ALASKA’S
RAILROAD
Wm. Gerig Replies to
Criticism Regarding
Freight Rates. ,
Replying! to statements of Sam Dobin
concerning freight rates over the
Alaska Railroad, Wm. Gerig, of~ the
Alaskan Engineering Commission, re
cently addressed the) following open
Setter to the Nenana -News: :
“Gentlemen: In the issue ol May IS;
1922, of the NeBana. News, Mr. Sara
Dubin, who is interested in aehain of
stores on the Koyukuk river, states
that the rate from Seattle to Nenana
via the Alaska railroad of $4£appeared
somewhat mythical, as he had a.ship~
ment of 136 tons via that route which
cost him at the rate ef $51.36 per ton.
He also stated that hei eould ship his
supplies via the’mouth Of the Yukon at
St. Michael at $44 Isfer too.
“It was never expected that- the
rates via the Alaska Railroad would
compete with all-water rates via the
mouth of the Yukon through St. Mi
chael for a very great distance down
the river, and therefore it is- not sur
prising that the rates- to the mouth of
the Koyukuk would be less on the all
water route than rvia the Alaska, rail*
road. In tbis ooDneofcioa it i» interest
ing to- note that although -Mi*. Babin
paid S51;38 per ttm-for his freight de
livered at Nenana- frOm Seattle, a dis
tance of L906-miie3'w»ter*haul and 411
miles rail. haul, -thet.‘White Pass &
Yukon Route’s present' local freight
rate from Nenana- to-.Mulato, which is
near the mouth of then KdyukUk river,
is $35 for a hauPof<*464t-miles down
stream. In other -words, Mr-. Babin
would have to pay the*. White Pdas
steamers $35 for a 467--in vie haul! of; the
same freight that hepasd,as-h«<flakn«,
$51.36 for a 2273 mile +haoh. It the
freight rate to the meuth bf'tbe Yukon
via St. Michael h&3 been reduced to
$44, should not the Alaska- Railroad re
Dr.. WL fFXSreen
McGrath, Alaska
Max Simel
The Pioneer Trader
Furs Bought and
Sold
Milters'*, Prospectors’
and Trappers’
Supplies
Steamer Service Oft the Inoka
River.
it Ask tbr PedpI«[of opbir about nek
a
x STATION
Fairview, Innoko River
oeiv« some credit in this connection for
introducing the feature of competition?
“It is interesting to compare the fol
lowing rates per ton on the river, down
stream, with fifth class rates for sim
ilar distances on the Alaska Railroad:
Nenana to Tanana, 200 miles.$16.00
Seward to Caswell, 202 miles. 18.40
Nenana to Ruby, 345 miles.. 31.00
Seward to McKinley Hark. 347
miles... 27.20
Nenana to Holy Cross, 725-uuiles 42.00
Seattle to Fairbanks, 2333 miles 42.00
j “Cordially Yours.
“Wm. Gekio,
“Asst. Chief Engineer.”
Soldiers Gone, Natives
Now Running Tanana
A'litter from Tanana to M. J. Clancy
contains the following items of interest
to-old-timers hereabouts:
Thietowr. is doing pretty well now,
as the soldiers are gone and- the na
tives are now running the town. Busi
ness has been fine-.
Frank Lundie i* working in> the A
Blnkiert store.
A‘, Plnkiert left recently for the Out
side on a business trip, and will be
away for about six weeks.
Chris Abel left on the- Jacobs last
night, beaded for the Outside.. Be ex
pectsto come back this winter.
Johnny Adams is engaged to marry
Miss Pick, missionary at the Mission.
Nearly every fellow about town, is in
the fish business. Wheels all along
the Yukon.
The N. €'. CO. is closing its store at
Hbt Springs. Only going to have a
roadhouse there.
Alleged Night-Riders Indicted.
Medford, Ore.—Dr. Jouett Bray, J.
F Hittsbon, former chief of police, and
Howard A. Hill, a prominent fruit
grower ol this section, were indicted
by the grand jury here today. They
are charged' with participating in sev
eral! night-rider hangings.
Mineral Application No. 0551
U. S. Land Office, Nome, Alaska
April 28th, 1922.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
th© Flume Dredge Company, a cor
poration, organized and existing un.
dear the laws ©f the State of Calif
ornia, whose postoffice address is
Mills Building, San Francisco, Calif
ornia, has made application, through
James M. Streeften, its authorized
agent, whose post office address is
Nome, Alaska, before the United
States Land Office of Nome, Alaska,
for a United States Patent for the
consolidated placer mining claim
known as, THREE STAR ASSOCIA
TION, No. SEVEN BELOW DIS
rCOVERY ON YANKEE GREEK,
and No< SIX BELOW DISCOVERY
ON YANKEE CREEK, in the In
noko Mining andJ Recording District,
Territory of: Alaska, and designated
by the United! States Surveyor Gen
‘ eral of/ said,' territory as Mineral
Survey Not 1274; the exterior
boundaries of said placer claim, ac
cording.: to > the plat and field notes
of said/ survey, now on file in said
, land' office (with a magnetic varia
tion of 20 deg. 12 min. E.), being
, as follows:
1 THREE STAR ASSOCIATION—
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, a hewn
spruce post, 4 ft. long, 4 ins. sq.,
set 2 ft;‘ in ground, in earth mound,
scribed ’ 1-1274-38., whence U. S. L.
M. Nos> 1274 bears S. 52 deg. 38
min. E., 148.5 ft.; thence S. 46 deg.
39 min. W., 3034.2 ft. to Cor. No.
2; thence N. 28 deg. 48 min. W.,
646.15 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence N.
34 deg. 28 min. W., 662.65 ft. to
Cor. Not 4"; thence N. 47 deg. 06
min. El, 2769.1 ft. to Cor. No. 5;
thence S. 43 deg. 26 min. E., 1259.1
ft. to Cor. No. 1, and place of be
ginning, containing an area of
84.12 acres.
NUMBER SEVEN BELOW DIS
COVERY—Beginning at* Cor. No. 1,
identical with Cor. No. 3, Three
Star Association Placer, this survey,
a hewn spruce post, 4. ft. long, 4
ins. sq., set 2 ft. in ground, in
earth mound, scribed 3-1274-3S., and
1-1274-.; whence U. S. L. M. No.
1274 bears N. 61 deg. 34 min. E.,
2996.95 ft.; thence S. 41 deg. 09
min. E., 705.65 ft. to Cor. No. 2;
thence N. 35 deg. 24 min. W. 898.9
ft. to Cor; No. 3; (thence N. 60 deg.
34 min. E. 700.5 ft. to Cor. No. 4;
thence S. 34 deg. 28 min. E., 662.65
ft. to Cor. No. 1, and place of be
ginning, containing an area of
12.389 acres.
NUMBER SIX BELOW DISCOV
ERY—Beginning at Cor. No. 1,
identical with Cor. No. 2, No. Seven
Below on Yankee Creek Placer, this
survey, a hew spruce post, 4 ft. long
4 ins. sq., set 2 ft. in ground, in
earth mound, scribed 2-1274-7B.,
and 1-1274-6B.; wfhence U. S. L. M.
No. 1274 bears N. 57 deg. 43 min.
32 sec. E., 3666.52 ft.; thence S. 36
deg. 5? min. W., 909.30 ft. to Cor.
No. 2; thence N. 50 deg. 48 min. W.
840.2 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence N.
36 deg. 05 min. E., 1148.3 ft. to
Cor. No. 4; thence S. 35 deg. 24
min., E., 898.9 ft. to Cor. No. 1,
and place of beginning, conttaining
an area of 19.998 acres.
Expressly excepting and excluding
from this application the Three Star
Association placer of this same survey,
total area applied for 32.387 acres.
The adjoining claims are: on the
N. E., No. Ten Fraction, unsurvey
ed; on the S. E., claims unknown
and unsurveyed; on the S. W., No.
5 Below on Yankee Creek Placer,
unsurveyed, and on the N. W.,
claims unknown and unsurveyed.
U. S. L. M. No. 1274 is a hewn
spruce post, 8 ins. s<j., 8 ft. long,
3 ft. in ground, situated on sloping
hillside in prominent place about 40
ft. in elevation above the bed of
Yankee Creek, Latitude - 63 deg.
03 min. N. Longitude - 156 deg. 19
min. W.
J. SUNDBACK
Register
Finest Line of Clothing
in the Camp
J. H. McLean - Tacotna
Rough and Dressed Lum
ber of All Kinds
INNOKO LUMBER CO.
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DIRECT SERVICE
Seattle to Kuskokwim River
Via Inside Passage
Leaves Bethel for Seattle, Aug. 8th
Leaves Seattle for Bethel, Aug. 30
For Rates and Accommodations apply to
Kuskokwim Fishing & Transportation Co.
7 Cblman Dock, Seattle, Wash.
BLACKBURN & ELDRIDGE
Provisions Notions Furnishings
fikdan Mitts, Moccasins Dand Snowshoes
Furs Bought and Sold White Fish and Dog Feed
DogHamess Collars Sled Lashings Tank Heaters