The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-18

: stiff log derrick operated by hoistini
engine. which takes the loads out Of thu
sCows and places them on the dock. or IL
fiat cars.
Lieut.. Mears took with him l.OoO-to
bragg. three smaller scows. and one 20O-
ton scow. This equipment gives Lieut.
Mears a floating dock enabling a ship e
discharge its cargo and also feet Of
! lighters with which To transfer the cargo
from the ship to the shore. Late In May
steamer sailed into the harbor with
$1,000 feet of lumber which was remov.
ed in three DAYS
We have contracted with about -
stationmen and are employing about 10
. men handling the terminal work and con-
structing wagon roads, reads a recen,
report from Lieut.. Mears 81 expect rap
idly to increase this force to 1.5OO or 2.o1r
men as fast material and supplies can
he shipped in here to accommodate that
number. BY utilizing water Transports
ton along the east side of Knik Arm we
are able to attack the line at various
points. We already have an active con-
struction camp AT Eagle River. a point
twelve miles up the coast. and another
has been started at Peters Creek, a
point about ten miles farther north. We
expect to continue this system of estab-
fishing camps along the tidewater. close
10 l1It HHe. As last tne mai lOC2 ton
is completed and the necessary construc-
ton arrangements made
Con.tructs Field HospitaI,
II have noted the wishes OF President
Wilson regarding the care Of the sick
and injured employees. and. realizing the
importance of providing necessary facil-
tiles to care for our injured men as soon
as possible. I purchased a partially con-
structed log building since I arrived here
and started carpenters to work putting
IL in shape so that it could be utilized as
field hospital This is a pretty healthy
country and We have had practically no
sickness. but there are bound to he some
few cases Of injury from time to time on
work OF this character.
"All of our work is being done by sta
tonmen on unit basis. Numerous
gangs of stationmen have moved into
Ship Creek seeking work on the railroad
We have had no difficulty whatsoever in
securing all of the stationmen that are
required. In fact, they have been coming
IN much faster than we could place
them"
Mr.. Riggs. Of this city. left Seattle with
his party MaS and arrived at White
horse. Yukon Territory. May II. As river
navigation from Whitehorse Is not open
until June he transported the party
overland. distance of l35 miles. send
ing out the first wagon the day after he
arrived. He reached Nenana May q.
just nineteen days from Seattle. which
was record time for the period of the
year The following day one of the party
started up the Nenana River and two
days later the full party was in the field
surveying.
Mr.. Riggs reports the discovery of
some new fields tributary to the pro-
posed railroad line. One is at the Tolo-
vana River. about sixty-ive miles
north OF Senana, where a definite pay
streak has been located for a dis
lance OF four miles. Another Is the
District. where several
quartz claims have been taken up.
Would Eliminate Red Tape.
Having initiated his great projec,
Tor the opening up Of Alaska, secre-
fary Lane now is interested in hasten
ing the development of the land
the elimination of much of |
The governmental red tape that now
exists. The present system Of govern
nent in Alaska IL characterized by the I
Department Of the Interior as heter-
'logous. Instead Of one government in
Alaska. there are many-interlocksd "a, |
cumbersome and confus-
ng. There IL . government Of the for. |
.sts. another Of the fisheries. one OF |
he reindeer and natives another Of