The Chitina leader., 1913-12-09
IF GENERAL INFORMATION

night on the Northwestern and be sent out on Mondays train. He secured supplies in Cordova and
 made every preparation for estab- fishing a roadhouse about four miles this side of the summit on the glacier. He has also arranged to do freighting and is contracting to transport supplies from Mccarthy to the town of Chisana for 15 cents per pound.
 The carpenter shop occupied by
 Currier & Cochran, and which is good sized building, fell in last
 night by reason of the heavy weight
 of snow on it.
 Among the arrivals yesterday on
 the train from Fairbanks were H. Anderson, C. N. Keane and T. | Wright. They will go outside on the Northwestern.
 | Cordova, December 8 Among the arrivals on the North
 western was Charles s. Black who
 will take the train on Thursday for
 Chitina, from where he will start
 for the Nelchina diggings. He states
 that about eight others on the | steamer were bound for the same locality. MT. Black was one of the
 early men to go in from Seward,
 being the 32nd man on the ground. As a consequence he located some good ground. He came out by way of Tazlina and Chitina and declares that as a summer route this is not
 only much shorter but is better going in every way. He is return
 ing with supplies and will sled them
 in from Chitina. He is satisfied | that as a winter route this way will
 be even better than the summer
 route. From Chitina the first 5S
 miles is over the government road | to Tazlina. From there on the l course is along the river for nearly 1 the entire distance of 80 miles, l without any hills or summits to l climb. While in Seattle MT. Black I heard much discussion of both the Nelchina and Chisana districts and looks for big exodus of prospectors to both camps after the holidays. John l.. Steel, who has had inter- ests in Alaska for many years. is a passenger on the Northwestern for
 Landlock bay. He circled about town today and met many old l friends. He states that he is not
 seeking the nomination for Con-
 gress. He has just come from Seattle where he says the feeling is
 general that the Alaska railroad bill will be passed early in the session of the present Congress. MT. Steel
 also anticipates a big rush to both
 the Chisana and Nelchina gold
 fields during the months of January, | February and March. And he says
 that if some new pay is found on
 bed rock this winter the stampede
 will exceed all expectations. Most of
 the people with whom he talked
 hold the opinion that the quickest
 and better way of reaching the in- terior is via Cordova.
 R. R. Stoddard who has been at
 Panama for twelve years came in on the train yesterday and will go out
 side on the steamer Northwestern. | The board of equalization will
 hold its last meeting tonight at city
 hall. At the meeting of the council
 on Monday, December 15, the tax
 levy shall be made and a week later
 the tax roll shall be turned over to
 the city treasurer, who shall pub fish notice for two weeks that the
 town taxes are now due and payable
 to him at his office. Taxes will be-
 come delinquent after o'clock on
 the evening of the second Monday
 in February next, after which a | penalty of per cent will be added. The cable is still out of commis-
 sion between Sitka and Valdez, and
 is likely to so continue for some I days yet. In the meantime official , business and commercial messages
 are being sent by wireless from Sitka to Cordova. As there is no
 press rate that method of receiving
 news is prohibitive. The line by
 way of Ashcroft has been interrupt
 ed, while there seems to be some
 trouble in getting our press mes-
 sages through from Skagway via Egbert and Fairbanks.