The Chitina leader., 1914-05-19

beyond the depot can be fixed up at comparatively little cost. The com pany has agreed to do everything possible to help the project along. By having one or two days when the town people would turn out and give a hand, and with the aid of a ditcher, it is thought that good ball park could soon be made. The towns of Chitina and Mccarthy have already ball grounds and teams and it is believed that they would be glad to come to Cordova on July 4th and engage in contetst if we had suitable grounds.
 L. S. Bitner and wife came down from Kennecott yesterday and are it the Hotel Windsor. They will go to Valdez next week, where MT. Bitner will serve as member of the petit jury.
 Yesterday morning Fred O'Neil arrived on the launch Swan from Cape Hinchinbrook where he is en- ployed by Capt. Warner to assist jn salving the wrecked lighthouse tender Armeria. He returned later in the day with supplies for the camp that has been established there. MT. O'Neil states that they have raised several buoys and number 2f acetylene tanks and are hopeful that the project will prove quite profit able.
 Cordova, May IS.
 There is trouble out the railroad, caused by the unusually early freshets. Formerly ice gradually rotted and melted but this year it is breaking up and moving. AS re- suit part of the bridge at Flag Point has been affected and so has some of the piling crossing the flats. No attempt was made to get out a passenger and freight train this morning. The mail, however, was sent out and was transferred over the bad places and will be taken through to Chitina today. It is not expected to send out train until the end of the week.
 Although government mail in limited quantities has been going into the Chisana throughout the winter, Chief Mail Clerk Alvah Flames recently let new contract. It provides for a mail every two weeks to go from Mccarthy to Chisana, and return. The. weight is 200 pounds, which it is thought will be liberal enough to take in the first and second class mail offered, which includes, letters and news papers. It is not the intention to carry groceries, hardware, feed, pr any other heavy commodities. The contract has been awarded to J. A. Fagenberg. The first mail under the new arrangement left McCarty Sun day morning. A special contract will be given to take in all the aNSuhi uiotlOh thot lS AON 'St Mccarthy.
 J. l.. O'Brien, chairman of the mining committee of the Chamber of Commerce, is making every effort to secure large and creditable exhibit of ores of all kinds for exhibit in cabinet to be placed in the new rooms of the Chamber, which are about ready for occupancy. The mines committee is desirous uf having all the properties in the in- terior country represented with specimens of their copper or gold ores.
 Cordova, May 19.
 The steamer Alameda sailed for the westward last evening about 5:30 o'clock and left Valdez at o'clock this morning, being due 70 arrive at Seward at , p. m. and sail this evening at g. She should return to Cordova about 3 o'clock We'd nesday afternoon, and will only be in port an hour before departing for the south. The following passengers from here went to the westward:
 For Valdez-A. F. Sellers, Nor man Leopold, James Heney, L. A. White, J. E Barrett, P. Jersted, Geo. Winter, Tom Coffey, H. J. Watkins.
 For Latouche-John Nelson.
 For Ellamar-Sam Savage.
 For Seward-AleX Holstein, AXel Almdahl.
 The freighter Seward will arrive at Cordova on Wednesday morning about 2 o'clock, with 125 tons of freight for this port.
 Capt. Lathrop has not heard any thing definitely about the arrival of the Admiral Sampson, but rather expects that she will leave Juneau tonight sometime and reach Cordova on Friday morning. The excursion ists may not make the trip to the placior until Op thoir rofurn from