The Chitina leader., 1911-04-01

4 eminent will receive nearly $loV'vVV
for stumpage. The cost for piling
aggregated $118.0O0. An expensive
Item was the rails. for which 81
100000 was paid. Building wagon
roads and trails so as to transport
materials cost $4,000. The big and
Substantial wharf at Cordova cost
l$136,O00. An expensive item will be
the 10000 tons of freight received
BIZ sea and much of which came by
rail from the Eastern states. The
charges for this item will likely run
up to over $2.o0O.o0o.
Effective Hospital Service.
| In the employment of thousands
Of men there are necessarily many &C
cidents. 1t has always been the pol
icy both of the Katalla Company and
NJ. J. Heney to afford the MANNED
the best possible accommodations and
the best medical assistance obtain
able. During the period of construc-
ton work for the contractor, DR.. F.
B. Whiting has acted as chief sur
geon, which position he also filled
during work on the White Pass &
| Yukon railroad.
To know DR.. Whiting is to know
q man who stands high in his profess
sion, and a man who is possessed of
boundles energy and sympathetic
heart. Any distance or hour of the
day or night would find him respon-
sive to a call of distress. He is
nan of strong organizing ability. and
in the selection of his assistants he
secured the best men obtanable. His
hospitals have been provided with
the latest and most up-to-date instru-
ments and facilities for the treatment
of patients. Some of his operations
performed required the highest skill
of his profession, which merited the
Exceptional success that his efforts
earned. AS a result there were sur
lprisingly few fatalities.
At present the main hospital is at
mile 146, where DR.. Broderick is the
assistant. AS work progressed others
have been maintained at miles SIS,
IS. 101, 1913, 1873, 1872 and 1911.
The Katalla Company has Away.
maintained a splendid hospital at
Cordova. Until last summer it was
in charge of DR.. w. w. Council, when
he gave way to DR.. Smith, who has
since been in charge. Other hospitals
Rave been maintained by the Katal-
la Company at Miles Glacier, for the
I benefit of the bridge workers, and at
Abercrombie Canyon. when the snow
sheds were being built, and at Kus-
kulana, when the bridge was erect
ed.
Alaska Syndicate.
The men who have financed the
Copper River & Northwestern Rail-
way are NJ. Guggenheim Sons and ].
Pierpont Morgan. with their friends.
They formed q combination for work
ing purposes, known as the Alaska
Syndicate. The first purchase for
100000 of mining claims, includ-
ing the Bonanza mine at Kennecott.
necessary the building of railroad
| to reach this property. After hav-
| ing experts examine the many min
ing claims that were then located
by various individuals and companies
In what is known as the Copper River
district, a conclusion was reached
that sufficient tonnage would be
available soon after the completion
of a railroad to warrant the construc-
ton of a standard guage, high-class
railroad.
Several million dollars were spent
in the effort to establish the proper
sea coast terminal. Finally Cordova
was decided upon as the most desir-
able and feasible point to reach the
coal and copper fields. From that
time forward the work has been pros
ecuted with diligence and without
interruption. As estimates for costs
were submitted the Syndicate endors-
ed the expenditures and promptly
supplied the necessary money. The
financiers are represented in New
York by s. w. Eccles, who has very
largely reflected the policies of the
Syndicate and conducted their bust