ROAD WORK
FOR 1907
Comprehensive Schedule
Outlined by the Com
mission.
The following table given out by the
Alaska Road Commission from its otlice
in Seattle and printed in the Post
Intelligencer of April 19 gives an idea
of the road work contemplated 'for the
present year:
Completing: wagon run cl from Chorniy
sound to lletta inlet, Prince of Wales
island £12,000
Construction of wagon road from
KIuckwan to Pleasant (’amp, and ex
tension of wagon road from Haines
up Chiikat 10,(00
Construction of wagon trail around
bagrht;nile point, Valdcz-Fairhanks
trail, near Valdez 2,000
Ferries at Salcha and Pilcdriver
sloughs l.'Oo
Completion of^ winter trail Gulkana
to Rapids roadhouse, improvement
of winter trail Teikhill to Copper
Center and widening winter trail
Teikhill to Beaver Dam 20.000
Repairs and improvements on w inter
trail Fairbanks to Richardson, and
construction of pack trail \\ ashhurn
to McCarty’s. 20,00.'
10.000
( (instructH;n of new winter trail *v a»h
burn to Don ley’s roadhouse
Maintenance and extension of Fair
hunks local roads
Wagon trail from Eagle to O’Brien
creek location survey *2.000. con
struction $30,(00
Extension of wagon road from Rain
part up Big Minook creek
Wagon road Circ e ti> Birch creek lo
cation survey to Miller House $3.14*0,
construction $2'*.' 1*0
Construction of \\ inter trail Cleary to
Birch creek, clearing trail up Chata
nika Hats and from Twelvemilo creek
to Mastodon Fork of Eagle creek,
and staking Eagle and Tvvelvemi.e
summits
Construction of w inter trail for double
sleds from Fairbanks to Baker Hot
Springs location survey $2,250, con
struction 317.50J
Winter trail for double sVds from
Baker Hot Springs to Fort Gildx n
location survej $2.25', construction
$17,5: *0
Construction of sundry cut-off's along
the Yukon river, for winter trail.
S feet
Proposed winter trail between Fort
Gibbon and Nome, location survey,
Fairbanks office $'•> 0- 0, Nome office
$3,000
Maintenance wagon road East Fork to
Maintenance and extension wagon
road Nome to Dexter and construc
tion of road Anvil to Glacier creek
Construction of bridges. Hustings.
Penny ^Cripple and Sinrock rivers
Examination, locution and construc
tion pack and sled trail Eagle to
Charley river
Examination of possible trail from
Knik to Ktitkokw im
Examination and survey i f trail to
Wood Itiver r< gion from Tatiana
Construction of pack and sled trail to
Hope and Sunrise
17,000
E2.C00
10.00)
23,i 01 1
0,500 |
19.7 >0
a,(On
1.0CO
ft.oO*
J.H0
1 .00 ■
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5.0 0
Total
Tin* aliow table h subject to (hunt*-,
but in the majority of eases it will he
followed out.
(’ongre^s appropriated ^oO.noo t<>r
the commission’* use, ami the prop- r
ti«»n of the license moneys set aside 1»\
law t*i»r road purpose* is e.\|*eeted to
raise the t<»t:il to The law
providing for road work under Incul
authority i* an important adjunct to the
commission’s laln»rs and in most ca.-es
will Im* carried out along lines of »•«»•
o|ieration with the ruiurni’-ion’s plans.
It is encouraging to note that the
commission will not handi«ap|>ed hy
l ack of funds this year. It is umhaiht*
e*lly a gn at adv.mtMg»\ al-s tin t the
toinmission win * »rlv aware of what
resource* would !*• at its di*)»»«;d, so
that the plans for tli* season f*mM U*
made in advanee.
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Clinton is catching fine whitefisli,
Price 25 cents each.
It is said a good many striking millers
are floating ilown tin- Tanana.
5.11-. ami Mrs. Hill will l.e on Hoosier,
where Mrs. Hill will conduct the mess
for the hydraulic people.
Joe Helm, of Tanana, has a contract
for fnrni-hing o.OlM) cords of wood to the
Fort (libbon military post.
l.a grippe has caught a good many
people on Little Minook. It is said to
have hit Lewis Sin-quin pretty hard.
Joiiiis Rahmatorf got in a couple of
eases of eggs from Haw-on on .the I.a
velle Young, and they were quickly
gobbled up at $1.25 a dozen.
Whitedog Smith, well-known mail
carrier, it is said will be editor of the
Tanana Citizen while the libel cases
aiv pending agaii s (L II Henry.
The first boat either way was the La
ve IT- Young, downbound May lb and up
from Tanana again May 1th She laid
fifteen i r twenty passengers each way.
Mail Sup r'.ntcndcnt Jules Marian i
nn tlie way liewn the river looking after
die property used in the winter mail
service. He is expected at Rampart in
a dav i r two.
.!• hn Ni usshaum lias loft for Taratiu,
where his services as paperhanger ami
dic ii'ator will he in ilemuml hy those
who are tidying tin their places for the
welcome summertime.
.1. It. Stroeil, a well-known prospect* r,
was on the i.ivelle Young Sur.ilav eve
ning, hound for San Francisco. Ileas
sureil niiiiii'!'1 us friemls here that he
will come hack auiiin, pmhahly before
the fret zettp.
I'll r. i. tier .nan, the winter mail car
rier het ween liamnart ami Tanana,
emleil his l ist trip lor the season with
the an ival of the l.avelle Young Sunday
afternoon. Tlie lioat hail picked him
up in the vicinity of Soheiffelin creek.
Mr. Ilieilerman will he with I'M McCor
mick at the fish camp this summer.
The Rest Spring Alterative
SASSAFRAS TEA
Pleasant for Breakfast
Ready for Use
BED NETS
To Keep Mosquitoes Out
BUHACH Mosquitoes
FOR SALE AT
The Seattle No. I!, from Dawson, is
clue tomorrow. The early up-river traf
fic does not promise to he heavy.
To give a list of people lately sick with
la grippe and kindred ailments would
he to assume the duties of census taker.
We’ve all had it, and some of us in sev
eral places at the same time.
Dogs are up against an epidemic of
distemper. Some of McCormick's have
died, as well as some of Solomon
Vantis's and one of John Clinton's.
The disease is prevalent at all nearby
places.
Judge Knapp has just finished kalso
mining his interior and constructing a
blind drain from his hack door to the
water front—that is to say, he has put
the Mirror in more correct form for
summer.
Private Cavanaugh, formerly con
nected with the signal service at Ham
part, has written to a friend here that
lie will he along this way in June.
Plenty of the hoys will he glad to wel
come Cavvy hack.
It is related that in 1'airlmnks Carlo
Jaekett interview!d certain persons in
authority to find out if lie would proba
bly he arrested, as a safeguard against
mushing home and then having to re
turn to court again. He must have got
a favorable tip, fur he came home all
right.
S. I’.. Hooter has bought the large
boiler and engine formerly lit 1 inging to
the X. A. T. Cc T. Co. at this place and
proposes to operate a saw mill. He has
also bought the little gasoline motor
brought in by Fred K. Under last year
and will rig up a little motor boat for
use in logging, etc.
There is considerable nt a stampede
mi from Fairbanks to tlie Inin ka nice
the openin'' of navigation. Thi is
1 riil'iilily due in a measure to the miners'
-trike. There is nothcring further
known hereabout the country than was
told two or three months ago. I Sob
I’litmmer and K. Robertson left U im
part for that section yesterday.
It seems very probable that the report
that vouni: Harper had been reiea-ed on
hail lit Fairbanks, printed in this paper
hist week, was erroneous. Men on the
l. ivelle Young, Sunday, who were but a
few days from Fairbanks. -aid they had
heard id' no such tiling. The report was
general here before the publication was
made and it was accepted as true.
Sergeant Mustin has removed the tel
egraph ollice into the old ironclad
building for the summer Now if pat
rons of the ollice will only remember
to write their messages on the regula
tion blanks affairs at the station will I e
huppY ( noneh. When messages are re
ceived w ritteii on other jrajier the oper
ator must paste them onto the sending
blanks, which makes a htinglcsomc
record. _
According to the New York Fur Trade
Review, last year's shipment of fur from
\la»ka was vatin-d at * t si.nnn, hut it is
believed the amount was nearer
IMI, as only th ■»•• which are shipped by
express pass through the hands of the
customs, those which are shipped by
mail never Iwing included iu »ueh re
I*'ll
TO LOCATE
ON HOSIANA
Mud Fork To Be Investigated With
View to Dredging—Men
Come Out.
On the Lavelle Young, upbound. Sunday
evening was Alex Niool, ;i well-known pros
pector just from the Fairbanks district,
bound for the Hosiana riser. He had with
him n tailing bout and supplies sufficient for
his present purposes.
Mr. Nicol has been in the Hosiana before.
T.ike other prospectors who have been there,
he has confidence in the country’s future.
He has secured substantial backing and is
heath d for the Mud Fork, where he proposes
to stake a lot of ground and later to take in
a boiler anti thoroughly prospect it with a
view to installing a dredge.
1 lie.Mud boru h;is been j rosj ected n.ore
and with better results, perhaps, than any
other portion of the big Hosiana basin. At
tempts have been made to mine there by
wing damming, but sudden floods have car
ried the works away and earned abandon
ment of operations. The ground so far tried
is low grade.
Mr. Nic* ! at first proposed to go in outfit
ted with boiler and provi-‘ n> to complete
the preliminary investigations; but when he
considered that i rosocctors weje there last
winter he concluded he had better first go
in light and satisfy himself the ground is
still vacant.
I.ouis Meyers. Frank Staekley. Alphonse
Bouluy and J. W. Chisholm have come out of
the Hosiana after pros} ecting for nearly a
year. Mr. Meyers is iti It impart, but the
others flouted on flown u 5th the intention of
going up the Tauaiiu. 'Hu y were accompa
nied by K. b. It.iiiiei. Charles Swansf n. Woods
and others who had mushed into Hosiana
from Chatidlur.
The last heart! from Ernest McLeod. Argo
Hill nml tin* other prospectors who were
sinking w ith a boiler on Trout creek, Pitka
Fork « f the Hosiana. they had reached the
end of their windlass rope at 107 feet, with
bedrock not yet in sight.
iSourdough Mike
FREIGHTING
and PACKING
To all the Creeks