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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1908
Page
5
President Roosevelt signed a federal coal bill that passed both houses. The measure promotes development of Alaska coal deposits and includes a clause to prevent monopolies by limiting corporate acreage. It also guarantees coal supplies for the U.S. Navy.
Opponents of a coal bill aimed at opening Alaska coal fields caused the measure to be blocked in Congress. Representative J S Williams of Mississippi demanded a roll call, and the result is no further consideration this session. Congress likely to adjourn Thursday.
Washington D. C. May 26 The coal bill to aid development of Alaska coal fields has been urged by advocates and persistently resisted by opponents but has now passed the House.
Washington D C May 27 the Alaska Central and Guggenheim interests express dissatisfaction with congress action on the coal land measure claiming 2560 acres is too small to justify the outlay for profitable coal fields Reynolds Alaska Development Company creditors refuse Teter offer Reynolds Home Railway dispute blocks settlement creditors claim only three rejected the offer If no agreement is reached years may pass before any recovery lawsuits threaten fees to litigants
Seattle report notes confusion among Alaskans over Thomas Cale's shift from non candidacy to seeking reelection to Congress. Cale announces readiness to run again, seeking another term despite prior stance. The city debates implications for Alaska delegation and party dynamics.
Cable report says Thomas Cale cites friend telegrams and miners backing as reasons for running again as Alaska delegate to Congress. Packing leader T C McHugh estimates Southeastern Alaska salmon season at 750000 cases with about 200000 Alaska reds. outlook is generally light. Professors Stevens and Carter of the University of Oklahoma are stranded near Yalie bay after a storm wrecked the Black Maria. Hansen ferried them back to Seward and Will Sauers seeks volunteers to deliver supplies and reach the sailors.
In North Central British Columbia near Vancouver the Ingenica creek, a Findlay river tributary, is seen as a potential Klondike. Pay dirt averaging 320 per day per shovel has been found on McConnell creek. Seventy men are on site with many claims staked.
Dispatches from British Columbia report unease over a rising influx of poorer French peasants. Eastern Canada indicates the government seeks ways to curb the current immigration flow.
As the present session nears close leaders push to enact bills urged by both houses. The emergency currency bill is assured of passage as both branches plan to meet today.
The Daily Gateway notes congress may adjourn today or tonight as the house completes its planned business for the session.
A letter from H J Vaughan reports a night freight run near Cordova where a man on the track appeared struck by a train. The purser of the Seward was found dead, dry blood noted on the face, and investigators deem foul play likely. The first mate of the Seward was arrested as a prime suspect.
The committee in charge of the glacier stream asks all labor fund subscribers to pay by Monday June 1 at 8 AM or have cash to hire laborers and finish the guarding work.
Washington May 27 under the omnibus bill congress closes its session and authorizes three more justices one for Alaska one for Oklahoma and one for New Mexico. The measure passed the House yesterday afternoon.
The Northwest mining convention in Seattle has completed its organization with Alaskan representatives on all committees. Resolutions urged investigation of monopolies in the north and government aid for railroads in Alaska. Today the meeting will organize a branch of the American Mining Congress.
Seattle reports the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition will receive US government participation after passage of the appropriation bill. Correspondents Maurice Drieghe and Max Hopman plan a Valdez to Eastcape automobile test next winter. Washington notes an amendment to ban beer halls at the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, citing a 20 percent rise in inmate offenses due to alcoholism. The Saratoga wreck has been sold to the British Columbia Salvage Company. In Cordova the Northwestern wreck salvage is noted.
Spain ranks as the world’s second largest olive producer with about 3,500,000 acres under olive trees. In a good year this area yields around 1,400,000 tons of olives and about 60,000,000 gallons of olive oil.
Major Richardson arrives in Seattle to meet with Pillsbury and Orchard. They will outline the road commission's season plan and decide where most Alaska road building will occur this summer.
The House adopted resolutions asking Interior Secretary James R. Garfield for information on all railroads under construction and projected lines in Alaska. The move aims to expose Guggenheim dominance in the territory and its influence on Governor Hoggatt’s stance on territorial government.
A House resolution may require the War Department to report to Congress on Alaska railroads. If passed, a corps of officers would be assigned to investigate the situation this coming summer. The Interior Department already holds data on over forty five proposed lines.
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