WEEKLY PROGRESS REPORTS.
Anchorage Division.
Following are the progress reports of the various de
partments of Anchorage Division for the week ending Feb
ruary 17, 1917:
MAINTENANCE OF WAY.
Water Service and Plumbing.
The forces of this department were engaged during the
week on the usual repair and maintenance work around
the Terminal, principally in thawing out frozen water pipes
and fire hydrants.
Eklutna Bank Protection.
H. Challstorp & Company, the contractors on this pro
ject, finished the work during the period and transferred
j their outfit to Anchorage.
Eska Creek Coal Spur.
Contracts for clearing and grubbing right-of-way for
the Eska Creek coal branch have been awarded, each gang,
which comprises ten men each, being given seventy sta
tions of this work. As soon as sufficient land has been
cleared the work of grading will be begun.
Bridge and Building Department.
During the past week the forces of this department have
been engaged in plac.ng foundations for various machines
in the machine shop it Anchorage. Work was also started
on the construction of twelve outfit car bodies, which are
being made so they can be removed from the flat cars on
which they will be placed and set up on blocking along the
track.
Mechanical Department.
Heavy repairs are being made to engine 265. Eight re
pairs were made to engines 221 and 280. Minor equipment
repair work also occupied considerable time of the shop
force during the period. The jib crane in the blacksmith
shop has been completed and is ready for operation. At
the power plant two boilers are in continuous operation, the
(third being used as an auxiliary. The fourth boiler is not
Akin service.
MATANUSKA DISTRICT.
Matanuaka Branch.
Work on the Matanuska Branch is progressing rapidly
under the present favorable weather conditions. The only
difficulty other than those usually encountered is in the
removal of ice to permit fills to settle to the bottom of the
river at points where the river channel is close to the
center line. 4 A steam boiler with hose and thawing points
are being used on this work successfully.
There are at present 77 Commission employees on the i
Matanuska Branch above Kings River, and 299 stationmen.
The number of head of stock on the Matanuska Branch
has been reduced to 36, though in the near future when
the stationmen’s hauls become longer the number will
necessarily be increased.
^ Main Line.
On the Main Line freighting and camp building is go
ing ahead satisfactorily. The roads are in excellent shape
for hauling heavy loads. |
All the bridges have been driven as far north as the
flats of the Little Susitna, and in the course of ten days
the piledriver crew should be ready to commence the Little
Susitna structure. ,
It is planned to put on a small crew of bridge carpen
ters during the course of the coming week to complete the
decking of the structures between Matanuska and the Lit
tle Susitna.
TURNAGAIN ARM DISTRICT.
Clearing Right-of-Way.
Good progress is being made clearing right-of-way be
tween Indian Creek and one mile north of Glacier Creek.
Grading.
All grading contractors are doing satisfactory work.
Rasmunson & Company put off a coyote shot at Station
2398, between Rainbow and McHugh Creeks, which moved
2500 cubic yards of rock with 3500 pounds of black powder.
Bernard Nelson & Company, at Station 2400, moved 13,000
cubic yards of rock with 18,750 pounds of powder. An
other successful coyote shot 'was made by John Gustafson
& Company at Station 2587, between Sheep and Potter
Creeks, who took out 6000 yards of rock with 8750 pounds
of black powder.
The Commission forces working in the large cut one
and one-half miles south of Potter Creek are making ef
fective progress. Two jack hammers are being used on
this work driving coyote holes.
Force Report.
There were 786 employees on the District at the close |
of the period, classified as follows: Commission force 191, i
stationmen 573, and stationmen’s laborers 22.
Miscellaneous.
The recent snow has placed the trail in excellent con- j
dition for hauling material and supplies.
The logs for the mess house and bunk house at the new
camp at Bird Point, No. 83, have been cut, and the walls
are partly in place.
TELEGRAPH ANI) TELEPHONE DEPARTMENT.
Telegraph and Telephone.
A small force is now engaged in improving the service i
on the Matanuska Branch. Standard cross-arms and a pair j
of copper-clad wires are being installed between Mata
nuska and Palmer, on poles that were set at the close of
last construction season. This will do away with much of
the small No. 14 iron wire, and lessen the resistance con
siderably. The work of closing the gap between the Mata-!
nuska and Talkeetna districts is nearing completion.
The telephone switchboard at Potter Creek is now in j
operation.
There is no work going on in the other districts except j
the routine maintenance and operation.
Electric Light and Power.
One Commission and sixteen commercial meters were
installed during the week. There will be no more com
mercial lighting connected until additional plant facilities
are provided.
Five street light fixtures with 500-watt lamps have
been installed in the terminal yards, and one on Christen
sen’s Road in the townsite. Another 15 h. p. motor has
been installed in the machine Shop.
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