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Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1916-11-08
neutrality-suspicious.
9anmarf.

9Oao Rptte er oen 6iitoriife
.5orifnine til, nnar bi fife al Oens
5remitillinger fan bragg garaIIeI.
Ter, iom tan refle0e os | 9utioen?
8iItorieitifOiet bar fin iarlige Snter.
este oerDe6, at oct flarer bore ge.
greber ON ben poIitffe Stilling,
oi ber opnaaet for 9an6 % Soft
90 giber os Wateriale | Spnoe til
at ifenne ooer Rationens aarafter
og oens gpne til at bnp6e fig lin.
Der of9sreHOe 9eeinenbeoer.
pr llo0ifline foreoaar | aurper.
Get gaar me0 Samfun6somffiiteI.
ierne Jon. meo Domemooerne. Gi
Denoer til6ase til 9l6re Tioers ~.
per, Dn0er formeIig at imitere Dem
og allure Dem 6eres gborme. Set
gploer ogiaa, ia maoIfe i9rlig no.
pr9get, paa oct efonomiife On.
raaoe. Otter en- 8Ggetop fommer
Ell gelge6aI, og ioa bprer Seen
after opao. aohnmer ri egentIiq no.
gen Sci fremao2 8i bigger op I
100 aor os riber | Stnffe- | De
fdgenoe to; in6fsrer ioa en- borig
5reo paa 20 Gar os Haas oerefter
paa 2iret los ieen.l Oe ON 100
Qnr bnr oi igen ct Beroensopg6r,
boor Guropntortet ifal forpes ON.
Sngen Beriooe | Deroensbiitorien
.ligner iaa meget ben niroRrenoe
iom NopoIeonstioens. Bi iIaar til.
.fploigt op | ct Sfrift ON Datioen,
.og fpnes at Ieie ON bore egne
-Do9e. 5porfor bar pt life isr baft
.9iet aabent for oct, ip6rger ui. 90
Inpsgerrigt bIdoer pi pioere, ino !
ben 9ioiom fGger efter Dotioens
|arig. 5srite Del poster 10 | iao
mango punfter paa bore nllbrren'
De Gorbolo. an6en Del man iao
peIiaetens gre oct iamme.
Ser ffaI Blot gbres en- enfeli
|Stifpr6ue, og Stoffet timber bi !
aomferensraao Q. 5aIbe $aniens
Observation-Disclosures og 2ano'
boreformerne, ffreoet I 1889, fire
bet | ben 6pbefte Greo, miotpeis
meIIem 1901 % 1914. B to-
ger goeens anoen Del, ombano'
lenoe 9i6en eiter 1907. Donmari
Iaa | ben b~itreite aris meo England
efter en- lang maffe aars glim'
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1916-11-08

oeInno. @en5ien, Meoelbp. E6o-
mas Risieu, G6r. 5reoerifien og
gariten 8eterien gesbD. 6reoertf
Saeobieu, &oIt. geis 9oDien, Do
beriteo. 2eonbar0 9eterien, Ginning
iteo. 9tis @eterien. 9en0is Seren-
len og an0reas 9intgens, aIGgs-
beI. Ssnfe Sonien, 9linbun. Bern
.baro GInuien % George SOerien
9pf. 9. Ssrenien. GuuoeeI. aarl
Malurt, @rentoit.
MfinoitetaIIet er eiter Reoiiion M
32s8.
I'll Bette Gal MAJ l9g9es mango
al Be Iapneoe. Sbor tort Sabet
er, faor man en- 5oreitiIIine ON,
naar nan min6es, at Danmarfs
LAB | 1864 fun bar 3tt5. Den
Gang bapoe 0nnmarf % SsnOer.
iDIlano 10 @onee Ian mango Sno.
bpggere, Tom Ssnoeripllano bar M.
5 girfeligbeOen er Der altiua faI-
0et forboIospis Ianat ooer 10 @anee
iaa mango Iom i Dor iioite 9rig.
Smbr % aso. Smsrfort er |
5eIoe g6Iensbore Nc" inofsrt |
Softelnn0, 80 @rom iioentIig pr.
8erion. 5 SaoersIeu foas 175
Gram Reo ugentIig.
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1916-11-08

iSa9en irem paa rette Moaoe, baa.
ret, Iom oct er, al bans Rrlige
0berbeoisning; oct iamme ggloer
for 8eIten SIR. Milan Cameron,
bois 9reo til 6orman0en ganife pit
faar grpoifotet opent9. men iom
Raitor 8mifoo oog tror, at en6oer
2anOn9ent i Staterne fnn0e gore
BAN efter. Gao mig / oenle 5or.
bin0elie iige, at iom Canadian 90
ciiic Railmop Company er itoIt al
ben 0anife 4oIoni oeo Stanoar0, oa
meo 4ette, iaa er oi glaze ne0 at
babe me0 ct 3ompa9ni at gsre,
bpis &eprnientanter foritaar, at Ell
Golonis timeIige gel life er ali,
men at oeioa 9etingeIierne for set
~aanoeIige 9ios SripieI mao bore
til Steoe, for at fuIo 9ilfreos6eo
fan naoes.
I'll Stut itaI ieg fln bem9rfe,
at 6oruanoen / fin artifeI life Jag.
De uoget ON, at 6orbinoeIien meo
is. z. 81. gap fulO @aranti iremfor
anore aompagnier; SIR. 9omifoo
bar aabenbart l9it oenre artifeI
meo bDpige Si0ebIit til oen iriigt.
bare Montana Ratur. Soa0 5or.
manoen IfreD bar, at ni boooe 81.
refte 6orbinOeIie meo aompngniet
% life me0 @genter, og at oeri
bar JULIO @nranti.
I'll bi0ere ltnoerretning for pa.
ltor 3amifoD IfaI ieg anfsre, at oct
er en- uotrpffeIie 9etinoeIie for
Anto8elien al en- anieening ON
Sob al 9ano, at asberen perjonIigt
ifal nnoerisge iamme iamt op9ioe
fine 5ormueforboIo, % fun nanr
iamme er funoet tiIireositilIenOe,
uof9roiges &ontraften, set oreier
Iiig nemIig life Der, Iom oe0 mango
ANDRE 2onOfompagnier, ON at faa
fat ! aeberens Penge, men ON ban
er | Stano til at oprfe oct 2ano,
ban fsber.
Nieo en- lille SmifripeIie al pa.
itor 0omitobs SIutnin9sor6 Lao
mig iige: ut | ale 5iIiploe er hi
Der 8onife % bar Dor airfes og
Sanosmrnos @eI for Die, bbao en-.
ten bi er fsoti 9anmart, De for.
eneoe Stater eIler Canada, oe Iom
ct ipnligt Seen paa Dor Safnem.
ligbeo for Serrens ri9e geIlig.
nelie ouer Dor aoIoni, bar Renia.
9eoen jornpIis beiluttet at gaa /
Gang meo at bp9ae en- ForboIos.
ois itor airte; maotte Ina ogina
bette blfpe Serren til 9gre % til
D~oerligere 8elfigneIie for bore
2anosmRno Der beo Stanonro.
Deb Eat for OptageIien forbIi.
Der ieg
0eres Rrbsoige
antbonN . Hasmusfen,
Sefretpr for Stan0aro Menigbeo.
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1916-11-08
apitterineer.

6sr foitteret, k abG Rr. a :. ..."........... $25Sf.8e
Snfdn0. Gal, Sohn 9nrien 81: 9enner Oaflnn0 $4 500
@et 9rond,, Sopn, en- uaapnt ........... 800
@anpaca, his Dor 5reTers mob, Dora SEMEN =. 100
60. gluHs, Soma, Sri. til en- gibefoinSe .......... $500
&opaI, Sn, @etbIebens ggbs apf. E. ............ 1000
@iIfiIon, 9dnn, gong @eopIes sOciep ...... 1900
Deinnefota areOs, a~reosmsSets babe Seoninsemds'
eroofoiae, minn, 5reOsmin6c 5. cp. l. ma5s mi $40;
gerona, sebr, s sas IS offr pe6 misioasmsSef :. 500
aHimnen. =. 26S76i
Sm6ianermisfiOnen:
Scr fniteret, fe Sl. Rr. Al ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $963!61
oofan5, CAL % gen nsr oatianb ..... 100
CALENDER, ga, apf. =. .............. 500
S sson 1ll"s Ms 9 ar !" are atg ma5, Dora senen -. 100
Ropal, So, get6Iebems 0sb.8 api. e.. .......... 1000
D'inneaa aeOs, a~reOsmsdets babe 9%eoninaemds.
op n al winn, 8ri6ag eoenino Circle .... 1000
s1.s ). l. -
Sn6remisftonen:
Ser fOiHeret, f a6L Rr. "A =. :. ............... st2so57
9ebraIn Streos beo &. Geote6 :. ..,............. 1886
aHfanmen. $f4O3.93
ormonmisfionen
Ssr fuithrd, e a6l. Gar. A :. ............ $4,000
Oaflano, Gal, @enner OofIon6 =. ............. 450
@eio sFan @s Sq &r en- a 1aqgaf Nah goro rss snfcn 100 100
Topor, Sn, get6le6enis Uab.s sri. :. .......... 1000
groofoiIe, @inn, 6reosninoe 99s6.s aof $3.50. 1000
aHiamnen -. $7786o
sfoIefasfen:
SIR fpttret, fe abI. Rr. "A -. ............... S2s.03
@anpaea, @is, Dor 6reiers gaeb, Dora Senien -. 200
Roter, Rebr, Mo6s 2arfen So; Nasnuis QieHen So;
3Rs g. Sobnien $3.50; Marie RieHen 50 49,. 1880
groofoHie, gnn, 5reOsnin6e Wg6.s aof. :. -. 500
5ilianrnen. -. $84753
I'll BET M Waffinbus:
6gr fnhteret, ie abl. 9r. A ............... $2055. 80
@oooitocfSM, Snans Wgb.: 6. Senien, 6. SSperfen bo.
81; 2alrine Senien 50t; anorep 9arfen 50 =. 500
9roofoiIe, @inn, 5%reOsnnoe 9Qgb.s apf. :. =. 500
ailiamnren. =. $2oe5.s
3iftrqngenoe Stn6enter Sapan
0oro 0nfota areos, ltneoomsforbunoet =. .......... $14.20
eformationsgaben
Scr fohteret, f abl. 0r. A ;. ............... $685. 20
goter, Nebr, Nrs. 81. qeterien, Uiis Narp 0ieHen,
9aiis Bertha NieHen bo. So; gfeIs g. Sobnfen, Has.
mus geHen 20. $50 :. .............. 1850
Jlifin, gebr, Sobn NGt % Sufru .............. 1900
@aipnea, @is, 8or 9r. Ngb.: @rs. SiIoo 0RIfen
$25; 9Hs Dora Senien $40 =. -. ............ 1900
9ennnre, q. 9af, Gbrftian geHen 80. ........ 1900
1borrdp bO. $50 -. 10000
Speneer, So, Chris 2arfen o. Suiru -. -. -. 1000
Qrcf, isis, Ct Beters Ngb.: ebrifen SEMEN og Suftru 5000
Deibler, Nebr, WeiiS Earn 1bonren :. ........... $500
D%annebrog, 9ebr, Nrs. 9iego Ssrenfen :. -. =. 1880
Nc -
9iliannen -. .$10097.70
Blair, gebr, ben 2. gob, 1916.
Deb 9af n~loStaget. Otto Sanfen
aasf. for 20. fore. .. e |. airfe / G%merffa."
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1916-11-08
Gunceripnnnc

Gunceripnnnc
s5lensbOra abis". o5lensbor8
Apig~s He0aftion er - eiter boao
BIoOet ielu opIpier = imeltet itrrft
inmmen. af 0ens 6 MeOlemmer bar
2 giort arigstieneite iiOen Conn
meren og Gfteraaret 1914, 1 iioen
SuIi 1915. oo / oisie 9aae (25.
Sept.) er Reoofter G5riitinnien be
bet in0faI6t til Nilitprtieneite. ri
be fem manoIige 9eriOner, Reoaf-
tionen beito0 of fer arigen, er Der
~faoIeoes fun cen tilbage.
vi 9anoebeistrafif inipenoeret.
amn Sprbinbelie 40 Sanerne. Otter
5bo6 .Ribe Stiftst.~ e%rforer, Dil
fra ! Dag go. Sept.) ale 2anoe.
ceie, Der ferer til Ganmarf, bliOe
fpQrret for enbner Srafit % 0enfe
6enbiIt til SernbnneIinierne o0er
BeSiteo og 8oiens.
De 9anoebeie, Ser biOtiI life bar
b9ret iperret for 9eriontrafif, mem.
Hg @eiene ober @ielsbro, 5oloings
BRO, Sfooborgbus, Sells og Gaps,
bIiOer aItiaa fperreOe ira ! @orgen.
Il. Sftober.)
SbnSeripeif 8eoaftpr iOBmt 3
Raanebers 5ensiel. SEQ 9anos-
retten i 5lengbore er 09pbb6lpo-
ften"s Heoaftgr, 9r. g. 5. Nsller,
Der bar anflaget for 5ornprmeI.
fer moo Rommerceraa0 9oetmann
/ Nabenraa / en- artifel unoer 0ber.
ffriften: uSpem bamitrer9", ioemt
3 Maaneoers 5engieG.
Cmfattenoe Snofalbelier. Der oil
/ 6eGee n9tibe Stiftst." g. OFF,
{ npr 5remtio blipe foranitaItet of
boI6t Sesiioner, til boilte ifal ms-
be fife blot ale 18,narige, ser bio.
ill bar unogoaet at blioe uoifrebet
oe er lat ODER / 9~anoitormen, og
be oe0 tioligere Sesiioner Iom gar.
uiions. eller arbeiosoueIige beteg-
ueSe oprnepligtige, men ale borne
pIigtiee, Der er fe0te ! Si0en mel.
lem 1897 og 1896 oe bi0til er it'll.
geoe tilbage iom 6slge al Segems.
fell, fomt enoelig ale u9rneplig-
fige, ser er fsot ben s. September
1870 eIler ienere, og iom tioIigere
Ct bIeoen betegnet iom Oarigt uoueli.
se, oariet garniionsuOuelise, boz
rist ieIt- og garniionsuouelige og
oorlgt 1ulot iffoalioe.
Selsiife sGbler. Der inofsres nh
e. OH / oio ltOitrefnin9 belgi.
iHe 9GbIer til Syiflan6. 6orfeoen
ANTON en- goenIaonirs til gpen
SIespig, os Der nentes en- 8ogn-
Ioonine til / 6isIe Dage. 9eblerne
irlses / Bortioner paa 8 Sig.
gilo9nberne ifrGmmes at Sin.
serne. Sra 8pf paa SIR ifripes til
.Gannenirfe": 8i er M | oen Sio,
Sa gilo9noerne bender tilbage fra
oeres Heiie noropaa til mil0ere
egne, og Der gsres fIittigt Suot
poa oisie biloe 5ugle pna Setter.
9aUsserne | 5ueIefsier, buor De ID.
ser ben for at faa ferif 8ano oe
for at fin6e 2n moo itormfulot
Bcir. Men l aar err 5angiten |
Guelefsierne life Iao Tom ie6oanlig
! oenne lib, og SfpIoen berfor er
I oct Minoite oelDis 5lpbernes.
Sao mart 9gnoerne bsrer en- 5IDpe.
maiftne, eIler en- faa0an Iaoer fig ie,
Hpgter be ifremte bort; De antager
uiaoffe 5lpoeren for en- flor Hob.
fagI.
Gen iarnme Sasttagelie bar man
zbprf pos agerbeniene.
Salbne 0oroilespisere. (gfter
Ar. 9ogbI.~) Sioen iiofte iamIeoe
6ortegnelie er Der inolsbet We6oe-
klle ON neoenitaaenoe, Der er 6soe
boo 9aaaret eIIer fdl6ne:
Sobs. gIauien, Sper Nasmusien,
Cans 0oiiien Sdmiot, 5reoerif 81.
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1916-11-08
SpnSeripoif Geoaftsr iOsmt 3
Raaneoers 5ensiel. 8e0 2nno8.

retten i 5lengborg er oGpbbblpo.
ften"s He0after, 9r. g. S. Neller,
Der bar anfInget for 5orn9rmel-
Ser moo RommerceraaO goetmnnn
/ Nabenraa / en- artifel unoer Soer.
ffriften: uSoem 6~amitrer9@, ioemt
3 @aaneoers 6pngieI.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-05-07

Where the Mines Are and Their Present Produc
tion-What Cheap Coal Means to the Miners
Queer Features of Work Along the Present Con-
struction A Walk Over the Road With the Su-
perintendent- the Government Engineers
at Anchorage and Fairbanks Labor and Wages.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-05-07
Pennsylvania or the New York Central.

Pennsylvania or the New York Central
The engineers have the advantage here of
building along hills made of gravel They
are composed of pebbles ranging from the
size of my fist to that of pea, and all that
has been necessary to get the material for
the fills has been to drive cuts into the hills
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-05-07

is of logs, and three meals there are given
for 81 day So far | have to meet an Off
cial who puts on any airs. Most of them GO
about with their pants i'll their boots, and
the clothes worn by the engineer commits
sioners would hardly bring the value Of the
wool in them at a secondhand store.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-05-07

commerce "a
The Nenana fields are Of vast extent
The railroad passes through them, and it is
down grade all the way from there to FaiA,
banks. The coal deposits run from the rail
road eastward for distance Of perhaps 100
miles. The black strata can be seen stand
ing out in the cliffs, and in places the veins
are 40 feet thick. The coal is high-grade
ignite, suitable for all local commercial pur-
poses 1t has an ash which is 4o per cent
liked carbon, and its heat value is equal to
about 1900 British thermol units It is not
good enough to bear expectation, but it will
be OF enormous value to the mining regions
Of the interior
In order to appreciate what this coal
means to the mining regions, it must be re-
membered that most Of the gold deposits are
IN frozen ground The frost and ice go down
to bed rock. The earth has been frozen for
ages, and it has to be thawed out by fire or
steam. A single mine will often consume
from 10 to II cords of wood day, and SO
far nothing but wood could be used Some
thing like 100000 cords Of wood are now
annually sold in the region about Fairbanks.
This wood costs from $40 to $40 cord, and
the average in Fairbanks is between $11 and
$12 cord. At SIS cord mine will use as
much as so worth of fuel day, and with
out the gravel or quartz is of comparatively
high order it will not pay to work it. More
over, the wood here is soft, and it has no
great heating value.
The Nenana coal, when the railroad isl
complete, will probably be worth at the
mines about S. per ton, and as one ton of
coal is equal to two cords of wood, five tons
will thaw out as much earth as ten cords OF
wood In other words, the difference in cost
will be the difference between SIS and $3.50
day in working the mines. This alone will
mean great profit and it will result in enor-
nous areas Of low-grade, gold-bearing re-
gions being worked. It means the opening
OF many new quartz properties, and great
increase in the valleys and benches where
the gravel can be washed over by dredging
and hydraulic suicing
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-05-07

vegetation which so hides the rocks that it is
hard to tell what there is 1t is known,
however, that the road will give easy access
to many rich gold deposits, and that mining
camps will spring UP here and there all along
the way from Seward to Fairbanks. There
is quartz gold near the line of the Alaska
Northern, amt there are quartz and placer
mines in other parts Of the Kena peninsula
As much as $45o,000 in gold was taken out
of the peninsula in 1914
Going north of Anchorage at Mile 1S5
from Seward is Willow creek This is 40
miles north of Anchorage and it should be
reached by the railroad this year. Willow
creek has three quartz Mines with 10
stamp mill 1t produced gold last summer
to the amount of $5150OO The mill j.
about 20 miles from the end of the tracks
now being laid
A little further Dorth is the Talkeetna
river, where there is good farming land
That part OF the country is open. 1t is made
up Of plains and valleys spotted with groves
and covered with grass. A short distance to
the west OF it are the Yetna and Skwetna
mining districts, where many prospectors
are working They are taking out placer
gold. Some of the men are grub-staking
the outsiders who furnish the money getting
half of the findings
One OF the most promising mining dis
tricts along the new railroad is near Broad
pass, where the road crosses the mountains
at an altitude OF 2400 feet above the sea
The pass is about five miles in width, and
there are mountains on each side Of it eight
or nine thousand feet high. Off to the west
can be seen Mount Mckinley, which is 65
miles away, and on the east are the Cathed-
raj mountains and Mount Hayes The latter
is almost as high as Fujiyama or Pixies peak
Mount Mckinley is over 10000 feet high it
is higher than any peak on the North Amer
lean continent having its equal only in the
Himalayas and the Andes.
To the west of Broad pass discoveries of
large low grade quartz gold are reported.
The gold is OF a refractory character. run
ming from ST TO So per ton. 1t will probably
develop considerable traffic Further over
i'll the foothills of Mount Mckinley is the
kantlshna mining district, which has gold.
anthony and other metals. There are 90
odd miners and trappers there now, and
some of.them are doing quite we'll One
company. has taken out 1000 tons Of anti
mony, which will be sent out as soon as nav
igation is opened The war has made that
metal exceedingly valuable.
Another mineral which is now being
mined in Alaska may be found in that same
region. It is known to exist near Fairbanks,
where they are mining it and shipping the
concentrates by parcel post, This mineral
IS sheelite, a high-grade tungsten, used for
making ammunition. The concentrates sell
for $500 ton.
Going further along the railroad you
reach the Nenana coal fields and then come
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-05-07

During my stay at Anchorage I have
learned about the country through which
the railroad will go from Thomas Riggs lr,
who has charge of much Of the work
throughout the interior, and who has per-
sonally gone again and again over every foot
Of the ground. He tells me that the most of
the region has not yet been fully prospected
The land is covered with moss and other
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-05-07
Copyright 1916, by Frank G. carpenter)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska.


mer and the roadbed has
been graded for about 40 miles. Twenty
miles OF track have been already LAID, and
everything is in preparation for RAPID WORK
as soon as congress passes the bill supplying
the money The work has been so pushed
that bv last November the engineers had
done what it was supposed would require
the whole winter They have made careful
SURVEYS OF the route from here to Fairbanks,
and have covered the branch line winch goes
from Matanuska Junction to the Chckaoon
coal fields. They have gone over the Alaska
Northern railway which Uncle Sam bought
last wear at a cost Of 81 10000. and have
put IS miles Of that road i'll running condi-
ton. They have laid out the extension OF
the Alaska Northern to Anchorage, and, II
short, have now planned the whole railway
They have made careful estimates Of the
cost Of everything connected with it. and
have constructed contour maps showing the
country on the scale of one inch to the mile.
They know just what they have to expect,
and from now on the road can be pushed as
rapidly as congress will furnish the money.
The act providing for government rail-
roads in Alaska was passed March Il, 1914.
1t authorized the operation and building OF
railroads here to an extent not to exceed
1000 miles and at cost OF not more than
$35,00O,0O0 1t was on this authorization
that the president bought the Alaska North
ern railway and decided to extend it to Fair
banks, distance of 172 miles, at a cost OF
something like S27,0OO,OOO But congress
will have TO appropriate the money as need
cd and the progress of the work is depend
ent upon the two houses at Washington In
1914 the appropriations amounted to about
100000 Something like 100000 was
appropriated last year and the engineers
have asked for S10O0OOOO to be spent in
1916. II that's granted the road to the
Matanuska coal fields can be completed and
the lower portion of the extension to Fair
banks put into operation this year. The
road can also be built from the Nenana coal
fields to the Fairbanks gold mines, giving
that rich territory the cheap fuel it SO great
ly needs.
The total length Of the government rail
way will be under 500 miles, and the engi-
necrs tell me il can be constructed at an
average cost OF about $4,000 per mile. In
some places the cost will run TO 100000 per
mile, but in others it will be $4,000 or un-
der. The road will cost about the same as
the western end Of the Grand Trunk Pacific
railway and it will be more expensive than
the Northern Pacific OF the Puget sound di-
vision of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
Paul The track is TO be Of the standard
gauge, with rails OF 20 pounds to the yard.
1t will be substantially built and OF the most
snodern construction.
like the way Our government engineers
are handling their job. There is no red tape
here at Anchorage and SO far fuss and
feathers" are absent. The three engineer
commissioners are as plain as pipe stems.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-05-07

at the side OF the rack These cuts are then
rooted over and the cars are run into the
bank and loaded by gravity. l understand
that gravel can be easily gotten along the
greater part of the route between here and
Fairbanks and that much of the track will
be permanent and easily repaired
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-05-07

We started atthe harbor and crossed the
railroad yards about which the terminals are
10 be built. These yards have an area OF 500
or 600 acres, and the ground is as flat as 4
floor 1t was originally covered with forest
but the trees and stumps have been cleared
away and now It looks like an Iowa corn
field Just ploWed A number of tracks have
already been laid upon it. and here and there
are other tracks building. Scattered about
are railroad supplies of all kinds. There are
locomotives and boilers from Panama there
are hreboxes and steel rails, and machines
Of all kinds. On one side of the yards are
millions OF feet Of pine lumber from Puget
sound, and on the other are great piles of
ties that were cut the forests Of the kenai
peninsula and shipped here via Turnagain
Arm
None OF the large permanent buildings has
yet been erected, but they will all be put up
on this tract There will probably be large
offices for the officials and clerks There
will be machine shops for the roads and
warehouses and depots for the Matanuska
coal which will be sent here for export.
There may also be smelters and factories OF
one kind or another.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-05-07

. My trip over the new roadbed was made
in company with ]. f. O'Reilly, the superin-
tendent of the railway construction Mr..
O'Reilly has the management OF the work
and the men under the direction OF Lieuten-
ant Mears, one Of the engineer commission
ers. He is we'll fitted for the job He has
had long experience in Alaska, where he
has been engaged not only i'll mining, but
as one of the builders of the Alaska North
ern road, which forms part Of this govern
ment line. He has also been connected with
railroad construction in our western states.
He. therefore. has a thorough understand
ing Of the country and how to handle the
Workmen who are building tic road.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-05-07

like the way Our government engineers
are handling their job There is no red tape
here at Anchorage and SO far fuss and
feathers are absent. The three engineer
commissioners are as plain as pipe stems,
and they tramp about with the men and 60
over the job on loot and on horseback Ney-
ertheless, William {. Edes. the chairman NJ
the commission, has built some of the great
roads Of the west. Lieutenant Frederick
Mears was superintendent OF the railway 1t
Panama. and Thomas Riggs Jr. was at the
time OF his selection chief Of the boundary
survey. They are all men OF practical eNpe
|rience and are especially fitted for life and
work on the frontier.
have already written OF the headquarters
of the engineer commission. The two-story
house put up for them here at Anchorage
would not rent for more than SIS a month
IN the states. The most of the clerks are
doing their work iii tents or log cabins, and
the forestry department of the government
lis a tWo-room shack with folding cots, on
which the clerks sleep at night The com
missary building is of logs, and the stables
NEARBY, where from so to 100 horses are
Kept, are of canvas The hotel or mess
room for the men and government employees