Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-30

to arrive. and locomotives and steam
shovclS arc standing about \ great
deal OF dredging Will have to he done
/ 4" make tho harbor fit for the rail
/ road. and some Of the Panama drcdG 90
will probably be brought t" ship
/ Creek
There are number of government
buildings on this Rowland An are of
a temporary nature. the big machine
shops aud other structures being LETT
Tor the future. The Offices Of the com :
mission arc in mean little two-Story
frame house. which is thirty feet wide
and perhaps nifty feet high The second
floor is reached by a stairway out
side. |; may have cost AS much as
$500. but would he dear ut that price.
Nearby is the log mcsshousc. at which
the railway hands cat Many of the
government clerks have their meals
there. know Captain Edcs does. and
thar il costs him tho same as tho track
men. which il 81 cents meal The
government stables are not far from
the mcssh"uSc. They are great tents
hundreds Of fec, long in which rude
stalls Of poles have beau made for tho
horses adjoining them arc stacks Of
hay and other horse feed under cover.
The government has a commiSSarv in
""nncCtion with this part Of tho town
II soils all sorts OF provisions and other
merchandise on much the same terms
~ "' lan|ma. one Of tho hest look inc.
buildings is tho hospital II is Of two
stories. and is made OF logs II stands
near tho harhor facing knik Arm
Aud now let as visi, the town ON
tho bluffs. rc"pic began 1" settle here
before the government came. and thcy
bulk hundreds Of tents and shacks
where the railroad tracks are Tho
"mrinc"rs changed tho site Of tho town
To tho highlands. They sci asid, /.
tract Of $50 acres for tho town site
aud plotted out Strcets aud lots. lcav.
Ing certain squares for schools and
municipal buildings. They cut The
irccS from 100 acres and cleared Tho
streets and roads so they wcrc tit for
use They then sold the lots 1T auc.
ticn subject to the cost Of tho clear
iuc. each lot hcinE assessed FROM $40
I" 800 for the work upor il aud tho
street III front This was done about
the middle "f last July ~ that time
Tho site of the Who'll" town was ~,
fire. s'umrS and logs wor" everywhere
burning. The arctic moss was ahlaZe
and il WAS Impossible Ia 80 owe, tho
country withou, burning your boots
little later tho first auction was
hsld and tho first lots were sold. six
hundred aud Gfty-fiNo were disposed OF
tho first week and they hrouEht in
Si5onoc About n month later another
auction sale ncttcd too.oopO. and since
then there have hcen others which
have resulted IN tho sale Of large
part Of tho town site. The total num-
her of lots is i.toi. aud tho number
r"t aside for tho city and government
reservations is nincty-thrcc.
Tho streets arc sixty fee, wide and
tho alleys twenty feet. About ono
third Of tho town site has hccn cleared.
aud this includes soucthnr like seven
mile. Of streets and roadways.
TOWN STILL. ~ STAGE
OF TENTS AND SUttI<S
Come with IN" 10 tn" third floor OF
the hotel. near tho bluff, At tho west
crn end of AuChoraec, and look AT tho
cit! as ii lies her" to-day. TN" town
is only a few months old and I, is stjll
IN tho tent and shack stage. There arc
stumps every where black with tho
smoke and the BURNING. Here ana
there mon are splitting tho stumpS and
diccinr them out by the roots. Build
inr is going on everywhere. ~ our
left arc 2 dozen tents and MANY log
bins. some rooted with boards and
others with canvas. Many If tho white
tents have hoard walls
Now turn your head and face the
main street. II IS eighty feet wide and
frame buildings and tents now line it
on both sides for more than ~ mile
THAT little cottage half way down tn"
north side Is the city post office. AMI
the tent across tho way with tn" auc-
tionccr's stand outside IL is the city
hall, where the mayor holds forth. The
mayor is y. i. Moore. VIII" is con
nectcd with the United states land Of
fee. and who has had To do With plot
ting tho city and selling the lots. ON
both sides rf the main street hundreds
Of houses and tents arc scattered here
and there through the stumps. There
are side streets with stores upon them.
aud carpenters aud cabinet makers
-
over them.
All kinds uf husin- have already
started. Hicht near MS is y new cloth
ing store. II is a one-storN shed with
trousers, coats and long rubber boots
hanging ny nails 10 tho wall The
white canvas siSn in front is :" mig tina,
il covers half Of the building. hiding
III. roof. a little farther on is 4 mat
tress factory. consisting OF tent. with
a stovepipe running high above the
canvas. The tent has Il board floor,
and the mattresses arc piled high upon
IL There is no front TO the tent. and
tho dust blows IN on the goods.
\ little farther on is a Jewelry cstah-
lishrneut, half tent and half house, and
down that street 4 the side is hc
Vueensware store. with crockery and
all sorts of porcelain piled up outside.
There arc dry goods stores and drug
stores ana stores selling notionS. There
are many provision stores and hard
ware stores aud stores that sell books
and new spapers. The town has print
inc office. and il viii soon have a news
paper.
Among the most interesting Of the
signs are those over the lodging houses
aud restaurants. The hotel where |
stop IS the White House II is a two
story frame building covered with ono
coat or white paint. 1t belongs to
Mother White, and its twenty rooms
Al" All filled, and there are cots in the
/ halls. A little farther on is Christ >
/ Hotel and down the street is "Mur-
/ rays Lodging House" Tho latter is
hiS tent filled with hunks. which are
hnlit QUO over the other like the herths
~ Sleeping car Next door 10 that
rs quick lunch stand, while farther
or it the "Tw"-Girls Maine House. e
"hor" often set breakfast
N" Two Girls are hrlch eyed.