THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1. 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for pjitv a? second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 18 <9.
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Published every afternoon except Sunday, by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
R. G. Southworth.-.Editor and Manager
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CONTRACT WORK.
The cost per mil-: of privately
constructed railroads, undertaken in
recent years, ".vas referred to briefly
by Secretary of the Interior Lane,
in his statement to Congress rela
tive to the progress made by his
department in the construction of
the government’s railr-ad in Alaska.
His reference, however, had to do
with cost only, nothing being sari
about the time required to do the
work, under private direction.
The secretary should have remind
ed Congress, for the enlightenment
cf those who charge a wastage
time in this country, - f the time
iequirc-d to build the Willamette
Pacific line and the San D.ego cc
Arizona railroad, both of which
were under construction during the
war period. The secretary ha:
shown that private construction :
not less costly than government con
struction in Alaska; a review of
the work accomplished n the Will
amette Pacific and the Sar. Diego A
Arizona shows that contractors ar:
large consumers of time, as well as
money.
The Willamette Pacific and the
San Diego A- Arizona were the only
two railroads in process of building,
under contract, during the war
The former extends from the main
line of the Southern Pacific rail
road. at Eugene. Oregon, to Marsh
field, Coos bay. Southwestern Ore
gon, a distance of 125 miles. The
work on this line was begun ir
June, 1912, and reached a stage of
completion so as to permit the on
eration of trains in September.
1917.
The original amount appropriated
for the work, by the directors of
the road, based on estimates fur
nished by expert railroad engineer.-,
was seven and a half million dol
lars, but, owing to the abnormal
conditions created by the war, this
appropriation was increased to
twelve million dollars.
The contract for the building of
this road was awarded to the first
class contracting firm of McArthur
Perks & Co., Ltd., of Toronto, Can
ada, and it took them over five
years to complete 125 miles of rail
road.
The other piece of road let out
on contract is known as the San
Diego & Arizona railroad. This
road runs from San Diego, Califor
nia, to El Centro, Imperial Valley,
California, a distance, of 126 miles,
part of it being in Mexican terri
tory.
Construction work on this line,
which was begun in 1908, is still in
progress, and it is expected that the
road w-111 not be completed for at
least one year more, although, for
the past four years, the work has
been in the hands of such compe
tent contracting firms as Twohey
Bros., of Portland, Oregon, and the
Utah Construction company, the lat
ter company being rated very high.
Much of this road consists of
tunnels, viaducts and rock work,
and is very similar in character to
the Broad Pass section of the Alas
ka Government railroad.
In the construction of the Will
amette Pacific line. McArthur Perks
& Co., Ltd., sublet the bulk of the
work to Port Bros.-Grant Smith Co..
a combination of the forces of two
of the best known Western con
tracting firms; these latter firms in
turn sublet a portion of the work
to the Hauser-Hauser company, a
I Spokane and St. Pau! concern. This
jfirm again sublet to smaller con
■ cents, who. in turn, sublet the work
to actual laborers.
i
These are matters of record. The
result of this system of railroad
: building was that the big compa
nies. each in turn, took off their
percentage of the profits before
: subletting, allowing the actual la
borers barfly subsistence out of the
work.
On the other hand, the Govern
ment awards the word direct to con
tractors, short lengths of roadbed
construction being contracted for at
a t:me. The necessary grading
equipment is sold to them at cost
oy the Government, and taken back
on the termination of the contract,
at the same price. less a small
amount for depreciation. The con
tractors are given ar. opportunity
to make as much as they can out of
it, this depending largely on the
management.
NOTICE REGARDING ESTRAY
ANIMALS.
Nenana, May 10th, 1919.
Commission.
After May 12th. 1919, any estray
animals found on Alaskan Engineer
ing Commission property will be
taken up and cared for at the Com
mission stables. The cost of taking
up, posting description and care
and feed of same must be paid by
the owner to recover animals.
The term "estray animals" will
include horses, mules, cows, dogs
and pigs that are running at large.
The charge for taking up and
posting notice will be One ($1.00)
Dollar, and the cost for care and
feed will be Ten ($10.00) Dollars
for the first day, or fraction there
of, and Five ($5.00) Dollars for
each succeeding day, for horses,
mules and cows; other animals
Three ($3.001 Dollars each day, or
fraction thereof.
FRED'K D. BROWNE,
Engineer in Charge.
Townsite.
After this date estray animals
found on Townsite streets, side
walks, alleys, lots or reserves will
be handled in the manner described
in the above notice for Commission
property, at the Commission sta
bles. All property owners who find
estrays on or near their property
are asked to take up same and de
liver to the Townsite officials.
The public has suffered consider
able damage from this source and
it is earnestly hoped that they will
give their hearty co-operation to
this measure for protecting public
r interests. This action complies with
the laws of Alaska and strict en
forcement is intended.
CARL SCHMIDT,
Townsite Manager.
NEWSPAPER DELIVERY
STARTED BY B1RDMAN
CHICAGO.—What is said to be
the first airplane newspaper deliver;,
service in America has been started
by the Great Lakes Nava! Training
station. A hydroairplane with a
supply of Bulletins, the official pa
per of the station, makes the 35
mile trip to Chicago each morning.
The service was started, the Bulle
tin says, “to accommodate the
‘gobs’ who ride in from Chicago
each morning and to make their ride
a little more pleasant.”
COMMERCE CLUB
REQUESTS AID
FOI1 DISTRICT
The regular meeting of the Xe- ■
nana Commercial club was held at
the club chambers in the Union
building last night. With about
twenty members present, the meet
ing was called to order by Chairman i
R. S. McDonald, shortly after 8 j
o’clock.
The minutes of the previous meet- j
ing having been read and con- j
firmed, the regular routine of busi-1
ness was followed.
Messrs. Andrew Zaboff. Arthur G.
Bell and Franklin A. Johnson were
duly elected to membership in the
club.
The matter of putting the Happy
trail, between Xenana and Brooks,
in good shape for winter travel was
again taken up and discussed at
some length.
A letter written bv the secretary i
;
to Robert Sheldon, chairman of the
teritorial road commission, request- j
ing aid toward putting this trail in !
shape for winter travel, was read. j
The matter of cutting out a short i
piece of roadway, from the present
road to the cemetery, whereby a
stretch of swampy ground will be
avoided, came up for discussion. It
was resolved that the permanent '
roads commir.ee of the club be
asked to confer with the Pioneer
and Moose lodges regarding the mat
ter and report at the next meeting
of the Commercial club, when ap
propriate action will be taken.
The matter of seeding the Park
reserve was then taken up. Town
site Manager Carl Schmidt reported
that several applications had been
received by him from teamsters and
others for permission to plant oats
in the Park reserve this season, but
that he had taken no action. The
suggestion was made that the ground
be leveled off and planted with
white clover, which is said to be a
hardy plant that will survive the
winter’s cold. On motion, this mat
ter was ordered referred to the ad
visory board.
The following letter was address !
ed to Mr. J. L. McPherson, man
ager of the Alaska Bureau of tne
Seattle Chamber of Commerce. Mr. i
McPherson is now in Washington j
D. C., acting in an advisory ca
pacity to Secretary Lane, in matters
pertaining to the Alaska railroad:
“Xenana, April 26, 193 9.
"Mr. ,T. L. McPherson.
“Washington, D. C.
“Dear Sir: Referring to our wire
of today, requesting you to handle j
some of the unfinished business left j
by the death of Delegate Sulzer, j
we are given to understand that
you will be in Washington for some
time, and hope that you may seet
your way clear to help these mat
ters along.
“In the matter of the so-called 50
per cent fund, this is a purely
local interest, but none the less
just, and the failure to secure the
appropriation of future payments
would be almost fatal to Nenana, i
as business could hardly stand the j
unexpected and unprovided for addi-!
tional 830,000 assessments that
would fall to its lot.
“No doubt in your official inter- j
course with Secretary Lane every i
opportunity is yours to investigate i
this particular item, and the secre- j
tary himself has always favored the j
appropriation.
“Regarding the special rates on
telegraph service, this semi-official
business seems to be entitled to con
siderable consideration, which doubt
less the chief signal officer will be
willing to give.
“In connection with this we are
suggesting to the other organiza-j
tions in the territory that there be j
formed an Alaska Chamber of Com
merce, possibly at Juneau, perhaps
elsewhere, to represent the inter
ests of all.
“You can see at once what such i
an organization might accomplish, i
“This matter of telegraph rates
would be essential to the idea.
“Hope to hear from you in due
time that you will take these mat
ters in hand, and we trust that Mr.
Hurja will give you the necessary
data from which you may proceed.
“Yours truly,
“H. B. JOSEPH,
“Secretary.”
Mr. George Smith was appointed
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to serve on the Mines committee
and there being no further busines
or reports of committees calling fo
action, on motion, the meeting wa
adjourned till Friday, May 30th.
CONTRACTOR ARRIVES
ON BUSINESS VISI
Albert Lundborg, who has an ex
tensive grading contract on th
Fairbanks-Nenana right-of-way. ar
rived in town last night for th
purpose of making final arrance
ments for a crew cf men. pre
paratory to commencing actual op
erations on the grade.
Mr. Lundborg has established hi
camp at a point about four mile
from the resident engineer's cam
at Mile 432. and intends to war!
a large force of men and twelv
head of stock in building the grade
He figures that the frost wi!
leave the ground in a few day
more, and is making his prepara
tions for aggressive constructio:
work accordingly. He left this aft
trnoon for his camp.
Messrs. F. D. Browne and W. L
Packer went out to the end of stee
:>n the train this morning, on a:
inspection «,rip. They w ill probabl;
return this evening.
SOCIAL DANCE
Sat. May 17
UNION HALL
Mrs. Belle Campbell - Director
r.s. McDonald
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Bookkeeping Conveyancing
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Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
Passengers leaving on the train
for any point on the line south of
town are required to purchase
tickets before entering the train.
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is
in the employment office, on the
ground floor of the general office
Duilding, Alaskan Engineering com
. .
mission.
Tickets will be on sale at any.
time during office hours, and can!
be purchased in sufficient time be
fore the departure of the trains.
Regular trains leave the foot of
A street on Wednesdays and Satur
days at 7 a. m.
The regular train formerly leav
ing on Monday has been discon
tinued until further notice.
Prospectors and Contractors!
Now is the time to have that tar*
paulin, tent or bag made for the
seasons outfit. Bed and hat net3
a-e now readv. at ST.a!! east at
MRS. D’ORSAY’S TAILOR SHOP
Third and A Streets.
NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
FOURTH AND B STREETS
On Second and Fou**tH Tuesday*
At 8 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER,
Secretary Dictator.
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