OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 19, 1904
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ON TO MOOSE PASS
The Gateway urges eveiy person in Seward, who pos
sibly can get away to make the Moose Pass trip next week,
to do so, and assures those who go that they will have
nothing to regret.
The Moose Pass-Sunrise road is probably one of the
greatest scenic highways in Alaska, and possibly on the
Pacific coast. As it winds along canyons, skirts placid
lakes, and rises in places to dizzy heights above the can
yon floor below7, it cannot help but impress the traveler
and leave a lasting impression on his mind.
Several placer camps, operated along the route, give
one but a meager idea of the possibilities of the country,
yet they cannot fail to give rise to the hope that more ex
tensive operations will be encouraged by the develop
ment of transportation facilities.
The road is constructed and maintained by the Bu
reau of Public Roads of the Department of Agriculture
and is in charge of Mr. M. D. Williams, with headquar
ters at Juneau. The engineer in charge of the Bureau’s
activities on Kenai Peninsula is Mr. C. H. Keil, and assist
ing him are Messrs. R. Van Loon and W. E. O. Criger.
It is doubtful vdiether anyone in Seward really real
izes the amount of work carried on in the vicinity of
Sev’ard on Kenai Peninsula by the Bureau.
A statement by Mr. M. S. Williams, in charge of the
Bureau’s activity in Alaska, showTs that Sections 1 and 2
of the Moose Pass road up to Mile 20, are complete, and
that this season’s program includes surfacing of Section
3, a distance of 8.6 miles, at an estimated cost of $18,000;
reconstruction of Section 4, a distance of 8.85 miles, at
an estimated cost of $30,000.00, and the construction of
Section 5, the Sunrise-Hope road, a distance of eight and
one-half miles, at an estimated cost of $110,000.00. There
is also completed in that vicinity the Hope-Palmer Creek
road, a distance of 12.41 miles. The mileage from Moose
Pass, at Mile 29 on, the Alaska Railroad, to Palmer Creek,
will be just about 58 miles.
On this system the sum of $10,000,00 is also available
and being used for maintenance during the 1926-27 sea
son.
No new construction is under way this season on the
Seward-Kenai Lake road. The funds available for main
tenance of this road during 1926-27 amounted to $5,000.00,
One foreman will be employed for the entire year, who
will be charged with the duty of keeping the road in good
shape and will have authority to employ the necessary
labor to do so.
The other project of the Bureau in the immediate
vicinity of Seward is the Girdwood-Crow Creek road, cov
ering a distance of about six and one-half miles, and to
which the sum of $1,000 is allotted for maintenance.
The total amount of money available for the work of
the Bureau in the entire Territory during the 1926-27
season is according to Mr. Williams’ figures, $500,000 and
this amount is apportioned as follows: Juneau section,
40 miles of road, $50,000; Ketchikan section, 12 miles,
$140,000; Hyder section, 11 one-half miles, $120,000; Sew
ard section, 80 miles, $175,000.00; various small projects,
$15,000.00.
So that, all in all, Kenai Peninsula is faring very well
at the hands of the Bureau.
The ultimate objective of the people of Seward in the
matter of roads, of course, is the connecting of the entire
system of Kenai Peninsula roads with the Seward-Kenai
Lake road, affording the people of the peninsula a tide
water terminal. And it is with this very idea in mind that
the Gateway urges every person in Seward to make the
Moose Pass trip next week, feeling confident that every
one of the excursionists will return an ardent booster for
the Kenai Loop road system.
Today Germany is shipping to Japan textbooks val
ued at 5,000,000 marks, this year’s war indemnity. The
textbooks will add to the material resources of Japan and
enrich her culture, at a minimum of expense to Germany
MCKINLEY PH NEWS
(Continued from Page Two)
keeper must treat them as one of
their own family during the coming
winter and release them to the com
pany next summer—he’s had no tak
ers yet! !
James L. Galen, vice-president of
the Transportation company, recently
returned from a business trip to Cor
dova.
—o—o—
Mr. Ralph J. Wyatt, of Pasadena,
Cal., was a recent visitor to the park.
He holds the record for seeing the
most varied of game on Savage river.
Accompanied by a guide, he left the
base camp about 8:30 a. m. last Thurs
day and from that time until the hour
of 11:40 a. m. he saw six large griz
zly bears, one female grizzly with two
cubs, 237 mountain sheep, two silver
fox and a large number of caribou.
He enthusiastically informed all he
met that there was no spot that he
knew of, which held so much wild life.
Mr. Wyatt is a commercial photo
grapher of the above city and report
ed that he had taken some fine photo
graphs on this trip. He will endeavor
to return next year with a party of
about twenty.
Press notices from San Francisco
were read the other day in -which it
was stated that Joseph Dixon of the
University of California, economic
mammologist and vertebrate zoologist
had discovered the eggs of the surf
bird in this park. A few more words
may be made for edification of many
readers. This bird has been known
and classified to ornithologists for the
past 300 years but no person has ever
been successful in multitudinous
searches for it’s eggs until Prof. Dix
ons discovery. These eggs are of a
light brown color, with dark red
spots in a mottled effect; are about
one and one-half inches long and one
inch in diameter. An interesting char
acteristic of this bird is that the male
does all the work of hatching and
guarding the young ones while the
female “rustles the grub.” The nest
was found on the gravel bars of Sav
age river not far from the Transpor
tation company’s base camp.
Among those people visiting the
park last week were: Dr. and Mrs.
Francis Hagner, Washington, D. C.;
Mrs. Carl B. Spencer, Beverley Hills,
Cal.; Laura Mae Bourg, Denver, Col.;
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schiene with Paul
Jr. and Carlton, Pasadena, Cal.; Dr.
and Miss A. S. Warthern, Ann Harbor,
Mich.; Grace E. Burton, New York
City; Miss Alberta G. St. Gyr and
Robert H. Mainzer, New York City;
J. M. Mathews and son, Seattle,
Wash.; Dr. and Mrs. F. R. Fairchild
and Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Stephens and
three children, all of Woodland, Cal.;
Ralph J. Wyatt, Pasadena, Cal.; Miss
Bourn and Miss Greed, Los Angeles;
Mr. and Mrs. MacKay, Youngstown,
Ohio; M. A. Lesser, New York City;
Geo. G. Week, Monroe, La.
—o—o—
W. E.‘ Moultray, manager of the
northern territory, for the Standard
Oil company, came down to the park
the other day on a speeder from Fair
banks. His business will keep him
here for a day or so.
—o—o—
Ernest N. Patty, dean of the school
of mines of the Agriculture college,
of Fairbanks, arrived at the park on
the 24th. Mr. Patty is making an ex
tended trip into the park as far as
Stony creek, where he will conduct
a metallurgical investigation of some
antimony deposits. He was accom
panied by Sylvester Howell, of Hot
Springs.
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