The Chitina leader., 1912-06-15
The people of Katalla, who have

been otherwise afflicted, are truly
sympathetic in the misfortunes of
other residents of Alaska. At a
meeting held today at Katalla it was
decided to wire the following mes
sage to the people of Kodiak:
1.-The people of Katalla express
their deep sympathy for you and your
loss in this great catastrophe
The outlook is very encouraging
for the establishment of marine
hospital at Seward, according to ad-
vices received by Judge Finnegan.
The United States coast and geo.
detic survey ship Macarthur is on the
way to Alaska, where the summer
season will be spent in survey work
around Seward and the Cook Inlet
country. She is the second of the
survey fleet to go north, the Gedney
having previously left. The Explor-
er and Patterson will sail in a few
days from Seattle for their annual
season in Alaska.
Valdez is jubilant over the arrival
of an auto buggy which came from
Seattle on the Mariposa. James Fish,
Sr., who has the contract for carry
ing the mail semi-monthly from VAL
DEE to Gulkana, from June l to Oc-
tober 1 proposes to use the auto for
that purpose He will at once make
the initial attempt to cross Tnomp-
son Pass. Should the experiment
prove a success, the auto will run
regularly to Gulkana this summer.
The auto is a 20-horsepower ma
chine made by the International Har-
vester Company. 1t has a carrying
capacity of 1900 pounds. Built es-
pecially for travel over heavy roads,
it has proven highly successful in the
states. Its gear is so arranged that
it will run at the rate of 20 miles an
hour on level roads. At the same
| time the gear can be changed so that
it will use the full power at rate
of only two miles an hour. In Inns
way it can climb hills with compare
tive ease With cushioned wheels the
machine will be able to pillow through
mud a foot thick.
A number of men will start from
Valdez soon to work on the trail be-
tween that town and Willow Creek.
The first crew was to leave today,
and between 100 and 1875 men will
depart from Valdez within the next
two or three weeks to build bridges,
improve the trail for summer as well
as winter travel, and to do repair
work. The Miner says:
''In all five crews will be sent
out from here. Some of the old fore
men will again have charge of crews
while number of the men employed.
in former years will again be given
employment. Supt. Jack Ingram,
while in Seattle, purchased 81 horses
for the trail work they arrived on
the last boat and will be sent out
with the crews.
| ga number of bridges will be con-
structed this year. Two will be put
in between Valdez and Camp Com
fort. One will be built near Ptarmi-
gan Drop and one at Sewart creek
between Beaver Dam and Tiekel. A
bridge will be built across the Tiekel
river; one across the headwaters of
! the Delta and one across Jarvis creek
which is II miles from the Tanana
river. A bridge was started across
Gun creek last fall. This will be
completed this summer. The road
commission has also replaced the
bridge across the glacier stream be-
low Miller's roadhouse. This was
washed out last summer during the
high water.
''The departure of the road COM
mission crews will take many men
from town who have been out of
work. Supt. Ingram is being besieged
by large number of men looking
for work, and has been kept busy
since his return to town"
Y. Mayeda, Jap employed by one
of the contractors at Orca, died in
the hospital here Saturday night, as
the result of an injury inflicted on
Thursday evening at the mess house
at Orca. An inquest was held this
afternoon at the office of Judge
Tucker, who is ex-officio coroner.
There was but little testimony. A
helper to the cook stated that the
head cook, Fred Hayashi, struck the
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