Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-26

about tho Eskimos and the lev regions
Of the Arctic ocean.
DEVOTED no LANDS
OPENED nN NEW RAILWAY
large part % Mr. Carpcntcr'S trim
was devoted TO tho lands to be opened
up by the new government railway
Ihat road Is nov building. IL will bc
almost 800 miles long. ana aili throw
open 10 settlement some OF the riche.t
OF the farming lands Of Alaska 1t will
zap the great coal mines OF the Ma
tannsko Valley and viii coInec, Sc
ward. on Prince William Sound. with
the 5000 Inilcs Of naviyablc waters
which arc furnished by tho Yukon and
it's tributaries The terminus OF the
new road Is 10 he al Fairbanks In tho
hear, or Central Alaska. a city winch
Mr. Carpenter has visited and which
VIII ID. described
During his trip Mr.. Carpenter went
from seward across the Kcnni pcuin-
Sula. which IS TO 10 travcrsed by Tho
railroad Ills travels there were
largely OIL foot and on horseback, part
Of tho way being through grass Of tn.
height OF mans waist Mr Carpen-
ter says the pcn'hula is half the size
Of Indiana, and that Il will some day
be covered with farms
Further on in that part Of his Jour
ncy Mir Carpenter went 20 Anchorauc
the tont-and shack metropolis now 20
ing M at the end of the railroad on
IurlaEa'n Arm Anchorage is now the
Headquarters OF the railroad construc-
ton There Mr.. Carpenter met the Of
iicihIs OF the railroad commission and
wen, about with the engineers ana sur
vcyor. lits descriptions will show tho
work as ii is now going on.
In other parts OF the tour Mr.. Car
pent"r visited tho several private rail
roads that have been built In tn, terri
tory, including the S@0.GcO.o00 Copper
River line owned by the C;uggenhci!ns
He VIII describe the construction and
operation of these roads and draw les
sons from thom as 20 Uncle Sans new
experiment III government ownership
Many Of Mr.. Carpenters letters will
be OF interest TO money makers in
vestors and young mon who arc look
ing about for places 10 settle and for
new worlds TO conquer. He will pic
turc the farming regions Of Alaska ANA
show the advantages and disadvantages
which they Offer 10 homcsteadcrs 10
Will also describe the gold camps and
give many stories "f fortune making.
~.
He will treat OF tho great copper de-
posts, some of which are now produc-
Ing millions OF dollars per annunl, and
OF the coal lands that are open TO the
prospector and the investor
WILL INTRODUCE READERS
TO SCENIC WONDERS
Mr. Carpenter will also introduce
YOU 10 the scenic wonders of Alaska.
which. when tho new railroads are I'm
ishcd, Will make that country the sum-
mer playground of the United States
He will show You volcanoes whose
ashes have sprinlilcd the world and
glaciers which surpass in extent those
of the IIimalayas and the Alps He
will describe the summers that clothe
the land with the most gorgeous vccc-
tation, embracing myriads OF flowers
and wild berries OF many varieties. and
the icc-clad winters where the Their
mometcr at times goes down TO 20
degrees below zero. He will picture tile
big game OF Alaska the carbon, which
move about in herds OF 10000 the
mighty moose and the bears white,
brown and black. The country is
hshcrnans paradise, and its wild birds
are numbered by millions. 1t is In
short. "A new world, and ono. through
these letters. now to bc opened up to
Times Dispatch readers