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gine to give speed averaging 10 miles!
an hour, the distance from McGrath to j
the portage would oe accomplished in
40 hours, or, say, 4 working days, j
Then allow another day for portaging, !
eiihar Ov horse or dog tuam. Over
Lake Mencnumina, down the Kan- j
tisiina and up the Xanana, estimated at j
200 miles, with the same kind Of boat, j
would mean 20 hours, or 2 days. Total
tune to jN’enana, 7 days,
Allowing 14 days from Seattle to Ne
taana, and 7 uays from Wenaua to Ale- i
Graft). means that mail from Seattle^
for iliis section could reacit this place
iu 21 days.
li is also asserted by a most reliable 1
authority that a road 00 miles in length i
runs from Kautisbna eastward and j
that this road reaches the line of the J
Government railroad. Jt might be1
that ihis road would be of far more ad-!
Vantage than the Kautishna-Tanaua
ijuivt
Proposed Winter Route.
Bui1 ttie winter season, out; roULe sug
gested would be from McGrath to the
-Nixon mine, thence in a north of easL
tiirecLiou to Kaatistina, couueeting at
the latter place wun the road leadit;g
to the Bail road hue. AuoLher route
suggested is Lhe one taseu uy the na
tive boys) lu escorting 1 homas Aitkin
over to ii.rch creek, a tributary of the
antiaijiia. Uue.uf these uauves in
forms ttjfc writer that Mi. .vitkin was
landed u) his cestiuatiou in six days
from Byg river U*er an uniruveied
trail, /o the early 'winter, how many
'fnirt's did Air. Aiikeu and escort cover
Bh those six 'flays? Did they make 2dd?
They might have done so, but proba
bilities are that exact tiguiea wonid be
nearer 150. At any rate it is fair to
■assume that any mute selected would
be no longer than 2ab miles and
that tbe distance eouia be covered iu
■eight days, or exactly tiie same time
mail is iu transit iu comma from Uuby.
Tile adoption of this ionic, it conclu
sions proved Correct, **ouid mean cut
ting the lime of the present service
from eighteen days to eigbi.
Present Summer Route.
Mall out of Seattle nest ued ibr tne
-feuskokwim section seems to come
through three sources: By the steamer
Ozmo. lauding at Bethel: by steame.s
landing at St. Michael, aud by steam
eos lauding at either Cordova, Seward
or Aucborage.
The steamer Tana makes direct con
nection with the Ozmo at Bethel,
‘bringing the mail up rivet* us soon as
transfer of cargo is made. Time from
Seattle, 35'to 37 days.
From St. l.Mchael the mail is carried
N. C. Co.
Mc’Grath’s Lead
ing Mercantile
Establishment
either by steamer or launch to Holy
Cros*.
Present Winter Route.
Mail landed at Sewardlor Anchorage,
during the present winter at least, is
carried over the Government Railroad
line, excepting the stretch between
! stee! ends, and it is fair to assume that
this policv will be pursued during the
coming summer season. Time from
Seattle to Nenana, about 11 days; pos
sibly less.
From either Fairbanks or Nenana
the Kuskokwim mail is routed out to
Holy Cross, at which place this mail,
as well as that coming from St. M ichae1,
lies in the office until the 15th oj each
month, on which date Contractor Oscar
Samuelsou gathers up the mail and
takes it through what is known its the
Yuknn-Kuskokwim portage, landing it
at Ret-hel. and from the latter place
the mail is brought up by the steamer
Tana. Time from Seattle to McGrath,
provided direct connection is made, ,32
or 33 days*. from Nenana, 18 or 19Mhv>
This time from Nenana. however, all
depends upon direct connection ho,it a’
Gibbon and'lo5y Croi-t, and it must te
remembeced that if the mail lands • t
Holy Cross on the ICth of the month it
will have to lie in that office until the
15th of tfie following month.
The present winter mail route is
about as follows: Mail is brought over
railroad from Sewaid to end of steel:
theu.ee by A. E. C. teams to end of
steel at Net.ana end of line. From j
Fairbanks or Nenana the mail is taken I
to Tanaua, either by hotse or dog
team, a distance of about 140 miles;!
from Tanamt to Roby, about 130 miles;!
from Ruby to Optiir, about 160 uule.-; ‘
from Ophir u> McGrath, ahoot 40 miles.
Total distance from Neiaua, approxi
mately . 47u miles. Actual time iu
transit, about 18 days.
Assuming that each suggested route
is a feasible one, a comparison with,
ihose now in u»e would serve to show
that
Mail from Nenana for Mc
Grath to the SUMMER
SEASON could be iaDdml
here in EIGHT DAYS, in
stead of 18—19 to 49 ok) u ay s.
Mail from Nenana in the
V\ IN i Eli SliAauN could
be landed here in EIGHT
DAYS, instead of .18 days.
Speaking of the proposed route-,
Dave Clou-h toid THL 1IMES: "I per
sonal!) know of two p onpectot'S who
Some years ago came from the Not i
kaket over Last Menehumiua and then
over tiie portage to the Noauh Fork,
and on down me Kuskokwiui. Another
man. Vou Frank, also came over he
lake down here, coming, 1 think, dur
ing the winter stason. As to me
winter route. 1 heard J. VV. Ben,), tvuu
knows the section well, inform i he
postal inspector who was here some
mouths ago that the distance between
McGrath anu ibe line wheie tbe rail
road would pi*>s would he about tuo
miles. A number of men have made il
from Kancishna to this place in hve
dats.” This staiemeui. irom Mr. Clough
only adds streugth to the calculations
already given.
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W. F. Green—
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