The daily Alaskan., 1912-10-08
[. R. B N. W. RY.
 IN BAD WAY.

Charles kOppus arrived III 'i0 city yesterday from McCarty's by way of Cordova, which he succeed cd in making in 16 days by walking for a distance of 46 miles on a portion of the Copper River road covered by land and rock slides He reports that the road is com pleteIy blocked and that if no more slides occur the road may be open ed by the first of october, but that the present heavy rains will evidently cover the track worse than ever. He reports that Supt. Geiger's private car is caught in the blocade.
 Mir. Koppu states that the trip from McCarty's cost him Sl16, whereas he could have come over the trail in five days at cost of from S25 to $50. He says the peo- pIe of the interior depending on the railroad for supplies are out of almost all staples, as within the past month there has been but a trip and a half made over the road by trains.
 Bob Mcintosh arrived in the city last evening from Cordova on the launch Alpha, having left there at l2:35 and reaching the wharf here at lO:O5. Me. Mcintosh has been in Chitina for some time and wish ing to return to Valdez, took a boat coming down the Copper river a distance of 7G miles, where he found a train, which he took into Cordova. He says that the road will not be opened to traffic sooner than the first of the month. that is. provided no more slides occur. In the latter case there is no tell ing when traffic will be resumed.
 Slides occur on the Copper River road from mile 57 to mile lO2, en- tire hiusides coming down on the tracks. Between these points the section stations are almost wholly out of supplies. Passengers walk ing down the track were informed by Supt Geiger, of the road, that they would have to carry their own grub, as there was none to be had at the stations. At 1O9 foot pas sengers" divided up their food with the woman in charge, she being al- most wholly out of even the nee cessities of life.
 Since Bob Mcintosh came down the river in a small boat he has become known as the admiral of the Copper River fleet, a subsid- fary to the Guggenheim railroad.
 John Hazelet, who came over the trail and spent four days in Valdez. is now in Seattle, while his men. who started over the rail- road for the outside. are still patiently waiting at Chitina for a train to take them through
 A train left Cordova yesterday for Chitiua. but it will not get through for five or six days. The passengers will have 10 walk 40 or -O miles.
 Over 40 people are waiting at Chitina for train through 70 Cordova.
 The only fresh meat to be ob- taiued at Chitina is spruce hens and rabbits The town is out oi bacon, ham, potatoes and eggs.
 Passengers over the Copper Riv- or road confirm the statement made in the Prospector few days ago that the rails are red with rust from nou-use.
 Those familiar with the road de- clare that the Copper River road is in a worse condition today than it was three years ago, when in charge of the construction outfit.
 The main track of the road be- tween Bear and Heney glaciers, for a distance of nearly 20 miles, has been moved 1,4OO feet from it's original location, within the past nine months, keeping a gang of men busy shimmlng up the track SO that trains can pass with some degree of safety.
 People of Chitina are stating that there is three feet of snow