MORF/THAN 900 MEN NOW IN
EMPLOY OF ALASKA RAILROAD
The following” interesting summary
nf tU*v extensive work being done on.
tin* Alaska Railroad this summer was
recently given bv-. Colonel.'I/. F. Ohl
son ,general manager of the road, to
the Anchorage Times,.follows:
On:1 September t tbte Alaska Raif
*f which ,5R3 are in the‘maintenance
af-way department.
Repairs to Wridges^irestles and: cul
vers have betn. giy£h preference this
season:. Considerable filling! in of
woodAri" trestles alko. has, been done
this year.""
Approximately 20 miles of track
<»ave been taken Up above Sutton,.on
the fThjekiioo® branch.
An^'engine house is now under con- 1
struation at OOtry to- replace the
strucdire which" wis destroyed, tft^re :
by fiOe last,May*.
An eocttra gang. of approximately
<50 men is making repairs now to the
Moose Greekbranch; which was. dam
aged 'by walshdfita, list ‘fall, necessi
tating grade raising; also the raising
of th^ee bridges; rbdutlhg. of'curva
tures,* ballasting-and riprappihg.
Between Vfife SitfJjaod 23Sttye main'
track has teerf raised: five td seven
feet th eliminate hazards of washouts
and fee jams frortqthe^vysitna river.
About. 4Q,O0fii cubic yards of roek will
be qukrried to’ Curry this season to
be uspd for prdtebtipn. of embank—
meents and bridge ends, and against'
erosioh- at higif water periods. This
tucludes S00 -yards furnished .the War,
Department for breakwater improve
ment ts at Sewttjd.
The work of 'Hling i a* trestle ap
proaches to £h e^aet ,-pnd.Vof rthe Ghti
fitna bridge, and trestle approaches to
Susitna and Okntwell river bridges
will be--completed vthbi-seasiwi.
Approximately 200,000 yards' of
dirt, will be required for this work.
Tn the work along the entire railr
way there is being employed three
steam-shovel crews, fOur train crews,
; three ditcher crews and
six bridge
I crews.
At the Anchorage shops, in addi
tion to ordinary running repairs t«
locomotives and rolling siock, one en
; gine is now' undergoing special re
pairs, a steel dining ca ris being con
verted iritri* a coach, and two new re
frigerator cars are also Being con
structed, while another steel diner
will be converted into an observation
i parlor car during the winter.
; The management has advertised
foe construction of ten composite
«te 1 cars of 110,000 pounds capacity
and for ten new steel air-dump cars
of 25 yards' capaci£y. ‘"A
v For the next year and" as soon as
weather conditions'permit the wprk
will ebe started of ballasting the main
track between McKinley Parle station
i and Summit' and also Wtween .Fair
: banks , and Happy and between Dun
bar and North Nenana, ^and also the
i work of completing the fiUing-in( of
! the trestle of the south approacB( to
the, Tatiana river bridge at Nenana.
\.ii —
^ , BJroil Anderson, superintendent of
the Yankee creek dredge' was among
yesterday’s arrivals.
Chfcrlie. 0’HaJloran was a Friday
arrival fc’om Little creek.
Ed Ng^Iette, Yjaijkea^ creek, ^as
among the weeife; visitors,
Mrs. Victor Hill and Fred Johnson
were among the week’s visitors, com
^Reter Jensen, Yankee creek, was
yesterday, arrival*.. , “ ’■
Nerve Fails Him,., .
Clara (a dentist’s daughter)—Well,
dear, have you asked dad for my
hand' yet ?
Henryv-Not Every .time I .step into
his office I lose, courage. Today. I.al
lowed‘him to pull another tooth.—
Drexei Drexerd.
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INTERNATIONAL SOURDOUGHS
GGATHER AT LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES. — Two hundred.
Alaska pioneers were so eager to
swap stories here that they ended,the
business session of the InternatienaL.
Sourdoughs’ Reunion in an hour and a
half, when they elected .lack Roberts,,
formerly of Anchorage, now of Los
Angees, president, and seected Ta
coma as the pace for hpding the next
reunion.
B. R. Dusenberry, of Vancouver, B.
C., is the new vice president, and Miss
Luu Fairbanks, whose unce founded
Fairbanks, as. secretary- Miss Fair
banks is the secretary of thp Aaska
Weeky.
The meeting adopted a resolution,
expressing gratitude to" Secretary of
the Interior Harold Ickes, Governor
John W. Troy and Delegate Anthony
J, Dipoiid for their efforts in obtain-1
ing the allotments, to Alaska of “funds
pursuant to the NR A policy of the j
present administration,” The resolu
tion ‘also expressed the opinion that
the expenditure of suph^fppls will be
of great .bepefit to 'Alaska.
“Klondike Kate” Matson, nee Rock
well, presented Retiring President
Dave Ring, of Seattle;, with, a gavel
Vtfade of granite takenufr,pm Dead
horap c^py^n <p, the White Pass trail,
whei^.d^gs^d^pf Klondi Iters toiled
over tne trail in the,great gold-rush
of ’9$.,^ '
President Robartsopatedi “This. or
ganizatpr^shpU^ontiDua ■ to be' as
gr6upup|,, .sjojurlpughs without,
moneys, religion ,pf; politics,” „ .
I TUBS, OF IMPORTANCE^ •
IN RECENT NBWE STENTS
- (Contianad.froar Page- J’)f
early„Eskimo culture in a mammoth
cave vfhich apparently was used1 as as
Ta burial vault.
’■> The expedition- discovered' ten skel
etons, stone axes,, lamps, shell pen
dants, ^jf«oden . armor,
crude canoe^. hollowed £Jom Togs, pad
dles, whaling lances and blades. Some ■
-of the skeletons are in excellent pre
servation. JJiss Frederic** .de £aguna,
‘who is in charge of the expedition,
sent by the University: museum and
the University, of jp&nnark, .reported
the coffins “simply- are- holes., lined"
with planks and covered with .large*
boards.. The bones of one 'of the*
Frank J.Gfoskey , ,
\ j Notary oMBic|*>| *.
Taketna,
mammmm—mmimm*
When In ;
Fairbanks
Far Real Home«Grow*>
CHICKEN DINNERS
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Where All May Dance to
Delight, by Radio Mnaic, ^
A Short Drive Thrangh Ha,
lightfnl Fareat Scenery^.
i Mr. and Mrs.
Mntchlei^r
bodies was covered with skins and the
face was well preserved. We were
abe to distinguish it as that of a very
young woman.”
Eng Hegg, for the past summer
engaged on Yankee creek, was a yes
terday departure by plane, headed for
the Outside. He expects to continue
his studies at the University .of Wash
ington during the coming winter.
Most Any Place Else.
“Where to, sir?”
"P’ you know Ridge Road, Bal-'
ham?”
“Sure!"
“Well, not there. That’sh where*
I live.”—Humorist (London).
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Old Lady (to policeman): “I’ve lost
my canary. Would you mind notify
ing the Flying Squad?”—Answers*
(London).
.i— ..' »« . 'T—- "J _
Dr. C.|D. Carter.
D^UWIST ;
:Wil) r«timii4» JWlrttb wly
in the flumiMrpeflv which he
will visit Tak«t*lA,,'«nd •.Ophir.
Wilt be* inFlat>"hfropt the »id. 1
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ANNOUNCEMENT
J. VALLEY wishes to announce to his friend* ,jin*
the Kuskokwwim that he is now making;)*}* base
of operations fta their section, namely, Taktttng, FJat...
and McGrath, flying the airplane Alaskan. t
_.Weekly schedules and rates will be announced- 'PtL#*
later date. For the present all flying, will be dWM&OB'
charter basis..
Address A. J_ VALLEY,, at either.TakojLna-viWaFfat.''
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FIRE INSURANC E
Ton should carry a liberal amount of fire insurance
for the sake of your credit and your- peace of Blind,
Needless to say this insurance should be of tbe*very
highest quality:
That’ll the Kind Writtee By
Alaska Insurance Agency
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