THE HIE PASS 8
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For further information apply to
O. L. DIOKESON", President J E. Dempsey, Traffic Manager,
SKAGWAY, ALASKA <512 Second Ave., Seattle Wash.
.ind Skagway, Alaska.
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fhe vVhite P 3ss &/ukon Route
TI.HH TAULE Xo. 31.
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Arrives 4:50 p. in.
ijeares 3:20 '
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Passengers must be at depots la time t» have P.aggage Inspected
and checked. Inspection is stooped :>0 minutes before leaving time of
trains.
150 pounds of baggage will be checked frae with each full fare
ticket nad 73 pounds with each half fore ticket.
NORTHERN' RECORD
FOR MOTOR TRAYKIj
U. S. Army engineers have Just
completed a remarkable expedition
in a White truck, from Valdez to
Fairbanks, Alaska, and return, a
distance of 826 miles, in 19 days.
Although the trip was undertaken
primarily to determine the possibil
ity and practicability of motor trans
portation in Alaska, the engineers
mapped out a route which reduces by
at least one month, the time requir
ed to reach the larger interior town.1*
particularly those on the upper Yu
kon and the headquarters of the
Tanana river.
The fact that a standard truck
of a design already employed in the
army, successfully carried its rated
load over the entire route in both
directions, will undoubtedly give a
great impetus to the road construc
tion actually being carried on by
the. Alaska Board of Road Commis
sioners along the trail of the mili
tary telegraph line. Laboring under
the difficulties of a short season
and the greater difficulty of trans
porting supplies, the road commission
has worked wonders in a wilderness.
The expedition was typical of Unci
Sam's method of getting important
information. A White 1500-lb. truck
had been shipped to the Alaska
Hoad Commissioners early in the
summer. It was delivered in Val
dez on July 26 and two days later
it was started on the trail to Fair
banks, there to be joined by Lieut
enant Colonel Richardson, president
of the Board of Road Commissioners
and other engineers.
The truck left Valdez with a loau
of supplies and a quantity of mail
for the camps along the military
telegraph line. Considerable mail
was carried to points where none
had been received in over a year.
In order that the trip might reveal
average conditions, the truck was
not especially equipped, except in
the matter of fuel and road tools.
Food was carried for use only In the
desolate regions where there are no
"road houses" or settlements.
Leaving Valdez in a drizzling rain
they crossed the delta of the Val
dez glacier and almost immediately
entered Keystone canyon, 14 miles
long, whose walls of ice and rock
rise nearly 1000 ft. above Lowe riv
er, a typical glacier stream. The en
tire region is volcanic showing great
outcroppiugs of miueral, with rock
of woird formations and variid col
ors. The surface was covered with
a thin blanket of volcanic ash. The
trail leads along narrow cliff-trails,
blasted out of solid rock and run
ning almost at the foot of a number
of beautiful cascades.
After spending the night at a set
tlement known as Workmen's, they
resumed the journey through the
canyon and commenced the real as
cent on the trail over the Chugacli
mountains, with a steady climb of
twenty-five and one-half miles to
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tho summit at Tbompsou's pass, an
elevation of 3,000 It. i While the
temperature was decidedly lower at
the summit, the danger of molting
snow and ice was not entirely abat
ed and the truck ran into snow
slides at four different points. For
tunately none was of great propor
tion and the crew escaped with noth
ng worse than the extra work of
digging themselves out. The descent
from tho summit was found to be
much sharper than the ascent and
the truck rapidly descended into an
other delta region and forded half
a dozen glacier streams before they
reached a camp at Beaver dam.,
The next three days were spent
vn trails that have been opened in
the last 3 years by the Alaska Road
Commission in the deltas of the Cop
per and Gulkana rivers.. Corduroy
trails, built of scrub timber, extreme
ly rough and narrow at best, pre
vented making rapid headway. For
many miles the trail passed through
dense scrub and beds of Alaksa mos
into which heavy objects would sink
3 ft. or.more.
Much time was lost on the banks
of treacherous streams, fed by melt
ing glaciers and churned by huge
boulders whose exact location could
be determined only by wading out
into the stream before attempting
to cross with the truck. The Cop
per River valley, though walled in
by mountains and glaciers, was
found to be rich in vegetation and
the natives, chiefly Indians, were
abundantly supplied with many veg
etables. Floral growth equally sur
prised the members of the party.
The whole side of one mountain was
covered with a crimson growth
which the Indians call fire flowers.
From Beaver dam north, the en
gineers experienced the greatest
difficulties of their trip. Follow
ing the Copper River valley to the
fork of the Gulkana, they traver
sed a vast area of delta land where
tractive conditions were worse than
the region they had just left. The
military trail, passing through a low
and marshy country, was alternately
covered with ice and glacier mud.
In the worst places the wheels were
wrapped with stout rope and the
truck had no difficulty in pulling
through but it was operated on low
gear during the entire afternoon. To
pass through several timber tracts
it was necessary to cut down scores
of trees and blast out stumps, rocks
and ice. I
On reaching Gulkana the party
got their first glimpse of Mt. Wran
gell and Mt. Blaokburnu, 17,000 and
16,000 ft. respectively. Further
away they saw the smoke ol an ac
tive volcano, Jit. Sanford, whose el
evation is 14,000 feet.
Three days of constant trail-blaz
ing and pathfinding brought thf.
truck to Faxon on the Gu'kana riv
er in the foothills of the Alaska
range. Following tho military trail
straight north they began a gradual
ascent into the ice-cl:id mountains
of Alaska's principal range. The
trail carried them high on the sides
of the mountains, giviwj magnificent
views of a num'jcr of large lak'js.
According to the engineers, the
grades averaged only 16 per ce it,
but there were many places where »t
was necessary to climb a 16 percent
grade on a solid rough surface of
ice.
To guard against skidding and the
possibility of sliding off the in
numerable cliffs, the crew made use
of a coil of steel cable and wound
the wheels the same as they had
previously done with rope. This ex
pedient proved highly successful in
giving traction for the climb but did
not eliminate skidding.
Near the summit they passed a
massive peak which had been wo-n
into the shape of a perfect dome.
The higher the altitude the steeper
they found the grades. It was a
common occurrence to be halted on
tho side of a mountain by small
washouts due to melting glaciers. At
several points the grades were so
steep and the turns so sharp that
it was necessary to maneuver with
the reverse gear to make turns. No
trouble was experienced in keeping
the . engine cool. In fact the cool
ing water did not boil at any time
on the entire trip, despite long pullc
on low gear.
The descent from the summit
presented no difficulties other than
the necessity for frequent inspection
of the trail for considerable distan
ces before driving ahead. After a
long spell of cautious and skillful
driving, they dropped down into the
valley of the Delta river and camm
ed all night on the Guncreek flats
which were composed almost entire
ly of glacier mud and quicksand.
Leaving the flats there was a
marked change in the character of
the country. Flats and marshes
were succeeded by giant boulders,
subjecting the truck to fearful tests
of distortion. Rain added to their
discomfort. The military trail to
the Tanana river passes a plac;
known as Donnelly, and here the
crew found evidence of real r iad
work. I A clay and gravel surface
with a fairly good foundation begin
at Donnelly and lasted for 90 miles
over a rugged I country -with many
cliffs and scarcely any enow or Ice.
WMie the surface was soft, it vraa
easily negotiated by the truck.
The truck was carried across the
Tanaua river 011 a ferry to the
•■own of McCarty, and then driven
along the bank of tile Xanana to
Munsou's. On the ninth day, after
covering 379 mileB from Valdez, it
reachod the northern end of the
journey at the town of Fairbanks.
Three days were spent in Fair
banks preparatory to the return trip.
The truuck was again loaded with
supplies and mail. Colonel Richard
son took personal charge on the re
turn trip and was accompanied by
Superintendent Ingraham, Lieutenai.K
Egerton and Steel, Thomas H. Par
ramore, Jr., and Homer Jones. The
total load for tho return trip was
2100 lbs., GOO in excess of the capa
city of the truck. i
Leaving Fairbanks on Aug. a,
again in a downpour of rain, they
retraced their route as closely as
surface and weather conditions woul
permit. When they reached the
Guncreek flats they found that the
steady rain for 3 days had made the
glacier mud very sloppy and wiped
out the trail for considerable dis
tances. Quicksand was also a con
stant menace. Despite the use of
much brush and timber the danger
could not be entirely avoided and
the truck settled deep enough to
lose traction. Similar conditions
existed throughout the entire dash
through the Gulkana and Copper
River deltas.
Near Gulkana, they met a mili
tary pack of six horses, an army
field wagon, a buckboard and a de
tachment of troops in command of
a first lieutenant, sent out by the
War Department to investigate an
alleged gold strike on the Chisana
River. Six horses were required to
pull a two-ton load and most of the
load necessarily consisted of feed
for the horses.
Twenty-si miles south of Gulkana,
at Willow creek, they made a de
tour to Chisana, adding 68 miles to
their journey and .lengthening the
return trip to 10 days.
At Sheep creek, just before re
entering the -Keystone canyon, they
were compelled to cut a road in the
woods for 500 yards, to avoid a bad
washout caused by the torrent of
a melting glacier. A bridge, 12 ft.
above the water when the truck
crossed it on the out-bound trip,
had been completely carried away,
and it was necessary to cut through
the woods to a suitable fording place
Adding to their difficulties were
swarms of moose-flies and, surpris
ingly enough, equally large enough
swarms of mosquitoes, compelling
the entire party to wear nets over
their heads.
When they reached the Keystone
canyon the trail had been washed a
way in many places. Thousands of
tons of rock and ice had been dis
lodged and, in falling, had carried
away bulkheads of solid stone sup
porting the trail. This .forced the
crew to fill in great gulches with
stones before they could proceed.
At the finish of the trip on Aug.
19, the truck was again placed on
the trail to carry supplies and mail
to road camps and settlements in
the vicinity of Vaidez. Colonel
Richardson said he believed that the
road work contemplated by the
Alaska Commissioners will make it
possible to g& from Valdez to Fair
banks In 4 days next summer.—Min
ing and Engineering World.
LOCAL BRIEFS
SKAGWAY WEATHER REPORT
Keaults of the observation taken
it Moore's Wharf at midnight,
last night, 'js as follows:
Temp, time otisarraSTa ... 41 above
Max. precedicg 24 hrs .. 47 abate
Mln. " " " . 89 above
Mean " " " . 70above
Clear, Calm. Barometer 29:66
P. & A. M.
White Pass Lodge
' F. & A.M. No. 113
meets 2d and 4th
Fri. Ev'gs. of each
mouth. Visiting brothers are wel
come. Phil Abrahams, Secretary.
W. R. Killery, W. M.
Fraternal Order
Eagles—
Skagway Aerie
No. 25, Frater
nal Order of
Eagles meels the first and third
Wednesday right ot each month at
their hall ou Fifth avenue. Visiting
brothers cordially invited to attend.
John Grashel, W. P.; J. M. Keller,
Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodge
No. 431, B P. 0.
E. meet? every
Thursday night at
8 o'clock. Elka
club and reading
4-oom open daily from 1 p. m. to
3 2 midnight. Visiting Vothers por
dially welcome.—W. C. Blanchard,
Ex. R. Geo. Magee, Secretary.
Arctic Brotherhood.—
Camp Skagway No. 1,
A. B. meeta every Tues
day evening at 8:00 p.
m. sharp. Visiting brothers cordial
ly welcome.—Fred Fonzo, Arctic
Chief. W. R. Hillery, Arctic Rec.
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