THE DAILY HW ALASKAN
CITY OFFICIHL PHPER
? TENTH YEAR ~ SKAttWAY. ALASKA, FRIDAY MAY a 1907 PRICE 10 CENTS
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Everybody Iftlks waterworks
The question of the hour in Skagway
is, shall the city buy the water-works
and electric lighting plant of the
Northwost Light & PowerCompany It
is understood a majority of the city j
council, from the partial investigation
thov have made, are inclined favorably
toward the proposition of the company
to part with it to the city for $25,000,
but the Duily Alaskan is informed that
a conclusion has not been reached by
any means The public generally is
j taking sides in the mutter, the maj rity
among the business men being appar
ently gainst the proposition.
The importance of thii matter makes
| a trief resume of the present situation
and the arguments for and against the
purchase of the plant timely.
Prtisnt Situation
It is conceded that these negotiations
are to give the city an unfailing water
s ipp'y. Brit, and to eliminrte the obli
gations of the city, under the contract
iu force, to the railroad which pumps
the water supply of the city from the
spring at the shops to the reservoir on
the mountain side above them. The city
now pays SlOO-per month for this pump
ing and furuishes water to the railroad
hospital, the White Pass Athletic Club,
the 'official shack" next to the
club building, and the railroad
offices. The contract provides
that should tho price prove Insufticien
the fallrroad can rise the cost of its .
pump:ng to $150 per month aad that if .
two pumps should be required to run at '
the same time to provlJe the water
needed, the cost of the pumping can be
raised to $-00 a month. However, the
pumping has beeh]done for thro year at
the minimum coat mentioned, and there
has been no intimation that there will
be a raise or that a raise is being or
or ever has been considered.
The water supp'y is admitted to be
ample in the summer time, but dimin
ished lust winter, which was long and
cold, so that it was feared there might
be a failure of It on some important
occasion. It is estimated, however,
that there was . no time during the
winter that four streams of water could
not have been kept playing on a fire for
from four to Sve hours before the water
would ruu out.
The city council appointed a com
mittee to investigate the sources of
water supply for this city. Mr. Mc
Grath is chairman of the committee.
He took the question of supp'y up with
the Northwest Light & Power company (
and the latter company said it was im
practicable to consider anything unless
it included the purchase of the lighting
plant.
What Advooites Say
Those wh > support the purchase of the
water and light plant urge that it
affords tho city an opportunity to get
an unfailing water supply, (though they
admit that it would cost several thou
sand dollars in addition to the 525, OK)
investment to develop It), that it would
be a profitable inyes'mect.
In support of the last named proposi
tion they say the management of the
company claims to hare an income of
$500 a month, that the city would gel
this and save the $100 per month for
pumping and the half of the street
lighting bill which has been paid the
railroad compiny? about 81SOO per
year, all told.
What Opposition Saytt
Those who oj>pose the purchase say
the city has plenty of water now: that
the railroad company has shown no dis
position to act otherwise than in good
faith in the declaration that it seeks
only to make the actual cost of the
pumping; that the old water system is
worn out, unfit for service and in a
position where it must go out of busi
ness or have thousands of dollars ex
pended upon it, that it would cost less
by several hundred per cent, to more
tbao double the supply the city has in
the| north end of town than it would
cost to make the supply of the old com
pany adequate to the city's needs (to
say nothing of the original investment)
that the water now used by the city is
warmer and less likely to frteze than
the old comp?ny's water, and that it ig
better and purer; that the price is too
high, and that the city could not make
interest on the investment proposed.
It has been estimated that the city's
Nineteenth street spring could be con
nected with the spring at the shops
a 100,000 ?gallons water reservoir con
structed and many other improvements
made for a few thousand dollars? much
less than it would cost to put the old
company's water plant in condition.
It is said this would cause no further
expense for the pumping.
Might Secure Change of Contraot
It has been suggested, also, that the
city might secure a change in the rail
road pumping contract should it seek
to do so. The old contract was made
with the s&ving clauses to the railroad
at a time when the whole proposition
was theoretical. There had been no
experience, and It was feared that it
might not work out exactly as figured.
Now that there has been three years'
experience, the matter should be figur
ed so that the option to charge more
than a stipulated price for a stipulated
service could be removed. *
City Haa Promlie of Baainea*
In answer to the contention that the 1
income fromthe old electric lighting and
water plant ia $500, it is said the city
has been promised nearly all of|that
which comes from water, estimated at
from 1125 to $150 per month.
WASKEV SAVS ALASKANS!
FOR ROME RULE
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan)
Seattle, May 24? Hon. Frank H.
VYaskey, Alaska's representative in
theiast congress, returned from Alaska
today. He says he finds the sentiment
In favor of.territjrial government for
Alaska gr nvinsr rapidly and becoming
more pronounced. The people, he says,
realize that tboy can never be well j
governed until they have control of
their own affairs. He a^ded: "The j
people have come to realize, that they
are being governed by a political ring
and they resent it. They want a terri
torial government wich is the stepping
stona to statehood."
CORtV OIF
(iiy Millionaire loses Steel
Trnst Presidency
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.)
Chicago, May 24? VV. E, Corey lias
lost ihe presidency of the steel trust.
The directors ytstcrdSy requested his
resignation by wire, it was explained
TTiat the divorcing his wife and his
marriage to Mabeile Oilman, the
? ctress, bad shocked the country and
ihe United States Steel Corporation
CouM cot share in the responsibility.
Pittsburg, May 24? Corey's uncle
says his newhew is insane and that his
recent divorce and marriage proves it.
GET FOUR
Sehmitz Jnry Being Made Op
Very Slowly
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan)
San Francisco, May 24? One juror
has been secured in the last 24 hours in
the Schraitz case, making four in all.
Judge Dunne ?ays he is satisfied with
the jurymen they have secured.
Judge Dunne udmits that he believes
Sehmitz is guilty of the charges against
him, but he says he will see that he gets
a fair trial.
Get your ticket from the W- P. A. C
excursion committee.
ALASKAN
Seed Potatoes
$3.00
Per Hundred weighit
GANTY & FRANDSQN
MW JUNLAUITfS COMING
m EXCURSION
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan)
Juneau, Mav 24? There will be a
large number of people from this place
for iheWhitehorse excursion fromSkag
way tomorrow. A great number left
on the Jefferson this morning and an
other large crowd will go on the
Georgia, which sails this afternoon.
Tbe baseball team is "fit and
willing, but there will be no game at
Skagway unless the Whitehor9e cup is
up to play for.
Georgia Sails
Juneau, May 24? The Georgia sailed
at 2:45 p. m. with 75 excursionists in
cluding the baseball team.
POSTAL OrtlCIAL BLAMES
Canadians
[Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan) !
Seattle, May 24? Ban Gasser, a postal i
clerk who holds a rovins? commission <
and who has been in Alaska, makea the I
sensational charge that the Canadian
govern meat deliberately delays Ameri
;an mails for points down the Yukon
aelow the Canadian border.
TICKET OfflCE
OPEN TONIGT
The White Pass ticket office will be
open tonight until 6 o'clock ana will be
opened again at 7 o'clock and continued
open until 8 o'clock. Those desiring:
tickets must not delay longer than the
last named hour.
Votol Vote! Vote !
For honostv and regulation. Long
years' established ! ! ! Cream Rye is it.
BASEBALL BULLETINS
AT BOUGHTON'S
The Daily Alaskan will get a (bulle
tin report of t ie baseball gauges and
other interesting features of tomor
row's celebration at Whitehorse, by
wire, which will be displayed at W. W.
Boughton's cigar store for the benefit
of those who do not go on the excur
sion.
Victoria Day is the big day of the
year across the linel
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5! ful and delicious drinks ? than ever before.
All popular flavors are served.
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cr Is now to be had at our Soda Fountain. 2T
?? I have spent considerable money in improv- js
ing my fountain this year, and am now in ?
position to serve better drinks ? most delight- *?*