The Chitina leader., 1915-04-27

1170 passengers The Cordova pas
sensers. were: Geo. Max Esterly
and wife, Capt Gilbert T. Rude. and
wife, Mrs. C. Tillman. Stephen
Palmer, Geo. Kantzler, w. A. Hol-
comb, Arthur Joachims and wife, c..
N. Crazy, Mrs Georgia Phillipos.
Dave Boisseau. w. gTichner, Otto
Ackerson, Stanley Cooke, A. E.
Anderson, w. B.. Stewart, Peter
Niles, Carl Carlson, Hugo Berg
land and IL second-class. For La
touche there were E. F. Ewing, F..
IT. Stannard, c. S. Mooers; for Val
DEE, six cabin aad 8 second-class;
for Seward, So cabin and lit sec
ond class; for Knik, 36 cabin and
10 second class. There are a few
employees of the Alaska Engineer
ing Commission, but most of the
men for Seward and Knik are
either laborers or men wanting to
lock over the railroad situation
with a view of engaging in business
of some kind ratfes r.
SEATTLE, April 26.--The sail
ing. hour for the Admiral steamers
| to Southwestern Alaska has been
changed from 10 o'clock in the
morning to 5 O'Clock in the after
noon. At the latter hour the steamer
| Watson sailed on Sunday. For
Cordova she carries four second
class passengers; for Valdez four
cabin; for Seward 81 cabin and 81
second-class; for Knik % cabin and
Is second-class; there we're also sew
eral for Yakataga, Se.dovia and
Kanai
| Capt. Gilbert T. Rude, COM
mander of the u. S. survey boat
| Taku, left for the north on the
steamer Mariposa Saturday night.
He is accompanied by his crew of :
dozen or more men. The Taku has
been laid up in the slough all WIN
! ter. Her boilers had. been taken
out and shipped to the Bremerton
navy yard for repairs. They are
likely being brought back on the
Mariposa and it wilf require at least
| six weeks to put them in and do the
annual repair work and renovating
| on the boat.
When Capt Mears, a member of
the Alaska Engineering Commission
was in Cordoya on Saturday he
/ stated that it had not been decided
on as to the means of communica-
ton between Ship Creek and the
outside world. The matter is now
under consideration at Washington
and it is a question whether a tele-
phone will be established between
| Seward and Ship Creek or whether
radio station will be established
at Ship Creek. If the latter were
adopted communication would be
with the wireless station at Kodiak,
which in turn would communicate
with the wireless at Cordova. Mes
sages from here would then be
sent by cable over to Seward or to
| Seattle.
Ed Lee Thinaus, who defended
! himself from an assault committed
at the cannery at Mile 55 on Friday
| last, returned on the train this
morning to resume his occupation
at the cannery.
Sal Reed is in from out the line
and will take vacation of two
months He expects to leave on the
steamer Mariposa for Seattle and
will then go back to Minnesota to
visit his people.
Cordova, April "a
Thos A. MCGOWAN, one CT the
prominent attorneys of Fairbanks
and representative of the Northern
| Commercial Company, was an ar
rival on the train this afternoon. He
will leave en- the first steamer and
will make. a business trip to San
/ Francisco.
NJ Finkelstein returned to Cor
dova on the afternoon train. He
has sold out his store. at Mccarthy
and is now likely to go to ShiI
Greek to engage in business.
t Al Church, who is now conduct
ing a meat market at Mccarthy
which is great convenience to the
people CT that interior country
anne into town on business this
afternoon.
Tom Lane and wife, who have
been at Mccarthy and the Chisans
during the past year, came to Cor
dova on the train this afternoon
They will be @ tgoing passengers on
the frs. steamer and will spend the
summer at their former home San