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via
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On the ALL RAIL
Scenic Shasta Route
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Through Standard Sleeping'Cars from Seattle and Port
land to San Francisco and Los Angeles. Dining
and Observation Cars.
ARE YOU GOING EAST?
The cost via California is practicaly the same as on the
Northern Routes.
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C. M. ANDREWS, D. F. & P. A.
712 Second Avenue.SEATTLE. WASH.
SOUTHERN
PACIFIC LINES
Make It a Smokeless, Dustless,
Gasless, Trip East This Year
In addition to the cleaner conditions due to
Electrification, you’ll enjoy the comfortable
accommodations and you’ll like the little
courtesies incident to “Milwaukee” service.
Both Steamship Co.’s act as Milwaukee agents in Anchorage.
A. E. HARRIS, Traveling Passenger Agent, Juneau.
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
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Going East
Through Rates from Anchorage 1
Eastern Destinations Are in *Effec1
via the
ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
THE ADMIRAL LINE
To California and the South via Portland and the mag
nificent steamships “Great Northern” and “Northern
Pacific.”
A. S. DAUTRICK .Traveling Freight and Passenger Agent, Room 18,
Valentine Building.
T. J. MOORE, City Passenger Agent, Second and Columbia, Seattle
Wash.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
Fast and commodious steamers sailing between Seattle, Ketchikan,
Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez and Seward.
.Lieave L,eave
Seattle Seward
Dec. 1 Mariposa .Dec. 8
Dec. 8 Alameda .Dec. 15
Dec. 16, Mariposa.Dec. 23
Dec. 24, Alameda.Dec. 31
I Leave Leave
| Seattle Seward
Jan. 1, Mariposa .Jan. 8
Jan. 8, Alameda .Jon. 15
|Jan. 16, Mariposa.Jan 23
[Jan. 24, Alameda.Jan. 31
J. J. LAN KIN,
Agent.
F. B. TRACY.
General Agent.
PACIFIC STEAMSHIP CO.
ADMIRAL LINE
mailings irom oewara 10
Seattle and Alaskan Ports
Date Steamers
Dec. 7 . WATSON
Dec. 17.EVANS
Dec. 27.WATSON
Sailings Seattle to Seward
10th, 20th, and 30th each Month
mailings irom Seattle to
CALIFORNIA
Mondays, Fridays & Saturdays
Steamers
President, Governor, Queen,
Senator, Umatilla, Admiral
Schley and Admiral Dewey.
Sfi
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ROUTE.
San Francisco to Los Angeles, daily except Sunday.
San Francisco to San Diego, Monday, Thursday and Saturday.
STEAMERS HARVARD, YALE, PRESIDENT, GOVERNOR,
ADMIRAL SCHLEY AND ADMIRAL DEWEY.
Schedule Subject to Change Without Notice.
For Full Particulars, T. B. WATSON, Agent, Anchorage, Alaska.
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REPORT OF
PROGRESS ON
(Alaska Railroad Record.)
Anchorage Division.
Following are the progress report
of the various departments of An
chorage division for the week endinj
November 25:
Maintenance of Way—Tracklaying
During the week a total of 1,56<
feet of side track was laid at Kuney
This connects up the side track at tha
point.
Buildings.
The contract work on the three
room cottages on Anchorage townsit<
was completed and work on the five
room cottages progressed satisfac
j torily. Cottage No. 25 is now read}
I for occupancy. The carpenter work or
! cottages Nos. 24, 26 and 27 is finisher
! and the plastering completed in twr
| of them. The army mess hall is '.)i
! per cent complete, with the exceptior
j of the interior fixtures. No work was
; done during the week on the Anchor
j age school house, hut lathing will be
I begun the first of next week. The in
j terior carpenter work at Hospital No,
2 lias been completed, excepting the
j installation of elevators and dumb
j waiters and the making of fixtures,
j A concrete floor was laid in the Com
I missioner’s residence and part of the
i heating system installed.
Painting.
Cold weather prevented the painting
j of the power plant and the machine
j shop- Pair progress was made on the
interior of Hospital No. 2, the first
| floor painting being about 40 per cent
complete and the second floor about
00 per cent. No painting has yet
been done on the basement or on the
third floor. The painting of the cot
tages progressed as rapidly as the
carpenter and other work permitted.
Water Service and Plumbing.
At Machine Shop No. 1 and at some
: of the residences the water pipes froze
during the week but all have been re
' paired. A stove and water coils were
| installed in the terminal water tank.
The plumbing has been completed in
: cottages Nos. 21, 25, 26, 28, 32, 34, 35
! and 36. Except for the installation of
two fixtures on the third floor the
| plumbing of Hospital No. 2 is finished.
Steam Heating.
Satisfactory progress was made
during the week in the installation of
] heating equipment in cottages Nos.
19 ,24, 25, 26 and 29 ,and in Anchor
age school house.
Mechanical Department.
Running repairs were made on en
gines Nos. 1, 225, 265 and 280. Some
progress was made in the installation
of the steam hammer, but nothing
was done toward setting up the other
equipment in the machine shop- A
force was at work practically all week
fitting up engines and machinery in
the new power plant. The usual
amount of miscellaneous work was
performed for private parties during
the period. The tinsmiths were en
gaged during the week making roof
plates and safety flues for the Potter
Creek store, the army mess hall, and
for the employees’ cottages on the
Tumagain Arm and Matanuska dis
' tricts.
Electrical Department.
Fair progress was made with the
installation of machinery and the as
sembling of the switchboard in the
power plant. The walling-in of the
second battery boilers was practically
completed, and a small force was en
gaged in laying concrete coundations.
TEL. AND TEL. DEPARTMENT.
Seward Division.
All construction men have been laid
off and there is no work in progress,
with the exception of certain installa
tions and changes in connections,
which are being done by the main
m«Mmce force. . >-i ■
The close of the season finds 52
miles of permanent line on the Sew
ard end of the main line, and six
miles on the Anchorage end, leaving
> a gap of approximately the same dis
tance on which the wires are hung
only temporarily.
Anchorage-Matanuska.
This line is now on a good perma
nent operating basis. Both the tele
graph and telephone are working, and
booths and section houses have been
connected in such manner that no one
circuit will have to be depended upon
for keeping up communication.
Matanuska Branch.
Booths are being placed in position.
The head of the temporary line is now
between Camp 28 and Hole-in- the
Wall.
Matanuska-Talkeetna.
Material is now en route for closing!
! the gap between Mile 174 and Mon
| tana creek with a temporary line
[ which will connect the 37 miles al
ready in operation in the Talketna
district with Anchorage. This work
will be commenced as soon as the Mat
anuska branch line has reached Chick
aloon.
Turnagain Arm.
Three wires now run from Anchor
| age to Potter Creek, where a small
j is being installed.
Townsite Telephone Exchange.
Four new telephones were installed
i i during the week, but no other work is
in progress, as the entire force has
! been kept busy at electric light and
i, power construction.
The number of commercial tele
} phones in use was 91; official tele
phones in use 61; and the number of
withheld orders 16.
Electric Light and Power,
s Practically all the poles and anch
- ors have been placed. Cross-arms,
r wire, transformers and other equip
ment will be in place when the plant
. is ready.
The electric plant which has been
lighting the docks has been moved to
the temporary plant near the general
| office building. A larger generator
intended for the wood-working shop
has been connected to' this plant,
which is now of sufficient capacity to
furnish light for warehouse No. 1,
mess house No. 1, bunk houses Nos.
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, the central heating
plant and the cold storage plant.
The generator formerly used for
general office and warehouse lighting
which is a part of the radio equipment,
has been transferred to Hospital No.
2. When tested, the wiring was found
to be in perfect working condition.
Work on the motor generators,
switchboards and other apparatus in
I the power plant is progressing satis- i
! factorily, and lights are being instal- I
led in the central heating plant.
! TURNAGAIN ARM DISTRICT.
Clearing Right-Of-Way.
Satisfactory progress is being made j
! clearing right-of-way between one
mile north of Glacier creek and three
quarters of a mile north of Indian
creek.
Grading.
The temporary trestle just north of
Big Rabbit creek will be filled in with
in two days. The material is being
hauled m miles by an 18-ton narrow
gauge locomotive and a train of 12
qar.s.
, One station gang, Tsakumis & Co.,
I completed their contract at Rainbow
creek during the week.
Nineteen grading contracts were let
during the period to the following sta
tionmen:
C. P. Anny & Co., John Gustafson
& Co., Tom Brock & Co., N. Kleven
& Co., Swan Adrin & Co., N. W. Sjos
edt & Co., Louis Prezinso & Co., E.
Burgland & Co., Andrew Fredrickson
& Co., P. McCormick & Co., Charles
Larson & Co., A. Hall & Co., M. Chris
toferson & Co., Frank Mathison &
Co., Fred Chalman & Co., O. Bostrom
& Co., Andrew Lindquist & Co., M.
Beckstrom & Co., M. Kasevitch & Co.
The above contractors are now en
gaged in erecting their camps and
making preparations for active work.
There are 30 grading contractors on
the work between Falls creek and Pot
ter creek, and within tne days the en
tire line between those points, which
includes the heaviest rock work on
Tumagain Arm, will be covered by
contracts.
Buildings.
The repairs to the warehouse at
| Rainbow creek, which was damaged by
! wind, have been completed. All the
; buildings at Potter Creek, except the
i office building, have been finished.
; The latter structure was started dur
i ing the week. The field hospital at
Sheep creek is about 75 per cent com
; plete; that at Rainbow is completed.
Camps.
Camps 94, 96 and 98 are about 95
per cent completed. Work on the per
manent camp at Falls creek, Camp 91,
was started during the week, and Res
ident Engineer Bauer will move there
shortly.
MATANUSKA DISTRICT.
Matanuska Branch.
The camp building at Kings river
is about 90 per cent complete; that at
Camp 28, three miles east of Kings
river, is about 50 per cent complete.
At Mile 36, Chickaloon forks, the win- ,
ter camp is approximately 75 per cent
The wagon road between Kings riv
er and Mils 28 has been completed;
also the pack trail south from Chicka
loon forks.
During the week the following con
tracts for work on the branch line
were let:
John Fumo & Co., from station 174
to 200; Christ Pappadis & Co., station
242 to 277; Tony Pappas & Co., sta
tion 200 to 242; Frank Svarko & Co.,
station 305 to 328 plus 60; N. Davis
& Co., station 118 to 145.
It is the intention to let" additional
contracts next week.
Main Line. .
The driving of bridge 23 has been
completed, and the piledriver has been
moved to Wassilla creek bridge site.
Camp 156 has been practically closed
down and will hereafter be used as a
noon feeding station for freight
teams and for the accommodation of
the bridge crew. Work in the vicinity
of Camp 166 is progressing favorably.
During the week Kosmos & Co. and
Harris & Co. finished their contracts.
Material and supplies are now being
The Royal Cafe
llie new eating house on Fourth Avenue
Caterers to first-class trade.
Bo::es for private parties.
Lunch Counter.
ATHANS & PAPPADOPGLQS .... Props.
1 Com ins All Outside Rooms
Absolutely Fire-Proof
BEST IN THE CITY
New Richmond
Hotel
SEATTLE
RATES—Rooms with private bath,
SI.50 per day and upwards. Rooms
without Bath, SI.00 per day and up
wards. —A FREE AUTO BUS.
K. C. McCORMICK, Prop.
M. K. AlacRAE, Algr.
The Lang Stove, born in
Alaska.
Is the Stove for Alaskans.
Body made of Armco Rust
Resisting Iron.
Polished Cooking Surface.
Will hold fire overnight with
wood or coal.
" Will burn green wood.
Ask your dealer for a Latig
Stove.
If he cannot supply you write us.
Our line is complete from the small
est camp stove to the largest hotel
range.
Any sourdough will tell you about the
Lang Stove. They all know It.
1 F. S. LANG MFG. CO.
SEATTLE. WN.
FRISCO CAFE
Everything in Season and Sendee the Very Best.
Private Boxes for Large or Small Parties.
ONCE A PATRON ALWAYS A PATRON
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT.
When at the Junction stay at the
New Matanuska Hotel
Cafe, Barber shop, News-stand and Cigar Store in Con
nection
Just opened M. J. ROCHE, Prop.
lauled to Camp 174, which will be th<
rase of supplies for the new camp t(
>e established north of the Little Su
sitna river as soon as there is enougl
snow to permit freighting.
A camp building outfit has been or'
janized and will soon start building
samps at Brownes lake, Mile 180 am
it Willow creek, Mile 187.
Matanuska Townsite.
The cottages under construction ai
Matanuska are 95 per cent completi
ind should be ready for occupancy
shortly after Thanksgiving.
SEWARD DIVISION.
Folowing is the progress report o:
;he Seward division for the week end
ng November 25:
Bridges.
The Twenty-Mile river bridge, 16<
Feet of which went out on Novembe’
LI, has been repaired, and trains ari
low operating between Kern creel
ind Mile 53, and Mile 52 and Sew
ird, necessitating the use of the trai
jetween miles 52 and 63.
A glacier lake somewhere up Snow
riVer broke on the afternoon of No
> vember 29 and five piles of the Snow
river bridge were taken out by bocks
of ice. The damage will be repaired
soon.
Work on the Kern creek bridge is
progressing satisfactorily, the trestle
approach and false work being, now
completed.
Terminal Work.
The grading of the industrial spur ’
has been completed and the track laid.
About one-half of the ballast has been
applied.
On account of the transfer of the
piledrive outfit to Snow river bridge
for the purpose of repairing that
structure, wofk on the railroad ap
proach to the Seward dock has been
temporarily suspended. #
Contract Work.
i The stationmen engaged on the
■ Alaska Northern railroad work and
! those on Tumagain Arm are all mak^
ing good progress. * Wr
Contracts for furnishing railroad
ties have been let as follows: J. R.
Benn, 3,000 ties; Smith & Hagen,
2,000; R. W. Johnston, 2,000.