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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1906
Page
2
Public notice records Gateway Publishing Co allowed second class mail after August 2 1904 Seward Alaska under March 8 1879 act. Dated 1906 November 1 Saturday.
The chamber of commerce will tackle a heavy agenda as transport issues loom. Freight lines routinely miss required steamship arrival windows between Valdez and Seward, with delays ranging from 36 to 72 hours. The Pennsylvania finally arrived, but most ships have lingered past deadlines since the July mail contract began, prompting the Gateway to urge better cooperation and timely service.
The piece critiques presidential control via Cabinet member Robert Root and compares to Hearst tactics. It argues mass opinion leans toward fairness when individuals act, warns against dictatorship temptations, and cites Grover Cleveland and Theodore Roosevelt as historical parallels. It notes Root’s Utica reaction may have boosted Hearst votes.
Real estate and mining records feature buyers and sellers with names including Chris Hanson John Lee A C Pates Peter Brown J C Reed Robi Larice E King Klaas Rinks G A Williams Charley H Cook plus an advertisement for sale of marine machinery a 4x6 engine a Morgan tubular boiler with shaft two propellers and fittings ready to install in a boat. Bank of Seward advertises thrift and savings tips urging persistent effort and bank money as independence.
The railroad plans to keep winter work active despite delayed bridge timber and track laying. Workers at Plager vale and near tunnel rock work will be retained, with some shifting to other tasks as winter approaches. Additional forces will be sent after New Year as timber deliveries improve, aiming to complete trestles and bridges along mile 48 to mile 51, including Howe truss structures over Placer River.
Cordova passengers recall there was never smallpox at that site. Quarantine existed to bar laborers from steamers. The railroad firm aimed to finish work before closing, then discharged workers. Valdez News notes claims the smallpox story was a fake to keep laborers from leaving for Seward amid a better offer.
The Pennsylvania arrived from Seattle carrying 28 000 feet of bridge timber 250 tons of steel and other railroad supplies. It will sail back to Seattle this afternoon. Built in Philadelphia in 1873 the vessel served as a transport in the Spanish American War and marks its first Seward visit. Also noted is tribute to Stillman Lewis and news that fur buyer P F Vian from Kenai may stay several weeks aboard the Jeanie.
In port updates show Seward steamers sailing to Seat Penns on the 10th while ships from Seattle include Saratoga Portland and Dora with the 10th and 12th sailings. Corwin Jeanie Northwestern Bertha sailed for Seattle on the 1st, 4th and 9th. Shelikof departed Seward for Valdez on the 9th. A weekly weather note covers November 9.
B F Swesey, longtime pilot for Cook Inlet steamers, arrived in Seward aboard the Jeame as this week’s weather record card notes regional conditions and notable local movements.
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