The Chitina leader., 1913-10-14
IF GENERAL INFORMATION
Cordova, October 9

a day or two in town receiving treat ment for his eyes, returned to his post on the morning train. He was accompanied by Wm. E. Wood who has just been appointed deputy marshal at Chitina.
 The Alaska Steamship Company has continued the schedule previ- ously announced up to December 27, until March 27. But two steamers will continue in the Southwestern Alaska service during the winter months and they will be the Ala meda and Mariposa only when one of the two is relieved for repairs by the Northwestern. Sailings from Seattle will be as follows:
 October IS and 2S; November T, r and 27; December ', IT and 27; January 6, 16, and 26; February 5, 15 and 25; March ', IT and 27.
 Sailings southward from Cordova will be eight or nine days from the date of steamers leaving Seattle.
 There is some discussion upon the part of the railroad officials to change the time an hour so as to give more daylight in the early hours of the day. At present we are maintaining the proper time, and we are in accord with Katalla, Val deg and Seward, and are two hours time was maintained when the town started, but during railroad con- struction days MT. Heney set the time ahead an hour. This continued a couple of years until last summer a year ago, when by mutual consent of the railroad, cable office and places of business generally the cor rect time was adopted. If the rail- road company again changes it will almost of necessity require change upon the part of the people of town. If that were done it would mean that business would start an hour earlier than at present and end an hour sooner.
 While at present it begins to get dark at 4 o'clock and is quite dark at five, under the change it would mean that it would be quite dark at 4 o'clock. Instead of school start ing at o'clock it would really commence at s, although it would be called under the new arrangement. The new time would give us the same time as Juneau and Skagway and only make one hours difference with Seattle.
 Cordova, October II
 The railway company is making some improvements that will be greatly appreciated by the employees living at Oldtown. The foot walk
 
 over to Second Street, is being taken up and a new walk six feet wide put down. This walk will also be brightly illuminated by electric lights furnished from the conpany's plant.
 When Jack Dalton recently re- turned from the westward he car ried with him contract to haul the coal that the government is mining in the Matanuska fields to Knik, on Turnagain Arm, Cooks Inlet. The government is taking out about 700 tons for steam testing purposes. It has been mined and sacked during the past two or three months, and will soon be ready for hauling. h. stead of the government attempting to do this, as in the case at Boring fields, Secretary Daniels early de- cided that the hauling should be let by contract. When Director of Mines Joseph A. Holmes went from Cordova recently to the westward he was accompanied by MT. Dalton and after looking over the field a proposi- tion was made by which the hauling will be done by MT. Dalton over the ice this winter. He has gone to Seattle to secure horses and supplies so as to be ready in good time to do his part. Next spring the gov enrment will send a vessel to Knik to secure the coal.
 Cordova, October 13
 The fire boys gave a very pleasant dance at Eagle hall on Saturday night. Those who failed to attend missed a good time.
 The first snow of the season fell last evening and for a time it looked