The Alaska citizen., 1915-09-27
SHELDON WILL MANAGE N. |.
 AUTO STAGES
TRAIL AUTOMOBiUiST WILL MAN AGE WINTER STAGE
 SERVICE.

Nolney Richmond general superin- | tendent of the Northern Commercial company, has announced that Bob Sheldon will manage the automobile
 stage line of the company which
 will be in operation between Fair banks and the coast during the coming winter starting next month. Maurice Ashton and A. N. Swallow have also been engaged for the work
 According to the announced plans. Sheldon will start for Chitina on the third or fourth of next month, conditions permitting. with one of the Jeffrey 1uads shipped in by the N. c. company this summer. It will have accommodation for IS passen- gers, number of spring seats hay ing been installed. Ashton will leave a few days later with another quad equipped in the same manner Sheldon will turn his machine over to Swallow when he reaches the Chitina end of the line, and he will then return here to handle this end while Swallow and Ashton will re main at Chitina. The fare from Fairbanks to Chitina will be s1O0.
 Horses arc to be stationed at different points along the trail, but they will only be used in case of emergency. However, they will al ways be on hand in case of accident and the passengers going out or coming in will therefore lose no time. The Jeffrey quads of. the company are to be used between Chitina and Paxon's, while Sheldon will work on this end with Dodge cars.
 All of the automobile drivers whose names are announced as em- ployees of the N. c. stage company are experienced men on the trail As is well known, MT. Sheldon has operated an auto stage line between Fairbanks and Chitina for the past two years. while Ashton worked for him on the Chitina end of tho line last winter Swallow is not so well known here, but he has had charge of the automobile truck of the road commission, operating on the Valdez end of the line, for the mast two ar throo voara
 MT. Richmond is of the opinion that the new arrangement will meet witE the approval of the travelling public. It goes without saying that he has confidence in the men he has employed to operate the com- pany's automobiles, and therefore feels that the experiment will be complete success.
 MT. Richmond is also of the opin- ion that by the present arrange ment there is no doubt but that all of the mall can be brought to Fairbanks this winter without th. delay heretofore occasioned in the transmission of second class mat ter. He says that all that is nee essary is for the government to au thorize the shipments and offer ade- Quate compensation. He also state, that the company is prepared 10 handle the mall in summer as well as in winter. which means that the people of this vicinity could get their mail in about half the time consumed now.
 R. D. Menzie is to be general man. ager of all of the N. c. stage lines c. E. Lake will be superintendent of the horse stages operating be- tween Fairbanks and Panama. Prac tically the same drivers will be re- tained as last year. Harry Martin will drive the first horse stage out of Fairbanks over the trail, the time of his departure to depend on the success of the automobiles The horses of the company will be brought from pasture the last of this month.