Trails subsidy bill killed in committee near Knik Arm
In a Washington hearing, Alaska railroad subsidy plans faltered as the House committee debated guaranteed bonds for rail links from Cordova Bay toward interior routes. Ex-Senator Turner and Alaska Central Railway advocates pressed for federal aid, while opposition cited costs and feasibility.
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KNIK
Alaska
Cordova Bay
Shusitetaa
Seward
Alsa Kic Central
Taft West
Gisor
Conlowa Bay
House Committee On
F. Burleigh
Thas
Iowa
Maxka Gennenlitt
Bolle
Grujeet
Esiinaad
Taft
Cannon
Roosevelt
Alaska Central
Jines
Valdex Amd
Sugle
Paiehanks Aml
Ca‘ile
Warhington B.C
Kitt
Cy Cordova
Psec
Comloyt Bay
George Turner
Washington
Alaska Central Railway Company
Alaska Road Survey Debate Drives Subways and Subsidies
Washington February hearing on Alaska rail and road projects discusses avoiding multiple road builds with subsidies. Senators note Alaska Central expansion could gain aid if other lines receive support, while the committee aims to report favorably and include subsidy recommendation.
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Washington
Alaska
Turner
Alaska Central
P W Snyder to Erect Saloon Sized Building on Fourth Avenue Lot
P W Snyder will build a single story 28 by 100 foot structure on the Fourth avenue lot he bought from W M Sayers for 2200 dollars, a Seward realty record. Work begins immediately though interior equipment from Seattle and occupancy not until March 15. The front will feature expensive material and handsome bar fixtures. Sayers previously bought the lot from Nelson Brothers last October for 2000 dollars, another record.
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P.W. Snyder
Fourth Avenue
Torday
W. M. Sayers
Seattle
Seward Realty
Sayers
Nelson Brothers
Falls Creek Seward Claim Sold to California Investor
George Parches sold the Seward claim on Falls Creek to F B Clark of San Francisco who took a bond last fall. Clark plans to develop the property as soon as snow melts in spring. Lane properties nearby boost value and prompt a cash offer for outright sale. Clark is an experienced California mining man with others showing interest. work continues on the Holy claim and Falls Creek prospects.
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Ceorge Parches
Seward
Falls Creek
F. B. Clark
San Prancisco
Chirkill
Il Machinery
Mey
Purches
Clark
California
Ex- Tie
Set
Jim
Coal and Gold The Fronts of Alaska Ventures
The article notes Pay dirt discoveries along the upper Tolanika river with widespread mining stampedes. Dr. B J Green of Wrangel heads north to the Mu McKinley gold fields for a fifteen month outfit, aiming for July 1907 return with gold. Joe Worley sails to Valdez to reenlist in the Army. Gould and Harriman vie for railroad terminal ground near Oakland waterfront.
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B. J. Green
Wrangel
Mu McKinley
Des Green
Seward
Alaska Central
Gould and
Harriman
Water Front
Oakland
California
Track 10 Winter Station Lay Track Progress
Track work for the winter terminus advances to the tunnel near the Placer River. Freight shed and transfer state will be erected next, with a weathered warehouse for immediate use and freight transfer planned. Six tunnels are underway, with one completed and another in progress.
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Placer
Usick Ca Hue
Bor
Willie
Quinlan and Johnel plan two story block on Adams street
Builders Quinlan and Johnel announce a two story block to rise eighty feet back from the street on Adams Street with a ground floor store and upper living space. Quinlan, recently from Seattle, plans to invest big and may build a large hotel here. A volunteer fire department station is planned on the alley behind Wagner's saloon with a fund around two thousand dollars.
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Dod. Quinlan
Johnel
Adams
Dubreille
Quinlan
Dubveille
Quinkin
Seattle
Dunsmore
First Avenue
Alaska
Klondike
U.S
Skagg Desling
Minneapolis
Seward
Onths
Third
Fourth Avenues
Wagner
Thirty Mushers Read to Yentna in Alaska Contest
About thirty men and twenty dogs start the Alaska Contest to the Yentna headwaters this morning. They travel the general route via Turnagain Arm and Shusherna to the upper river, with some teams already on the move. Prospector parties and potter crews join in as rivers thaw, dogs vary, and the stampede for next month’s relays grows uncertain amid ice and travel hazards.
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Alaska
Turnatain Aynaoe Kul Ava
Shusherna
Anne Wants to Come to Seward and Rasmussen Building Under Way
A letter from Mrs. Josie Reay appears in the Seward post office at Miss Gordon’s request seeking employment in Seward. Reay praises herself as a moral lady and competent dressmaker while indicating Seattle fatigue and a desire to move. a photo is deemed poor but shows she is well fed. Construction on Rasmussen building continues on Fourth Avenue between the Commerce and Bank saloons with a two story 30 by 80 foot plan. ground floor leased to Del Clark for a saloon and upper floors to be furnished rooms. the dance hall feature has been dropped after Mr. Rasmussen’s death with H L W Ross as contractor advancing the work.
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Jean Widdow
Seward
Miss Gordon
Eleventh Avenue South
Seattle
Rasmussen
Fourth Avenue
Commerce
Bank
del Clark
Hl. W. Ross
Cook at railroad camp gets ninety days for petty theft
Arthur Walley a cook at camp 11 on the railroad pleaded guilty this week to petty larceny from railroad stores and was sentenced by Judge Hildreth to ninety days in jail. Part of the stolen goods were recovered and others had been sold.
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Arthur Walley
Camp 11
Hildreth
Pushing Cooper Creek Work Near Copper Lake
The company advances on Cooper Creek near Copper Lake with a plan to build a hydraulic canal to divert overflow. Crews are clearing ground and constructing timber supply facilities two miles from the creek’s lower end. Operations will shift to the upper, richer grounds after initial access is secured, with spring torrents to be managed by a canal to relieve downstream flow. The 32 claims extend from the creek mouth to the lake, testing shows broad placer potential along the route.
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Looper Lake
Kenai River
Les, Wittst
Alaska Cables Lease Dispute Across Federal Review
Washington evaluates Alaska cable leases amid a government move that could end the telegraph business and sell Alaska Lines. The private company holds a long term lease while signals, extensions, and a potential Dutch Harbor link are under scrutiny.
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Washington, D
Alaska
Congress
Dutch Harbor
Rich Diggings Report From Valdez Creek Strike
Two men rock out 118 ounces in two days on Valdez Creek as Pete Monah pursues a big pay streak in drift gravel. They push along the rim to a fattened section where rich pay is found, and identify an old channel running down the bench toward No 2 crossing Valdez Creek near Roosevelt White Gulch. The Alaska Central main line will cross the creek’s lower end about 160 miles from Shusheta station. At Portland fair, Atlin twins win first prize among over 1,000 babies.
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Valdez Creek
Valdez
Pete Monah
Shusheba
Monahan
Camp Iast
Roosevelt
White Gulch
Alaska Central
Shusheta Station
Alaska Imports Show Bid Gain in Nome and St Michael
The annual customs report by Clar L Hobart shows Alaska districts posting higher import values led by Nome and St Michael. Increases reflect Tanana district growth via Yukon river and the Tanana region, with total imports totaling $241,025 for Douglass Island shipments and $371,057 for three years across the district divisions Southeastern Alaska Southern Muska Arctic regions and Yukon interior.
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Nome
Fairbanks
Au Ir
Michael
Tanana
St. Michael
Yukon River
Swinton Se Fithian
Treadwell
Douglis
Clar L. Hobart
Masia
Aloka
Aries
Sitka
Muska
Unkay Beringse
Yukoo Ri
Plac
Stern
Oregon Breaks Record Again At Sea Voyage
The steamship Ore ny arrived from Southern Alaska yesterday evening, finishing two recent trips from Valdez in two days and twenty two hours. The vessel reports good weather, and Farallon also arrived yesterday after a pleasant trip from Seward via the inside passage.
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Oreny
Alaska
Valdez
Steamer Bertha Arrives From Skagway Coast to Juneau
Steamer Bertha under Capt Knudsen reached port Tuesday night with twenty one cabin and ten steerage passengers and 235 tons of freight. She sailed again for the south ward next morning at 10 oclock amid foggy conditions delaying progress in the inside passage. After Juneau she reached Valdez in three days and a half. The cabin list includes Mrs EB Fuller several others and a large number of passengers. The mint director reports Alaska accounted for the entire rise in national gold production in 1905 while the states overall held their own.
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Bertha
Knudsen
Juneau
Valdez
EB. S. Fullerton
Hugh McFadden
Thos Donahue
W. B. Rowe
Mrs. Rowe
W. Hyford
H. A. Danforth
F. Jacobson
G. ©. Simpson
Mrs. Simpson
J. A. Armstrong
W. Freeman
J. L. Laslant
F. W. Brown
E. W. Young
Will Clayson
T. J. Alexander
Wm. King
C. W. Fletch
J. S. Palmer
C. G. Frame
U.S. Mint
Alaska
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Nonce
D.C
Erastus Hawkins
House
Alaska Raile
Prospector
Kantishna
McGuire
Upant
Tolanika
Tanna
Newran
Ian Alas Kantishas
Joe Worley
Fort Liscum
Placer River Summit
Quinlan and
Wil
Adams Street
Duke Harris
Ventua
Yentna
Upany Over Railroad
Gold Camp of Interior
Widdow
Begin Rasmussen Building
Cooper Creck
Xeonai Mining and Milling Company
Tassail Hydraulic Apparatus
Atlin
Portland
Fuibanks
St. Michac
Oregon
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