The Nome nugget., 1903-09-09

tt, TIT sbllt bl IL al, WOFk was tOlll-
 menced June 10 and has been kept go-
 ing day and night since, and will be
 kept mp until it freezes up. The track
 is being ballasted. holes filled up, new
 buildings built, and, in fact, the termi- nals of great railroad system are being
 constructed at Dickson. With first
 class terminal facilities, good buildings, plenty of material on hand to build next year, and money enough to get what more is necessary, it ought to be com
 paratively easy to go on with the con
 struction of the iuadbed early next season.
 As it is plannel and has been an nounced, there will be something do- ing, for the road will not only build to Council, but the preliminary survey has been made and the work of cOnstruC-
 tion will be begun next year of the line between Council and Nome. Here is one of the richest sections of the Sew ard peninsula that will be reached by d standard gauge, well equipped rail road next season. The junction point has not as yet been decided upon, but undoubtedly, at least a part of the road bed can be used by both the Dickson and the Nome branches Nor will it end there. As the present plans de- velop the other sections of Seward pc ninsula will doubtless be reached and the Kougarok. York, Candle and the Inmachuk country will all be bene fitted by the branching out of the North Star
 line.
 The start that has been made and
 the ample capital that is back of the
 line gives every assurance that these plans will be carried out. There is no
 stock of the company on the market
 the necessary capital all having been
 subscribed. It is q scheme in which New York and Chicago capitalists have abundant faith, us they know that the country will stand development and
 that the freight and passenger service that can be rendered will pay well on the money invested. It Is as THE NUG- GET believes, shrewd, far-reaching, well-planned business venture, one that will do much to develop the country, and at the same time give good returns on the money invested. It is no hot air scheme, for there is the road built, the ties, the lumber, the iron, all the material for fur her constructions next year. It is, in fact, Il well-planned, mOney-making scheme that will do much for the future development of the country. It W III Iildhc tIc vast ihlileldl wealth of Alaska available, and will encourage every form of legitimate enterprise. It means that within five
 portatiOn facilities, and will doubtless
 have a daily through train from the
 outside. To the scribe this and much
 more was to be seen in the thorough going and substantial work that is now , to be seen in the railroad between
 Dickson and Big Hurrah. What has
 been accomplished is always the prom ise of greater things to be done, and in
 the case of the North Star line the promise is of that sort that Is encour-
 aging to those who have faith in the future of Alaska. The buildings are
 among the best in these parts, the
 roadbed and equi ment are all of the : standard size and of frst-clasS quality the ties, the iron, the locomotives, the
 cars, in fact, verything connected with the North Star road shows that its pro-
 iector and builders have abundant
 faith in the future of Alaska. The
 machine shop and warehouses, the
 docks, the terminal frcilities, the en-
 zines, all of standard make, shows that
 the North Star line is not being built
 to last a year or two, or to enable the
 promoter n erely to sell stock, but is here
 to do business. It means business and
 so inspires confidence. It will make every other man who has anything to do with the future of this vast mineral empire feel more certain of the country
 because of the confidence that is ex- pressed in the work done the first sea- son.
 Nearly threc-quarters of q million dollars have already been invested in
 the enterprise, and much more will
 have to be spent before the road is
 ready for business in both Nome and
 Council City. It is to be, however, as
 THE NUGGET, in common with all
 others who have inv sstigated, believes, Ia paying investment. What it means
 to all interested in these parts can
 hardly be fully appreciated, but has
 at least been in part indicated. THE
 NUGGET is always glad to give boost
 to anything that promises well to Alas
 ka and Alaskans, and the Council City
 X Solomon River railroad is already y
 giving evidence of being the greatest
 improvement that has ever material ized in Seward peninsula.
 The work is under the direct super. |, vision of general manager J. Warren Dickson, Jr., who has in every way a