REPORT OF WORK DONE BY
ALASKA ROAD COMMISSION
FROM JULY I TO OCT. 31
The* following summary of the work
done in this district by the Aktskaf
Itoad Fommiwslon from July 1st to
< tot. 31st, 1020. is drawn from the
report of Superintendent (’has. bu.es
ami discloses a range of activities and
a volume of expeodiitiMvts which will
doubtless t>e Somewhat surprising to
the average citizen. Owing to lack
of space it hsut been 'impossible to in
clude much of the detail given in the
report, thereby eliminating man' in
teresting i>oints The first work dealt
with is the Nomc-Council road.
This road con-neets Nome and Coun
cil and is the summer mail route sup
plying all intermediate camps between
thetse points. 1 ^caving Nome it fol
lows the short* of the Boring Sea via
Ft. IXivis >to a. |Kxint near the five mile
■post. Hero it lea ves the bench and
crosses the tundra for. about one and
one half miles to an elevated part of
tilt* tundra paralelling the coast, un
tler whi<di lay the second beach line.
It follows this bench elevation to
Hastings creek. !K*j iniP-s distant from
Nome. From Hastings creek it turns
to the left so as to strike the table ly
ing along the base of Cape Nome
Mountain. Tbis table it follows to
flolden Hate creek 11 miles distant
from Nome. From there it goes over
a slight raise and meanders around
Capo Nwtne mountain until Cairn Nome
is reached at the 12% mile post.
Thenre it continues around the face
of Cape Nome for 2% miles, when it
again reitiirms to the sea beach, along
which it continues to Safety, 2i miiles
distant from Nome. At Safety the
outlet from the lagoon caused by the
Flambeau and Eldorado rivers, there
is a ferry 1.250 feet in length. From
Safety the road follows the beach to
llonarza, 32 miles front Nome, where
by a 300 foot fen s -' ^ ^
Beyond Bon/ > ° rn^d follows
J Solonyvn river \ ^ •'3^
miles from Nome. Thence up East Fork
to Skookunt Pass. 5K miles from Norn •:
thence via. Skookunt I*aiss, 6 miles, to
the head of the Fox IMver. The road
thence continues about ten or twelve
.miles down Fox Hiiver to t!i Council
Tlit- work of the commission this
summer was done between Nome and
Ctsi.jie Nome. Solomon and Hast Fork
and on the Solomon corduroy.
NOME-FT. PA VIS.
Four hundred and twenty five dol
lars was spent on the Nome-Ft. Davis
section of the road. The work con
sisted of dragging and rolling: with
autotrucks; patching and repairing
chuck holes: and some minor repairs
to Hever.fl small bridges. During the
tiime the Army Air Ex|-edition was
here a road tender was kept on the
load on account of the heavy travel
between the Fort and Nome so as to
re.jio.lr ruts before they got bad. On
humlred and twenty five yards of
gravel were used in patching the road
at an average cost of $1.12. Six hun
dred feet of ditch was defined at a
cost of 3 cents a foot. Rolling and
dragging over the entire distance
ulrroounted
abutment
tadly damn.
f the bridge
: in Juno and
July and was repaired bv making an
apron of concrete in socks in and
around Iho piling constituting the
abutment. Six thousand three hundred
and seventy sacks of sand were placed
around the 'abutment and faced with
two thousand one hundred and twenty
sacks of concrete mixture, proportion
ed eight to one when not affected by
the current, and six to one in the cur
rent Four thousand odd sacks wove
secured from St A1 idhnel and 3.30f»
were purchased here at a cast of
$413.27. One foreman, five men and
one team constituted the work crew
employed. A wheel scraper and itenim
was used to bring the gravel from the
beach. The team was also used In
handling materials borrowed from Ft.
Davis and was employed for sixty four
days at a cost of $810.00. An average
of twenty seven sacks of material
were placed daily. The total labor cost
was $4,473.00. The overhead cost,
proportionate share, of exchange truck
hauling, etc. with additional material.
mu anted to $442.25. making a total
expenditure for the work >f $6,138.52.
The heaviest work was done on the
l't. Davis-Pape Nome section of the
road and connection was made with
the road around Cape Nome, con
st mated in 1013, with Territorial
funds. The total expenditure was
? 12.150.59. The camp equipment was
inn! d by the motor trucks and sup
jii#s during the season by the Ford
curs. The month of July was exces
sively rainy and the ground was wet
through, making it lu ml to haul and
re'tuiring considerable -work on all pull
roads from borrow pits.
\V}ork was started August 13th. and
finished October 13th. Altout 1H miles
of new road was constructed. The
grouml over which it w.is built was
very wet and boggy and for 3.000 feet
it was necessary to lay a foundation
of rock on which to build the road.
The rock used for this purpose wis
hauled an average haul of about one
thousand feet frotai Cape Nome moun
tain. Six hundred and eighty three
yurtfcs of rook were used at a cost of
$1.75 per yard for loading, hauling and
placing. A little over a mile of grad
ing was done. using a six-horse team,
at a cost of $1,085.00. The roadway
was made sixteen feet wide and the
average cut was 2 Ms Teet. Yhe road
was surfaced for a distance of one
mile. The surfacing averaged about
twelve inches deep and was placed on
the iroad at a cost of $2 5r* per yard.
Ten eulbertis were put in. the lum- |
'ber used being obtained from Ft.!
IXivis or from purchase of second hand
lumber in None . The total labor on I
culberts in place cost $216.00.
The entire road from the 10 mil •
post was ditched, Fmui the 10 mil©
}s»st. to the 10*4 mile post, the old ditch
was denned out and deepened, while
from the 11 mile po6t on. a burm
ditch was run the entire length of -the
road at an average distance of 12f
to 20 feet from the rood and a drain
ditch was also made alongside th*1
ixmd and the bank sloped. A total
of 12.862 feet of ditch was constructed
at a poet of $1,200 or at an average
cost of a little over nine cents a fiH»t.
Two men were employed for thirty
days in filling ruts levelling the rood
and cleaning the ditches from the I
mile |M»st.
One fiH made at the 11 ‘v
was 17 2 !.£ feet long. 16 feet wide anti
3 feet deep comprising three hundred
Was $306.00.
Two hoppers for loading snivel into 1
the .into trucks was also constructed
from lumber obtained at Ft. Davis.
The hoppers were made in sections and
hauled to Hastings Creek. Construc
tion and material cost w?us $140.00 cx
rlunlve of lumber. Hauling and plac
ing «xime to about $100 more, bringing
'lie cost in place to about $240. j
The entire cost of the work done or |
this section of the road were divided
cjs follows:
I took foundation (3000 ft.) $1,195.
25: rtraiHwr (5740 ft.) $1,085.00; Sur
facing (5280 ft.) $6,600.00; Culverts
(10 .in number) $216.00: Ditching
(12,860 ft.) $1,200.00: Repairing (5
eniSles) $548.00; Fill at 11% mile post.
(I72%xl6x3) $306.00; Hopper. $240.00;
Overhead, hauling, etc $760.24; Total
The rtoad around Cape Nome was
ditched all the wtiy <>n the upper side
and slide was shoveled off at a cost • »f ]
$219.50. The slope has not yet set |
on this road and will require work
far same years to omne in clearing off
Only a small amount of work was
don'- on the Cepe Nome-Solomon road.
The only expenditure on this part was
for the salary of the ferryman at Safe
ty and Bonanza, and a sfight up-keep
charge. Total expenditures $805.64.
Quite extensive werk was done on
the Solomon- Fast Fork road, the to
l ;i.I expendiiture being $9,191.49 Coni -
mene.iniff at the Bonanza ferry, the road
\v;us willow corduroyed for two thous
and feeit^ as a cost of $1,142.00, two
culverts 2x3x16 feet were placed at a
oast of $46.08 for lumber and labftr.
second hand lumber being l*>ught at
Solomon. The yardage cof»t of cor
duroy was $2.64. A fill was also
made on the Overland Mail trail,
rros.sinis' a deep slougih between the
mad and the Post Office a* Solomon
Fight loads of willows were laid in the
bottom of the slough and held in
place w'th three loads of drift log*,
wired iso as to make a complete bind of
all. on w>h3ch was laid sod and grave!
A culvert 3%x4x6 feet was placed in
the middle of the fill. The fill was
made in 10 days, is 150 fee* long. II
fort wide, and 4% feet high. A total
■ >f three lumdred ami fifty yards of
material was used in the fill. The
total cost for the whole was $890.19.
From itlie Bonanza Roadhouse a
dressing of gravel was placed on the
mad for si distance of 2,000 feet at a
total cost of $520 and a yardage price
uf $2.34. From n pofnt about 3.000
feet from the Bonanza Roadhouse, a
willow corduroy wats laid around a
hr ml in the Solomon river where the
road had befn washed out: a culvert
was replaced in the new road, which
hud also been walied out. and the road
was willow corduroyed in spots to a
point about one mile distant from the
Itoadhouso. The cost was $1,660. The
uventffe yardage cost for snivel placed
on the road wtis $2.50. Six hundred
feet of ditch was also made at a cost)
of 6 cents per foot.
From this |*oint to Oro Kino several
holes were patchod and some willow
corduroy was laid totaling 2.82R feet,
at a cost of $*22. At Oro Kino the tail
ins piles were levelled off for a dis
tance of 1.300 feet at a cost of $250,
at the point where the road leaves the
ion" containing two hundred and ten
vards at a cost of $1.50 per yard. About
» quarter mile above this point a ford
was tilled with rock, lowering the
depth of the water so as to be pass
able at all times Sixty loads of rook
were hnuled and placed at a cost of
$-00. At Penny Creek the road ^was
washed out and a new road had to he
made over a marshy seotio l of tundra.
A brum ditch was run above the road
at a cost of $1.50. The road Was
I eavily brushed with willows and cov
ered with gjravel at a cost of $2.93 per
yard and a total cost of $2,003.
Tip* next work wsls on the tailing
(dies at Bast Fork, to allow the teams
sjoing to the- Cam De Pttga better fa
cilities in getting out of the river.
They were levelled off for a distance
>»f 350 feett. and a bank was cut and
level led at a cost of $300. From First
Fork to the Council corduroy no ex
|K>nd/iture was made The Council civ
iluroy was patched in several places,
one or two of the jfmtnll bridges were
repaired, and the ditch cleaned to al
low for hotter drainage. The tram
icrofw Hear Creek having become en
dangered, was taken down stream and
rebuilt. The total expenditures were
(lenrifo J. Waldheim acted as for-*-|
man on this route, up Uvand including
Capo Nome. Kdwnrd I toll n was fore
man on *he Solomon- Fast Fori: sec
hlon and W. K. Taylor was fornmun
on the Council corduroy.
Considerable work was done on the
N'ome to Bessie road under the fore
inn nsh ip of flcorge J. Waldheim. This
is the most important road leading
r ut of Nome and the nmost hauling is
done over it. It was badly rutted, as
hut littl • work was done on it during
the past two years. The * nicks were
used to dross, drag, and roll it. The
total expenditure was $2,305.47. The
entire road was <1 nigged and rolled
and 7.000 feet was re-dressed to a ;
depth of six inehes.
Following is a brief summary of the
wolrk done on other roads closely ad
jacent to Nome:
Bessie-Banner, fteo. J. Waidhehn,
foreman—The bridge et Banner sta
tion was washed out and .the road
I sully rutted. Bridge was replaced, all
material being hauled by the truck's,
some dreslng was done by the trucks,
and the mad for its entire length was
gone over and all ruts filled. The to
tal cost was $986.70.
Nomc-Osliorn, flr-orge J. Waldheim,
forunun—This is an important road
and will require extensive work next
.s(*ason. Some patching was done on It
this season ami the ditches were clean
ed for its entire length. Also a tram
was installed over Nome River at the
mouth of Oslsirn creek tinder the fore
mam h:p of C.hris Ncibhur. at a erst
for labor and material, of a little over
. The total expenditure on the
Nome-Buster, Oeo. .1. Waldheim,
foreman—This road was dragged and
rolled for a distance of 3 miles; a
bridge crossing Dry Creek, was washed
out once, was rebuilt; a fill being made
with wheel harrows. The ditches were
cleaned for the entire length. Total
expenditure $1,413.26^
The Sinrok ferry was maintained at
the cost of ferryman’s wages, four
months at $75.00 per month, or $300.
Cripple River roil—This road was
maintained at the request of Superin
tendent Jones, h.v Mr. Frank Hall, as
it would cost more to send a camp
outfit up there than to have him sup
ervise the work. The rood follows *he
ibed of Cripple River. Due to exces
sive .rain, the river was high nil sum
mer and the work consisted of brushing
across points so as to cut out fords,
and willow corduroying was also done
at two points where fording could lie
avoided. The cost was $533.20.
Submarine Payatraak, Chris NeJ
hhur. foreman—From the *hree and
one half mile poet this irond was ex
tended for a quarter of a mile. A bot
tom. of rock was laid and a dressing of
gravel to the depth of one foot was
placed on it. Ditches wore cleaned and
culverts repaired. Total expenditure
Nome Wireless, (Jen. .1. W'ald'ulm.
foreman-—Tills mad badly woij as it!
has had no work done on it for several
length, druaved and rolled, the trucks
being used for all of the work. Total
Mouth of Center Creek, (Jeo. J.
Waldheim, foreman—The bridge at
Center Creek washed out by high
water ww repaired, holes were patch
ed. and the road rolled and dragged.
Total cost $408.50.
Anvil-Glacier,—A footbridge over
Snake. IWver! Installed by the Territor
ial Hoad Commission near Cllacier
Creek, went out and the materials con
tained in It were used by the Commis
sion to make a itram. which was in
istalted under the direction of Chnis
Nelbhur. The construction cost was
$150. A road tender was employed In
September to dean the ditches and
for general up-keep. The total ex
penditure was $334.25.
Snake River Extension—A road
tender was employed to do eoine
patching, clean ditches, and repair cul
verts Total exiwndi turns $216.
Candle- Candle Creek, J. C. Ken
nedy foreman—This road was com
plete^ to I’iitterson Creek. Three
thousand five hundred and eighty four
feet of new rood wus made of willovr
corduroy: 2.480 feet of road were sur
faced, and the whole road patched.
Ten culverts were plsiced at a c*»*t for
lal*or and material of about $50 each.
Two thousand four hundred and thirty
feet of ditch was also dug .at a cost of
(Continued on i*ige 7>
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