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No. 353. ELEVENTH YEAH.
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mo aw aw
New Machinery Is Ordered!,
Reservoir To Be Enlarged
And 500 Feet of New
Pipe Line Laid
In order to carry out the terms of
its contract with the White Pass and
Yukon railroad, the Home Power com
!?any has ordered new generators anil
electrical machinery valued at 122.
250; will enlarge and reinforce their
dam and reservoir on the first bench
ai a cost of $8,000; and will put in
500 feet of 10 inch pipe lino from the
tank to the power house to replace
tUe present 12 inch pipe line. The
total cast of the improvements will
b>: about $45,000. The work will all
be done this fall and the Home Power
company will be in shape to supply
"juice" to the railroad shops by the
latter part of September.
The machinery ordered consists of
one 250 kilowatt generator to be con
noted with a 400 horse power Pelton
water wheel; one 125 kilowatt gen
? rator to replace the present 100 kilo
watt Stanley generator; one 100 kilo
watt generator to be connected with
a Curtis steam turbine; and a 200
horse power Babcock & Wllcock boil
er. Condensing apparatus, steam
pumps and a new electric switchboard
have also been ordered. This machin
ery will arrive in Skngway in about
ninety days >i?l will be installed at
once.
There is sufficient floor space In
th.- present power house, but it is
the intention of tin1 llome Power com
pony to move t ielr offices to the heart
oT town.
The present dam will be strength
en^ and enlarged so that the reser
voir, which now has a capacity of S.">.
000.000 gallons, will be Increased t<>
'45,000,000 gallons. The work on the
reservoir alone will cost SG.Oi'O.
The new lti-inch pipe line will b?
laid before the machinery arrives.
This is expected to take about ten
weeks.
When the Home Power company
complete their improvements they
will have one of the most complete
and up to date plants in the west.
They will be in shape to furnish all
the power to the White Pass shops
and will have an exclusive field i:i
supplying electric lights to the town.
The Home Power company issued 1
bonds to raise the money for tin- im
provements.
River Reports
The main channel at Yukon Cross
ir.g is blocked with ice as far as Five
Finger rapids and the Victorian |
which left Hootallnqua last Friday,
is being delayed at Yukon Crossing]
by the ice..
At White horse the river is rising!
slowly and the water is now 4 inches
above the low water mark.
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TRUST FORMED
(By United Prees)
NEW YORK. May lit? A gigantic
dry goods trust has been foruiinl,
capitalized at $130,000,000. John Caf
lin is at the head of the new trust.
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CROOKED CORPORATIONS ARE
SEEKING HENEY'S REMOVAL
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C.. May 24?
Strenuous efforts are being made to
have Attorney General George NVlck-j
ershani withdraw the appointment of
! Francis llenoy as special prosecutor
in the San Francisco graft cases, j
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., May 21?
Francis Heney stated today that ho
had learned that the United Rail
roads .company with the aid of the
Southern Pacific railroad were try
ing to have him ousted as special
prosecutor by bringing pressure, to
bear at Washington.
WHEAT PRICE
SOARING HIGH
(By United Press)
CHICAGO, 111. May 21? May wheat
closed at $1.32 a bushel on the Chi
cago stock exchange last Saturday..
The bulls are still strong and the
Market is active. The closing price
Saturday was t!ie highest price of
wheat for fiften years.
Eddie Kennedy, brother of James I
Kennedy of this town, who was I
drowned in Juneau last Thursday
night, was rowing from a gasoline |
boat to shore in a small canvas boat
with two other young men, Nick Uren
Jr., and Mick Stephanoff, when the
boat capsized.
Kennedy was lame and encumbered
by heavy clothing. Neither did he
know how to swim. The other two
young men swam ashore and sum
moned assistance, but Kennedy sank
to his death in the icy waters. His
body was recovered Friday night.
FOR 11 GONG
(By United Press.)
LONDON, England, May24? To
night Sam Langford, the Boston ne
gro, and Ian Hague, the Welsh coal
miner, meet in a 20 reund fight be
fore the National Athletic club for
the heavyweight championship of En
gland. Langford is a favorite in the
betting 5 to 2, but Hague, who recent
ly knocked out Gunner Molr in one
round, is being backed by the British
si orts.
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(By United Press.)
L()i5 ANGELES, Cal. May 24? In a
letter received by a prominent Los
Angeles business man, President Taft
states that he is anxious to make the
trip to Alaska this summer and ex
pects to take his wife and ids son
Charlie with him.
\V. D. Greenough, vice president
and gereral manager of the Snow
Storm mine in the Cour do Alene dis
trict, and Charles D. Ilatchelor, an
independent ore buyer, arrived in
Skagway Saturday from Spokane,
Wash., and left this morning for
Whitehorse where Mr. Greenough will
look over some mines with the idea
of making a purchase while Mr. Bat
chelor expects to contract for some J
ore deliveries.
Mr. Greenough was in Whitehorse
last winter and was greatly impressc
with the camp. He has had two min
ing experts at work this spring exam
ining the property he is eontemplatin
th.e purchaso of.
PRESENT II
VELVET P
(By United Press.)
SEATTLE, Wash. May 24? The Arc
tic Brotherhood are planning to
present President Taft with a
royal blue velvet parka when lie ar
rives in Seattle to attend the A.-V .-P.
| Exposition. ?
I
New
...Potatoes.
?M
? Just Received tlie First Lot of the
? Season? They are Nice
GANTY & FRANDSON
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(By United Pros.)
OMAHA, Neb. May 24 ? Four mask
ed men held up the overland limited
Union Pacific train near here late
Saturday night and rifled the mail car
securing seven sacks of registered
mail of unknown value.
The thieves escaped in an automo
bile which they had waiting near the
railroad track. There are no clues
which the police can work on.
CHICAGO, 111. May 24? The over
land limited arrived here today and
the passengers knew nothing about
the robbery until informed by news
paper reporters. All the passengers
were asleep when the train was
robbed.
O. B. Perry, general manager of
tlie Guggenheim interests at Dawson,
arrived from New York on the Prin
cess Royal and left for Wliitehorse
this morning in A. L. Uerdoe's spec
ial car. Mr. Perry is in a big hurry
to get to Dawson and "Doc" Schar
schmidt, superintendent of the White
Pass stage line, has arranged to take
Mr. Perry 150 tniles by buckboard to
a point on the Yukon where he can
catch a steamer.
Mr. Perry stated last night that the
Guggenheims will have seven big
dredges working this year and that
the big main ditch would be com
pleted this summer and an extension
of 8 miles made up Bonanza creek.
(By United Press.)
LONDON, England. May 24? All of
England is celebrating the birthday of
the late Queen Victoria today. Flags
are flying and celebrations are being
held in all the cities and towns.
ROYAL BROUGHT BIG CARGO
The Princess Royal arrived in Skag
way at 6 o'clock Saturday evening
with 66 passengers and 240 tons of
freight on board. The Royal made the
run up from Juneau in seven hours.
The freight la all merchandise con
signed to Dawson. The Royal left
at 6 o'clock Sunday morning with 14
passengers and E tons of freight.
A. L. BERDOE ARRIVED
A. L. Berdoe, General Manager of
the White Pass & Yukon railroad, ar
rived in Skagway from Vancouver on
the Princess Royal. Mr. Berdoe will
be in Skagway for the next six
months.
NEWSPAPER FOR KOYUKUK
George M. Hill a newspaper man,
arrived on the City of Seattle and will
leave for the inside ac soon as navig
cation opens. With H. A, Darins he
intends to start a weekly newspaper
at Wright City in the Koyukuk
country. Mr. Darms will bring the
plant In by the Yukon river.
CITY OF SEATTLE IN AND OUT .
The City of Seattle unexpectedly
arrived at 11.30 o'clock yesterday
morning with 59 passengers and 117
tons of freight on board and left at
9 o'clock last night with 2 passengers.
Father Turnell returned from
Haines on the Peterson today.
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