Railroads
and Trails
Some Important Enterprises That
May Come to the Yukon River
at Rampart.
To Build from the Tanana.
Articles of incorporation of the Tanana
Valley Kailroad Company have been
filed in Maine, the purpose of the com
pany being to acquire the Tanana Mines |
railroad and construct sther lines and
extensions as follows:
rrom ( liena through the valley oi
Gold Stream to the junction of Bedro
and Gilmore creeks, a distance of about
22 miles; thence continuing to and
along the valleys of the Chatanika river
and Birch creek, or by the most feasible
route, to Circle on the Yukon river, a
distance of about 180 miles.
From Chena to Fairbanks, and thence
in a southeasterly direction along the
valley of the Tanana river by the most
feasible route to a point on the 141st
meridian at or near where the same
crosses the said Tanana river, a distacce
of about 250 miles.
From Chena in a northerly direction
through and along the valleys of Gold
Stream, Chatanika, Baker and Minook
creeks, or by the most feasible route, to
a point on the Yukon river at or near
Uampart, a distance of about 100 miles.
A branch line or lines from Chena to
and along Cripple and Ksther creeks, a
distance of about 10 miles.
A branch line from a point about 20
miles from Chena on the line first above
described, to Fairbanks and Cleary
creeks, a distance of about 15 miles:
and such other branches and extensions
as may he found desirable or expedient.
The amount of capital stock is $1,300,
000, $1,000,000 ot which is common and
the balance preferred. Bar value of
shares is $100.
Falcon .Joslyn, president of the Tanana
Mines road, has been in the east for
some time past in the interest of his
company, and it was through his instru
mentality that arrangements were set
on foot for the immediate extension of
tlw svstelu.
Alaska-SIberia Railway.
Tt»' pri'liminary nurvp.v party of the
Alaska-Siheria railway, under ('apt. .1.
.1. Healey, is now aetunlly in (lie field,
having left Itnwson to t>e;;in work the
first >>f the present month.
Chief Knuineer .lamer Watson has
HOT SPRINCS TRADINC POST
HOT SPRINGS, ALASKA.
We have a full supply of the best brands of groceries and provisions. Our prices
are right. Low as the lowest. Take advantage of the short trail. New hotel open.
We supply all your needs, from hotel accommodations and natural hot baths to
provisions for the winter. Come and see us.
F. G. MANLEY, PROPRIETOR
announced that the ]»artv will follow
the route already decided upon and
known to he feasible.
It is the intention of the road to con
nect at Stewart Crossing with thetirand
Trunk 1’aeitie. It will then follow the
Yukon to the White; the White to I.a
due creek, and the easy grade of that
stream to the international boundary.
From there it is a matter of selecting
one of a dozen routes to the headwaters
of tin’ Tanuna, not far distant, and that
stream will be followed to Fairbanks.
Front Fairbanks the road will run al
most in a direct line to Rampart where
the Yukon wall again be crossed. The
road from there will have but few obsta
cles in making a straight line to Cape
Prince of Wales.
The promoters intend to make the
line as straight as possible, with the
least possible grade, and w ill not swing
it to take in any towns, preferring to
bnild branch lines.
Wire Up the Yukon.
A press dispatch says that the senate
committee on military affairs Feb. 4
gave Senator Ankeny of Washington
assurance that it would include in the
army appropriation bill the sum of
$190,000 for the construction of a tele
graph line from Valdez to Fairbanks,
and for the extension of a line from
Rampart or Fairbanks to Circle.
It has been very generally recognized
for some time that telegraphic commu
nication with Circle will he established.
Whether the line will he extended up
the river from Rampart or run across
country from Fairbanks is a mooted
question. Construction from Fairbanks
might Ik* enough cheaper to cause favor
able consideration of that route; but
the Yukon river tratlic and the Chand
lar. Porcupine and other northern sec
tion-* seem destined todevelop so rapidlv
that a line along the river will soon be
a necessity.
However the matter of route may lie
settled, it <*eujiis to Ik* reasonably cer
tain that Circle iat hist nearing tin*
happy time when the old camp will Ik*
connected with the rest of the world bv
wire.
I.ater re|*»rts say tin* committee in
cl it* lev I tin IPm.UliM in tin* appropriation
bill, as had Ikk'H ri commended, and the
nioiiet wilt surely l*-conie available for
the telegraph lines
Trail to Council.
Ma)*‘r iiirk»itr«l«m **t tin Aht»k % r»m«l
»n, hii<* tnaitif* n • tv**|» in
fvrvwt in th** ynnwwnl m.iil an* I |«tt« It
trail Iwltwn hirNink^ aii«I • •Hinrtl
I .»•*! ti»*«uili »l»«*n !»*• lit**1 I n
rv^Mfl |i» l)»r .
SOME RACY RIPPLES FROM TIDEWATER
Stirred up by the Douglas Island News.
An Original Location Notice.
Tlit- following gt'iii was found in an
almost inaccessible region of a certain
mining district west of here and brought
to this office. It was an actual location
notice and dated June 28, 11)05:
This is to certify,
Since all the earth is taken,
Ye mineral cranks and grubstake fiends,
My faith in you is shaken;
For I've traversed stream and mountain
With my bundle on my back,
And yet I’ve seen no vacant ground
On which to lay my pack.
On trees in all directions
Are posted up locations
By Knglishmen and Irishmen
Ami men of all the nations;
Some have taken placer ground
And others lodes have taken,
And some, have taken water rights,
I’nless I’m much mistaken.
Now, therefore, being a citizen,
And considered of sound mind,
I take this \^iy to tell you
That I have made a find,
And here I |«ist this notice up
That all may plainly see
I hereby claim the right of way
Both up and down this tree.
Now, tenderfoot and pilgrims
Of every clime and nation.
Just take a friendly warning
Without more explanation.
I'o not attempt to jump my claim
Or on it to tresjiass.
For should I run across you
I'll surely.
The balance of the writing was so
weather lionten as to make it impossible
to decipher.
A Slight Mistake.
There is a joke being told here at the
expense of a modest young newspaper
man in a neighboring town which is so
good it ought to be true. The young
man in question, it appears, was recent
ly invited to a party at the residence
where the home had recently been
blessed with an addition to the family.
Accompanied by his best girl, he met
his kind hostess at the door, and after
customary salutations, asked after the
welfare of the baby. The lady was suf
fering from a severe cold, which made
tier slightly deaf, and she mistakenly
supposed that the young man was in
quiring about her cold. She replied
that, though she usually had one every
winter, this was the worst she had ever
had; it had kept her awake at night a
great deal and confined her to her bed.
Then, noticing that the scribe was be
coming pale and nervous, she said she
could see by his looks that he was going
to have one just like hers, and asked
him if he wished to lie dow n. The paper
came out as usual next week, but the
editor has given up inquiring about
babies.
One On the Infants.
In a little town in Nova Scotia are two
churches, situated in the two divisions
of tin- village locally designated as the
“North End” and “South End." At a
Sunday morning service the officiating
clergyman read the following notice:
"There will tie preaching at 11 o'clock
next Sunday morning in the church at
the North End, and at A o'clock in the
afternoon at the South End. Infants
will lie baptised at Imth Ends."
tsiry of war, Major Kit-liar'Unn -aronjtlv
iirtfi'il tIn* trail '' ni-vr-o-itv ami ai-knl an
aililitional appropriation for tin- work.
Mr favor* Imil-linj.- tin- trail from Kair
luink* to l ili n ; thi'iifi- to tin-Yukon at
or m-ar li.impart; tln-nri- 'lown tin
Yukon to tin koy.'knk rivor, wln-n it
will Iravr tin- rivi-r ami |inrrwl by wav
of Norton >oiiml to f'oitnril ami -tlnr
point* in tVwartl prnin*ul».
Tin- liirbank* Tinm* i*f IVb. 7 *ny*
t aptnin l*tlMniry. of tin- rovut lommtu
-ioii, ha* arriv—I ovt-r tin- Yal-h-t trail
for tin- purpmn- of n-|«irtlo|f tin- nmnta
for improvptm-nl on that rmite.
taptain I’ilUlnirv -ai-l a m»*l pnvtion
of tin- <|iinrtrr nitllton iloUur* appi -pri
atnl for r--«'l« wilt In- u-nl in n-akimr ••(
tin- pr»*» nt trail a highway abn-h van
bn tMnl both *nt»uo-r atnl winter.
The
Miners Store
rm ivnl a full un«| rmnplftc
tine *>f
Men’s Furnishing
Goods.
SPECIALTIES:
Underwear,
Overshirts.
Socks
\l*«» il line nf
Groceries,■sssr