r i ccv’c WBrm and
LAjL I J Cold Storage
Now Ready for Business
A Safe and Convenient place for
the storage of all kinds of goods
TERMS
REASONABLE
On the Waterfront
I
BAILEY IHS
DISTRICT ENGINEER IN CHARGE
OF ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION
WORK. UNDER MR- RIGGS,
HAS HEADQUARTERS HERE.
POPULAR AMONG
HIS MEN ALSO
WITH HIS WIDE EXPERIENCE.
MR. BAILEY IS ESPECLtLLY
FITTED TO HANDLE WORK
ALLOTEI) TO HIM.
Second in command to Thomas
Riggs, Jr., the member of the Alas
kan Engineering commission in In
terior Alaska, is F. H. Bailey,
whose official title is District Engi
neer. Mr. Bailey is in actual charge
of the construction work and to him
all subordinates look for orders. In
securing Mr. Bailey, the commission
considers itself fortunate as his ex
perience has been extensive and has
fitted him particularly for this work.
He has had, not only a wide ex
perience in railroad work, but also
as a builder of bridges, which makes
him valuable at Nenana, where the
only big bridge is to be construct
ed.
According to W. C. Edes, chair
man of the commission, and Mr
Riggs, the construction of the bridge
across the Tanana river, is one of
the most difficult engineering f»3ts
in the building of the railroad. No
serious trouble is anticipated, how
ever, as Mr. Bailey will h? able
to handle the work nicely.
Bailey’s Experience.
About 15 years ago Mr. Bailey
was assistant engineer of construc
tion of the New York Central rail
road, being in chargb of the build
ing of the new bridge across the
Hudson river at Albany. New York
Later, at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
Mr. Bailey was in charge of the
building of a bridge across the
Monongahela river. The main span
of that bridge was 500 feet long,
and the structure was the heaviest
of that type of bridge ever built
up to that time.
For three years he was a division
engineer of the Wabash railroad,
with headquarters in West Virginia.
At Clarksburg, W. Va., he was also
chief engineer of the Fairmont &
Clarksburg Traction company.
Another of his important posi-'
tions w-as assistant engineer of the
Buffalo & Lake Erie Traction com
pany.
And one of the latest positions
held by him, and the one just before
he accepted a position writh the
Alaskan Engineering commission,
was that of chief engineer of the
B tter Root Valley Irrigation com
pany. While in this position he
was in charge of the construction
of a dam 2.700 feet long and 85 feet
high.
Thus, Mr. Bailey does not have to
shudder when he thinks of the bridge
across the Tanana river, as it will
but bring back old times. And even
if he had not had this wide ex
perience that ahs prepared him for
the big work of which he is now
in charge, his friends feel certain
that he would need only to peel off
his coat, roll up his sleeves and dig
in; and it would be but a compara
tively few hours until he would solve
the problem. That’s the opinion the
Xenana people have of Mr. Bailey.
And with about 600 men working
for him he is one of the most pop
ular people in town, and that is
as good a recommendation as any
man could have.
NO TELEGRAPH
IN THIS ISSUE
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* Through a misunderstand- ♦
ing on the part of our cor- ♦
4 respondent in Seattle, he fail- *
4 ed to send us any telegraph *
news today. We instructed ♦
4 him to send it late, to in- ?
* elude the very latest happen- ♦
ings, and be sent it so late #
4 that it reached the office just *
* after the paper was off the *
* press. ♦
* In the future, however, the ♦
* Xenana Xews will have as *
4 good or better telegraph ser- ♦
* vice than any paper in the ♦
£ Territory. ♦
The Anchorage Chamber of Com
merce is making arrangements to af
filiate with the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States, the Xa
tional Organization. ^
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THE TANANA SHEET METAL WORKS
will be ready for business In a few days
In their new “A” Street building
with a complete stock of STOVES,
LIGHTING FIXTURES and mater
ial for Sheet Metal Work of all kinds
Gilcher & Schwendiman
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NENANA BAKERY
Will be open soon
On “A" Street
H. RAPPOLT, FroRi
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RICCS TALKS
OH FUTURE ,flf
Interviewed by a representative of
the News, Thomas Riggs, Jr., mem
ber of the Alaskan Engineering com
mission, in charge of the work in
the Interior, expressed his views
as to the future of Nenana.
"What do you predict for the
future of Nenana?” was asked of
Mr. Riggs, and he replied:
“Well,
Future of Nenana.
“In the first place, Nenana is not
and can never be a town to stand
on its own feet. It is now, and al
ways will be a town dependant
upon tne local pay-roll and the busi
ness engendered through the de
veloyment of the natural resources
of the Interior. Nenana will flourish
as development flourishes, and Ne
nana will wane as development
wanes. Evert’ new camp discovered
below Nenana will add its quoto
to the prosperity of the new town
and it will become the distributing
center for the whole Yukon basin,
from Ruby to Cirrle. Should the
lignite coal of the Nenana fields
prove to be the coming fuel for
the Interior of Alaska, there should
be distributing bunkers along the
waterfront. In any event coal will
be handled at Nenana, for if nec
essary, ioal can be brought from
the* farther away Matanuska fields.
At present all indications point to
a steadily increasing coal demand
from the Nenana fields.
“I should hate to see an ill-ad
vised boom strike the town. What
I would like to see is a steady
growth which w-ill keep track with,
but not exceed the local demands.
“That Nenana will for a few years
carry the heaviest pay-roll on this
side of the Alaska range cannot
be denied, but with the completion
of the trunk line it will take its
proper place as a permanently pros
perous little town. As a division
point it will always be important.
It will have a busy waterfront dur
ing the period of open navigation.
It is not, however, the terminus ol
the road. As a present terminus
Fairbanks has been definitely se
lected.
“The wild rumors that we will
locate large railroad shops at Ne
nana are without foundation. We
shll probably always maintain re
pir shops, but the main shops will
be at the coast end. We will make
temporary repairs on crippled equip
ment and then shoot it over the
hill to the central shops, where
ever they may be located.
"What will be the permanent pop-!
ulation of Nenana after the com-;
pletion of the railroad?
“I should judge between 1,000!
and 1,600 people unless coal briquet
ting and powdering works are es-1
tablished there instead of in the coal j
fields. The pay-roll will be steady]
and anyone with a job will be sure
of his pay envelope every month.
For a year or two there will be a
big floating population, the high
tide of which will be next summer,
providing appropriations are forth
coming and other conditions of labor
and transportation are not such as
will necessitate the shutting do’vn cf
all construction in the Interior and
waiting until the railroad is pushed
by degrees from the end of track
coming this way from the coast.
If such conditions ever occur the
Interior will be shut off from direct
rail communication with the coast
for at least an additional two years.’’
IS
NOT LUCKING:
NENANA BOOSTS UP-TO-DATE
PICTURE HOUSE: DURAND’S
ORCHESTRA.
Like all other metropolitan towns,
; Nenana boosts of an uo-to-the-min
! ute motion picture house, “The Coli
I seum," owned and managed by Jos
| Burns, Herman Rossburg and Syl
I vester Howell. The picture housi
has been erected on A street, di
rectly across the street from the
Simson building. At the present
time the management has decided to
show but three times a week, but
a little later this will be changed
to a nightly performance.
One of the features of the new
picture house, which is the pioneer
amusement hall of Nenana, is that
it has such excellent music, in Du
rand’s orchestra.
The orchestra consists of a vio
lin, played by Victor Durand, the
most widely known musician in
Alaska, who also furnishes his own
accompaniment on a player piano.
HAMEL’S RESTAURANT
IS OPEN
Louis Hamel, on lot 4, block 13,
on A street, has constructed a
building 12 feet by 26 feet. Mr.
Hamel is occupying this now as a
restaurant, which is called the Silver
J. A. SLIPPERN
Carries a Complet Line of
BUILDERS SUPPLIES
SASH, DOORS, GLASS, BUILDING Paper, Etc.
Store Fronts and Windows of any size and de
sign made to order. PRICES RIGHT.
First Avenue, Near “B” Street
NENANA SHEET METAl WORKS
Now Open for Business on Market Street
with a full Line of STOVES and
material for all kinds of
Sheet Metal Work
SINHOLD & PALFY
I
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NENANA TRADING CO.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
WHOLESALE - - ■ RETAIL
Reading Room Pool Room
Ronald P. M'Gowan Wm, 0. Papadopulos
ARCTIC
POOL ROi
and Cigat Store
Grapes
Peaches
Oranges
CANDY
FRESH
Bananas
Gasabas
( Apple*
STATIONERY
PERUSSE & TAYLOR ROOI
Moon Restaurant. He is ready for
business.
FOSTERS MOVE
HERE.
Mrs. Ernest I. Foster and daugh- i
ter Elizabeth are recent arrivals in
Nenana from Fairbanks, and are
preparing to spend the winter here.
Mr. Foster is employed by the com
mission as store manager.
residence on lot 9, Block 22. All
three buildings are located on the
left side of the street, walking back
from the waterfront.
Frank Spira, who has resided in
Interior Alaska for many years, has
shown his confidence in Nenana by
erecting a one and onc-half story
log building. It is located on lot
7, block 13.
BARBER SHOP
i BUILDING
William Thomas is putting up a
one-story building on lot 5, Block 13
which will be 24 by 30 feet. This
is on A street. Half the building
will be used for a barber shop and
the other half will be for rent. Both
are about ready for occupancy.
Earl Welliver is anxiius to have
the government increase the mail
service to Nenana as he is unable
at the present time to get all his
letters from “the girl he left behind
him” in the old home town.
Carl Selberg, of Fairbanks, was a
vsitor ift Nenana during the latter
part of last week.
Henry Rappolt returned to his
I home here after a hurried business
trip to Fairbanks.
Representative William Burns, who
is a candidate for re-election, spent
a day here on his way to Fairbanks.
F. C. Irons, who has been at
Circle working for the Alaska road
commission during the summer, was
in Nenana for several hours on
Thursday. He was awaiting boat
connection for the upper Tanana
river.
Hi Clark, an oldtimer of the In
terior, is now employel as a car
penter on the government work.
Erick Nelson, formerly of Chat
anika, is now engaged as a carpenter
for the commission.
Angus Mclsaacs is now engaged
as a carpetner on the railroad work.
Advertise in the Nenana News.
FALLON FIRST
SUBSCRIBER 1
NLNANA RE'
Pioneer Settler of Nervana It
First to Subscribe; Bob Te
saint Is the Second oi>
the List.
To James Fallon falls th«
tinction of being the first p
to subscribe to the Nenana 1
while J. G. K. (Bob) Tou.
has the honor of being the s
to enroll his name on the sub
tion books of the first news;
to be published at Nenana, A1
As soon as Mr. Fallon let
that the Nenana News was to
heralding the greatness of the ,
wh ch he had selected as his fi
home, he offered to encourage
undertaking by enrolling his »
on the subscription list and by
ing for one year in advance,
giving the most material sup
that any paper can have, fin&i
assistance.
Mr. Fallon settled in Nenana
mediately after the sale of lots
held. He has invested his mo
in property here and, believing
the future of the town, he intei
to make his permanent home he
Mr. Toussaint, the second m.
to get his name on the subscripts
list of the News, has been a res
dent of the Interior for the pa
five years, during which time 1
has been a purser on boats of tl
American-Yukon Navigation con
pany during the summer and clei
in the general land office at Fai
banks during the winter. This wi:
ter Mr. Toussaint hopes to sett
at Nenana, so wished to help tl
newspaper which he thinks will he
the town in which he is to resid
Volney Richmond, superintende
for the Northern Commercial coi
pany, was among the busy and i
terestel visitors in Nenana durii
the past week.
FOWLER & MORRIS
A New and Complete Stock of
Groceries and General Merchandise
Fair Treatment Right Prices
STREET
COONEY’S HOTEL and STORE
General merchandise and Hardware
Oents’ Furnishings
Oeneral Outfitting
First Class hotel In Connection
Rooms COONEY & COONEY Beds j