The Alaska citizen., 1914-04-20

per house of congress today. pro-
yiding for the appropriation of s1S,-
goo for the improvement of condi-
lions along the Alaska coast The
bill provides that the money shall
he spent for dragnet equipment to
be used in making survey of the
coast waters.
DAWSON RATES UNCHANGED.
DAWSON. April 14-Replying to
inquiries regarding the plans of the
White Pass company for ire coming
season. President Dickson has wred
the News as follows. over his own
Signature. The American-i Yukon
Navigation company has purchased
re boats Of the Northern Navigation
company. ] know moth ng whatever
# any plan 10 sell to the American
government nor do | know anything
# the business plans of other com
qairs. Dawson freight rates will
remain unchanged aud it will be the
4cnera1 lol'cy Of our company to
render good service at such rates
generally as will encourage develop
ueut of The country
No changes have taken place here
vet as the result of the absorption
of the Northern Navigation com
9any by the White Pass, except
F the withdrawal by the White Pass
# all oats and other merchandise
from tie local markets. with the eX-
option Of contract orders. 1t is
expected that the price of hay and
ats will be advanced to $50 per ton
i Nv the y {. company. Sugar and
come ether articles which have been
cling below cost during the past
! winter also vii be advanced
RATES TO BE EQUAL,
SEATTLE. April IA. - The White
Pass company has announced that
all shippers will be treated alike I'M
der the new arrangements which
eoss into effect with the open ng OF
navigation 10 Interior Alaska. The
+ positive statement is made that there
viii be no rebat.ng nor tayortlsm
CRiSANA HAS SAWMlLL.
DAWSON. April 14.-Johnly Hill,
/ he freighter. has just arrived from
lhe Chisana camp with his freight
ug outfit. after having landed saw
mill III the new diggings for the
+ Alaska-Yukon SaNHill company. He
came down the White river valley
/ WITH heavy double team and large
freight'ng outfit, making the trip
% Dawson in ten days
The saWmill was hauled from Don
iek to Chisana City, where it will
nave a monopoly Of the lumber bus
ness. as it s the only mill there
The plant has capacity of 10000
teet per day, which Will more than
upply the present needs of the new
amp.
The sawmill was landed at CAisana
City on March -, at which time it
vas expected that there would be
no difficulty was anticipated in get
ne lumber down to Bonanza before
he breakup.
Those in the party which accom-
panied the outfit to the new camp
Included Billy Kadford and wife,
an Mcknight, wife and son, and
Charles Hardning Hill reports that
they We're greatly disappointed with
he outlook, as no new strikes had
been made and the demand for lum-
! Ser was small
WASHINGTON. d. c., April IA
Secretary of the Interior Lane is
] authority for the statement that the
names of the engineers who will
have charge of the preliminary work
laying out the route of the
Alaska railroad will be announced
in the very near future-possibly
before the end of the present month
Lane states that it is the desire
If the administration to get the
work started at the earliest possible
noment,
PLAN ROAD TO ALASKA.
SEATTLE, April Ii, - The Taku
inlet NaVigat on company is the
name OF new railroad enterprise
which was incorporated today with
capitalization of 100000. It
s the plan of the company to build
! railroad from Taku inlet, on the
Alaska coast, to the British Column
b a boundary, connecting at that
/ point with the Atlin railroad, which
was recently chartered by the Do
ninon government. The incorpora
sors are Frank S Bayley, the New
York banker; Warf cid Wilson, of
chicago, and William B. Herr.
w. {. CLARK BUYS PAPER.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, April Is.
Walter E. Clark, former governor
I Of Alaska, has purchased the Charles
( ION Daily Mail and will engage ac-
lively III the newspaper business.
Clark is an oldtime newspaperman.
ATTACKS ALASKA BUREAU.
SEATTLE, April Is. - In a two
column front page story which ap-
ears in the Star this afternoon,
John Ballaine, Alaska railroad pro
noter, who has just returned from
/ the national capital, charges that
the Alaska bureau of the New Sc
attic Chamber of Commerce is dom
mated by the Guggenheims.
Ballaine says that the representa-
| lives of the bureau who We're in
Washington presumably working for
| the passage of the Alaska railroad,
! in reality were trying to insert a
! Joker in the measure for the bene-
fit OF the Alaska syndicate. Their
7ttempts We're frustrated, however,
| by the firm stand taken by Presi-
lent Wilson and by the opposition
| Of those who were honestly work
ns for the benefit of the territory.
The statement of Ballaine has
raised a storm here. and denials are
coming from all directions, the MEM
| here of the Alaska huraau helm o