CALIFORNIA ^
QUICKLY REACHED
via
SEATTLE-PORTLAND-SAN FRANCISCO
On the ALL I^AIL
Scenic Shasta Route
THREE DAILY TRAINS
SHASTA LIMITED — CALIFORNIA EXPRESS
—SAN FRANCISCO EXPRESS—
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.
Call or write for information
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
“See America First”
[ Going East
2 Through Rates from Anchorage to
♦ Eastern Destinations Are in Effect
2 via the
• ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
* THE ADMIRAL LINE
♦ To California and the South via Portland and the mag
| nificent steamships “Great Northern” and “Northern
2 Pacific.”
2 A. S. DAUTRICK .Traveling Freight and Passenger Agent, Room 18,
» Valentine Building.
2 T. J. MOORE, City Passenger Agent, Second and Columbia, Seattle,
» Wash.
Fast and commodious steamers sailing between Seattle, Ketchikan,
Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez and Seward.
.Leave Leave
Seattle Seward
Dec. 1 Mariposa .Dec. 8
Dec. 8 Alameda .Dec. 15
Dec. 16, Mariposa.Dec. 23
Dec. 24, Alameda .Dec. 31
Leave Leave
| Seattle Seward
Jan. 1, Mariposa .Jan. 8
Jan. 8, Alameda .Jon. 15
Jan. 18, Mariposa.Jan 23
Jan. 24, Alameda.Jan. 31
This company reserves the right to change schedule of steamers with
out notice. Tickets on sale at up-town office, Empress Building.
J. J. LANKIN, P. B. TRACY.
Agent. General Agent.
PACIFIC STEAMSHIP CO.
ADMIRAL LINE '
Sailings from Seward to
Seattle and Alaskan Ports
Date Steamers
Dec. 18.SPOKANE
Dec. 27.WATSON
Jan. 7 .EVANS
Sailings Seattle to Seward
10th, 20th, and 30th each Month
Sailings from Seattle to
CALIFORNIA
Mondays, Fridays & Saturdays
Steamers
President, Governor, Queen,
Senator, Umatilla, Admiral
Schley and Admiral Dewey.
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.
TRY A “WANT” AD. IN THE* TIMES FOR RESULTS.
(Fairbanks News-Miner)
Work on the Alaska railroad will be
in progress in earnest next spring,
unless the present plans of Thomas
Riggs, Jr., member of the Alaskan
Engineering commission, in charge of
the work in the interior, fail, and 2,
000 men will be in the employ of the
government building the road. This
will mean much tp the interior in the
way of money that will be disbursed
for construction purposes, but infin
itely more in that it will open up the
hundreds of miles of resources that
now lie dormant. The progress of the
work will depend largely upon the
money to be appropriated by congress,
and the date upon which it will be
come available.
Mr. Riggs hopes to have the work
well under way for the summer dur
ing the early part of April, provided
the next appropriation becomes avail
able immediately upon the passage of
the bill. Chairman Edes, of the com-1
mission, is now in Washington, taking |
up the matter of the needs with the
department of the interior for the j
coming year, and probably will be j
there until after the appropriation is j
passed. During the past summer the :
greatest number of men employed at
any one time was 722, so that next
summer there will be approximately j
three times that many. Up to the I
present time approximately $800,000
has been spent on the Fairbanks divi-1
sion of the railroad, for construction
purposes, and next year this should j
be swelled to two and one-half mil- [
lion or more.
Frost Conditions Bothersome.
In the construction work Mr. Riggs
says that one of the most serious
problems to overcome will be the frost
and frozen ground. During the past
summer the commission made some j
extensive experiments with frozen i
ground along Goldstream and with 1
fairly good success, and unless some
thing worse is encountered next sum
mer, the work should go along speed
ily.
Plenty Ties in Sight.
At the present time the commission |
has let enough tie contracts to lay!
steel all the way from Fairbanks to J
the Nenana coal fields and these will j
be delivered between now and next
spring.
Money Question Important.
To a representative of the News
Miner, Mr. Riggs said today that
about the only two things that could
positively prevent the completion of
laying rails to the coal fields by next
fall would be a late appropriation and
the lack of men. The commission has
not imported any labor as yet, and
does not intend to, but hopes that in
the spring there will be enough new
comers in the interior to fill the wants.
Should the appropriation not be
come available immediately upon the
passage of the act, the work would
have to be held up during the months
of April, May and June, which are
considered three of the best months
in the year.
Interior People Help. j
To the commission, one of the
things that is helping greatly in the j
work is the hearty co-operation of
the people of the interior. Mr. Riggs,!
in writing t<^ a person in the states 1
who is greatly interested in the prog
ress of the work, said that the people
of the interior recognize that the
construction of the railroad means
the opening up of the latent resour
ces, which, under the difficulties and
high cost heretofore existing, had
been lying dormant and out of reach.
For this reason the people have been
putting their shoulders to the wheel
and giving the government officials
material assistance, which has been
appreciated.
Work Now in Progress.
The steam shovel is working into a
heavy face now, and with the narrow
guage railroad and donkey engine is
filling a big cut, over which a tempo
rary trestle had been built for the
donkey.
The telephone line has been com
pleted for a distance of 30 miles south
from Nenana and across the river to
the steam shovel.
As reported before, the electric
light plant is giving entire satisfac
tion. Besides lighting all the govern
ment buildings and 15 business blocks,
the plant is furnishing heat for some
of the larger government struc
tures. The commission, if it had some
wire on hand, could furnish light for
other buildings, but at the present
time this is impossible.
The rate being charged for electri
city is 25 cents per kilowatt for the
; first 50; 20 cents were kw. from 50 to
j 200 kilowatts, and 15 cents per kw.
: for all over 200.
Machine Shop Built.
1 A machine shop, 132 feet by 36
feet, has been completed, and will be
used for the next year. Later a larg
er shop will be put up, in all proba
bility, and the present structure will
be turned into a carpenter shop.
Right of Way.
About 100 miles of right-of-way has
been cleared, ready for the grading.
This is in the whole Fairbanks divi
sion. About eight miles of track has
been completely graded and is ready
for the rails shortly after work starts
in the spring.
Approach to Fairbanks.
As yet the means of approach to
F.narbanks has not been decided upon.
This matter will probably be decided
between now and the first of the year,
Mr. Riggs thinks, but he said it was
of small importance, as the construc
tion between here and Happy station
would be an easy matter under any
circumstances, and, if necessary, that
stretch of road could be entirely com
pleted in 30 days.
The warehouse on the Garden island
side of the river will be started in the
spring as soon as the weather and
money conditions permit.
Riggs Likely to Be Here.
Aasked as to whether he would re
main at Nenana n$xt summer, to di
rect the work from there or whether
he would be in Fairbanks, Mr. Riggs
said that he could not say definitely at
this time, but he expects that he will
be in Fairbanks. In any event, quite
an office force will be maintained in
Fairbanks and a big one at Nenana.
Phone 4.‘!-Y for car, day or night.
Wood and coal a specialty. Universal
Taxi and Transfer. 126
Grand Masquerade Carnival, \e»v
Labor Temple, Saturday Evening, De
cember 30. Elegant prizes. 165
Wood Undertaking Co..
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
LICENSED EMBALMERS
Anchorage Matanuska
PERSONAL SHOPPING BY MAIL
T'HE items in Women’s and Chil
^ dren’s Wear, and Men’s Haber
dashery, that cannot be obtained from
your home merchant may be ordered
from us, and will be sent POSTAGE
PAID to any Alaska address reached
by U. S. Mail.
During the Holiday Season, as at all
times, we shall be glad to study your
wishes in the selecting of Gifts, and in
properly packing and mailing them to
your friends. Let us send you the lat
est issue of our Mail Order News.
Address Mail Order Department “A”
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SEATTLE
Union Laundry
and Bath House
Fourth Ave., Between H and I,
Anchorage
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Arctic Club Bldg., SEATTLE, WASH.
ZBINDEN BROS., Props.
Rooms $1.00 Special
With Bath $1.50 Weekly Rates
Peterson's Billiard and
Solo Parlors
Fourth Ave. Between C and D
The Matanuska Cafe
In the New Matanuska Hotel.
THE PLACE TO EAT AT THE JUNCTION
Alex (Blondy) Anderson
SPEED
SERVLCE
The Royal Cafe
The new eating house on Fourth Avenue
Caterers to first-class trade.
Boxes for private parties.
Lunch Counter.
ATHANS & PAPPADOPOLOS - . - . Props.
04 Rooms All Outside Rooms
Absolutely Fire-Proof
BEST IN THE CITY
New Richmond i
Hotel
RATES—Rooms with private bath,
$1.50 per day and upwards. Rooms
without Bath, $1.00 per day and up
wards. —A FREE AUTO BUS.
It. C. McCORMiCK, Prop.
M. K. MacRAE, Mgr.
SEATTLE
The Lang Stove, born in
Alaska.
Is the Stove for Alaskans.
Body made of Armeo Rust
Resisting Iron.
Polished Cooking Surface.
Will hold fire overnight with
wood or coal.
^ Will burn green wood.
Ask vour dealer for a Lang
Stove.
If he cannot supply you write us.
Our line is complete from the small
| est camp stove to the largest hotel
| range.
1 Any sourdough will tell you about tbe
i Lang Stove. They all know it.
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SEATTLE. WN.
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Everything in Season and Service the Very Best.
Private Boxes for Large or Small Parties.
ONCE A PATRON ALWAYS A PATRON
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT.
TRY A “WANT” AD. IN THE TIMES FOR RESULTS.
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THE ALASKA LABOR UNION Will Open Its
Auditorium and Main Floor Complete with •
BIG DANCE
SATURDAY, DEC. 23rd
SUNDAY, DEC. 24th
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CHRISTMAS DAY
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