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I It is 71 miles long, which Is about
#15,000 or $16,000 a mile. Thirty miles
of it were In operation with a small
gasoline car. which was sufficient fur
I immediate purposes in that territory,
jdirectly out of Seward. Wo can use
I that road, and for $180,000, the esti
j mate is. put it in such condition
I throughout those 71 miles that the
ear that is now in operation for thirty
miles can run the entire length.
"Tt put it in condition where heavy
trains of coal can pass over it will re
quire probably $400,000 more; hut,
even if you do that, if you spend $1.
150,000, plus $600,000 more, you are
getting a road for approximately $2.7.
000 tt mile, that we could not construct
originally for less than $40,00, and
probably not for that; probably $.70,
000 would be a near figure. The ori
ginal price asked for this Alaska Nor
thern road was $2,750,000. That price
was based upon cost. They claimed
that, it cost that much money. T said
that was an impossible figure.
"We had already looked into the
possibility of a port at Portage Bay,
which is immediately opposite Turn
again arm, to the eastward, leading
into Prince William Sound. There is
a small amount of land there, but it
is not quite as safe a harbor as the
other harbors. The disadvantage of
it was that it took three miles and
over of tunneling to reach it almost
I four miles of tunneling; two tunnels
totaling that length and the estimate
was that it would cost approximately
$2,100,000.
"We had to go to a harbor that
would he free all winter; no harbor
on Cook Inlet Is. and if we were going
to a harbor that would he a winter
harbor we could have gone, hv tun
neling through to Portage bay and
made a terminal there, but not in all
particulars as good as the terminal at
Sew-ard. There was a good deal of
| dispute as to the value of Portage
| bay as a harbor, and there was a small
amount, not a very large amount of
land available there.
“Or w-e could take this railroad (the
Alaska Northernl. Now. this railroad
had this advantage to begin with—
that it serves the Kenai peninsula,
which runs from Seward to Turnagaln
arm. I have not been there, but I
have talked to a good many men who
have been there, and I have sent two
men up, special personal representa
tives, to look over the thing, and the
Kenai peninsula Is reported ns a ter
ritory very well worth while develop
ing. and it will produce traffic. There
are placer claims in there now. Peo
ple who have undertaken to raise
stock in there have had trouble with
the bears eating up the cattle. Bui
It is ii country that lias a real future. 1
“Then, after you get out of the Ke
nat peninsula you would have to run t
-along Turnagain arm. a very bad piece a
|of territory, because the cliffs are
almost sheer on the north side of s
Turnagain arm, but after you get outjc
of that you would have pretty clear
sailing up until you get Into the Broad r
Pass country, where there Is some dif • f
i firult engineering, but from there on.
I when you get over Broad Pass, you JI
have got a pretty good hit of road.
"The Copper river road is not corn-j
pleted. I do not say anything to its'
disparagement at all, because it is ajr
very good property. It has had some
excellent engineers working on it. and
they have pint money lavishly, but t
not any more, probably, than was ne
cessary. They made two attempts I
before they settled on their terminal •
at Cordova, and I suspect that the
road will be a very good piece of
property in the long run. But for the
development of Alaska the west side
route, the President thought was the
one that should he adopted.”
In reply to questions. Secretary
' lame said that "we want, if possible,
to push that railroad through, so that
we will be in the f oal fields at the end
of tiie year."
He argued in defence of the adopt
ed plan of pushing work from Anchor
age rather than bending chief efforts
to connect up the Alaska Northern
with the new line out of Anchorage
north. “Our first effort,” said t “
secretary, “should be to make that
northern line through from deep water
to the river, from Cook Inlet to Pair
banks.”
lie also defended the "station men"
system of grading, explaining that it (
is really causing the work to be done J
hv "so-called station men. who are
really small contractors, men who are
familiar with that kind of work." Me
said further that he had c< isulted
with Daniel Willard, presid< of the
Baltimore K- Ohio, in the matter of
adopting this system, and that Mr.
Willard "thought it was advisable to
do it that way.”
During the examination of Chairman
Edes by the sub-committee, former
| Speaker Cannon asked this question:
"I want to know what it will cost
i to repair that road (the Alaska North
ern)—it being of no account to start
with, as I gather from what you have
said, with 70-pound rails, with good
j rolling stock and put it In good shape, j
such shape as that of an ordinary first
class railroad in the United States?"
"To put the road In the condition I
indicated." said Mr. Edes, "it is esti
wated will eventually cost $950,000,"
“And how long will it take to put it
in such shape?" went on Mr. Cannon.
“It could be done in two years,”
said Mr. Edes, "but this would not be
necessary, owing to the fact that 55
miles of the road are laid with 65
poutid steel, which has had little
traffic over it, and is in very good con
dition. With some repairs to the
roadbed this will carry heavy traffic
for some years to come, and with a
small expenditure can he put in a
condition to handle construction ma
terial,"
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rcept between the hours of 0 and 8
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During the night the water will be
hut off. excepting between the hours
f 6 and 8 p. m.
Telephone service will be continued
uring the night while the water is
hut off.
fn case of fire notify central at once
nd water will be turned on.
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BILLS PAID BY THE TOWN COUNCIL AT ITS REGULAR MEETING HELD
FEBRUARY 7, 1916.
Cordova Dally Times, printing and publishing .$42.10
Blum, O'Neill Company, supplies. .. 32.70
VV. H. Bogue, hauling lumber. 1.00
Arctic Lumber Company, lumber for streets. 4.10
B. VV. Elliott, repairs to City Hail. 4-50
REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY, 1916
Receipts—
Previously acknowledged.$16,779.97
U. S. Government licenses. 135.00
Total . ..$16,914.97
Disbursements—
Previous January Total
Board of education.$1,900.00 $ 815.00 $2,715.00
Eire department. 1,329.80 269.04 1,598.84
Expense. 719.18 81.30 800.48 ,
Cleaning, repairing streets.. 598.66 37.75 636.41
Lights. 1,411.40 156.60 1,568.00
Public health and indigent.. 725.15 26.75 751.90
Police.1,583.65 160.00 1,743.65
Publishing and printing .... 3.00 37.88 40.88
Public building, improvement 39,35 41.50 80.85
Assess, and coll, taxes. 313.76 313.75
Old Town Road. 291.51 291.51
Election expense.. 98.80 98.80
Totals.$9,014.25 $1,626.82 *10.640.07 *10,640.07
Balance.* 6.274.90
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