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Collector of Customs J. P. Pugh, af
ter several months of most carefu
compilation, lias completed the an
nual report for 1915. The report ii
one that the entire territory of Mask!
will be greatly interested in becausi
the facts and figures contained in i
show that 1915 was a record breakini
period. The report should be real
by all Alaskans as it will give then
a great insight into the part Alaska h
playing in the great commercia
world.
Collector Pugh gives many interest
ing tables in his report. The import!
fnllntvu• \fArrhnm1iflo frntn thr
United States for 1915 were $23,293,
186. Merchandise from foreign ports
$500,519. Gold and stiver from for
eign ports, $1,223,620. The total im
ports for 1915 being $28,017,307. The
year 1915 was the banner one, the
total Imports for 1912 are $26,758,341;
for 1913, $26,761,000, and for 1914
$25,849,944.
The exports for 1915 were as fol
lows; Merchandise to the United
States, $34,245,272; merchandise ant
gold and silver to foreign ports, $1,
225,120; domestic gold and silver tc
the United Slates, $18,090,411. and
foreign gold and silver to the United
States. $3,298,012, or a total of $54.
856,815. The grand total of importe
and exports for 1915 amounted to $82,
874,122. This amount is over $12,
000,000 for 1914 and is over $10,000,
000 for the next banner year, which
was 1912,
To this should be added the follow
ing items not shown in the table and
not reported by the bureau of for
eign and domestic commerce to-wit:
Copper ore, exported to Anyox, B. C.
$318,995; fresh fish, diverted tc
Prince Rupert, B. C.. $269,669; gov
eminent furs from the Pribilof is
lands. $124,765; furs shipped by mail
(estimated), $150,000, or a total of
$863,529.
Of these products the greatest gain
is in copper ore and matte, an in
crease of 300 per cent. This increase
is not as much due to the higher price
as to the greater production. It has
been ascertained that ore to the value
of more than two million dollars haf
been mined and delivered to the sea
board ready for shipment.
A substantial gain has been made
in gold and silver shipments, the
greatest increase being from the
southeastern division.
The fish product is greater thar
1914, amounting to $19,603,689. Anti
mony and lead ores and matte are
new items in the report and wil
doubtless gain in importance. ,
A decrease appears in some items
the greatest being in furs. This i:
due to the low prices prevailing, the
elimination of the government produc
and shipments by mail. The lattei
information is furnished by the bu
reau and was not received in time
for inclusion in the report. If the
above amounts are added a more fav
orable showing is made.
The item “all other merchandise’
includes live animals, curios, garnets
ivory, jewelery, trophies, vegetables
whalebone, products of the Uniteei
States returned, etc.
The value of domestic-merchandise,
gold and silver shipped from Alaska
to the United States for 1915 is at
follows: Antimony ore, $189,365;
copper and matte, $12,354,163; fish
cannfed salmon, $17,892,377; all othei
kinds of salmon. $604,271; fteh ferti
lizer,- $20,895; fish and whale oil,
$30(V,8S2: furs, $411/411: gypsum, $$5,
800; lead ore and matte, $31,476;
marble, $104,888; tin ore, $76,471; all
other merchandise, $1,333,479; and
gold and silver, $18,090,411. This
makes a total of $50,335,629, whfch is
over $10,000,000 of any previous yeai
since 1911.
The gold and silver shipments b>
divisions was as follows: First dtvi
sion, $5,350,209; second division, $2.
798,952; third division. $1,649,455, and
the fourth division, $6,293,979. The
total for all four divisions was $16,
090,411, as shown in other figures
above. For the first division, 1916
was the banner year of all others
since 1911. being over Jl,000,000 for
any previous year. The second and
third divisions showed gains over
1013 and 1914. while the fourth divi
sion dropped slightly from tlie show
ing made In 1913 and 1914.
The report then gives a table show
ing the passenger movement for the
past six years, tourists and cannery
employees bound for remote parts
are not Included, however. The ar
rivals from the United States and
British Columbia for 1915 is as fol
. lows: Southeastern, southern and
western Alaska. 25,548: Nome, St. Mi*
, |ohael and Bering sea. 1.455, or a total
of 17,003. These figures show that
the 1915 travel to souAieastern. south
; ern and western Alaska was almost
1.000 over 1914; 4,000 over 1913, 5,000
over 1912, and nearly 6,000 over 1911.
The year the travel approached the
1915 figures was in 1910, when they
were 14,780.
The departure of the United States
and British Columbia from the two
above districts were 19,793 and 1.614,
. or a total of 21,407. The departures
from southeastern, southern and all
western Alaska points were lower
than in the two previous years
In segregating the shipments of
merchandise from the United States
to the different divisions tlie marked
increase in value of the shipments,
the report continues, to the southern
division is noted and indicates the
shifting of the center of activity to
that section. Although the southeast
ern division has continued extensive
development and installation of the
last three years and there is much
promise for the future, the building
of the railroad to the coal deposits
iind to the interior, the developing of
coal and ore bodies, the attended set
tlement of the district with its in
vestments and improvements, which i
promise to extend over a period of
years, will, it is predicted, bring the
southern section of Alaska into a po
sition of greater promise.
A comparative statement showing
the value of merchandise shipped from
the United States to the different sec
tions of Alaska follows: Southeast
ern Alaska, $10,329,411; southern Al
aska. $6,313,086; Bering Sea, etc., $3,
946.582; and St. Michael and Yukon
river, $2,704,089. The total is $23
293,168. The figures show that the
shipments are nearly $2,000,000 in ex
cess of any previous year for the
period of three years.
FEDERAL MINE INSPECTOR IS
HANDICAPPED BY CONGRESS.
The work of Federal Mine Inspector
Sumner S. Smith will be greatly
handicapped during the coming year
through the act of Congress which
appropriated only $1,000 for traveling
expenses for the fiscal year. This
will make it impossible for the in
spector to make his regular yearly
trip around the territory. The trip
to Nome and return alone would take
more than that sum. The most or his
work during the coming year must
therefore be confined to the south
' eastern and southwestern sections.
VALDEZ COMPANY FILES INCOR
PORATION ARTICLES.
The Alaska Utilities Company, in
which Senator O. P, Hubbard Is in
terested. has filed articles of incor
poration with the Secretary of Alaska.
The company Is organized under the
laws of Delaware, but the principal
office is in Chicago. The place of
business in Alaska is at Valdez, and
O. P. Hubbard is the Alaskan agent.
The company is capitalized at $250,
000, and assets amounting to $76,
775.48. E. L. Des Jardines is secre
tary, S. D. Porter president and O. P.
Hubbard vice-president.
ERECT BUILDINGS FOR COMMIS
SION AT NENANA.
Howard Curtis, of the Alaskan engi
neering commission, who was left In
charge of the commission headquar
ters at Nenana by Commissioner Thos.
j Riggs, when the latter left for Wash
ington last fell, is reported to have
erected several fine buildings at Ne
nana for the use of the commission
next summer. After the days lengthen
out, the party will move across the
Tanana and start in on some work to
be done on the towmsite, which VM
I surveyed last summer. It is believed
(that the land office will probably ar
range the Sale of lots in the townslte
next summer.
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NOTICE TO WATER CONSUMERS.
During the day water will be shut
ercept between the hours of 6 and 8
a. m.
During the night the water will be
shut off, excepting between the hours
of 8 and 8 p. m.
Telephone service will be continued
during the night while the water is
shut off.
| In case of fire notify central at once
I and water will be turned on.
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575 TOWN LOTS IN CORDOVA
Ranging in price from $50 up to $3,000, and 600
Town lots in Chitina ranging in price from $50
to $1,000.
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