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THE NENANA
The Nenana Daily News First
DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE member of associated press
NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 19, 1918
WHOLE NUMBER 142
HE COAL
ML BE MID
R. E. Burns & Co. Will Open Coni
Mine Near Lignite; Operations
to Commence At Once.
R. E. Burns & Co., who have
been awarded a contract for the
supply of 5000 tons of Lignite coa!
for the use of the Alaskan Engin
eering commission are now com
pleting arrangements to open up i
mine, tapping some good seams neai
the Lignite country. The partner;
to the contract are Robert E. Burns
John Bernard and Andrew Ander
son.
They expect to drive a slope fron
the face of the seam to the 200 foo!
level and from the end of the slop*
or at the 100 foot level will oper
up the working rooms. A sufficien'
number of rooms will be opened t(
give a minimum working output o:
at least 50 tons of coal per day.
There are six coal seams in thi
immediate vicinity of the propose;
mine, the largest of which is seven
teen feet wide, and occur on th<
hillside approximately one thousan;
feet way from the main line of th<
railroad at Station No. 17433.
John Bernard, one of the part
ners to the contract, is now in Fair
banks getting together the necessar;
equipment for the proper workinj
of the mine. The equipment con
sists of one 12 h. p. boiler, one 50
h. p. boiler, a hoist, pumps, fan fo
ventilating workings, engine am
dynamo. It is expetced that thes<
things will be shipped in a day o
two.
As soon as they have been re
ceived in Nenana, they will be sen
up to the mine and duly installed
and a commencement will be mad
with the preliminary work on th
mine.
According to the agreement er
tered into between R. E. Burns <
Co. and the Alaskan Engineerin
commission, the latter party wt
build and maintain a spur trac
running from the main line to th
tipple at the mine shaft. It is ex
pected that the steel will be lai
on the main line to the vicinity o
the mine by the middle of Decembe
and that the work of laying th
spur will be taken in hand just a
soon as station No. 17433 has bee
reached with the steel. The cor
tractors do not expect to ship an
coal into Nenana until the line an
spur has been completed.
The mining operaions to be take
in hand by R. E. Burns & Co ar
planned on the room and pillar sys
tern and the number of workin
rooms to be opened up will depen
entirely on the nature of the de
mands made for the fuel by th
Alaskan Engineering commission.
Shipments of coal for local us
will probably be sent to Nenan
after the requiremnts of the con;
mission have been fully met.
TOLOVANA LAUNCH
LEFT FOR FAIRBANKS
The launch Helen M, under charl
er to Carl White for the service be
tween Fairbanks and the Tolovam
arived in Nenana early this morr
ing with a little mail and the follov
ing passengers for Nenana: Mrs
M. V. Tyler and daughter Echo, (
Lynn, George Craig and anothe
man whose name could not be ascei
tained.
She left for Fairbanks about a
hour after arrival. She had th
following passengers on board i
transit for Fairbanks: Messrs Mi
Quarrie, Morris and Miss Peck.
LINE STILL DOWN;
NO TELEGRAPH TODAY
The interruption on the tele
graph line reported near Beavei
Dam has apparently not been cor
rected yet, and up to a late houi
this afternoon no press messages
had been received by the News.
On inquiry late this afternoor
it was ascertained that the Lreah
in the line, near Bear creek on th«
Valdez trail was located yesterdaj
by the party sent out to restors
communications, but they found il
impossible to reach the break ir
the line owing to the prevailinf
floods.
Storms and heavy rain is reportec
from the coast and the country ii
the Bear creek district, so it is no
not known when the line will b<
repaired.
Fairbanks!!
io SUPPLY WOOD
FOR WINTER USE
Extension of Road From Happ;
‘ Towards Nenana to Be Pushed
Forward Rapidly.
' Frederick D. Browne, engineer ii
! charge, who recently made a tri
for the purpose of inspecting th
work done at the Happy end of th
Fairbanks-Nenana line, has expresse
satisfaction at the work accomplish
' ed so far and at the arrangement
made for a continuation oi the wor
and the extension of the road tc
wards Nenana.
Grading contracts have bee
awarded in sufficient numbers t
ensure the extension of the roa
to permit of the operation of train
as far as Spinach creek, which i
^ approximately twelve miles from th
’ point on the T. V. R. R. where th
1 road branches out at Happy statior
5 Additional grading contracts woul
have been let if. any advantag
- could have been gained thereby, an
1 an appreciable amount of gradin
? work could have been completed b<
1 fore the frost makes work of thi
* nature impossible, and the labc
-1 for such work was available.
When completed, his branch c
1 the road will make a large area c
f timbered lands available to the pet
r pie of Fairbanks for all purpose:
s The question of winter fuel fc
s Fairbanks, which had almost reache
i the acute stage, will be solved t
- a large extent with the completio
'f of the road as far as Spinach creel
1 and the operation of trains the
far.
i Mr. Frederick D. Browne state
e that trains will be operated froi
- Fairbanks to Spinach creek as ofte
r as it is deemed necessary for th
j accommodation of the people o
. Fairbanks, during the coming wir
e ter. The establishment of the trai
service will also eliminate a diff
e cult stretch of the existing trail b<
* tween Fairbanks and Nenana am
_ >t is thought, will greatly accelerat
the winter mail service between th
two towns.
Work on this line will be cor
j tinued as long as possible and a
work of such nature as can b
- done to advantage will be continue
- during the winter season.
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The raido plant at Miles 7 an
14 near Cordova, will be improve
and enlarged, a building bein
erected for machine shop, postoffiei
freight shed, railway station; an
the installation of light and wat<
systems. A telephone line will als
connect the plants with Cordovi
and a narrow gauge railway bui
to connect the plants. One hundre
and eighty-seven men recently a:
rivd on the Saturn to do the wor]
BROWNE OUTUNES
PLANS FOR WINTER
! Frederick D. Browne, engineer ii
1 ch;.rge of the Fairbanks division o
| the government railroad, told <
| News representative today that hi
I will employ as many men as hi
possibly can on the government rail
road during the coming winter, am
; will continue, during this perioi
all such work as can possibly bi
continued to advantage.
The various branches of the ac
tual construction work on the lin
; will move steadily along and th
. forces engaged in this work will b
continued for as long a time as pos
sible in pushing the railroad for
ward towards Lignite, a cessatio:
of construction work will take plac
1 only when the weather condition
render a continuance of such wor
absolutely impossible.
Employment will be given to a
men whose services can be util
ized to advantage during the winte
on the main line to Lignite and o
the branch line to Fairbanks an
in the offices, shops and yard.
r It is still a little too early in th
■ season for any definite statemer
to be made regarding just whs
, branches of railroad constructio
work will be continued, but it wi
} be safe to assume that Mr. Brown
5 j will so arrange matters as will giv
s employment to as large a numbt
1 of men as can possibly be used t
- advantage consistent with the di
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of the appropriation available for
railroad purposes.
Later on. when a more accurate
estimate of the requirements along
the various lines of the railroad
work can be made, Mr. Browne will
be in a better position to make a
statement. Some of the outside
work, as in past winters, will of
necessity have to be discontinued,
but it is thought that other work,
such as is done in the machine shop,
commissary store and the offices of
the Alaskan Engineering commission
will be continued as in past winters.
Mr. Browne stated that it was his
intention to push the construction
of the road towards Lignite as rap
idly as possible and he will conse
quently use as many men as he
possibly can towards this end. He
is anxious to reach the Nenana Can
yon as quickly as possible so that
| the rock work on the tunnels in
| this section of the right of way
can be taken in hand. The work
on the tunnels can be continued
during the winter undeterred by
frost conditions and will afford em
ployment to a large force of men
but it is impossible, at the present
time, to say just when a commence
ment can be made with the rock
work on the tunnels.
There is no immediate cause foi
worrying over a possible shut-dowr
of part of the works on the rail
road, and none for at least a montl
qr so to coxae.
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i GETTING THE COIN
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e; The following clippings from
e j newspapers containing news of the
• j Red Cross rooster “Liberty”, will,
no doubt, interest Nenanaites who
e had the pleasure of contributing
i through the medium of the bird, to
? a very worthy cause:
Skagway, August 24.—For a few
s moments “Liberty” crowed for Mrs.
r Crow, of Seattle, as that lady held
ticket 33, v'hich was drawn by little
f Bety Lindsey when the Red Cress
f rooster was raffled at Keller Bros.’
store at noon. The amounts se
cured at each place for the gooj
r ■ of the cause are:
d Ruby, April 26. .$ 80.00
0 Poorman, May 4. 50.00
n Long, May 11 63.00
:, Tanana, June 21. 121.00
s Nenana, July 4. 148.00
Fairbanks July 17.15L00
1 Hot Springs, July 25. 173.00
i Dawson, August 15. 300.00
i Skagway, August 24. . 65.00
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f Total to date .$1151.30
-| Haines, Aug. 30.—“Liberty,” the
n Ruby Red Cross rooster, reached
- j Haines all O. K. and was raffled
-; off last night at the Rialto theater.
I, “Liberty” was won by Private Mar
e tin Olson of Co. A. 14th Infantry,
e now stationed at Fort Seward.
Malcolm and Mildred Morrison
i- and Florence and Margaret Bar
11 net were the kiddies who sold the
e | tickets for the raffle. The result
d shows that they are little patriots,
as they raised $118.75 for the bene
fit of the Red Cross. “Liberty”
d goes from here to Juneau to con
d I tinue his good work.
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, Millions of tons of crushed rock
d containing silica is piled along the
r, Treadwell beach from the refuse
0 | of the Treadwell mines. It is be
t ; lieved this mass of silica can be
11 used in producing glass in paying
d | quantities. The question of a glass
| factory has been put up to the gov
. I erment.
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IN FRANCE.—A recent
order of the American army increas
ing regimental bands to fifty piece:
and giving all bandmasters the com
mission of lieutenant is understooc
to foreshadow a general reorganiza
tion of army bands and music. Likt
a good many things that militan
theory had either abolished or re
garded as of secondary importanci
when this war began, music is t<
come into its own again as a prim
ary essential of soldiering.
The commander in chief recentlj
sought the advice of Dr. Waltei
Damroshch, American orchestei
leader and composer who is now ii
France, and as a result the armj
bands are to be brought up to datt
and perfected. At present, armj
musicians also act as stretcher bear
ers when action is on. It is pro
posed to relieve them of this duty
if the military authorities think ii
feasible, and compel them to prac
tice constantly. The band leader:
are to be examined as to theii
musical ability and an effort wil
be made to find the best instru
mentalists in the service so thai
every regiment «in the service wil
have a highly trained band.
The army authorities have learnet
that music is a big part of war
The men want it and they appre
ciate good music, sa is shown by the
big turnout for the concerts. Gooc
music is a tonic to the units re
lieved from the front lines and wear
ied troops straighten up inwardlj
and outwardly when they are playec
into rest camps after action. I
also has been found' that to' plaj
the men out when they start forth(
front improves their morale.
Experiments are being made witl
a view to the introduction of th<
French bugle in our bands. Th<
American bugle is keyed in C ant
does not lend itself well to a band
while the French army bugle, keyec
in B flat and with a clear ringing
tone, is excellent counterpoint in
band music.
ANOTHER CONTRACT LET
ON THE BRANCH LINE
A contract has been awarded to
Hinckley & Co., for the grading
of a section of the right of way
i from Station No. 19552 to Station
|No. 19562, a distance of 800 feet,
j in connection with the construction
of the Y on the Nenana-Fairbanks
branch line.
There are five men to this con
tract and October 15 is the date
set for the completion of the con
tract.
SHIER GUARD
WILL BE POSISD
ON JJCTOBER1
Guard Rulei Obtaining In Docki
and Shipyard* Out»ide Will Be
Extended to Nenana.
From and after October 1, tht
Commission reserve will be dividec
into zones in order that government
property can be more effectively
guarded and the area patrolled by
the military shortened and madt
more effective. The hospital, mess
house and dormitories will not be in
eluded within the restricted area
The zones under military guart
will include all of the other build
ings of the Commission and wil
extend from the waterfront to i
point beyond the old roundhous<
and the Y. A line of posts bearing
warning signs will mark the bound
aries of the area controlled by thi
troops and it will be unlawful foi
any person to be found within thi!
area between the hours of 7 p. m
and 7 a. m., unless he has a writter
; pass to do so. Anyone attemptint
. to penetrate beyond the market
I boundaries at unseasonable time;
. and in direct violation of the warn
, ing signs which will be posted ir
conspicuous places, will do so at hi;
. peril. Instructions have been is
, sued to the military guard as t<
, how they should deal with any in
. fringements of the rules laid down
and these instructions will be strict
. ly carried out and the regulation:
. enforced.
. I The restrictions which will go int(
j I effect after the first of next month
■ \ are not intended to work a hard
i ship on the people, but is merelj
. an extension of the system adoptee
. throughout the states and territories
for the purpose of guarding govern
ment property from damage and de
struction in time of war, and is ex
I actly similar to the regulations ir
j force in the shipyards and water
fronts in all the big cities in the
‘ States.
The new guard system, while mak
ing the present regulations more
stringent, will also obviate the e
cessity for a larger military force
than the one doing duty at presenl
and will shorten the patrols very
considerably and make the fire pro
! tection scheme much more effective
Any person who may have busi
ness to transact within the pro
scribed area during any time before
7 a. m. and after 7 p. m. must pro
vide himslef with a written pass per
mitting him to do so.
The fastest patrol boat in the
North arrived in Juneau recently
i with a number of officials of the
various packing companies aboard.
The boat will be used by the fisher
men to patrol Icy Straits for the
protection of the traps, against fish
i pirates who have been operating in
! that section with amazing audacity.
ROLLING SIOCK
10 BE SHIPPED
TOJRBANKS
Flat Cara, Locomotive and St^am
Shovel Will Be Sent to Fair
banks on Next Boat.
On the barpe Stewart, which ar
rived here in tow of the steamer
Yukon recently, there were eipht
flat car bodies for the main line
and four complete narrow paupe
box cars and two flat cars and a
passenper coach which had been re
cently purchased from the White
Pass & Yukon Railroad for the
branch line.
All but the two narrow paupe
flat cars were unloaded on the Ne
nana dock. The flats, topether with
one of the small locomotives and the
steam shovel will be shipped to Fair
banks as soon as possible for use
in the construction of the branch
line to Nenana. The other narrow
paupe rollinp stock wil lbe held in
Nenana and will probably be sent
over the line to Fairbanks as soon
as throuph train service is estab
lished between the two towns.
The steam shovel which will be
sent for work on the branch line
has not been in use ever since it
was broupht to the Nenana yard
from old Camp 6, across the river,
where she did pood work on a
throuph cut near the bepinninp of
the Nenana end of the line. The
locomotive was in use on the main
line in the early days of construc
tion before the bip locomotives were
received and the tracks laid to
standard paupe, and hauled the nar
row paupe dump cars and all of
the freipht for the line between
Nenana and old Bailey station.
Both the locomotive ijnd steam
shovel have been thorouphly over
hauled and repaired and are now
ready for service. It is expected
that they will be loaded onto the
barpe Stewart, on which the two
White Pass flat cars are. The barpe
will probably be towed to Fairbanks
on the next trip of the steamer Re
liance.
KNITTERS WILL
BE INSTRUCTED
|| IN NEW STITCH
Announcement is made that the
new instructions for the knitting of
sweaters, etc., for the use of the
boys in the trenches, have been
received from Fairbanks and may
be had on application to Mrs. J. R.
Bowen, chairman of the local Red
Cross branch.
All those who have not started
on sweaters are requested to tret the
new instructions before commencing
work on these lines.
Quite a saving of yarn is claimed
for the new method, four skeins of
the yarn is found to be sufficient,
as against five skeins used hitherto.
J. M. Shoup, for ten years a U. S.
marshal for Alaska, and for the last
several years a practicing attorney
of Ketchikan, will leave the terri
tory shortly to become attorney for
Clarence Berry, one of the Klondike
millionaires.
The whaling station at Akutan,
near Unimak Pass, has installed a
freezing plant and intends to ship
whale meat to the States. It is said
that anyone who has nerve enough
to ry the meat pronounces it as fine
as the best beef.
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