THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
foe enrry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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VIEWS OF scon
ALTERED BY TRIP
10 END OF ROTO
Walter Scott, formerly connected
with the local office of the White
Pass company, who ieft for the
States recently by way of Broad
Pass, writes from Anchorage, under
date of November 25, that he ar
rived at the coast end of steel on
the Sunday before Thanksgiving.
He was there until Tuesday, waiting
for a train and reached Anchorage
on Tuesday afternoon. The trip, he
says, was a very fine one, with the
exception of a stretch between Jack
river (Camp 327) and Camp 305,
which was exposed to the severe
weather.
“One must really make this trip.”
writes Mr. Scott, "to fully appreciate
the vast amount of work accomplish
ed by the Commission during the
past season. Last February, when I
made the trip to Nenana, the end
of steel was at Ta’keetna. and from
there north no grading had been
done. But now it is quite different,
as one rides very comfortably on
the cushions 35 miles beyond or, to
be exact, to Mile 271. The steel
gang are at work and ^rack-laying
is progressing very rapidly, the
grade having been completed for
miles north of the -esent end of.
steel.
“Preparations are now being: made
to throw the single span bridge over
Hurricane Gulch and before spring
steel will have reached this point,
as the grade is completed and wait
ing for the steel gang. For a short
distance north of Hurricane Gulch
some grading will have .to be done
but this has been delayed until
spring and will not retard construc
tion. Unless something entirely un
forseen happens I cannot help be
lieve but that the steel will have
reached Jack river (Camp 327) by
this time next year.
“My first night out from Nenana
■was spent at Mr. Hershberger's camp
and I had dinner the next day at
Mr. Mills’ camp, and stopped at Mr.
Abbott’s camp, at Jack river, the
second night out fpom Nenana.
These gentlemen extended me a
most cordial welcome and did every
thing in their power to make me
welcome. I was flattering myself
with the belief that I was an ex
ception to the rule but learned, on
arrival here, that this hospitality
had been shown to all those hitting
the trail, and their reputation as
entertainers had preceded me.
“In the course of conversation
with these gentlemen I suggested
that the work in the canyon was re
puted as being of an unstable nature
to the extent that the formation
was of such a nature that the opera
tion of trains would be hazardous.
This statement was ridiculed by
each of these engineers and each of
them advanced the same opinion as
to the stability of the work, and in
sisted that there was less difficulty
!than had been experienced in the!
| construction of recent roads, and ■
more particularly so did this apply i
! when compared with the construc
tion of the Grand Trunk Pacific,!
through British Columbia. True, it j
was admitted, corrections would j
have to be made, and maintenance:
costly until the road was in opera-;
tion fc^ a time after construction •;
shall have been completed, but this j
was the experience of all new rail- j
road construction and had been j
contemplated within the scope of j
operations.
“With reference to the removal
of the offices at Nenana, I learn j
that this is shown to be absolutely •
necessary if a business-like and effi- j
cient administration of the affairs j
of the Commission are to be con-1
sidered as essential to the success
ful construction of the read. As the j
work has progressed south of Ne- J
nana there has been growing less
need of the office force at N'enana,
and as the construction forces pro
ceed north, the distance of commu
nication between the Northern and
Southern divisions lessens and con
solidation of the executive branches '
becomes imperative. This was ac- J
eoniplished lately with Seward, where ]
many offices were maintained and j
whose usefulness had been outlived j
and as the construction on the Sew
ard division was completed these
offices were consolidated with the j
Anchorage offices. A consolidation of!
forces has been effected in Anchor- j
age and several departments have i
been merged with other departments
for the purpose of increasing effi
; ciency and cutting down the enor
mous overhead under which the Coni
I mission has been laboring during
the construction period.
! “Before leaving Nenana I heard |
i much criticism of the steel bridge
i across the Susitna river, at Indian,
j Much to my surprise, the bridge
! was not only in course of construe
| tion but actually nearing comple
jtion. The concrete pier, of which
j so much has been said and for
! which the chairman of the Com
mission has been so forcibly con
demned, and whose faulty construc
tion necessitated rebuilding, was only
i incidental to the demand for speed,
: and more speed and, as a conse
quence, concrete was poured too
fast and did not get a chance to
set. This in no manner delayed the
construction of the steel work, as
; the bridge has been constructed on
| false work; and the responsibility
i for the error, if any, has been
| placed on the subordinate directly
j responsible, and to whom this work
! was delegated.
i “Some changes are reported to
I have been made in the administra
j five forces. Mr. Dole, purchasing
agent, has been succeeded by Mr.
Warren. Mr. Gerig, assistant to the
chairman, leaves on an extended
leave of absence. Mr. Hanson, chief
of construction on this end, goes
to the end of steel to direct opera
tions 'close up to the seat of act
ivities. The T. & T. department
has been sheared of unnecessary
titles and McFarland let out. In
other words there seems to be a
well defined policy of getting down
to a solid working foundation with
the one objective in mind and that
is, to build this railroad as soon as
possible. You will see by this that
the pruning knife is at work all
along the line.
“Mr. Mears leaves for the Out
side December 1 and I understand
Mr. Brown will return to Nenana
next week.
“One thing I have settled positive
ly to my own satisfaction is that
the removal or consolidation order
of the various departments emanat
ed from the chairman of the Com
mission and not from the engineer
in charge of any part of the work
and further, that this railroad .s
being built with all speed consist
ent with conditions. The time has
come for the people to cease kick
ing and finding fault, and to boost
all they can and with all their
energy for the early completion of
the road. The people of the Interior
are being adversely criticised’’.
The letter was addressed to J. H.
Scott, local agent of the Whitt
Pass.
MONTHLY REPORT
FRANKLYN K. LANE SCHOOL
Month of November
Honor Roll
GRADE 1.
Ruth Gundrum, Alice Running.
Arthur Harper.
GRADE 2.
Elsie Harper, Frank Major, Ruth
Russell, Donald Fowler, Horace Pit-:
ka. \
GRADE 3.
George Bergland .
GRADE 4.
J. H. Russell, Jr., Robert Major,
Charlie Bergland, Ethel Rosburg,
GRADE 5.
Harry Motchman, John Scott,
GRADE 8.
Geraldine Patterson, Muriel Rus-'
sell, Carl Schmidt.
Pupils neither absent nor tardy
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GRADE 1.
Jack Cody, Arthur Harper, Alice
Running.
GRADE 2.
Horace Pitka. Donald Fowler,
Ruth Russell. Frank Major, Elsie
Harper.
GRADE 3.
George Bergland, William Siverly.
GRADE 4.
Charlie Bergland. Robert Major,
J. H. Russell, Jr., Ethel Rosburg.
GRADE 5.
Harry Motchman. John Scot:,
Louis Schmidt, Robert Patterson.
GRADE 6-A.
Oscar Oswold.
GRADE 8.
Carl Schmidt, Jean Russell.
Dorothy B. de la Pole,
Principal
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Regular service will be held in
the building near the telegraph of
fice Sunday at 7:00 p. m. Subject,
“Cod, the Only Cause and Creator"
Services Wednesday evening at 3
o’clock,
GRACE (Presbyterian) CHURCH
«REV. ROBT.
| JOSEPH DIVEN
MINISTER
11:45—The children's hour.
There will be no evening service
tomorrow.
TRAIN IS HELD UP AND MAIL
STOLEN By NERVY GANG
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 4—A Chi
cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul passen
ger train was held up near this city
yesterday and the mail car robbed
of registered mail, the bandits es
caping with over 100 pieces of mail,
the value of which has not yet been
ascertained. The members of the
train crew were roped and left
helpless by the robbers.
Xanana, the Oataway to KcKInlay
national rark.
BELLINGHAM, Dec. 2—Nine
men are reported to have been in
jured near Blaine today as the re
sult of the collapse of a bridge.
WANT ADS
FOR SALE—Wool and cotton bat
ting at Simson’s
FOR SALE—Five black and two
grizzly bear skins. Extra large.
Also three fine young malamute
dogs. Inquire at Rust house. k27
WANTED--TO BUY^Wood. For
further information call at Simson’s
FOR SALE—Hand laundry and
bunkhousc. Good proposition for
right party. Inquire Jones Bunk
House.
NOTICE.—Holders of tickets for
raffle of McLean house please cal!
at The Portland, where tickets
will be redeemed. kNl
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Northwestern .Dec. 11
Alameda . Dec. 21
Coast Train Schedule
Train leaves Gold Creek for
Anchorage on Sunday and Thurs
day at 1:00 P. M.
Train leaves Deadhorse for An
chorage on Tuesday and Friday.
Train leaves Anchorage for Sew
ard on Wednesday and Saturday at
9:00 A. M.
Train leaves Chickaloon for An
chorage, via Eska on Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday at 7:30
A. M.
Nenana Train Schedule
Trains leave Nenana for the end
of steel four times a week—on
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Saturday.
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE AT
THE NEWS OFFICE
HEALY RIVER
ROADHOUSE
END OF STEEL
First-class Meals
BEDS
Cigars and Tobacco
Ambrose Van, Prop.
WATCHES
JEWELRY
Watch Repairing
DESIGNING AND NATIVE
JEWELRY A SPECIALTY
WM. TAYLOR
NEW STOCK
GROCERIES
HARDWARE
BUILDING SUPPLIES
ROOFING PAPER
AMMUNITION
STOVES
DOG HARNESS
STATIONERY
GENTS’ FURNISHINGS
i FOWLER & MORRIS «
4
I We Strive to Please |
EVERYTHING THE BEST
i
Tavern Cafe and Bakery
i
j. wa»- KUUUiltElT : ; Proprietor f
-" !SUJL
A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
Tom Smith, Prop.
Mmmmmammmmmmmm
Fins Stock Staple and Fancy Cro- j
ceriei. Fowler & Morris.
Henan*, Alaska's Interior Tael Depot
If Comfort, Economy end the
Environments of Home
Appeal to You,
STOP AT THE
MONTANA
SPECIAL RATES BY WEEK
OR MONTH.
Rust House
CLEAN AND
COMFORTABLE
ROOMS BY THE DAY,
WEEK OR MONTH
MRS. CHAS. STANFORD
Dr. J. R. BOWEN
DENTIST
Prices Most Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
r.s. McDonald
Public Stenography Typewriting
Bookkeeping Conveyancing
REAL ESTATE
RENTALS LOANS
LIFE INSURANCE
FIRE INSURANCE
Only the most reliable companies
Safety Deposit Boxes
For Rent.
NEW
CENTRAL CAFE
!
FIRST CLASS
in Every Respect
I
| PRIVATE BOXES
JOHN KETOOROKY
Proprietor.
Genuine Daniel G-een Felt Shoe*.
Fowler & Morris.
CABINS 1IUDDED by Oliver Lee.
Leave orders at Johnson's Store
Pioneers of Alaska
Nenana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST AND THIRD MONDAY
AT 8:00 P. M.
Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
Frank Rourke. Martin Na*h.
Secretary. President.
Department of the Interior
Alaikan Engineering Commission
NOrTICE
Passengers are required to pur
chase tickets before entering trains.
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is in
the employment office, on the ground
floor of the General Office Building,
Alaskan Engineering Commission, or
at North Nenana.
Regular trains for the south leave
the foot of A street on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Saturdays at 8 a.
m. The Wednesday train put up over
night at Hcaly, returning Thursday
at 1 p. m.
The following schedule between
North Nenana and Fairbanks, sub
ject to change without notice:
Leave Fairbanks at 8:00 a. m ;
arrive North Nen&na, 12:30 p. m.
Leave North Nenana, 2:00 p. m.;
arrive Fairbanks, 6:30 p. m. r
Until further notice, no passen
gers will be carried, nor freight
handled, across the Tanana river.
Passengers and shippers should make
their own arrangements for service
between Nenana and North Nenana.
NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
Fourth and B Streets
SECOND AND FOURTh’mONDAY
At 8:00 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER. ALF EKELANU ^
Secretary Dictator.
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