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(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
January 27:
MAINTENANCE OF WAY.
Buildings.
All construction work on the Government cottages on
Anchorage Townsite was completed during the week. The
only cottage remaining unoccupied on January 27 was No.
32. The Anchorage school building was also finished.
Water Service and Plumbing.
All work of this character in connection with the new
buildings has been finished, and the department is now on
a maintenance basis.
Mechanical Department.
The small drill presses in the machine shop have been
installed, and one of them connected to motor power. Fair
progress was made during the period on the repairs to en
gine 265. Minor repairs were also made on engines 221
and 225.
The usual amount of miscellaneous work was per
formed by the shops.
MATANUSKA DISTRICT.
Branch Line.
There are at present nineteen grading gangs and one
clearing gang at work on the Branch Line. A clearing
contract has been let for the section between Station B
494 and B 581, in the vicinity of Camp 27.
The ice over the Matanuska River continues favorable
for heavy freighting, six or seven tons being moved at one
load without difficulty. The south-bound teams from the
Chickaloon are hauling out the blacksmith coal which is
piled up at that place. This coal is sacked by Commission
forces before being loaded for distribution to the construc
tion camps and the shops. The coal is pronounced of su
perior quality by blacksmiths who have used it.
Nearly all the material and supplies for the Branch
Line have been moved, only some two or three hundred
tons still remaining for transfer.
Main Line.
Supplies are being hauled rapidly to the various camps
beyond the Little Susitna River. The snow road i are in
excellent condition for carriage of heavy loads.
During the week construction was started on a new
camp at Mile 194, about midway between Little Willow
Creek and Kashwitna.
A contract has been let to Poropat & Company cover
ing the grading between Station N 6270 and 19 6337, the
only uncompleted work south of the Little Susrefca.
TURNAGAIN ARM DISTRICT.
Clearing Right-of-Way.
Sutherland & Brooks have increased their clearing force
in the vicinity of Bird Creek. The gangs near Bird Point
are making good progress in heavy clearing.
i Grading.
Coyote shots were made during the past week, as fol
lows: Station 2338, between Falls Creek and Rainbow
Creek: 450 kegs of black powder, 11,240 pounds, moving
about 7000 cubic yards of rock; Station 2485, between Mc
Hugh Creek and Sheep Creek: 300 kegs of black powder,
7500 pounds, moving approximately 7000 cubic yards of
rock; Station 2616, between Sheep and Potter Creek, 200
kegs of black powder, 5000 pounds, moving about 5000
cubic yards of rock.
A coyote shot was fired in the cut at Station 2687, five
pockets, containing 700 kegs of black powder, 17,500
pounds, moving approximately 12,000 cubic yards. This
shot was very successful, inasmuch as there is about 30
per cent waste in the cut.
The Commission forces are making fair progress driv
ing coyote holes with jack hammers at Station 2633, lVs
miles south of Potter Creek.
All other grading work is progressing favorably, con
sidering the short period of daylight.
Miscellaneous.
The trail is in good condition for heavy hauling.
A small gang has been started to work at Bird Point
clearing for a new camp, and placing corduroy across about
one mile of swamp land preparatory for the spring thaw.
This camp will be established as soon as navigation opens.
TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE DEPARTMENT.
Telegraph and Telephone.
The telephone extension along the Main Line north of
Matanuska has reached Willow Creek. This work is being
done by men on snow-shoes. The lines in the Talkeetna
District suffered to some extent by an unusual wet snow
fall, which brought down numbers of trees.
A small force is engaged in running a wire from Eska
Creek siding to the Eska Creek coal mines. Wire string
ing between Potter Creek and Indian Creek is nearing
completion.
In the Townsite telephone system, the work of chang
ing telephones and lines, and reinstallation continues
heavy. During the mild weather some messenger wire
for aerial cable between the central office and the Ter
minal Yards was hung.
There are 190 instruments connected to the exchange
switch-board besides the toll lines. It is expected the new
telephone directory will be ready for distribution by the
first of February.
Electric Light and Power.
The work of connecting commercial lighting began on
Wednesday morning, January 24, and by the end of the
week sixty such connections had been made. This work
will be pushed until all applicants within the district it is
intended to cover at this time are connected. There are
eighty-six meters in service.
A motor has been installed on a drill press, and an
other on a milling machine in the machine shop. Some ad
ditional light has also been installed in the machine shop.
Radio.
A temporary antennae for “listening in" purposes only
has been provided by hanging a No. 9 B. & S. copper-clad
wire between the top of the power house smoke stack and
the top of the water works tower on Government Hill.
The total disbursements of the office at Anchorage for
the period January 29 to January 31 were $8187.00. The
payment of salaries and wages amounted to $3469.85; for
local purchases, $2988.09; to contractors, $549.80; other
expenditures, $388.10; dock claims, $841.16.
MONTHLY FORCE REPORT.
Fairbanks Division.
The number of employees of the Fairbanks Division as
shown by the payrolls December 31, 1916, was as follows:
Nenana District.
General Supervision . 7
Engineering Forces . 9
Office and Clerical . 31
Medical and Hospital ... 7
Foremen and Sub-foremen . 7
Mess House . 11
Mechanics and Laborers . 79
Total employees Nenana District . 151
Goldstream District.
Engineering Forces . 2
Fairbanks District.
Engineering Forces . 2
Office and Clerical . 3
Mechanics and Laborers. 1
Total employees Fairbanks District . 6
Contractors’ Forces.
Nenana District . 11]
Goldstream District. 33
Fairbanks District. — 144
Grand Total All Employees. 303
CONTRACT SETTLEMENTS.
The total amount paid to construction contractors by
the Anchorage Disbursing Office during the period Janu
ary 15 to January 31, 1917, was $19,084.89, as follows:
W. L. Balch .$1108.43
J. A. Denny & Co. 332.90
Anderson & Co. 6626.51
Frank Lee & Co. 246.20
W. Rothwell and others . 641.42
James O’Neill . 1282.05
H. Anderson & Co. 6477.24
Lawritz & Frisk . 1007.82
Doherty & Co. 812.47
W. Kettler . 271.00
Johnson & Brownstead . 278.80
WEEKLY FORCE REPORT.
Anchorage Division.
The number of employees of the Anchorage Division as
shown by the payrolls on Saturday, January 20, 1917, was
as follows:
Commissioner’s Office . 36
Shops and Yards . 137
Transportation Service . 16
Store and Dock Departments . 94
Accounting Department . 18
Disbursing Office . 5
Townsite Department . 19
Steward’s Department . 12
Hospital Department . 23
Telegraph s^nd Telephone Department.* 72
Track, Bridge and Ballast—Main Line . 55
Turnagain Arm District . 206
Matanuska District . 201
Talkeetna District . 127
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Stationmen and Laborers—All Districts . 945
Grand total all employees Anchorage Division.... 1966
COMMISSION SECURES COAL UNIT.
The Government has reserved for the use of the Alas
kan Engineering Commission the coal deposits embraced
within the limits of leasing unit No. 12 of the Matanuska
coal field, according to information received from Wash
ington by the Anchorage office of the Commission.
This unit is located in Chickaloon River Valley, mainly
north and west of the stream and less than a mile from
the Matanuska River. A number of coal beds outcrop
along Chickaloon River in the unit and constitute the best
coal showings so far discovered in the Matanuska field.
Some of the coal is crushed and folded, and in places in
truded by igneous rocks, but chemically it is the best yet
found in the district. The beds dip steeply—almost vertic
ally—to the north, but the dip apparently flattens west
ward.
In 1914 about 800 tons of coal from this unit were
taken for testing purposes by the United States Navy.
The analysis showed the product to be semi-bituminous in
character. The Government laboratory tests, as published
in Senate Document No. 26, Sixty-fourth Congress, first
session of 1915, gave the following results:
Sample No. 1.—Total moisture 2.58; volatile combusti
ble 19.14; ftjced carbon 67.46; ash 10.82; sulphur .57; loss
on drying 1.6;
Sample No. 2.—Total moisture .90; volatile combustion
19.60; fixed carbon 74.60; ash 4.90; sulphur .60; calories
8260; British thermal units 14,888.
Excellent facilities for transporting coal from this unit
to tidewater will be available when the Matanuska Branch
line of the Government railroad reaches the unit this year.
The railroad is operating trains at present to King, the
end of steel, which is approximately 13 miles distant from
the site of the proposed Commission mines in this reserved
coal unit.
ANCHORAGE WATER ASSESSMENTS.
Assessments for the Anchorage water supply, which
have been somewhat deferred in issuing, will soon appear
under date of Feb. 15, and will be payable in four annual
instalments on May 1st, 1917-1918-1919 and 1920. The
total assessment against each lot affected is $42.52, each
annual payment being $10.63.
There are 733 lots affected by this assessment within
the townsite; all lots abutting upon any main being as
sessed equally, as it is felt that each lot receives equal
service regardless of the number of feet of main which
is laid past the lot.
J. G. WATTS, Townsite Manager.
The Commission fire department at Anchorage Term-!
inal made its initial run on Wednesday morning at 6:45, j
when it joined the city department and rendered prompt
service in fighting a fire at the comer of First Avenue and
C Street. A small residence was destroyed, but the fire
men prevented the destruction of the other buildings in the
vicinity. The estimated damage was $400.
Almost every one does. Bread oast upon the
water comes hack 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
tor a year means $52 to the good for you—and
the interest we pay you in our Savings Depart
ment. Try it for a few months, you will be sur
prised to find how fast your account will grow.
BANK OF ALASKA
ANCHORAGE
ALASKA
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Furniture and Fixtures
Repaired and Made New.
Carpenter Work of All Kinds.
EXPERT TOOL GRINDING
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5th ^venue, Between C and D.