FINAL PORT OF CALL FOR THREE
STEAMSHIP COMPANIES
HEADQUARTERS U. S. SIGNAL CORPS
COMMUNICATION FACILITIES I N
ALASKA PROPER
COAST TERMINAL FOR THE ALASKA
RAILROAD
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME
NUMBER 132.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Loops,Snow Sheds,High
Water Be Eliminated
New Railroad Route
BY CONSTRUCTION OF CUT-OFF ROAD THROUGH
MOOSE PASS COUNTRY THE MAIN LINE WOULD
BE SHORTENED 19 MILES, ACCORDING TO JOHN
E. BALLAINE, PIONEER RAILROAD BUILDER;
NOT ONLY BE MORE ECONOMICAL BUT WOULD
TRAVERSE REGION RICH IN NATURAL AND
POTENTIAL RESOURCES
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Possibilities of shortening by 19 miles and greatly
bettering the main line of the Alaska Railroad by a cut
off branching at Mile 29, going through Moose Pass, cross
ing Turnagain Arm at Sunrise between Snipers’ Point
and Bird Point, and joining the main line again at Mile
S3, were pointed out today by John E. Ballaine, the origi
nator, promoter and builder of the Alaska Central, and
the man chiefly responsible for the building of the Alaska
Railroad by his leadership in getting the Alaska Railroad
act through Congress.
■ \\ hen vve made the original sur
j vey of a route for the Alaska Cen
tral in 1922”, Mr. Ballaine said to
L
I The Gateway, ‘‘we ran trial surveys
[over the Moose Pass route bv way
I
jo? Sunrise, over the Johnson Pass
! route by way of Sunrise, over the
Johnson Pass route by way of Quartz
[Creek, crossing Turnagain Arm at
the present Mile 67. and over the
[route the railroad now occupies by
the tunnels and Placer River.
“Until I was president of the Tan
ana Construction Co., and general
manager of the Alaska Central, and
i
in control of the Alaska Central, up |
to 1905, I had settled definitely on [
adopting either the Moose Pass or
the Johnson Pass route, preferably
the Moose Pass. The big considera
tion at that time was the expense of
crossing Turnagain Arm at Sunrise. I
i
Our engineers estimated that the cost
would be $2,000,000. That was a
heavy item, considering that I was j
building it at so much per mile in
bonds and stock.
“Moose Pass looked to me in every |
way the best and most feasible route, j
even with the expense of the Turna- •
gain Arm crossing. It looks infinite
ly better today, because Turnagain
Arm opposite Sunrise has filled in
fully 20 feet in the last 25 years,
which greatly reduces and simplifies
the problem and expense of crossing
it with a rock fill and two steel spans
each of 250 feet. The width of the
Arm between Snipers’ point and
Bird point is two and one-eight
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CIS MUSTS
SUFFER HEAVIEST
THIRTY-TWO THOUSAND MEN
LOST IN BATTLE FOR CITY
OF SUCHOWFU
LONDON'. June 28. (/P>—A Shang
dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
said the Chinese Nationalists admit
suffering the heaviest reverse of the
war at Suchowfu, Northwestern Kiang
si Province, which was attacked by
General Sun Chuang Fang. The
Shantungese Nationalists evacuated
the city after four days fighting in
whuch they lost 30,000 men, mostly
killed. They retreated 30 miles to
Pengfu.
MONGOLIA CAPITAL BATTLE
MOSCOW, June 28. —The busi
ness section of the capital of Mongo
lia was wiped out by bandits who
first looted and then fired the stores.
Many persons were slain. The loss
is placed at $3,000,000.
BAKERSFIELD, Calif., June 28.
(/P)—With the .forest and grass fire
still out of control, it had covered an
area of 25.000 acres last night. For
esters are planning a move today to
hault it at a creek.
WAGE REDUCTION IS EFFECTIVE
IN VIRTUALLY EVERY STUDIO
IN HOLLYWOOD
HOLLYWOOD, June 28. (/^—Al
though a ten per cent wage cut has
been decreed by motion picture pro
ducers is in effect generally, so far as
non-contract employes of the studios
are concerned, none of the more prom
inent directors and actors under con
tract had as yet been 1 stifled form
ally of any proposal to change their
salaries. The producers held a
' lengthy closed meeting, and at the
close denied reports that the feasibili
ty of rescinding the wage reduction
order in the case of lot studio em
ployes was considered. Despite ru-!
more which flew about Hollywood that j
the salary slash would be held in
abeyance for at least ten days, offi
cial announcements from virtually
i every studio said the cuts were in ef
fect.
JlIRPLiE VIEWS OF
! SOUTHEAST ALASKA
; ARE PLACED ON SALE
SEATTLE, June 28. (/P)—A Times
| special from Washington sayjs air
j airplane views of Southeastern Alas
ka. made in 192G, will soon be avail-!
able for sale to the public by ar
rangement between the Geological
Survey and the Forest Service. Near
ly 5,000 sets of exposures were made,
each set representing 11 square miles.
A complete file of sets will be placed
in the Forest office at Juneau about
October first. Pictures will sell for
$1.00 a set of three and $1.40 mounted.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia 2, New York 6.
St. Louis 2, Detroit 4.
Washington 9, Boston 8.
Cleveland 2-12, Chicago 7-4.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburg 5, St. Louis 7.
New York 0, Philadelphia 6.
Chicago 11, Cincinnati 4
Only three games scheduled.
Lieutenants Maitland
And A.Hengenberger
Take Air 7:09 A.M.
GENERAL PATRICK GIVES AVIATORS HIS BLESS
ING AND WISHES THEM SUCCESS—CIVILIAN
PILOT, ERNEST SMITH, PLANS FOLLOWING
AND OVERTAKING ARMY PLANE—FOKKER
ESCORTED OUT TO SEA—LEFT GROUND EASILY
OAKLAND, June 28. (/P)—The army Fokker mono
plane piloted by Lieut. Lester J. Maitland, with Lieut. Al
bert Hengenberger as navigator, left here at 7:09 this
morning for a non-stop flight to Honolulu. As the fliers
climbed into the plane they were approached by General
Patrick, who shook hands with them and said: “God
bless you, my boys, I know you are going to do it.”
Just as the motors started, Ernest1
L. Smith, pilot of the civilian plane, j
expected to follow the army machine j
into the air in a few hours, ran in
front of the army plane and clasped |
his hands together in smiling hand
shakes so Maitland and Hengenberger
could see him through the window of
the pilot’s cabin, and shouted “good
luck” as the plane leftthe runway easi- ;•
ly. The escort planes accompanied
the army plane to San Francisco. Me
chanics worked on the Smith plane
all night to correct final details. An
unexpected delay was found neces
sary when a new altimeter was need
ed. The army offered Smith the use
of one of its altimeters. Smith de
| dared last night he figured he would
overtake the army plane even though
the latter had a three-hour lead.
WASHINGTON", June 28. (£>)—More j
Americans paid taxes on incomes of j
a million dollars in 1925 than ever be-!
fore. Millionaires’ incomes totaled j
207 compared with 75 the year before
and 206 in 1916. The 1926 revenue
act with its increased exemptions
lightened the burden of income tax
payers and proved efficacious in the
production of more revenue. The av
erage net income of those filing re
turns was $5,249, with, an average of
3.85 per cent rate. For 1924 the rate
was .75 per cent. The total net in
come for 4,171,000 taxpayers for 1925 1
was $21,894,576,403.
SUIT TO HAVE TRUST
ALASKA BANK FILED
TWENTY-EIGHT SHARES OF
STOCK IN MINERS AND MER
CHANTS BANK IN ISSUE
SAX FRANCISCO. June 28. (JP)—A
suit to have a trust established for 2S
shares of stock in the Miners and
Merchants bank of Alaska, formerly
owned by Jafet Lindeberg of Seattle
and Nome, was filed here yesterday
by J. Sheriffs. W. P. Hammon as
trustee and as an individual was
named defendant in the suit. The
complaint recites that in 1922 Ham
mond bought 250 shares of stock from
Lindeberg who thereupon assigned to
him as trustee an additional 88 shares
with the option of buying the second
block. The complaint charges that
Hammond did buy the stock but did
not pay for it. The present value of
the stock was placed at 109,000.
MILITARY CHAIRMAN SHOT
MOSCOW. June 28. (JP)—An uniden
tified person shot and wounded Mor
lov, chairman of the Department of
Military tribunal. The assailant was
arrested. The attack occurred inside
the premises of the tribunal.
WATER NOTICE
Water wil be shut off on Fourth
from Adams, including the Federal
building, power plant, Standard Oil,
depot and part of Sixth Avenue, at
12 o’clock tonight.