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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1908
Page
7
May 25 Seattle report describes sunny weather turning disagreeable, with a grand battleship parade planned for tomorrow. Excursion trips to view the fleet and elaborate decorations fill the city as ball games, wireless tests aboard the Portland, and passenger lists for Seward and Seattle moves unfold.
At 10 40 a m Thursday smoke issued from the south side of a Fourth avenue barber shop. Fire alarms sounded, chemical extinguishers fought the blaze, and hose carts with the brigade arrived. Fire caused torn boards and was blamed on a spark in tar paper during building construction.
A large government corps with equipment sails from Seattle to establish wireless stations along Alaska. Planned sites include Nome Fort Gibbon Fort Egbert Wrangell and Petersburg cannery. The cable ship Burnside will extend a cable to Cordova then work on Sitka Valdez Cape Fanshaw and other sites. Juney.
The Burnside lies in dry dock for a major overhaul expected to take at least six weeks, with four more weeks to restore the vessel. Government options are limited as no other ship is available for Alaska cables, risking service interruptions until repairs are complete. Boilers were allowed to deteriorate to near unsafe levels, forcing the Burnside to take the inside passage during Valdez cable breaks. Weather now favorable but risk remains.
The Seward Literary and Mu Society held its last meeting of the season in the Methodist church. A piano purchase for the society and church was discussed with a price of 150 from Mr. Van Cleve. Officers to serve until September and the program featured papers, music, readings, and a closing current topics presentation.
Professor Frederick C Beeler Wyoming state geologist in Kansas City notes not a mile of street railway nor paved streets in Wyoming. He cites Cheyenne population 16000 and explains compact town uses mountain gravel roadbeds with white dust. He mentions studying Kansas City oiling boulevards.
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