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Seward weekly gateway., 1906-01-13
NOW BORING
 SIX TUNNELS Rich & Harris Driving Five and Railroad Company One on
 Placer River

Boring is now in progress on each Of the five tunnels for which Rich X Harris hold fine contract on mile 52 of the railroad. Atpro-oat work ispro- yaoan, at one end of each tunnel bee cause lno entrance Co the other ends has ao. bouu cleared up ro the uuHo.M That work i, going u and i'm a short time the drlls will be pounding at both ends of all the tunnels. Between a03 md 1O0 men will ba employed a, lue york;
 Oo Jho Santa Ana, sailing from sggl.p Januar, 'r. will come new and larger compressor gor driving the drills ,uan Dho one now in use. Both will be employed continuously until the tunnels gr. complete. The new compressor of great power and o' ,he Iates. device, and when it ia in commission progre,, in tunnel driving will be limited only by the number of mon and drills which can he employed ou each or the len faces.
 Only one of the Gg. tunnels i, 9 long one. -90l fyct.-auJ iD i, estimated that ir can b, bored by July a. latest. The other four and the tunnel which Che railroad company is boring on mje 4J will ba finished -rj'l earlier, so that a, soon as the long one i, ready track can bo laid through them and as fr beyond as tine surface grade may be completed. io is expected that the grad. will be nearly, i, not quite fine tsnaI to the head of rurnagain Arm by tine time the tunnels are bored. In Chat case about seventeen miles of track can be laid with a rush from the winter terminus ou mile IS, to mile G5, which is the head of the Arm.
 AHue track is laid every few days, and h. terminus is now about the mla.a.c u.'...5 Heavy rock work still remains to b. done in several place, oa the next two miles and a half and il will be another month before the rails reach to tine nearer end of mil. 4s. where ,ha track will end lor tine winter This will be 50 little more than phil. from tbe first tunnel
 The corps or engineers which i, running lha preliminary survey w u.e ausunmu valley under Engineer guNsy is moving farther north and wI.uro,.a.s establish ghe new camp aearrna fork Of .na Big and LU.a -u-acna which is Iau.-Owo miles .1u,. Su-l.ua s.a.a.
 Recently ..e engineers h"r. been working n.u u.. crossing O. #j.o" cra.aUo which point they complete. awlu..r uaI a .ao.. ..uu ago. which aids ...G.., :. ... u".s .ou.a'.un o. supplies. Tn. composition O. the ua.. l. useeo men, six horses and
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-01-13
Steamship Harold Dollar Sails

Steamship Harold Dollar left Friday morning a. lO o'clock for Seattle, talk ing twenty stecrage passengers. She will load ore at the Latouche mine,and will then sail outside. J. J. McManus, of the Eenai Lumber & Fuel Company, sailed on her, intending to charter another vessel to bring another large cargo of lumber and coal for the Nenai company. He cannot get the Dollar again as she f, already chartered by another party.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-01-13
Oregon Saiis for Seattle

Steamship Oregon sailed for Seattle at l:30 Sunday morning, She loaded ore at Enamar and sailed by the out side passage, Among her passengers were C. F. Brown, J. M. Cummings and Mrs. Cummings of this city: Abe Spring. Samuel Spring and Abe Stein of Fairbanks. r. NJ. Lane went to Eilamur.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-01-13
r.a. Cree. Sane as Ch.,r.ra

I... crock. wMu. ,ln .a.e-, -a.. discoveries have u..u made in the I..u. district, is .u. stream known hy the Indian name of lae0.n.aa. S.gera. maps show ,a. Na..u.ua n..- cn That is said ,o 5a Indian word .or ".ahe and he stream is so-ca..ed because head, ina lake. IheprosPec- ,ors decided ro call iu Lake creek be- cause the English word takes less time in pronunciation and writing and IS easier uo spell
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-01-13
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Seward weekly gateway., 1906-01-13
Santa Clara Arrives

Steamer Santa Clara, Capt. Schage, arrived in port at D m Friday, with a large list of passengers and nearly 100 tons of freight. She left Seattle on the night of January 1, and brings three days mail. The Oregon brought mail up to the morning of December %.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-01-13

That the construction of tl. Alaska Central railroad will add greatly .y the prosperity and development o. .h. vas, region lying south of the Yukon river a, well as open up an oNt.u-.v. country an the way Co the southern coast, is the assertion of Abe Spring .r Fairbanks, one of the most noted m.n oi ,ha Tauaua, who came over to Se"- ard on the Oregon simply to see laa town and the railroad.
 ,lr. Spring is promoter au3mauag.. o' tho Tanma Electric Compau. hu account of his immense plant roc.. |. installed on CIcary creek, was ryc.r.- Iy published in the Gateway. Uo is now on his way 10 Seattle to purchase additional equipment for the plant. which is rapidly extending it's scope. He came over the trail to Valdez and decided to come ,o Seward to see the town rather than wait at Valdez c. the Tauara and Alaska in general he said while here,
 Taaara Output Growing
 "whe ]. hbauEs mining district and by that ts meant all creeks within 8 radius of twenty-five mile, from the town of Fairbanks, is today working fully treble the number of miles O. placer gravel than it did year ago.. Add to that the various outlying rc- gious, such as the several groups of creeks, cla,sed generally as the Kan u-hua district; the two Dcltas; the Salcha; the Good Pasture and the Bonnifcld rcgions;oll ofwhich outlying districts are, 10 some extent taking out dumps this season. and it is 8 con- ,cryatiyc estimate that the output this year will exceed al5, 5,OOO,OOO.
 "Il became necessary a few weeks ago for me to closely look in to the future prospects of the district, in order to be able to give definite judgment <. my associates in the Panama E'cc-
 ric Company, as 10 whether We would be justified to make any further cE- D.uG1ures in tine extension of our electric lines SD as tomeet the growing demand on us gor current for power
 and light compiled closely all an.a looked in 10 conditions cE- --.fng and pao-nec.iye carefully and arrived at ,De conclusion lo immeu.- ..... -o .o the outside and recon. ..a U. a..ug.uG in over the fec enough wire and high tension .usu.@.a"- .u build forty miles of additions. lines.
 "Ege Ie., Eai"hwEs December -. ww.goa &. Naaa1Jmuu! g and cam. over here oa jh. Oregon. had no particular business here. but sine. | bad .o wal, .on Che boat. l concluded Io s.. .5. myself waa, a.I this talk auaa. Seward and the A,a,aa Central. Railway Company meant. lam .I"s,, s1y ,nu.I ann very glad came. Ls."
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-01-13
Rniaru Srnw Plnw Soon Ready

The rotary snow blow is nearly sec up and will go to the front early next week. No snow has fallen since the cold snap began and the lack of its services has been no hardship.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-01-13

The Anvil Hydraulic x Drainage Co.,. developing placer ground on Bourbon, East Bourbon, Holyolle. Saturday. Lake and Wonder creeks, near Nome, is draining the tundra by means of 24-inch steel-banded circular pipe. Dredgers are 10 be put in and the ground worked from the water toward Anvil mountain.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-01-13

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Seward weekly gateway., 1906-01-13

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Seward weekly gateway., 1906-01-13

Lake Riwa is the only large sheet of fresh water in Japan worthy of mem tion. It is thirty six miles long. twelve miles wide and it's greatest depth about 300 feet.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-01-13
Minlaa RenresenLaLiya Ilere

J. II. Briggs of Butte, who repre- sents Montana and Spokane mining magnates, is here to see what he can find for the capitalists back of him.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-01-13

Strikes on the Nome beach still con- tinue to buoy up the interest in those diggings. The news of the latest is brought out by the very last mails; S20 and $25 pans are reported as common.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-01-13

The Douglas Island News cele- brated its eighth birthday a short time ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19
Our Fire Department.

It is greatly to the credit of the chief of the Birmingham fire depart ment and his men that the confagra- tion of Wednesday night did not de- stroy the large store of J. L. Chalifoux & Go. on the corner of First avenue and Nineteenth street and that it did not extend across the avenue to the Gayety theatre Had the fire not been confined as it was the loss would have been exceptionally heavy.
 A noticeable feature in connection with the work of the fire department was the absolute lack of excitement or confusion. Each steamer went to an assigned hydrant and in connection with each steamer was a hose wagon with it's crew. Every fireman had his particular place or his particular work to do, and by that means the chief was able to move his forces to points where the best results could be ob- tained.
 It takes water to extinguish a fire, Lut it takes something else as we'll The mere fact of pouring water into a burning building is not fire-fightins. There must be judgment and knowl- edge brought to bear upon the situa- tion, not only to extinguish the fire n the premises already being consumed, but to prevent the spread of the flames.
 Some of the biggest fires in the country have occurred in cities where the largest and best-equipped fire de- rartments are to be found. From this fact it may be gathered that no fire department is able to cope with con- migration when it once gets well started.
 The discipline of the Birmingham department seems now to be excellent throughout.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19
Hess and the Airship.

All four of the ascensions of the air ship at the fair grounds yesterday were made by Earl Hess, who bears the repu- tation of being one of the most daring aerial navigators in the country. Hess comes from Toledo, O., where airship navigators are born, and has associated with Roy Knabenshue and other airship men of that city. His record for the season just ending is f1fty-one successful flights.
 Hess demonstrated to the vast crowd at the fair grounds that witnessed the flight of yesterday that at all times he had the ship completely under his con- trol," said a man connected with the management His last flight of Thurs day was a series of maneuvers in front of the grand stand. and six times did he guide the frail craft back and forth be- fore the thousands of spectators Hess accomplished a great feat in airshipping. He succeeded in making complete figure eight within a distance of one hundred yards"
 Captain Hess and his airship will att tempt a trip Into the business section of Birmingham early today, the weather conditions permitting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19
Seed for Planting Purposes.

The heating and sprouting of cotton seed has certainly deprived many sec tions of Alabama and Mississippi of choice seed for replanting. The seed from the first bales is generally ac' counted the best for planting purposes, and a good share of that seed is dam aged to an extent that destroys it's value for use in the soil next spring. The planters in the two states GOV cred by the recent gulf storm should spare no pains to save the best possi- ble seed at their command, for a seed famine Is possible in the two states Georgia on the one side and the trans Mississippi states on the other were not swept by the gulf storm. The damage to seed was confined to Ala bama and Mississippi, and the farmers in the two states should meet the emergency lest it become serious when planting time comes again.
 The oil mills in the two states have their troubles on account of seed, but they are experts in the seed business, and they can be trusted to do the best lining in their storage houses. They are alert They are full of instruc- tions. The farmers, on the other hand, are oftentimes careless and gen orally optimistic, and the result may be in some localities at least that there will be next spring a seed famine. Im- ported seed involves a tax that our Farmers can i'll afford to indulge in.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19
Good Roads Mo:enent.

'The North Alabama good roads con- vention held in Birmingham yesterday was one of the most important gatherings of the kind ever assembled fin this city" said J. Asa Rountree, secretary of the association, last night.
 "The attendance. numbering over three hundred, was most representative, in- cluding a number of the most prominent county officials from several counties in the state, as well as state officials The two alternate senator's elect, Congress- man John H. Bankhead and Governor Joseph F. Johnston, were present and made valuable addresses. B. B. Conner, nominee for governor of Alabama, att tended and made a very practical ad- dress.
 ''The paper read by L. M. Page of Washington. director of public roads of the United States was of great value and gave much information that every man in Alabama should know. MT. Page ad- vanced some suggestions as to methods of improving the public roads that should be considered by our citizens.
 '',rhe movement for better roads in Alabama is an important one, and I am glad to see that the people are becoming interested in it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19
Best on Half Shell.

"Theres only one way to eat oysters said an epicure on the subject, and that is on the half-shell.
 When I see people ordering oyster stews and fried oysters and oyster cock tails, I put 1t down to the fact that they don't know the difference between a blue point and mud turtle. Cooking improves most things, but not oysters. It is just like cooking strawberries. or Jersey pears, or muscatel grapes.
 'The perfection of the oyster is only to be had immediately after coming out of the water. Ice keeps them fresh but ruins the flavor Very often the oyster freezes to death from the block of ice laid upon it. The oyster does not natur- ally belong to cold water. at least not to ice-cold water. It should be eaten at temperature of not less than 40 de- grees.
 "A man who understands the matter. takes the oyster on the half-shell. saueezes a drop of lemon juice on it, adds speck of cayanne and swallows it. That's the way to eat oysters, not with knife and fork as sometimes a person may see in a restaurant"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19
WORLDS COAL OUTPUT.
America Leads All Other Countries,
 Great Britain Being Second.

From the New York Herald.
 Statistics of the coal production of the world in 1905 put the total at 929, ,623, 900 tons, as compared with S67, ,O21. GOO tons in 1904, or an increase of per cent
 Most of the producing countries share in the advance, the notable exceptions being Belgium and Russia. The greatest gain Is in the United States, whose out put has jumped from 31S,276 900 to 352 694. = GOO tons, or a rise of 6A per cent. America is now by far the largest producer though the United Kingdom is no mean second and still remains the biggest ex- porter The production of the United Kingdom, according to British officials figures, was 299SS9,OOO, as against 236,1 147,- 00 tons, or an advance of 11s per cent
 Germany, the third largest producer, mined 173,664,O00 tons. as against 169, ,44S,- 900 tons, or gain of 21s per cent. The output of India increased from 7,6s2, ,00o to 1921, 900 tons and of Japan from Il, ,600.- 900 to Il, S95,000 tons Austria Hungarys s total is 40,725,000, as compared with 40,- 395000 tons and Frances contribution is S604S,o00, as against S4502,Oo0 tons The yield of Canada has grown from 6,S14,000 to 7,959000 tons. and of South Africa from s,015.0O0 to S,21s00o tons. Spains out put remains at about 3.200,000 tons. A de- cline Is shown in the chief producing states of Australasia, New South Wales and New Zealand. The production of Belgium has dropped from 23,9S0,000 to 21 ,s44.o00 tons and of Russia from 19 .3ls 900 to 17,120,000 tons, but the exceptional fac tors that must be taken into account in the latter case are, of course, ob- vious.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19
Our Usual Car Famine.

Between the coal traffic and the crop movement We are experiencing ia this district our usual car famine. It is perhaps some comfort to know that we are not singular and alone in this matter, for the trouble is as extensive as the country itself. All sections need coal, and the sections that are not moving cotton are moving wheat. corn and other farm products. Great crops and great activity in all other branches of business have created the usual congestion on the railroads.
 The railroads have tried to furnish sufficient means of transportation. They have purchased locomotives and cars in great numbers. They have i'm proved their tracks, sidings and ter minals. But still they are swamped by traffic. This condition is fast be- coming chronic, and it is leading to the conviction in enterprising localities that the business of the country is outgrowing the railroads, and that the disused waterways will have to be brought to usefulness again For ex- ample, the Warrior The people in the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri val leys are clamorous for river improve. ments, and the signs point to similar demands in every river state.
 Alabama is the greatest river state in the union, and her great rivers should all be opened to barge naviga- tion at least. There should be six feet of water the year round in all of them.
 In September the railroads were not able to move but 5S,4S4 cars, as against 69,263 in September of last year, de. crease approaching 20 per cent. This would be alarming if we did not pos sess great river possibilities, which should be brought to a useful condi- tion as rapidly as the government can be induced to act in the matter.