Seward gateway., 1904-10-21
RAILWAY PLANS
 CARRIED OUT
Authentic News Railway CORStruC- ton Will be Pushed Bank
 Coming to Seward

In the Seattle Po,t-Juteuigencer of ,he 5.h m,tauct, auntcrvtewwtth Mir John E Bllafnc, president of the Panama Construction company, the incorporation that has taken the con tract t6 build the Alaska Central Rail- way: was published
 Tnf, interview, headlines and all, k given below:
 TO rush work on Alaska Central Nothing to interfere with build ing progress.
 John E. 51Iainc. president of thc Tanana Construction Company returns from tip to east. where he secures all necessary money.
 reconstruction work on the Alaska Central railroad will continue as taN, a, We can get men and material, win ter and summer until the road i, com pIated Co the Panama river We now have 2-O mcr atwork, and tweny-one miles af track completed. We aim Co complete another ten miles yet this wear. ard next year ,o push on Co from Io0to l25 miles. We aim to have our rail, through to the Panama river, 20 miles from Seward, within two years and half
 ri, statmeut was made yesterday bv John F. Bansiua, president of the wauans Construction Company, which i, ,bufldfugtae Alaska CeuGalrlilroad He has just rarwuei from go months trip to Chicago where a contract was closed for all tua money needed Go br.s r.s As-slu Cea-rii rnHr'ad. lIr. Ballaiur declined to giveany lur- rber particulars, except to say thatthe nar aruu-m.u, would necessarily in- ro.vs veral important change, in the om,faI makeup of the Alaska Central Railway Company. The headquarters, however. are Go remain in Seattle, and Nh. Ballfane continue, president oithe construction company. He makes this 
 statement: Tn connection with the building of rhs Alaska Central, We are arrengtng with the Alaska Pacific Navigation Company to put on siNteen-kno' steamer to ply direct between Seattle and Seward. commencing May l, neN sprinr. Thi, will be in addition to the 5 other steamers now running betw'ey Seattle and Seward. We shall emp.o! next year from,I, 300 to 1000 men.
 Tr i, unnecessary to remind the buSi ness men of Seattle what revolution in the development of Alaska will o brourht about by the building of th Al,sga Central. If they intend to hol the increasing trade of that territor some radical changes, which will rea' 1v occur to them, will have to b made in their methods of doing bus mes, with Alaska Branch wholesal houses should be established by the' at Seward, for if they do not, other will.
 A bank is to be established in medfarelv at Seward, with capital Q s51O00. The men behind it are C. ] Dickermau. St. Paul capitalist an F.G. Hale. a Spokane banker TT bank will be opened and ready for bus ness within siztydays.
 Aside from tapping the rich ar xteustve gold fields of Central AlaSk with which the people of Seattle al familiar the Alaska Central railro will open to the markets of the Pact tbe greatest quantities of high-gra coal west of Peenn,ylvania.
 bclive rhe building of the ro will add from $50, 100000 to Sl0OOOo,O annually to Alaska's gold output, a will change completely the coal supp of the entire Pacific ocean.
 r.BaIIaine has almost single-hand carried forward the Alaska Central rerprise. himself raising all the nor that has been expended in it. and additional several millions required complete it. He will leave for St ard. the southern terminus next NJ day. to organize the forces there che work before them"
 Last Tuesday the foregoing shown to llr. Frank l.. Ballalne president the Construction tompo ard who makes lis headquarters
 Seward.
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