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ALASKA—WASHINGTON—CALIFORNIA
SAILING FROM KETCHIKAN
Northbound Southbound
City of Settle March 15
City of Seattle March 20
Adm. Farragut March 16
Adm. Farragut March 28
Regular Sailings Seattle to California
For further information call at office or
Telephone 71 V. A. Peterson, Agent
Sailing dates subject to change without notice
Princess Mary
[Canadian/ southbound
,PACIFIC/ March 11—21 April 1—11—21 and
.RAILWAY# May 2—12—23
FOR
PRINCE RUPERT, VANCOUVER, SEATTLE &
Particulars from F. E. Ryus. Agent Ketchikan
A
Alaska steam'hip
uompanu
COMFORT AND SERVICE
All sailings subject to change without notice
Tickets to Seattle, Tacoma, Victoria and Van
couver, B. C.—Rail tickets to the East
SS. Alaska Northbound Jan. 28, Feb. 7 and 27
Returning Southbound 8 days Later
SS. Alameda, Northbound February 17th.
Returning Southbound 10 days Later
C. M. TAYLOR, Agent TELEPHONE 64
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4 COAL DELIVERED PROM 4
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ROSS & CO. TRANSFER
Coal Hauled Trom All Docks
Goods of All Kinds Stored
At Reasonable Rates
ROSS & McKAY Props.
-PHONE 64
Office Phone 76 Res. 121
"Tlaskatransfer
GENERAL TRANSFER
All Orders Promptly Attended
To
PHONE 222 DAY OR NIGHT
BAGGAGE DELIVERED DAY
OR NIGHT
GEO. F. FORREST, JR.
KETCHIKAN WHARF CO.
C. M. TAYLOR
Phone 64 Agent
MAKE A NOTE OF
OUR NOTICE
that we are making summer deliver
s of coal now ror next winte's use.
oil friend husband he should take ad
ntage of summer prices and ordor
e coal now Better be prepared
r any emergency and the saving is
t !o he despised. Phone us how
uch and what Kind. We'll start the
UoUvenug once.
Bowling Aliy
And Pool Hall
Everything New
and Up-to«Date
K. TAKATA and J. K. TATSUDA
PROPRIETORS
INDEPENDENT
DRAYINO CO.
Coal & Frsight Hauled
From all Doc's-s
Office Pfi >ne 64 Res. G 121
| CHRIS SORENSEN,Prop, j
ALASKA RESTAURANT
F. C. HAGJYVARA, Prop.
NOODLES AND CHOP SUEY
Special From 4 P. M. to 2 A. M.
BOX SEATS FOR LADIES
End of Mission Street
AT THE POODLE DOG
GRILL
EVERY EVENING
BRINGS THRONGS
■ to this restaurant for dinner. Thoee;
| who have been here before know what
i to expect in the way of high class ser
vice and excellent food. That’s why
tfc.ay come again and again. Those
wno visit us for the first time have a
j treat in store they are not likely to
I -'crstt and which they will surely wish
| to repeat,
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ALASKA’S U. S. RAILROAD
SHOWN EXCESSIVE IN COST
With labor and materials now avail
able, the government is preparing to
rush work on the Alaska railroad and
Secretary Lane asked congress for
thirteen millions to complete the job.
| The Alaskan railroad commission es
j timates it will take three years.
The appropriation of that sum now
asked includes four millions of the
original estimate of $35,000,000 for the
c'c-.viruction of the road and a defi
ciency appropriation cf $9,800,000 re
presenting the increase in the cost of
practically everything that is necessa
ry for the work. It is estimated that
the road can be finished for $44,000,000
While work never was stopped, it
was slowed down materially by the
war. At the offices of the commission
it was said that several thousand ap
plications have been received forwork
on the railroad both from men former
ly there and others who never have
visited Alaska. Plenty of steel for
next season's work is already on hand
and between 15 and 18 hundred tons
of materials and supplies will be ship
ped north this year.
At least three seasons’ work re
mains to be done officials of the com
mission say. The bulk of the heavy
work such as grading, virtually is com
plete now, but there remain at least
three large bridges to be finished. As
fast as track is laid, the traffic is
begun over it.
Extensiono of the road is not being
considered until the task in hand is
complete. Rumors that outside con
tractors would be called in to take
over portions of the work were said
to be without foundation.
Figuring the total length of the line,
from Seward to Fairbanks, and includ
ing the Matanuska branch, at 511
miles the above estimate that the road
may be finishhed for $44,800,000 would
mean a cost of construction per mile
in excess of $87, 650.
Debucting from the total mileage
the 72 miles of the old Alaska Nor-j
them and deducting from the total I
'estimate the purchase price of that;
i railroad, $1,500,000, the average cost;
per mile for all construction of the j
new lines would be in excess of $98,-i
000, less any appropriations credited1
to the reconstruction of the Alaska
Northern. In either case the cost peri
mile in excessive even when giving j
due consideration to the high cost of
labor and particular reference to the!
Increased cost of labor and supplies;
during 1918.
As frequently pointed out, the en-;
tire route .with the exception of the;
heavy work around the Turnagain
Arm section, does not present any for
midable obstacles, and the crossinQ
of Broad Pass probably requires less
heavy work than any construction ov-!
er a mountain pass of a prominent;
western transcontinental line.
The above estimate of cost does not
include the cost or valuation of sec
ond-hand equipment transferred from
Panama. Neither does it provide for
the snow-shedding of some 48 miles of
the track, nor the heavy standard
freight equipment that will be needed
if the coal is developed on a big’,
scale. ' i
The cost of the operation of the ;
transport Crook Is also left out, all of •
which will increase the cost per
m ile.
Defenders of the project in Wash
ington fall into a grave error when ,
they bring out comparisons in costs be
twee-i the Copper river road and the i
government line. Granted that $80, ,
000 per mile was the cost of the Cop
per river line as stated by Secretary,
Lane of the Interior department. But
that figure includes the three expeus
ive steel bridges, the Cordova termin
als, the equipment, the snow sheds
and all costs covering eight years.
The government road has yet to
buy its standard equipment for to
date it has nothing but second-hand
equipment on: hand. It must erect
snow sheds, steel bridges, and rebuild
the Alaska Northern.
Based on the estimate of $44,800,
000 required now to merely finish the
line, the additional expenses not in
cluded in that estimate will bring the
grand total of the railroad project up
to $51,400,000 or $100,400 per mile.
That would merely include the same
amount of equipment on the 511 miles
as was included in the equipment in
the average given for the 197 miles of
the Copper river road or $20,000 per
mile excess over the cost of the Cop
per river road.
Cut if the Copper river road costs
should not include the items which
are left out of the government fig
ures the Copper river road can by'
the same plan show an average of
$59,000 per mile. \
The entire 63 miles of the Chitina
bi anch cost less than one-half of the
cost per mile on the government work
in the Matanuska and the Susitna
(same kind of country)^ and the Cop
per river costs included the great
steel bridge over the Kuskulana.
should put the soft pedal on such
comparisons for no doubt many con
gressmen! have an intimate knowledge
of the cost of the Copper river road.
Its average was increased by the tre
mendous work along the river for 27
miles which to date is the heaviest
piece of construction on record. No
thing anywhere near it in difficut-l
ties nor cost—terminals, trestles, fills,
granite cuts and bridges appears in
the whole 511 miles of the govern
ment project.
To place the government railroad
in a position to handle in coal ton
nage, the same amount as represent-1
ed by copper on the privately owned
road; with equipment, terminals,
snow plows, flangers, docksf bunkers,
steel cars, heavy engines, replacing
pile trestles with steel, etc., will mean
in the end a total of $57,399^608, on a
careful estimate, or $112,328 per
mile for 511 miles.
Also, the excuse of war costs is
weak. The greatest blunders of all
were made in 1914. These blunders
were added to in 1915 and 1916—three;
years of extravagance, long before the
fateful month of April, 1917.—Railway
and Marine News.
U. S. LABOR DEP'T TRAINING SER
VICES GROW RAPIDLY
American* industry is general, ac
cording to estimates obtained by the
training service, Department of Labor,
falls 65 per cent below the standard
which might be attained through ade
quate training and education of em
ployees.
France and England during the war
put training methods into general
use, and the United States had made
a beginning in training when the ar
mistice was signed. The coming of
peace, however, has not affected the
need for training, for large numbers of
machine operators whose only expei-j
ence has been in making munitions!
must now be transferred to peace pro-[
duction, and careful supervision ofj
training will be of as great value as
<n their original training for wa work.
The training service is preparing;
'ists of qualified persons suited for;
employment as plant instructors in,
places where training has been put;
nto effect, or is contemplated.
The number of training rooms estab-j
ished is increasing steadily and near
y 300 establishments are now contem
plating the introduction, according to
-eports received by the service.
GREETS RETURNED
SOLDIERS;
Alien soldiers in the American Army
vill be welcomed back to America
vith the opportunity to become citi
:ens, according to plans now under
vay by the Bureau of Naturalization,
Department of Labor.
Large numbers of aliens enlisted it’
he Army or were drafted and w ived
xemption. Many thousands went ov
erseas before any Americanization
;rogram was taken up in the military
amps and cantonments of this coun
ry. Now that these men are return
ng, after a most convincing demon
Stratidn; of their loyalty to their
■dopted land, the bureau is endeavor
ig to interest them in becoming citi
zens and will give them every facili
:y to do so.
Any soldier may become a citizen
vithout payment of fee and with no1
equirement as to residence in this
.ountry. He has only to appear be
cre a naturalization examiner, who
orr.es fi equently to every camp, and
o bring with him two superior of- j
icers who will vouch for his loyalty
nd character. He then makes ap
dicatiou for citizenship, and at any
imc thereafter may take the oath of,
.llegiauce before a judge having jur4
sdiction in naturalization cases. When'
■,e takes the oath of allegiance he
nust be identified.
Aliens who have been -discharged
rom the military servles may become
itlzerss without the usual residence
equipment, provided they have two
.iviiians who will vouch for them.
The censorship rules have been lift-;
d, aud perhaps now a letter from ',
-ranee will contain something more!
han reports about the weather.
LADY DOREEN BROWN
i I ( .. s
' % • .\\\ > -!,m l nion'
Ln;.v Loreen Brown, daughter ol
Lord and Lady Sligo, who is to marry
Major the Honorable Michael Knatch
bull Hugessen, only son and heir of
Lord Brabourne. The major will in
herit after his father the ancient
baronetcy and ancestral estates of the
septuagenarian and childless chief of
his family, Sir Wyndham Knatchbull,
which have been in the possession of
the family since the reign of Henry
VII.
Are you preparing to plan a peace
garden next sprinfi? Don’t give up ;
good habit.
WANTED—Experienced Trap aiic
Web man. Position will be steady 12
months a year and good pay to righi
party. Apply P. O. Box 361. Adv.3t p
LOST—Black satin sash. Return tc
this office —Adv.
SALE STILL ON at the Ketchikar
Bazaar. Scores of Bargains—adv tf
WANTED an honest boy about 18
for the store. Apply at the Bon Marche
—Adv.
SEWING MACHINE for sale. Apply
Mrs. G. W. Woodruff or phone 126.
—Adv. tf.
FOR SALE-Three-room modern house
on Courthouse Hill—easy terms. C
A. Smith.—adv. 6t.
FOR SALE:—T-2 burner Perfection
md 1-3 burner Comet oil stove. Phone
^-102.—adv. atp
:OR CHARTER: A 40 ft. boat suit
ible for fish buper or general utility.
4ew Standard engine. Addresh Box
>47 Ketrhikan. Adv.Imp.
NTl'ik UNITED STATES COMMIS
sIONER’S COURT FOR THE TER
liAUUUS
A caucus of the electors of the City
of Ketchikan is hereby called for Mon
day, March 17th at 8 o’clock p. m. at
the Council Chamber jfor the purpose
of nominating candidates for the office
of Mayor and three members of the
Common Council and Treasurer of the
School Board to be elected April 1,
1919.
S. A. Plumley
City Clerk
TABLE OF DISTANCES
FROM KETCHIKAN
This table is compiled in nautical
niies which are 6080 feet. The larg
;st part of this list was compiled,,for
he Post Office by the Captain of the J
.edney and is autnentlc.
Fhree Tree Point 46 Stewart B. C. 150
’rince Rupert 95
Seattle 660 Wrangell
Petersburg 115 Juneau
Sltagway 304 Sitka
Doloml
Chomloy
Hollis
Lorlng
Cape Chacon
Howkan
Craig
Karheen
Metlakatla
STi black
'<asaan
<iam
ifes Bay
Sulzer
Waterfall
Klawock
15
30
20%
32
39
92
103
126
3hakan via Chacon
Boll Island 50 Unuk River
Mary Island 23 Hadley
iydaburg
89 ;
223
292 |
27% i
30%
39
«|
48,
73
121
150
182
70
28
90
NOTICE OF CITY
ELECTION
Notice is hereby given to the elect
ors of the City o>H Ketchikan, Alaska,
:!nt a general election will bo held at
he Council Chambers, on Main street,
on Tuesday, April 1st. 1919, for the
puapeso of electing a Mayor, to hold
office for one year, and three members
of the Common Council to hold office
ror two years and one member oif the
School Board to hold office for three
J. H. Davies
Jno. R. Beegle
Jno. R. Reekie Co.
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CUSTOM HOUSE BROKERS
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Office Next Door to Customs House Rhone 143. Night 25
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Acme Sterling **tgal
—Engines of Quality—
For the finest boats th it float
For Sale by
H. R. THOMPSON C. Co.
John Davis & Son
Pioneer Boat Builders
Designers and Builders of Seine
| and Trolling Boats. All work Guar
j anteed. Let us figure with you for
I your new boat.
Place your order early to avoid rush
Can make quick delivery on new or repair work
John Davis & Son
Metlakatla, Alaska
years, and for the purpose of voting
on the proposition of the City improv
ing its water front with a commodious
dock for the accommodation o<f' the
Ishing fleet. Polls open at nine o’
clock a. m. and close at seven p. m.
Qualification for voters for the
Mayor and Councilmen are all persons
21 years of age, who are citizens of
the United States or having declared
their intention to become such; and
who have been bona fide residents of
the Territory of Alaska for one year,
and have resided within the corporate
limits of the City of Ketchikan six
months, arid shall have been duly reg
istered.
For members of the School Board,
all adult persons citizens of the Unit
ed States or who havo declared their
Ttention to become such, residing
within the city of Ketchikan and who
shall have been duly registered.
Cy order of the Common Council.
Dated this 10th day o|f March, 1919.
S. A. PLUM LEY, City Clerk.
Last Publication April 1.
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