The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-04
Noted Head of Many Vast Enter
prises Is Here on
Business.
HISTORY OF FAMOUS
BRIDGE BUILT IN ALASKA
Talks Entertainingly of Great
Plans for Development in
That Territory.

Old friends arc welcoming TO the city
/ s. w ECClcs. ono of the most popular
railroad officials who ever had hcad1uar-
tcrs In the city MIR. Ecclcs is president
Of tho Copper River railroad. the Nevada
Northern railroad and vice president OF
the Alaska steamship company, lie Is
also In direct charge OF all the mining
enterprises OF the American Smelling &
Refining company. the American Smcltcrs
Securities company, the GugGcnhcim
Sons company. director in the Utah Cop
per company and an official OF a hall
dozen other notable companies.
Mr. Ecclcs was scon during the after
noon and In reply To various questions
asked, hc said In part;
II have just como from an inspection
OF various properties In tho west. Mr..
Young. who has just been elected prcsi-
dent Of the Alaska Steamship company
and tho Northwestern Commercial COM
pany. as well rs vice president OF The
Copper River road, has just wired me
that the first steamship leaving Seattle
for Alaska was crowded TO It's capacity
and a second steamer will leave at once.
The steamers are booked to their ca
pacity weeks ahead. as the rush 10 thar
a fleet. with several good passenger boats
and freight and passenger traffic is OPEN
ing UP In most surprising manner.
by the end OF the year we Will have
about 700 miles in operation on the Cop
per River railroad from the Alaskan
port of Cordova. penetrating that vast
inland empire. The road is built on
standard lines throughout and is the equal
OF any road in this country, while the
equipment VIII be of the finest. The end
OF the road this year will be at the head
waters OF the ChitIni river, where Is To-
Gated the Bonanza mine. which runs ca
per cent copper. Already the tramway
at the mine is in operation and ore is be-
ing hauled to the terminus.
Bridge Is Completed.
THE much talked of cantlevcr bridge
across the Copper river was completed.
and incidentally the climax OF its con-
bonus OF $1,000 10 the foreman and 500
10 each workman was offered If the bridge
was completed prior To the breaking OF
the ice gorge The men went TO work
with that indomltablc viii peculiar 20 the
American mechanic on his mettlc. and
the result was that the bridge was finished
and all breathed n sigh Of relief. II is
1850 feet long and $50 feet were strung
In nine and half days. But an hour
after the first false work was removed
an Ice gorge broke and flood was the
result. Down came that mass of Ice
and the hcld-back waters taking out
every pile and piece OF timber. but span
ming the river was as fine "A steel canti-
lever bridge as ono can see anywhere.
II was just an hour too late 10 head off
tho worlmen, however and tho outcome
Is the cause for coueratulation on all
sides
81 am very much pleased with the way
Mr.. Young has taken hold OF the office
l regard him as an able man for the
place and hc has been received with the
greatest cordiality in Seattle, Iuncheons
and dinners being given him by several
OF the most prominent and influential men
OF the state OF Washington.
For ten years he has been forging ahead
in the operating department, and / have
watched his success with interest owing
TO our long association in earlier days"
Mr.. Ecclcs will be here several DAYS and
VIII visit his fayorite summer home at
Island Park before returning cast.