TASK Of SHIPPING DREDGES
FOR FAIRBANKS DISTRICT
('Fairbanks Newfa-.*liner.)
Ilau’ago over the Alaska Railroad
of the two Fairbanks Exploration
Company dredges which arrived at
Cev/ard recently began last week, the
first traiinoad of dredgx parts reach-1 (
ing hare.' Saturday.
’the dredge.es weigh. 3,000 tons, and
* one dredge, will occupy about 7(1
fit gilt cars. The. hoats will be trans.
fe.red from, standard gauge cars to
ncrroow gauge at the local railroad
yard and then shipped direct to the (
. .. ige sites, spurs having been built, .
. , tiie ;7hatanika.iline.
One of t he .dredges will he placed
mi lower. Coldstream and the other on •
i wer C.«.£«r.y., TKe.slarge crane used
. aurlng construction of the power
nouse is now .Coldstream site and a i
similar one-js at Cieary. These will '
be-used. in.unloading and erecting the |
dredges.. .. j
The same crew-.VJfiron workers em
ployed- <»n the syphon system will '
work oa-alredge .construction. About
15 men..will be employed on each
dredge'. - The dredge-pits are already
built - ad the founiations set.
Botbt'of- these dredges have buckets j
with a capacity- of 10 cubic feet, and .
each .will handle an average of 7,000 ^
cuhic fefcf-daily. The powerhoouse on .
the -C icden island townsite - of the i
- company >vm suppiy eiecwicivy to
dredges. All boats to be installed. |
later --will also be operated electrically.
Another- dredge will be shipped to {
Fairbanks about May 1. It*will be -c
considerably smaller than the ones to (
be assembled this winter. Its buckets ,
, will handle six .cubic feet. This j
dredge will be placed on upper Gold- t
stream near Cleary.
The two big boats will start operat- (
ing about August 1. The smaller one <
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nay noot be assembled in time to op
iate in 1928.
More than enough ground has been
strippe dand thawed to keep the
hedges digging in 1928. This work
-vm be resumeed in the spring, how
ver, in order to keep ahead of the
irdgees by a safe margin.
Syphon construction is practically
lone now and transmission line poles
ire up as far as Clearry. Wires will
lot be stretched until spring. Work
>n the ScrafFord tunnel was started
igain early last month and the bore
will be completed by spring.
The freighter which brought the
hedges from-the States also carried
ufchines and generators for the
xiWiirhoouse. Some of this equip
nent was received on Saturday’s
rain.
With the exception of a drill on
i'edro rreek. which will work right
hrough unless , extre.mely cold
veather sets, drilling generally has
>een suspended, probably until Feb
■uary. a
UANY MEN AT WORK IN FORD
COMPANY PLANT, DETROIT
DETROIT.—The number of men
mployed by the Ford Motor Com
>any at the Detroit plant is growing
laily as production is expanded, and
t is expected that fully 75,000 men
vill soon be on the payrolls. This
lumber, officials of the company say,
vill be greatly increased before a ca
lacity production schedule is at
aiued early in. 1898. The branch
ilantts in the States and abroad also
re taking on tneir tun complements
1' men as rapidly as work for them
e.velops, and it is predicted that the
ear 1928 will see the higgest payroll
u the history of the Ford organiza
ion.
The company has 33.branch.-as»som
iling plants throughout the United
States.
The bodies of. the new model are of
teeel construction, the only wood
tsed being strips for attaching the in
erior trim and in the soft rooffing of
he closed cars.
The motor, designed by Henry
ford, is described as the most re
narhable engineering achievement of
he car.
THE VANISHING “CAYUSE."
“The days of the ‘cayuse’ on the
western range seem to be numbered,”
writes C. L. Harlan, livestock statis
tician of the United States Depart
nent of Agriculture. “Without value
is a saddle or work animal, he has
some value when converted into
thicken (neat scrap or dog biscuit,
ind there are a numbeer of plants in
the West engaged in slaughtering
lorses and processing the carcasses,
md carloads of live animals continue
to go to the Petaluma, Calif., chicken
irea. In most States local authori
ties are now permitted to round, up
J. H. McLEAN
General
Merchandise
' ana scii ail unclaimed and: untaxed,
i horses, and effortts are being made
n many sections to rid the range of
these animals.
“Horse prices for all but the best
heavy horses and good saddle horses
continue at a low level, and little- in
terest is shown anywhere in the West
n the future of horse production.
With the advent of motor trucks and
| f;oood roads, the picturesque freight
outfit with strong teams and wagons !
on pled together has practically dis- j
appeared, and a team and buckboarri
are as rare in Wyoming as a horse |
and buggy in Iowa. But no mechan- !
ieal substitute for the cowo pony i*
as yet forthcoming, so high-heeled
boots and ‘chaps’ are still good form-."!
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has plenty of stock left yet.
Babeesch Moosehide Mitts and Boots
Furs Bought and Sold Clothing
All Kinds of Nice Fresh Groceries and Fruits
Canned Goo ’s of All Kinds Beds and Bedding
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