The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-11
No Serious Grades.

Der mines.
No Serious Grades.
It's from Chitna th at the proposed
i route to Fairbanks via duraSc CON
Templates the building or $40 miles.
of new railroad. The line would
continue up the Copper river until
the river swings to the west, then
strike directly toward Evan lake
I without serious grades to encounter.
Beyond the lake The route liesEclose
to the shores Of the Tangle Lakes.
that well deserve their name. until
It amerges on the broad delta where
rise resources of he Tanana river
up which the final stretch to Fair
banks would be laid.
This would form the trunk line:
] hutsSa s. feeder branches are#contenl-
plated to the Bering river, Matanus-
la and SuSitna valley regions to
npen.the vast coal supplies and other
mineral resources, tibet OF al mileage
Of the proposed branches would be
The two routes to Tie BerinE river
heldE were suE sested !. one VII katal-
la and the other via Lake Gharl otta.
It has been urged that the ISatalla
route would open The coal road to
attack from open sea in case Of war
8while the Lake Charlotte line. twelve
miles inland, would be protected from
Ehfps guns by int erveninE hills.
From Seward, On the west shore
Sgnf Prince William sound i, the Alaska
Northern railroad winds through the
4 hilB7to Kern creek, OH the shore Of
flrnagatn Arm Of Cook Inlet The
listancetis seEentF-one miieH and the
company novels operating only light
gasoline cars most Of The time. hea,v-
& Ter equipment passing over the line
only when mining machfnerysis to be-
moved inland. 1T was proposed to
continue the lien along TurnaEain
H 1ArmT for IL irty miles, then swing
f npfthwaFd up the east shore Of 6ni}S
j Arm crossing that Inlet ataitst head
and low the uSitna valley e e hui
s%lttnarP Pass. emerging on the banks OF
II the Ghulit1 river. Following the
ul4tnRs to Broad s Fass. tbs line
would make a.rig ht angle tosfnd Its
way via the canons Of the NGnaua
river to the banks pf the Tanana5
along which the final stretch TO Fair
banks would lie sss
sa Harlpr Ice Closed.
5 a 1t was suggested that during ths
N sunlnleramonths 1lnik Harhor on the
available terminal saving a ! s miles.
gofSrail shaulsto and from Seward. n III.
8$hRTbpr lis ice closed In winter whilse
Seward and Cordota are both Ice free
roRdsteads. 4
Cordora harhor. lit Ind been re-
ported, !: Is more desirable for a termt
nal Of the line because the great
depth Of water at Seward makes an
ahoraEe d imcult The Seward route,
&hpweyar, was III eser9to the coal fields
sapdAto the known mineral belts than
II
that the route Of the Copper river
railroad mad 1T subject to hesmpods
of the glaciers among which II
h threads its way into Che river outh.
All reports looked to the eventual
extension OF the system to III ukon
from Fairha nks and also discussed,
$additlpna1#b lines to TIA p other
prnductivatlp localities " VII
Probably the greatest tonnage for
the system eventual " wi come from
the coal mines OF the atanuska or
5BfrtnE river reEi M beth the
:BeripE field would supply sui able
matter OF controversy for years. LAY
report on navy tests made in 4 ~ 2
was submitted to Congress last gea r
which said Mt es B er tnE coal WA IN OF
suitable Tor the Navy I'M ess III higher
& grade of prod ur Z NV as Il discovered
when he deposits were explored for
dsvelo pn emf " ss.3
Il Ks Big Coal Consume lion. 5:5
The coal pnsumpt ion 10 G tile :ci!lc:
coast has been estimated at !. 4 ia ~
600 tons annual ly. exclusive pf the
Is O 900 tons or more that The navy
vi need each Year.
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