The Chitina leader., 1915-04-20
IF GENERAL INFORMATION

Announcement is made today
 that the Rainier-G Grand Hotel Com
 pany has decided to give up that hotel building on the first of May. It will revert to Capt. Storey, the owner, and it is reported that he
 has another offer to lease it. Messrs. Thisted and Ross will again confineI their attention to the Cordova House, which they own and have continued to run in connection with the Rainier-Grand. They may apply for a renewal of liquor | license, although Mir. Thisted is
 under the impression that it is doubtful whether there will be any renewals in Cordova this year, when the present licenses expire on
 June SO The Rainier license will likely be transferred to the Cor dova House for the balance of the time it has to run. MT. Dooley Will
 devote his attention to his new
 office, Chief of Police.
 There is considerable activity these days down near the outer dock, because of the erection of 1 new cannery for the Canoe Pass Packing Company. Buildings are 1 being erected, lumber is being sawed at the Dalton mill, and ma 1 chinery will soon be installed. Superintendent P. w. Lee states that he hopes to have everything in i readiness for the first run of red salmon, about May 20. The build ings that are now being erected are
 only temporary and to last for this
 season. The Company has its own
 location near Cordova and later in
 the year will put up permanent
 buildings and then move the ma
 chinery from the present place. | They are now putting up a can
 nery building S6x48 feet, with 12
 feet of shedding on both sides. At 1 the end of the piling will be built l the mess house and the fish house. where the butchering will be done. l \ conyeyor 150 feet will carry the i fish to what is designated as a one l line cannery, with capacity of over i two filters, two retorts and one
 sanitary line. This is practically the kind of cannery that has been
 running at Orca for years past, but
 rhich this year has been increased
 to a two line, thus practically doubling it's capacity.
 The Canoe Packing Company has been for years operating a s50,000 two-line plant at Canoe Pass, near Wrangell. They have about 20 men working at Cordova in getting everything in readiness. A new labor lien law has been signed by Governor Strong. The bill originated with Representative Noon and extends the time of filing a lien against property from thirty
 days to' sixty days, and in some
 cases ninety days.
 There has been so much talk about prohibition and the consider ation of so many bills on the suo- i ject that there is some confusion as 1 to just what is contained in the Snow bill, which was signed by the 1 Governor yesterday. It provides for a general election in Alaska to be held next November to ascertain l the wishes of the people in the mat | ter of the sale of liquor in the terri
 tory At this election the citizens of the territory will be given an
 opportunity ito vote on the closing of the saloons.
 1 Representative Noon is greatly
 elated since the announcement that | Seward had been selected as the ocean terminal for the proposed gov
 ernment railroal. He now sees in
 the near future a great city on
 Resurrection Bay and believes that l l located there.
 | The hours of labor will now Da
 limited to eight hours for all classes
 If mining. Under the provisions Of
 the Snow bill, which was signed by
 he Governor yesterday, all miners
 and all men working in the mines
 are to work but eight hours day
 This was generally acceptable. Tanners bill to abolish fish traps.
 which passed the Senate was de-
 feated in the House yesterday after | noon.
 Cordova, April 16 Some little trouble was caused at ! the Chitina crossing this morning ! by slight movement of the ice. It was not enough to cause any delay | in the running of trains. As the l l. .ta -< <o1 ct kx.-<