MOOSE PASS MINER
By L. H. Allen
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PORTAGE BAY
’■’e've been reeding the report made in
1915 by the Alasken Engineering Commission,
v/htn they investigated Portage Bay as a
terminus for The Alaska Railroad. Wm, C.
Edes was chairman of the commission, F.
Mears and Thomas Riggs,Jr., the other mem
bers. -Ve quote t
"Passage Canal, or Portage Bay as it is
sometimes called, is a narrow fiord, 8
miles in length and from 1 to 2 miles in
width, which extends westerly from Port
Wells, on the west side of Prince William
Sound, The bay is mostly surrounded by
high mountains and precipitous ones, which,
with a few exceptions, rise abruptly from
tho water's edge. The waters are deep. .
the anchorage is somewhat limited. The
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey notes there
is good anchorage with swinging room for
one vessel up to 200 feet in length, maxi
mum draft, in Entry Cove, just under Point
Pigot, in about 13 fathoms, soft bottom.
Fair anchorage, with swinging room for one
vessel up to 325 feet, maximum draft, in
12 to 14 fathoms, gravel bottom, at the
head of Portage Bay. Good anchorage, in
10 to 20 fathoms, sticky bottom, with
swinging room for two maximum size vessels
and one up to 350 feet in length and 25
feet draft may be found on the shoal area
on the south sid- of Passage Canal, ABOUT
3 MILES FROM ITS HEAD. The lack of anch
orage would have to be supplied by the con
struction of docks. ... .
The available localities for railroad
terminals and TOW-SITE PURPOSES consist
of two gravel flats, one situated at the
head of the bay at the mouth of the Taku
Pass, the other ABOUT A" MILE easterly on
the south side of the bay. The FORMER
CONTAINS ABOUT 145 AVAILABLE ACRES AND THE
LATTER 151 acres. . . "
We often wonder if the Lindbergh follow
ers realize that they subconsciously hope
that Great Britain will be beaten in order
that their idol(Lindbergh) will be justi
fied in the stand he takes?
Rotten Americanism t It smells to
high-Heaven,
On his father’s side Lindbergh is of
Swedish descent. On his mother's side he
is of English descent, his mother having
been born In Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Tho
ancestry of his maternal grandmother is
traced back to Norman times.
N E W S
LOCaL
On Wednesday the Seying club was enter
tained by Mrs. Ralph Reed. The members
present were Mrs. E. L. 'Robbias, Mrs. Carl
Weidmun, Mrs. Frank Hielo, Mrs. Kenneth
Condit, Mrs. Homer {looker, Mrs. Tom Jones,
Mrs. Max Foster and Mrs. Lyle Saxton.
Mrs. Frank Hielo was hostess to the Sow
ing club on May 14. Members in attendance
were Mrs. Roy Thurston, Mrs. Leoru Roycroft,
Mrs. Max Foster, Mrs. Homer Hooker, Mrs.
.Kenneth Condit and Mrs. Hielo’s daughter,
Mrs. Downing.
Mr. and Mrs. F. Iff. Williamson of Juneau,
visited friends in Moose Pass one day last
week. They went to Valdez from Seward
and to Portage* Bay from Valdez. Mr. Wil
liamson and his crev? will survey for the
railroad. Word has been received in
Moose Pass that the Williamsons experienced
very rough passage between Valdez and Por
tage Bay.
Mrs. Bob Rutledge (Joreno Smith) arrived
from the States Wednesday morning to spend
the suimncr vrith her parents, Mr, and Mrs.
Harry L. Smith. She will divide her time
bet men i..oose Pass and Russian River Ren
dezvous, Mr. Rutledge is with the Geo
logical Survey at Sitka.
The eighth birthday of Helen Velanis
was celebrated Saturday, May 10, with a
delightful party and her guests wore John
Thurston, Carl Woidman, Bobby Condit,Ted
dy, Margie, Evelyn and Arlene Velanis and
Beverly Seatcr.
Mrs. Frank Hielo made for Helen a beau
tifully decorated chocolate birthday cake.
The birthday luncheon included chocolate
cake, cherry jello with fruit and a drink
of pineapple juice.
The Sewing club will meet next Wednes
day with Mrs. Max Foster for hostess at
tho homo of Mrs. Homer Hooker.
Mrs. Beulah Holcomb of El Paso, Texas,
v/ill bo hostess and housekeeper at Russian
River Rendezvous this season. She is now
in Moose Pass caring for Mrs. Smith whose
health is improving.
Mr. and Mrs. George B. Clark have taken
over the management of Estes Bros. Tavern.
Mrs. Joe Richards of Hope, visited
jovernight with Mrs. Anton Velanis, while
[on her way from Anchorage to Hope.
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Mr. and Mrs. Warren Neil and daughter,
moved to Valdez whw.ro Mr. I'feil v/ill C3*
tablish a business of his own to be known
as the Valdez Garage.