Alaska Trade Growth Accelerates Exports and Imports Rise
The 1906 Alaska customs report by Collector Clarence L. Hobart shows total exports and imports reaching 51,160,5 4, up 38 percent from 1905. Gold exports rose to 18,471,401 and copper ore, salmon, and other merchandise moved across multiple ports in four districts including Southeastern and Bering Sea regions.
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Alaska
Sitka
Unalaska
Bering Sea
Arctic Ocean
St. Michael
Yukon River
Hobart
Collector of Customs
United States
ATLAS
Forelyn
Arct
St Michael
Yukon
Seward
Seldovia
Kodiak
Kenai
Hope
Sunrise
Steamer Portland Reaches Valdez From Seattle
The steamship Portland arrived in Valdez last night from Seattle and will sail for Seward this evening. The Valdez cable office notes she passed Juneau on January 30, reaching Valdez in under three days, implying she left Seattle earlier than previously reported, around Saturday night the 26th.
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Portland
Valdez
Seattle
Seward
Juneau
Land Offices for Nome and Fairbanks Approved
Congress moves to establish United States land offices in Nome and Fairbanks Alaska. The bill, urged by Alaska delegates and Gov Hoggatt, gains interior department support and is expected to pass the Senate after House endorsement. The House approved the measure by agreement and formal passage followed in Washington.
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Daily Gateway
Washington, D. C
Lacey
United States
Nome
Fairbanks
House
Alaska Delgates
Hoggatt
Territory
Interior Department
Senate
Alaska
North Dakota in Storm Grip Strangles Rail Traffic
The Daily Gateway Minot N D reports the worst blizzard of the winter gripping North Dakota with rail traffic demoralized. Food supplies are short and coal is scarce within the state, causing widespread suffering as provisions and fuel movement barely resume after last week's blizzard.
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Minot
N. D
Feo. L
North Dakota
Stora
Dakotans Refuse Coal Screenings. Railway Letter
Washington representative W. Hill of the Great Northern writes to the Interstate Commerce Commission that North Dakota residents rejected coal containing screenings due to quality concerns. He argues the state suffered in extreme cold from the coal shortage, calling the situation unnecessary.
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Washington, D. C
Lout W. Hill
Great Northern Railway
Interstate Commerce’ Commission
North Dakota
Will
All Metal Prices Rise Through 1906 Year
Metal markets show gains in copper tin antimony and lead as 1906 ends. Copper moves from 18.50 to 22.50 per unit, tin from 36 to higher levels, antimony peaks around 27.50 then eases but climbs again. Lead up from 5.00 to 6.00, spelter fluctuates 5.10 to 6.65 with end-year rise. Silver gains about four cents. Juneau notes Alaska Silver Bow Basin railroad by Alaska Perseverance Mining Co. to be built this year. De Groff mine on Chichagof Island yielding 150 a ton to Tacoma smelter.
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Spelter
Juneau
Silver Bow Basin
Alaska Perseverance Mining Company
de Groff
Chichagof Island
Tacoma
Smelter Plant Planned to Fuel Alaska Central Railway
Seattle reports a 500 ton daily copper smelter to be built at Resurrection Bay near Seward, ready when the Alaska Central railroad reaches the Matanuska coal fields in early 1908, ensuring fuel supply as grading to Knik proceeds. Officials say the smelter is independently owned but financially backed by Alaska Central and related copper interests, with John E Ballaine as president and F G Hale as treasurer. Construction of the railroad will be pushed forward with available labor, though labor shortages northwest wide may limit progress. contracts to grade to mile 75 may be let to multiple firms to speed completion.
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Alaska Central
Knik
Gateway
Seattle
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Seward
Alaska Central Railroad
John E B. Ballaine
Chicago
Hubbard-Elliott
Knight Island
John £. Ballaine
Gene Heising
Minneapolis
F. G. Hale
Heising
Heising Elevator Company
Hubbard-Elliott, Company
Knight Island Copper Company
Sonoma
Mexico
Butte
Frost
Northwest
Watson & Snow
A. L. Snow
E. Winter
F. H. Stewart
Snow
Winter
Watson
Stewart
Mr. Snow
A. H. Wheatley
Spokane
Northwestern Steamer
Waskey Opposes Burleigh Plan for Alaska Railroad Aid
Washington March 28 Delegate Waskey fought Andrew Burleigh's bill for government aid to an Alaska Railroad from Cordova. He told the senate committee on public lands that no land grant or subsidy should be given until the entire line is completed. He argued the plan would only reach copper fields in Southern Alaska and would not reach the Yukon, reducing value to the territory. He noted the Guggenheims favor a Yukon railroad without a subsidy.
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Daily Gateway
Washington, D.C
Waskey
Andrew Bureight
Alaska Railroad
Cordova
Senate Committee On Public Lands
Alaska
Burleigh
Yukon
Guggenheims
Zuo
Burleigh Urges Evidence on Guggenheim Copper Plot
Washington Feb 2 Senators on the territories committee asked Andrew F Burleigh for proof of his charge that the Guggenheim syndicate opposes Alaska railroad aid to corner copper fields by delaying development. They said if substantial evidence is offered an investigation will be held to promote copper field development and prevent monopoly. Burleigh claims Guggenheims use Alaska agents to buy copper deposits and block railroad access to fields except under their control.
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Gateway
Washington, D.C
Senate Committee On Territories Today
Andrew F. Burleigh
Guggenheim Syndicate
Alaska
Burleigh
Guggenheims
Copper
Carrie Nation Lectures on White House Lawn
Washington, January 31. Carrie Nation, refused admission at the White House, lectured on the lawn before a large crowd that soon dispersed. She returned but drew little attention the second time. Also noted: a party headed for Knik with dogs. Nevada adopting a $500 annual tax on patented mining claims.
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Carrie Nation
White House
Washington, D. C
Nevada
Colorado River May Inundate Vast Area
Cable service reports that if the Colorado River does not revert to its old channel the government dam at Laguna near Yuma could be carried out, threatening thousands of acres of irrigated land in Arizona California and Mexico with ruin. The Alaska Marble Company at Shakan shipped 2500 tons of marble to Puget Sound last year. Chena is out of debt and has $12000 in the municipal treasury.
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Angeles
Van
Colorado
Laguna
Yuma
Arizona
California
Mexico
Alaska Marble Company
Shakan
Puget Sound
Chena
Latouche Iron Mountain mine to boost ore output and townsite
The Latouche Iron Mountain copper mine at Horseshoe Bay on Latouche Island plans a 3000 ton monthly output by next summer employing 200 workers. A town named Reynolds will be laid out in spring as new equipment and electric power improve operations. An aerial tram will haul ore to the wharf, replacing wagon haulage, with modernization including electric drills fed by power from a 4000 foot distant waterfall.
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Reynolds-Alaska Development Company
Horseshoe Bay
Latouche Island
Reynolds
Iron Mountain
Latouche-lvon Mountain
L. Hanta
Seward
Reynolds Company
Barrack, Hemple
Buzard, Carlson
Beatson
Copper Corner Charge Denied by Associated
New York January 30 metal dealers accused a big copper combine of storing large quantities to corner the market and boost prices. The Associated Press says the charge is unfounded with no findings of large stocks. Copper moves into trade as produced, with demand outpacing output amid rising prices.
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Daily Gateway
New York
Associated
Associated Press
Grand Jury Indicts Theatrical Trust
New York reports a grand jury indictment against members of the theatrical trust for conspiracy in restraint of trade. The item notes climate figures for Seward with January average 23.93 degrees and December 21.2, plus January 1906 at 11 degrees, and last month high 42 and low 3 on the 12th and 18th.
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Daily Gateway
New York
Grand Jury Today
The
Theatrical Trust
Seward
Explosion at Baldwin's causes million-dollar loss
A Philadelphia report details an explosion at Baldwin locomotive works paint shop causing destruction of a plant section and an estimated loss of 1,000,000 dollars. The piece then shifts to a long set of distance estimates for Alaska rail routes, citing Alfred Lowell and F. C. Woolsey and noting the Hadley barge Richard III going ashore January 5.
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Daily Gateway
Philadelphia
Baldwin Locative Works
Richard III
Hadley
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