* FIFTY MILUONS
WILL BE COST OF
ALASKA’S ROAD
SEATTLE, July 25 (by Associated
Press).—Alaska’s 471-mile government
railroad is costing about $75,000 per
mile, completed, according to figures
compiled by the Alaskan engineering
commission, which is directing the
construction. This cost, according to
Manager J. L. McPherson of the
Alaska bureau of the Seattle Chamber
of Commerce, compares very favor
ably with costs of other railroads built
not only in the North but also in the
virgin sections of the United States.
The Copper River railway, which runs j
out of Cordova, Alaska, cost about $85,-!
000 per mile, even before prices j
^ soared, according to Mr. McPherson.
The total cost of the Alaska rail
| road will be $50,436,971, it is estimated.
\ Originally, in 1914, congress appropri
ated $35,000,000 for the construction
of the road. At first it was estimated
that about $30,000,000 would complete
the line. But the war came and prices
of labor and material soared. Not
withstanding the fact that the cost of
labor, supplies and transportation
soared, some items over 100 per cent,
the cost of the road has increased
only 30.1 per cent over the original
estimates, the commission recently
pointed out.
When the road is completed 'it ■will
open up, it is expected, a country rich
in mineral and agricultural possibili
ties. Communication with the great
Interior valleys of Alaska will be J
made easier than ever beforee. _,At i
Fairbanks and Nenana, the Interior j
railroad points, trains will connect
with boats plying on the Tanana, a
tributary of the Yukon. Cost of liv
ing, it is believed, will be lowered
in the Interior, as the present high
* freight rates keep commodities at a
high figure.
Attention is now being given to the
construction of “feeder” roads for the
railroad. Instead of being railroads,
however, the “feeders” are wagon
trails or automobile roads. They will
tap agricultural and mining districts j
lying near the railroad. Among these ]
are the Talkeetna mining district, ’
about forty miles northeast of Tal- j
keetna; the Valdez Creek country,]
about seventy miles northeast of the
Susitna river crossing; the Broad Pass
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section, the Kantishna country and the
Yentna territ' ry.
Those who dream of more railroads
yet to he built in Alaska say that
some day the road will be extended
from Fairbanks on to the Yukon and
also across the mountains to the Kus
kokwim valley, a great section of
Alaska lying in the far southwestern
corner.
The Arness Lumber Company has
secured a contract to furnish 59,000,
000 feet of rough lumber for shipment
to Australia, according to a telegram
received recently by Olaf Arness, says
the Petersburg Report. The contract
calls for a shipment of 3,000,000 feet
this season, 6,000,000 feet in 1920 and
10,000,000 feet per year for the five
years following.
Improvement work on the Fairbanks
to Valdez trail during the present sea
son will cost $130,000, according gto C.
J. Morrison, superintendent for the
Alaska road commission. Work will
be directed from the Chitina end,
where ten crews have been organ
ized.
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seen some cheechako step
in and take advantage of
an opportunity from right
under your nose. Then
you cussed your hard
luck.
Can’t you see the opportunity to get in
on the ground floor on Cordova real estate?
Others are seeing it and
If you don’t you will bemoan your
hard luck again when the Katalla
Branch and the opening of the Bering
River coal cause the next
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realty.
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Residence Phone 101-3
^ Shop Phone 182
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LOVERA MONARCH CIGARS.
2 for 25c
OPTIMO STANDARD CIGARS.
2 for 25c
OPTIMO SENATOR CIGARS.
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MOZART MAGNIFICENT CIGARS
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MOZART CORONA FINA.
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TUXEDO TOBACCO, TINS .
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PRINCE ALBERT, TINS_
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ALL OTHER CIGARS AND TO
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NOTIONS,
TOBACCOS, CONFECTIONERY.
Electric irons, 3 pounds to 6 1-2
pounds. Prices $3.50 to $6.50 at the
Northwestern Hardware Company.
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And I’ll bet you my all
You’ll want to stop in
If only to call.
There are lots of Toys,
Picture Books and Games,
Marbles and Candies and
Dolls without names—
Silks and Laces,
Ribbons by the mile—
And Frances Fraisure there
To give you a smile.
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