ELECTRIFIED
TRAINS TO AND
FROM TACOMA
SEATTLE, Wash, March 15 (by As
sociated Press).—Electric locomotives
driven by current generated by water
power, for the first time, pulled trains
trains over the coast division of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
railway. The Columbian, the com
pany’s overland train, was the first
to le^ve Tacoma, on the coast end,
behind an electric locomotive.
Electrification of the coast division
which extends 207 miles from Tacoma
to Othello, central Washington, makes
a total of 647 miles over which the
Milwaukee line operates electric lo
comotives. The Montana and Rocky
Mountain divisions, from Harlowtown,
Mont., to Avery, Idaho, were electri
fied in 1915 and 1916. Steam locomo
tives are still used on a gap between
Otheiio and Avery. Electrification of
this gap is being rushed.
No helping engines will be used, it
was announced, to assist the electric
locomotives pull the trains up the 2.2
per cent coast division grades, the
heaviest on the system. The electric
engines, it was estimated, will make
the grades at about twenty-five miles
an hmir
When the Avery-Othello gap is I
close, the Milwaukee will have 860
miles of its western lines electrified.
From ninety to ninety-five electric
locomotives will do the work of about
250 steam locomotives performed be
fore electrification. Substitution of
water power for steam over the 860
miles will save approximately 300,
000 tons of coal and 40,000,000 gallons
of fuel oil annually, the company es
timates.
Glacial streams of Mount Ranier
will supply some of the power which
v;ill be used to drive the engines. On
the west end the power will come
from the White, Puyallup and Sno
oualmie plants of the Puget Sound1
Traction. Light and Power Company.
On the east end it will be furnished
by the Lqng Lake plant of the Wash
ington Waterpower Company. The
White and Puyallup plants are on
streams fed by glaciers.
Electric trains will not run into
Seattle until a stretch of 12 miles
from Renton Junction is rigged with
poles and trolley wires. The work
will start as soon as the company ar
ranges for a long time lease on the
line. |
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Reports received at Fairbanks say '
that Eagle is suffering from one or
more sneak thieves. Many articles
of various character have been stolen.
So far the crimes have been petty
in their nature, but numerous, and
the officers have been unable to lo
cate the sneak thieves.
Delicious mince pie at the City
Bakery. 13-tf i
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LANE EXPLAINS
FEATURES OF
LEASING LAW
Secretary of the Interior Depart
ment Franklin K. Lane before his re
tirement, issued the following state
ment relative to the new mineral
leasing law:
“Inquiries received in the Depart
ment show that there is much mis
information abroad relative to the
scope and effect of the mineral leas
ing bill which was approved by the
President February 26. For instance,
many have gained the impression that
leases on proven oil lands of great
value are to be had by the mere fil
ing of an application ahead of any
body else.
“In th first place it should be under
stood that the proven oil lands of the
government are largely covered by
claims of various kinds that have
been in litigation for some years, and
which claims must be submitted for
adjustment, within six months under
Secs. 18, 18a and 19 of the new law;
until such claims are acted upon,
none of those lands can be leased and
then only to the extent to which
claims are rejected.
in me next piace, tinner tne act,
when the government grants a lease
for either oil or coal land, except
under the relief sections or as the
result of a permit, it will be by com
petitive bidding, of which ample
notice will be given to the public.
“The only part of the act which is
self-operative, and with respect to
which a person can take any steps,
leading to the acquirement of any
right, before the regulations of the
department are issued or before the
department has taken the necessary
preliminary steps to offer the lands
for lease, is that portion of Sec. 13
of the act which provides for secur
ing a preference right for an oil pros
pecting permit, by posting a notice
Dn the ground; and this applies to
lands not in the geologic structure of
a producing oil field. These regula
tions are in the hands of the printer,
and will be issued immediately they
are off the press. Copies may be had
on request from the Commissioner of
the General Land Office.
“There can be no doubt as to the
very great importance of this leg
islation; it marks a wide departure
in public policy. It opens to devel
opment and use large resources that
have been virtually locked up as a
result of withdrawals or inadequate
laws, and will offer a means of set
ding litigation that has been pending
for years, with fairness to the liti
gants and the public interests.*'
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Best coffee in town served at the
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