THE
McCarthy weekly news
Entered as second class matter, beptem
ber 17th, 1918. at the I ost Office, a
McCarthy. Alaska, under the Act o
March 3. 1879.
C. O. Marwood Editor
R. Marwood Circulation Manager
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Saturday, January 17, 1925
I
McCarthy or
CHITINA?
Considerable agitation is
still going on and finding its way
into toe newspapers concerning
the mail route into the Sush
anna country. Coming as it does
at a time when the appropriat
ion for tlie Alaska Road Comm
ission has been issued the reas
on for such agitation is not hard
to ferret out.
The group responsible for
the agitation are property own
ers on the Naoezna and the prop
osed new route would open a
road into their territory and
place then on a regular frmgnt !
route. So far so good; and far;
be it from us to oppose any proj
speet of having this property j
opened up. But it is the method)
of getting at ! Ins that is to be j
looked into ana the result of such
a scheme Let us thoroughly ex
amine the two routes.
First and foremost comes
the question of distance. Thej
present loute travelled from
McCarthy is approximately 100
milts; toe proposed trail from
Chitina is in the neighborhood
of 250 min s— a difference in lav ;
ot ui the loriner cf I, 0 miles. |
*
Quite a consideration.
Next comes the question of
conditions of the trails and the
relative facility which each may
be traveled. On the last mail trip,
Mr. Harry BDyden. Gover nment
mail carrier, made the trip from
McCarthy over the old route via
the Nizina River and Scolia Pass
and returned the other way via
the Nabezna, Gulkana and Chiti
na and has made his report on
the two routes. In the main his
report is as follows:
“Leaving out the question of
distance tho route via Gulkana
to Chitina is a more even route
under certain conditions which
exist at the present tim6* but. wh
ich may never occur again, name
ly, the scarcity of snow this seas
on lias kept the trail in a very
passable condition and the cold
weather lias frozen the rivers so
that they can easily be crossed.
Hut if these rivers were not i'ro
z»»n solid it would be well nigh
i in possible to cross. They are ab
out three to one in number com
pa red with the other route and
much more dangerous. Also liea
vy snowfalls would mean break
ing trail over an added distance
of i50 miles. The Uoute via the
Nizina Glacier is only bad in one
place arid This can h • easily rem
edied. This place is right, on the
glacier where it is necessary to
go toward the summit of Goat
Mountain and traversing an ext
ra distance of 10 to 12 miles
which would not be necessary
if a trad were cut lower down
for a aistance of about thirty —
five miies. This is all the work
eccessar.N over tie* entire route.
The trail fiom McCarthy to the
Glacier is passable Summer and
Winter and the trail from the
Glacier \to Sushanna is likewise
easily travelled at any season
and tiie other 85 miles could,
at small oust, be put in a similar
comi it.on.
Moreover the McCarthy
rente will open up the White
River District where large capit
al is about to make a venture
early this year It is to be hoped
that this capi al will not be scar
ed from Alarka by failure to
aid tin m with a freighting route.
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