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WEEKLY PROGRESS REPORT ON RAILROAD PROJECT
(From the Alaska Railroad Record)
WEEKLY PROGRESS REPORTS.
Anchorage Division.
Following are the progress reports of the various de-;
partments of Anchorage Division for the week ending
February 10, 1917:
MAINTENANCE OF WAY.
Water Service and Plumbing.
The maintenance force in this department did the usual
amount of repair work necessitated by freeze-ups.
Eklutna River Protection.
Good progress was made on this work during the past
week and it will be completed within a few days.
Miscellaneous
The location of the Eska Creek coal branch was com
pleted during the week. The alignment on this branch is
very good but it will require a five per cent grade. Grading
and bridging will be very light. Construction work on this
branch will be started next week.
Piling is now being delivered for the extension to Dock
No. 2.
Mechanical Department.
A band saw has been placed in the machine shop. Light
repairs were made to engines Nos. 280, 221 and 225. The
installation of the plate rolls in the blacksmith shop is now
completed. The usual amount of miscellaneous work was
pertormed for the store and construction departments.
MATANUSKA DISTRICT.
Matanuska Branch.
The weather conditions during the past week have been
favorable for construction work, and good progress has
been made in consequence.
A coyote shot by Pete Iverson & Company at Hole-in
the-Wall brought down approximately 10,000 cubic yards
of material, proving unusually successful. The coyote was
loaded with about 6400 pounds of powder. A number of
smaller shots have been fired successfully by various other
stationmen during the period.
Freighting on the Branch is practically finished, and the
teams are now engaged principally in hauling blacksmith
coal from Chickaloon.
Main Line.
Freighting on the Main Line is going ahead so favor
ably that it is probable that all rail and cars required
south of the Kashwitna can be hauled, and the caches of
provisions established in the various camps between Little
Susitna and Kashwitna, before the spring break-up. All
cars required for the section between Willow Creek and
Kashwitna have been hauled, and about 1000 rails spotted,
and the distribution of rails and cars required north of
Willow Creek will be commenced within the next few
days.
Johnson & Company and Anderson & Company, right
of-way contractors, are making good progress between
Willow Creek and Sheep Creek. The former have already
cut three and one-half miles.
All structures have been driven by the piledriver crew j
as far as Station 6225, and they will move to the Little'
Susitna camp early in the weak.
Rice & Company and Piackus & Company have finished
their grading contracts, and the only remaining contractors
south of the Little Susitna, Olson & Company, will finish
about February 20.
TURNAGAIN ARM DISTRICT.
Clearing Right-of-Way.
About 35 per cent of the clearing is finished between
Indian Creek and one mile north of Glacier. The clearing
north of Indian Creek to Anchorage is completed, except
about 1000 feet just north of Indian Creek.
Grading.
Five, and possibly six, contractors will have their coy
ote holes and pockets made, loaded and shot during the
coming week. The shots will move from 2000 to 15,000
cubic yards of rock each.
•J. Bordin put off a shot at Station 2276, south of Rain
bow Creek, moving 2000 cubic yards of rock with 1000
pounds of black powder. C. Brudie & Co. moved 7000 cubic
yards with 10,000 pounds of powder at Station 2661, one
mile south of Potter Creek. At Station 2527 another suc
cessful shot was made, Charles Larson & Company moving
8000 cubic yards of rock with 10,000 pounds of powder.
All the other contractors are making good progress, as is
the Commission force using jack hammers in the large
cut south of Potter Creek.
Miscellaneous.
The thaw of last week has made it impossible to haul
from Rainbow to Falls Creek. Practically all the snow
has disappeared from the grade between Potter Creek and
Falls Creek. Turnagain Arm is open and there is clear
water up to the Rainbow dock.
The force on the District the past week numbered 804,
consisting of 573 stationmen, 42 stationmen’s laborers and
189 Commission force.
TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE DEPARTMENT.
Telegraph and Telephone.
The temporary construction on the Main Line has
reached Kashwitna, and a telephone with switching ar
rangements has been installed at that place.
The Seward-Anchorage telegraph circuit now runs via
Potter C^eek and Turnagain Arm. The line over the sum
mit is now used exclusively for telephone, and is to be
abandoned as soon as the trail across there is no longer in
use.
A small force at Potter Creek has about completed
switchboard installation at that point, and will be sent to
the Matanuska Branch to improve the service to that Dis
trict. It will be necessary to cut the line at Kings River
and install switching arrangements.
In the townsite, a 200-pair cable has been hung be
tween the central office and C street on the alley between
Third and Fourth streets, and a 100-pair cable from the
alley between Third and Fourth Streets on C to the
terminal yards. When connected these cables will care
for the Commission telephones in the yards and eliminate j
the 60-wire open lead now in use.
Electric Light and Power.
During the mild weather the work of cross-arming
poles fo^ service distribution has been in progress.
The meters installed now number 188. There were 5467
metered k. w. hours delivered during the month of January.
During the month of January, 1917, thirty accidents oc
curred on Anchorage Division, classified as follows: Minor
accidents (disability 3 days or less), 17; caused by use of
hand tools, 1; by flying particles, 1; by explosives, 1; by
collapse through falls of objects, 2; falls of persons, 4;
miscellaneous, 3; train service accidents, 1.
Seward Division Notes.
Following; are the progress reports of the various de
partments of Seward Division for the week ending Feb
ruary 10:
Seward Dock.
The west approach to the Seward dock, with a frontage
of 500 feet, has been completed. The warm storage plant,
adjoining the present warehouse on the dock, was finished
during the week.
Grading
The large cut and fill at Mile'9 has been finished, and
the steam shovel has been returned to the machine shop
for overhauling and repairs. Work on the Snow River
line change at Mile 14, which is being done by Sam Radish
& Company, is well under way. Excellent progress is be
ing made at Mile 34 by Nelson & Company, and E. C. Lar
son & Company are doing good work at Mile 45 on the
Spencer Glacier wing dam. The enlarging of Tunnel No.
3 is progressing favorably.
Bridges.
Bridge material is being distributed along the Alaska
Northern railway preparatory to the season’s work. The
framing of the Kern Creek structure has been discontinued
until spring, the piledriver having been removed from
Kern Creek to Glacier Creek for the purpose of driving pile
trestles in that vicinity.
Contracts.
The following contracts for work on Seward Division
have been awarded: Stalder & Jackson, for peeled piling;
Louis Nissen, peeled piling; Ramus & Johnson, cutting
firewood; Sam Radish & Company, grading; Hugo Fels &
Company, peeled piling; Frank Polich & Company, grad
ing; Lindsey & Chase, peeled piling; Charles Helmer &
Company, grading.
Contract Settlements.
The following settlements were made with contractors
during the period: Dan Agdaba & Company, $9255.54;
Erick Nelson, $6840.60; E. R. Peterson, $10,066.80.
Disbursements.
The total disbursements of the Seward office for the
period ending February 14 were $7300.75.
Force Report.
The total number of employees on the Division Febru
ary 10 was 495, as follows: Headquarters office 15, en
gineering 22, shop and yards 37, stores and docks 27, track,
grade and ballast 123, bridges 22, stationmen 194, station
men’s laborers 55.
YARD AND STREET LIGHTS PLACED.
Pending the installation of a permanent system of yard
and street lighting in the spring, the Commission has
placed six lamps of 500 candle-power each about the ter
minal yards and in the vicinity of the Commission cot
tages on Government Hill and Anchorage Townsite. The
lights are installed on high poles which are so distributed
as to illuminate a wide expanse of territory.
PANAMA EQUIPMENT FOR RAILROAD.
(From The Panama Canal Record, Jan. 17, 1917.)
The cargo of equipment formerly used on the Canal
which has been prepared for shipment to the Alaskan En
gineering Commission, as noted in the Canal Record of
June 14, 1916, is still awaiting transportation. It is stored
on the old French pier at Balboa. It is expected, however,]
that it will be lifted some time in February by the steam- ;
ship Turret Crown, which is due February 15. The only j
material which has gone forward from the Canal for the |
Alaskan Engineering Commission is a shipment of 47,000 j
pounds of copper wire, which was forwarded to San Fran-1
cisco on September 21 on the steamship San Juan of the j
Pacific Mail Steamship Company.
The material waiting on the pier consists of 50 Lidger
wood flat cars, 11 locomotives, 2 steam shovels, and 5 dump
cars. The Commission has sent in an order for four large
locomotives in addition to the above, 50 flat cars, and 45
dump cars, and it is expected to have them ready for the ]
Turret Crown.
Of the material which has been in readiness under the j
previous order, four of the locomotives are of the kind
known on the Isthmus as the 201-type, which is a mogul
type, class 2-6-0, weighing 11214 tons with the tender and j
having a length over all of 62'feet 2 inches; one is of the
301-type, essentially the type of the 201 but smaller, hav- j
ing a weight of 105 tons and length over all of 59 feet 2 j
inches; and six are 42-inch gauge engines carrying all
weight on the drivers (type 0-6-0) for hauling on steep |
grades, with a weight of 33.4 tons and length over all of
28 feet 11 inches. The two steam shovels are 70-ton
Bucyrus. The dump cars are 12-yard Oliver. All of the
rolling stock except the narrow gauge locomotives have
been changed from the Isthmian standard gauge of 5 feet
to the United States standard of 4 feet 8 Vi inches.
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WEEKLY FORCE REPORT.
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The number of employees of the Anchorage Division as
shown by the payrolls on Saturday, February 3, 1917, was
as follows:
Commissioner’s Office . 36
Shops and Yards . 112
Transportation Department . 16
Store and Dock Department. 103
Accounting Department . 20
Disbursing Office. 4
Townsite Department... 21
Steward’s Department . 10
Hospital Department . 24
Telegraph and Telephone Department. 63
Track, Bridge and Ballast-^-Main Line . 52
Turnagain Arm District. 190
Matanuska District . 195
Talkeetna District . 164
1010
Stationmen and Laborers—All Districts .1009
Grand total all employees Anchorage Division-2019
Supplement No. 1 to Local Freight Tariff No. 6 has
been issued by the Anchorage office of the Commission.
The supplement appliesLto the shipment of material, out
fits, tools and supplies for contractors on railroad con
struction and repair work, and is effective February 14.
Copies may be obtained by those concerned by addressing
the Commissioner’s Office, Anchorage.
DO YOU WASTE MONEY?
Almost every one does. Bread east upon the
water comes back again. But when you throw
money away it mighty seldom ever comes back.
What’s going to happen to you when you have
no more money to waste ? Why not open an ac
count here ? $1.00 does it. Doing it once a week
for a year means $52 to the good for you—and
the interest we p<u»you in our Savings Depart
ment. Try it for Jpfew months, you will be sur
prised to find liow fast your account will grow.
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Special Arrangements Made for Entertaining Private
Parties.
The place of real service. Boxes, Lunch Counter.
Try Some of Oustfipecial Dishes.
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I The Prices Talk
I OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF MEN’S OVERCOATS, ALL
SIZES, ONE-HALF PRICE.
$15.00 Men’s Suits, now . $10.00
$'20.00 Men’s Suits, now .$15.00
$25.00 Men’s Suits, now.$17.50
$50.00 Men’s Suits, now...$20.00
John B. Stetson Latest Style Hats at Outside Prices.
E. & J. Fine Dress Shoes, regular $0.50 values, now... $4.50
WE CARRY A FULL AND COMPLETE LINE OF
RUBBER SHOES AND OVERSHOES.
Opp. Postoffice
ANCHORAGE CABINET
WORKS.
Furniture and Fixtures
Repaired and Made New.
Carpenter Work of All Kinds.
EXPERT TOOL GRINDING
AND SAW FILING.
Anchorage Cabinet Wo'k -.
JOE CASALI, Prop
5th Avenue, Between C and D.