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(By W. Ii. M. Forbes. I
The advent of the new government
road in Alaska cannot hut retail to
the memory of many who took part,
the happy days on the Copper river
construction work.
Although the Grand Trunk hoys
are well represented on this new gi
gantic undertaking, familiar faces
which have not been seen for five or
six years are in evidence on all sides,
on the new- Alaska road.
Apropos'of this, we have Engineers
Hansen, Secrest and Spangler with us
—Mr. Hansen having been on location
of the former road, and the other gen
tlemen on construction.
Mr. Morton, the commission's genial
chief steward, will he remembered as
having acted in that capacity for the
Katalla oompam . while around the
offices we have Copper river men in
Messrs. VV. E. Durham. A. (!. Balls, G.
Mueller and others.
"Scotty" Dark, the commission's
piledriver foreman, was as large as
ever on the Copper: Charlie David, the
tie contractor, was contracting there
also. ,T. (5. Bellows, camp foreman
for the commission, was a commis
sary man and the late Jim English,
was a much-seen figure as roadmaster.
In Copper river trainmen with us
we have Engineer "Fattie” Heinze
and conductors Newton and McKin
non.
Should any recall to mind T. C. Mc
Auley, who was a timekeeper at Camp
52 and later at lfi7. it will interest
them to know that he has recently
achieved great success in the aviation
world, having created a new record
by carrying seven passengers for over
six hours at a speed of 88 miles per
hour. In a different flight he won
a thousand dollar prize.
At this writing I understand that a
well know n Copper river character is j
in town in the person of “Post Hole”
Pete McCarthy. He was born a money
maker. I will not forget the time
we walked up the grade on the Cop
per one day with a grip full of cheap
watches which he peddled to the sta
tion men at a margin that would make
John D. nervous.
While at Miles glacier all winter I
got a good idea of how a two million
dollar bridge was put in under diffi
culties.
Under the eye of Bridge Superinten
dent O'Neil, this bridge was construct
ed. Three caissons were sunk. The
"sandhogs" were paid $5.00 for eight
hours work under a reasonable air
pressure, and ate their midnight meal
in a cook tent built in the ice close by.
Sometimes the men would be sitting
at their meal \\’ith the water up to
their knees, caused by the overflow.
Before the freeze-up a high suspen
sion bridge was used to cross from the
shore to the caissons, and with a high
wind blowing, which makes Miles gla
cier famous, this bridge would be
•afted high up in the air, necessitat
ing a tight hold on the cable handrail.
The glacier camp was a scene of
great activity during the construction
of the big bridge and the steel work
ers received a bonus of $60 a piece
for getting her built before the false
work went out with the ice. And they
did not have much time to spare, eith
er, oven working 11 to 10 hours a
day.
At Miles glacier the snow was at its
deepest. The tents were boarded up
on the outside in winter and invari
ably the stove pipes were about all
that could be seen of the dwellings.
When visiting it was a case of go j
ing down steps out in the snow to get i
in at the door. On the other hand, the
snow certainly kept the heat in.
Farther up the line good hunting
was to he had, as a little deviation in
one’s spare time. Bear were in pro
fusion. Moose, sheep goats and other
j animals could he had for the going
after, and a richer river in salmon
than the Copper river in summer
would he a hard thing to find.
We miss the athletic figure of M. J.
Money, the contractor, who died in
San Francisco before the road was
completed, as also the other heads of
the road, the late Mr. E. C. Hawkins,
chief engineer, and his assistant, Mr.
Williams, both of whom have since
died.
Much more could he said of this
last Alaskan railroad building, hut
current news is the order of the day,
and must be given the preference over
the above recollections of days gone
by. -Anchorage Times.
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