THE KUSKO TIMES
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Entered as secona-class matter Au
gust 20th, 1923, at the postoffice at
Tukotna, Alaska, under the Act of
March 3, 1070.
Takotna. Alaska, August 8. 1931.
FREIGHTING TO INTERIOR
OVER RICHARDSON HIGHWAY
(Valdez Miner.)
For the past two or three seasons,
freighting to the Interior over the
Sichardson Highway from Valdez
lhas been steadily increasing in vol
ume. Originally confined to the
transportation of supplies for the
•roadhouses and mines lying between
the coast and the Copper river, it
was soon demonstrated that the
freighting of all manner of goods to
joints still farther inland could be
performed more cheaply than by
•other routes, and as a result last sea
son saw approximately one thousand
ttons ef freight moved by motor
truck from Valdez to points along
the highway as far north as Gakona
and Chestochina.
The present season marks the ini
tiation of still more ambitious plans
for freighting over the highway.
With the opening of the highway
•over Thompson pas.-, the first arrivals
from air banks were several trucks,
•big fellows, and upon the arrival of
•the Aleutian Thursday evening they
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Anchorage, Alaska
proceeded to take on capacity loads
of perishables for Fairbanks, and al
most before the steamer was out of
sight down the bay on its voyage to
Seward they were off on their 370
mile journey to Fairbanks, expecting
to arrive there Friday afternoon,
three or four days earlier than sim
ilar freight sent in over the Alaska
i Railroad and with a consequent
smaller spoilage.
These freighters express the ut
most confidence in their ability to put
the freight into Fairbanks at a rate
i no higher than the railroad freight
| rate and from three to four days
earlier than by the railroad. While
these first loads are confined almost
tain that after this initial trip has
demonstrated the feasibility of motor
freighting many other articles of
merchandise will be added to the list
of commodities that will go over the
highway to the interior metropolis,
and that last year’s tonnage over the
highway may be more than doubled.
Later developments in the plan to
freight over the highway to Fair
banks are the arrival of two other
big trucks which have departed for
the interior with capacity loads of
general freight.
TERRITORIAL HIGHWAY EN
GINEER REVIEWS ROAD SIT
UATION IN VARIOUS AREAS
(Anchorage Times.)
The outlook for Territorial road
projects does not appear very encour
aging to William A. Hesse, Terri
torial highway engineer, who arrived
in the city this week. Uncertainty of
revenues has resulted in curtailments
and as a result of the withholding of
road funds Mr. Hesse finds himself
| in the discouraging position of being
compelled to explain why projects
coming under his jurisdiction are not
now being carried forward as author
ized by the last Legislature.
Since leaving Anchorage some time
1 ago Mr. Hesse has visited the Fair
: banks district and the Seward Penin
j sula country. Returning to the in
j terior he flew from Nome to Fair
j banks and then returned to the coast
j by way of the Richardson road. He
I has given the Times the following
! statement:
“1 do not wish to be quoted as say
ing that conditions are rosy any
place that I have been, but one hope
ful sign is the return to prospecting
(for gold) throughout the Territory.
The Fairbanks district is witnessing
considerable activity in lode mining
and the yield of gold from quartz is
the greatest in thhe history of that
camp.
“Speaking of quartz mining in the
interior, it might interest you to
know that the Cleary Hills Mining
Company, which operates a quartz
mine 400 miles from Valdez, is haul
ing its powder from Valdez with
trucks across three divides and sav
ing $4 on every box of powder over
rates charged by the Alaska Railroad.
“I might say, as a matter of fair
ness to the Alaska Railroad, that in
other classes of freight the railroad
still competes successfully with mo
tor trucks, but if there should be any
considerable offering of freight to
Yukon valley points this road with
existing freight rates could not hope
to compete with water transporta
tion.
“It is probably true that good rea
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FAIRBANKS, ALASKA
Inquire of Kuako Times.
sons existed for increasing passenger
rates, and thinking people generally
are not hostile to such increase, but
that the increase of freight rates at
this time was a mistake there seems
to be no roo mfor doubt.
"If Congress and the Interior De
partment are obsessed with the idea
that this railroad must be self-sus
taining at once, the sooner they junk
it the better.
“My interest, of course, is centered
in roads and not railroads, though
| this particular railroad is a conspicu
ous factor whenevr the matter of
road-building in the Territory is dis
cussed. Roads that remotely parallel
this raili*o:td naturally meet with op
position from the .Federal Govern
ment.
“The rivr.ituiial Road .Board is
committed to limited help for the
Eklutna road. It was programmed
for this season, .Lut. unfortunavoiy
$70,000 reduction in road expendi
tures from the 1931 season made it
necessary to curtail that item.
“We are rapidly reaching a stand-!
still in our road building .activities,1
I which include harbor improvements, j
j flood control, aviation .fields, hydro- i
| plane airports, telephone lines, shel- j
ter cabins and the .maintenance of ex- \
isting roads, to say nothing of the<
ever-increasing demand for new
roads. It means this much .as far. as
Anchorage is concerned: The Terri
tory can not without federal coopera
tion hope to build the Eklutna road
within any reasonable length of
time.”
CAPONE GIVEN CHANCE TO
WITHDRAW PLEA OF GUILTY
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CHICAGO.—As .a result of the
enter a plea of guilty on a promise of!
leniency, the gangster was granted
permission to withdraw his guilty
pie guilty pleaa nd to trial on the
charge of violating the income tax
law. The case has been set for hear- i
ing by Judge Wilkerson in Septem
ber.
The judge has reserved decision
until that date on the gangster’s mo
tion to withdraw his guilty plea on
the charge of conspiring to violate
the prohibition law.
GIRNAN TO SERVE 8 YEARS. I
LOS ANGELES-Frederick GirJ
nan, convicted on a .charge of sending i
obscene matter through the mails in
articles concerniny Clara Bow, for-:
mer movie actress, has been sen
tenced to serve a term of eight years
in the penitentiary and to pay a fine
of *1,000.
The court suspended the last three
years of the sentence on condition
that Giraan henceforth refrain from
publishing obscene matter.
DIVIDENDS ARE BEING CUT.
NEW YORK.—The directors of the
Bethlehem Steel Corporation have
announced a reduction of the quar
terly dividend to 50 cents from *1*
the payment now bein gon the yearly
basis of $2 instead of *4.
NEW YORK.—The directors of the
New York, Chicago & St. Louis rail
road, known as the Nickel Plate road,
have voted to omit the usual quar
terly dividend of *1.50.
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