The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL: VIII
McCarthy,
ALASKA, SATURDAY, January i-T,lJz.5
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OF INTEREST
TO TOWN AND DISTRICT
Frank Carrol, Fred Overlander
and Geo Petiff, have undertaken
a contract to cut lumber for the
Dan Creek Mines Inc. and left
town Wednesday to make a start
Cliff Cayouette. come into town
from Dan Creek Tuesday and
says the cold drove him in.
An tone Anderson, of Road
Commission come into town on
business Thu rsday.
The extreme cold snap prevented
Harry Hoyden from Ids mail trip
into Shushanna. this tim* and
came back to town to await milder
weather.
Herman Hill, walked in from
l»ng Lake,on Thursday. Ar l'i-st
he was very wrath at having
missed the tiain there but he
says he beat it into MrCartiiy,
at that.
Hi Malcolm came down from
Strelna to look the accident over
on Thursday.
I*. W. Homes ( Mill ) deserted
McCarthy on Tm sday. going to
his old hang out at Valdez.
11 is rumored that toe ( Kvl
Cafe is to he under New Manage
ment ve>y so'Mi, the New owners
being Jack Costello, and I lob
Harris, who are at present at
Ken necott.
Mr, and Mrs, U. F\ Snyder,;
mushed out to Nicolai Camp on
the Mother Lode t rail to bring in
their summo1” tent, not expecting
to need it for a while.
Up to the Lime of going to
i j
press the train derailed at mile
lb* is still out of commission ;
and the road still blocked
at mile 50.
WE HAVE OUR TROUBLES.
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It never rains out it pours and
the C. R. and N W. Rjy. never
runs into treble but they roli in it.
'The drifts have snowed in one of
the calories at mile 50; and the
local coining in from Chitin i on
'Thursday struck a broken rail at
mile is7. and had the engine ami
j two coaches derailed, Jack says
| next time tie goes to Cordova h»*
j will stay at home.
192.') SCHEDULE ADMIRAL
LLNL IS ANNOUNCED
! Same Service Maintained Last
Year Will Be Useu
Again T..is Season
According to information receviu
oy \g«*nt Niciiols, ol the Admiral
Line, tiie schedule of operation of
steamers Oy me Pacific Sc. amship
Company to Southeastern and
SuotinvestcM n Alaska is announced,
ami mcluue practically the same
service as m untamed during List
season.
The steamships Admiral Rogers
and Queen will be operated on the
Southeastern Alaska route, on a
weeky schedule one or the other
of tnese vessels sailing 11 om
Seattle each Wednesday, connnenc
ing with the departure of the
Queen on March Is, t.o be followed
by the Admiral Rogers March 25,
andean.i Wednesday thereafter.
The South western Alaska route
will be operated on a fortnightly
schedule, with the steamships
Aunnrai Watson and Admiral J
Evans on the route. These vessels i
are to sail from Seattle on Tues !
i
days, commencing with Admiral'
Watson’s sailing March 24, follow- !
continued on page o
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Thosewho have been accustomed j
to obtaining the special line of
Quinlans ioilel accessories hand
led by Mrs. L. H. Woodman are
advised that those have been turn
ed over to Mrs. C. O. Marwood and
some may be obtained from h^r<
at any time.
WORK ON NIZINA
BRIDGE RESUMED
I I
Operations on the now no tor
ions work of bridging the Nizi
m* River were resumed on Wee !
jnesday morning after a period!
I of inactivity of nearly six weeks
Engineer Antone Anderson
! received word some two weeks
I ago that $1000.00 was available
' to start the rock excavation work
I and he immediately sent out the
| fiery cross for the members of
I his old crew who were on this
woi k at the close down. At this
| juncture old Mother Nature took
j a hand in the job and sent us
! sou.e fifty below weather which
| has neid up the work for two
I weeks. The milder weather of
tli • early part of the week perm
itted of a start and Jno. Guilbert
son, ccok, and eight men report
' ed for work Tuesday afternoon
and Wednesday morning. This
i
i
will be all the erevv needed until I
the "cats” ar rive admit February '
1st when some additional men
w il be called for.
The carpenter work is ex;-)
<*cted to start around March 1st
when Fred Anderson, who was
in charge oi‘ this work at Aneh
orage, will take charge of this
end of the operation and Mr.
An tone Anderson has made the
statement that the last spike
will be driven within one hund
red days from that time. This
will give ample time to have the
structure in shape before the
summer flood water comes down
to test its strength. Previous
attempts to bridge the river have
all been failures owing to the
fact that the piling was driven
in the winter months when it
was impossible to get the proper {
penetration and the frost leaving
the ground naturally loosened
the piles. This time the piling
has been put in to an average |(
depth of 18.3 feet with the max
imum depth 22 feet which should
give sufficient strength to with
stand any flood pressure.
Tiie news of tie* earl,\ com
pletion oi this structure will he
hailed with joy by those who are
depending on it to get over the
water in the dangerous summer
period when so many fatal ties
have occurred there in attempts
to lord it. Not only the placer
creeks, Dan and Cintitu, will ben
efit but also other ventures who
are planning on this route to got
into the Nebezna and White Ui
ver Districts, notably among
diem being Win. Sulzer in his
venture into the head of the
White.
FORMER CAPT. ADMIRAL
WATSON KILLS HIMSELF
Captain Oscar Anderson, former
master of the steamer Admiral
Watson who commanded this ship
on the Alaskan run out of Seattle,
committed suicide here last night
He killed himself with a rifle
bullet. The gun was fired by
Anderson putting his foot in a
rag stirrup which he had attach
ed to the trigger. Friends attri
bute the rash deed to despond
ency following upon condinued
ill health. His physical condition
had compelled him to discontinue
his career on the sea and he gave
up his command about a year
ago. He suffered greatly from
rheu matism.
Owing to severe winds on
on the flats near Cordova the
train schedule has been badly
disarranged. The train leaving
Cordova Monday morning was
forced to put back after going
about thirty miles and it is not
expected to get through service
to Cordova until Saturday. Mean
while J. B. O’Neill and family lan
guish in Chitina, than which we
:an imagine no greater horror.