of the different j
varieties of grass, berries and grain
that grow in the valleys of the central
and southern portions of Alaska. It
was shown by him that these valleys
arc in the same latitude and contain
about the same area as corresponding
portions of Northeastern Kurope that
support a population of. I'>,000.000
almost wholly on agriculture. He
laid emphasis on a condition of climate
in Alaska, in that the average length
of sunshine each twenty-four hours
during the months of May. June. Juh
and August is from eighteen to twenty
hours.
This condition, he said, aided by the
moderating influence of the Japanese
current, causes almost twice as much
growth each twenty-four hours as the
same vegetation attains in the latitude
of the Ohio river valley. Associated
Press. ____
BARK PERRIS THOMPSON IN PORT
Lumber Vessel Has Easy Voyage j
And is Now Anchored in Bay
Bark Ferris Thompson, with a cargo
of 400.000 feet of lumber for her own
er, Capt. M. White, floated up the bay
Tuesday night and anchored in shallow
water above town. She was towed
out of Seattle February 12, set sail off
Cape Flattery February 13 and reach
ed the cape outside Resurrection bay
last Friday night, February 23, ten
days from (Jape Flattery, but adverse
winds compelled her to stand out to sea
again and she went out sixty miles.
She waited four days before it was safe
to come in but she entered in the
night without mishap.
The Ferris Thompson was built in
New York thirty years ago. She was
engaged in the West Indian sugar
trade for a dozen years, then came
around the Horn about eighteen years
ago and has been a tramp on this
coast ever since. Last year Capt.
White bought her to take a cargo of
coal to Kotzebue Sound and has de
cided that he can make money by
keeping her. _________
Temperature in February
The mean temperature of February
was 31.64 degrees. The maximum was
45 on the ITth and the minimum was 11
on the 2nd. The mean temperature of
January was 11 degrees.
CONCENTRATE ON
T' NNEL BORING
Railroad Officials Rushing Coi>
struction in Gorge of
Placer River
Tunnel work* on the Yla*kn u*n!
i> now tic important feature <>t cot
struct ion operations, although * Men*
sive fork Work is proce< din/ in *■ v fa1
places. c*l;:• fly onTurna/i; \rr. Hot
in/ is no'.v in pro/re-s on !*.■ ' i mi*
illld prelim i, . y work ;* j ■ ■ ..*t _• a:
t he |>«»rtaN 1 f ; lie of icr ' . o.
Tie* coruct ion depart u • - ..:*>
■.HI* to [M-h Work Oil t he
conclusion ov in ■ earliest p.:s* •».* . /•
a- tlie task e «!o . of * 1*1*1, ■ .
at l»e*t for t,.Prior*. r<- *•»
cun not he * * i\ lied and ■ 10
• ■■ icc ed. in a ■ . or. • *: pi .*
tike -•radio/ in tic op, r . •» *.
that can he done is to h<*r ■ ■ i. ■’!, -irk
of each » uni:i 1 ' 1 nil11 aio'O.i
The li!•-! 1 rim !. on n:;; '
hot d by ; • ■ railt >>::•: c .no . d
drill* (i"i veil oy a slea'ii cor, ,c>
persist 1 nt !_v fio iu<iin _ a w ;,
lace at tic farth r etai. v\ ore 1 nr
portal of the nearer end *.,0* ... 1
aiitnuiolii d iIe11 s 1 ot t ic * «
A si ire nearly ou cicd it tv.. . r h
a/o. !' was found impossible ik«
sat isfaeloi y pro.* iv*s in a > li
la-ar by b.*c ■*'•• a /:• ■/ <> ■ .;
lie employed ai! .In li.11»0• m *r
snow ana fro: 1 the !iil to m s »>ti
'or file yr.rv; 1 taken from t1 — A*
tile SU S' c: li(] * nose of t' e ** 1 ucf
more c!..m ol' a f. ,v wee .* .a", » \va
decided to • a r la !<*• * c< tr*t
and tic i 1 ■ *• i 1 v.• e sent to ' h • ■ oeh
and ! o 'I’ll' r::' /a ill Am.
Working Big Conma.l
K ill »v Harris i>.t
j)ioy«*«t -ip :• ’ If *i\ i.. ,tf i ■ .■ -ft
they hold h< eon true".. *f 1
scatter.-tt over .. ■ ist;.nc« ol «•'"
un miles *>» and .*!», the eotitr.a:'. !•' '*d
ini: short spaces of open we,; «•. •
tne tmii)«';s and llu* approach ■- ' i<‘
tirst and last. Tile six t unnel-, .t. . > .
ate about 4000 feet in length.
Boring is in progress on tour ■ lie
tunnels embraced in tin* lift. . ri
contract and work on taupe ...s ot
approaches of the other two a. un
der way. One air compress.*:- A,* „-e»
driving nrilis for two months < tn
other and larger one has jest se
up. In a shott time the dribs ■ h»
cutting twelve faces simultaneously.
The work on the Rich »v 11 rrh
contract is said by experts ...
of the most difficult even uiff.kor
because of its peculiar localif hal
way up the side of a narrow, w, 1114
gorge. ’J’iu* work is under the . tee
tion of 1’. K. Harris of the con' aetini
lirm, Frank Bartlett, division ngi
neer of the Alaska Central, n 1 »< 1 Wat
ter S. Jones, resident engineer.
Mr. Bartlett and Mr. Harris bav«
had long experience in mountain rail
road building in the Northwest. Mr.
Bartlett was employed for wars 01
construction from Montana i<> tin
coast and helped to run the (heat
Northern through the Cascades. bn
he affirms that he never encountered a
more formidable task of location am
construction in railroad engineering
for the distance involved than the tiOOd
feet embraced in the Rich «v Harris
contract. He and Mr. Jones have
been employed on the work from the
beginning.
Winds Through Deep Gorge
The Placer river, a trickling strean
in winter, a plunging torrent under
summer Hoods, winds its devious
course between sheer mountain walls
which rise almost vertically rXM) to
1500 feet from the bottom of the can
yon. Midway between river bed and
summit of cliff lies the railroad line.
When the locating engineers first
investigated this route they crept
along the mountain ridge which looks
down upon the yawning gorge from
an almost perpendicular height. Men
were lowered with ropes around
them which at times bore their entire
weight because they could not find a
foothold. The whole region back of
it is inaccessible and on one part of
the survey five men were unable to
pack in from the nearest supply point
provisions as fast as a dozen engineer^
could eat them. Much reconnoiter
ing was necessary to find trails to the
present construction operations, anu
to reach several parts of it now the
workmen daily descend on slipper}
steps, grasping ropes to avoid a pos
sible fall.
The pump which supplies water for
steam to the air compressors is 200
feet below the machinery and the
pieces were lowered by ropes and put
together at the bottom. The camp
and compressors are on the opposite
side of the canyon from the tunnels
and a wooden suspension bridge
reaches over the gorge to enable
the men to cross.