The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-02-02

time consumed and the large ey-
pense, which is borne by the banks,
of which there are but two national
banks in the territory. Mr.. Wilcox
came north ON the steamer Mari
posa as far as juneau, wnere he eS-
amined the First National bank. He
then took the first boat for Cordova
and left on the train this morning
for Chitina, expecting to take the
stage tomorrow morning for Fair
banks, where he will examine the
national bank and then return 10
the states. Mr.. Wilcox is very
pleasing and competent official.
Effective today the new night
cable rate is available between
Seattle and all parts of Alaska. A
message filed anytime during the
day up to the closing hour at any of
the cable Offices will be- accepted at
three-fourths the regular rate for
delivery on the following morning.
Thus a message of 10 words from
Cordova to Seattle costs S2.40. but
by having it delivered the follow
ing morning it will only cost s1.S2.
Longer messages will be sent at the
same reduction, or at the rate of Is
cents per word.
For years past Seward has been
the headquarters for the connectins
steamer to run to the far westward,
under operation of the Alaska
Steamship Company. There has fire.
quently been talk that the head
quarters were to be changed to Cor
dova. This has been revived by the
which is soon coming north to take
the place of the steamer Dora, has
been changed into an oil burner.
And Cordova is the oil headquarters
for all the steamers of the Alaska
Steamship Company. On this sub
ject the Seward Gateway speaks as
follows:
There is only too much reason to
believe that the Alaska Steamship
Company has decided to cut out
Seward as the terminal for the
westward run. 1t is stated on the
best authority that when the new
steamer comes to take the place of
the Dora she will make her head
quarters at Cordova instead of this
place. Some, people directly con-
nected with the Dora have already
received intimation of this fact al
though no official notification has
been given"
Jack Hendricks, of Chitina, was a
returning passenger on the steamer
Evans, and returned to his interior
home this morning. Jack has been
south on a pleasant vacation, that
included trips to Panama and San
Francisco.
Cordova, February 2
A meeting of Town Council last
night was attended by Mayor Boyle,
Henry Slater, Chas. J. Goodall,
Edgar V. Davis, j. E. Currier and
Tom Davis. The most important
business was the consideration Of
an extension of the time for begin
ming work according to the electric
light and power franchise to Harry
H. Knox. An ordinance extending
the time six months was introduced
two weeks ago and when it was
placed on final passage last night
the six members present voted in
favor of it. No change has been
made in the time when the work
must be completed, which is in
August, 1916.
The Alaska Road Commission is
making preparations to do their
regular repair and maintenance
work on the roads and trails in this
section of Alaska On the steamer
Mariposa, IT'S tons of supplies We're
received, consisting largely OF oats
and hay. This was sent out on Sat
urday's train to Chitina. There it
was met by Supt. Jack Ingram, who
has 20 head of stock, and who has
started in to distribute the supplies
along the trail leading to Fairbanks.
Seven head of stock will also he
used to take supplies from Valdez to
Tonsina for the use of the crews that
will be employed on repair work be-
tween the coast and the junction OF
the Valdez and Willow Creek roads.
Lieut.. KunZig, secretary of the
road commission, states that the sup
plies for next seasons work will all
be sent in this winter because it is
cheaper to transport over the trails
in the winter than in the summer,
as the horses of the commission are
also then needed to work on the
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