The Seward gateway., 1921-01-27

.-fs asr V 4 through seventy feet If iesSto reach c terra firm. h Al..ka, F Pessihly ! A # VII ]. be news te hin to lsarn shst 4!! tae 3ssss ! c.pping north q. x! ss }. aiens sas line | construction is bnt . toot taish l.. ..,a ,. once broken with powder szcavaaoEan sts .!Ea. proceeds unimpaired. Possibly Mr. Madden he'd in view the lake front in ? his home city of Chicago about a rqaarter, t" March" K. ... ..s., E
 This is daring railrcad pioneering. sI.. and to the Alaskan Engineering com. mission falls the honor of laying the foundation for railroad building in any part of the world in cold lati- + tudes. In choosing between the haz- i. ard of swamps and their attendant difficulties in wagon transportation, plus a moist surface, saturated witn the waters of. the melting snows and operating when frozen surfaces of. fer~a solid roadbed for getting ap supplies and the ground contains the minimum of moisture, Colonel Mears and his staff have by one stroke sup piled the key tc one of the most am bilious projects yet suggested, build 'ng railroad to the shores of Der ng strait and tunneling intD Siberi;, "a pnject now receiving consider ion by those who are looking to tn development of Russia.
 Building ridges. ~
 A little farther on the pratica 1uiet is broken by the rhythmi ,o1nding of pile-driver, settint ',ent billings for long trestle. Agair he material of which Alaskan rail ,oad builders are made asserts itself \ young engineer with transit set f ,irecting thework and braw Scot if supervising the driving of pilings. B. he time the grade approaching thu
 restle is ready, the bridge will be 7aiting to receive it's rails. A little farther on is snug camr f tents or log houses and stores o applies. These are the station con- ractor's camps getting ready fo' he big work to be begun within 3 'ew days or in spring as the case re- mires. Men are shaking up logs with ,orses, and maybe up on a hillside in- .onatinns of blasts tell that natuZe is 1 yielding to the conquest of man.
 Sartoriil Embellishments.
 The sleigh overtakes the party, and with a sock pinned across his nose and swashed ih robes, the chief en- gineer settles down for a ten-mile ride, despite the "quickness" of the fit of his neither garments, which re- fuse, to allow his legs to fold up nor mally, and his five shirts that give him a Jack Dempsey chest measure ment. The sock arrangement is an en- gineering achievement off A: Ham sen. ay
 It is dinner time at the next supply headquarters. Already the mail sleigh has received it's reiay5of horses and is speeding away nnrthward.z Another relay is awaiting the = inspection party. From the cramp and chill 'of riding in the wind one feels like Geo rge Ade's description of . sleigh ride Put both feet into a bucket of ice water, jingle a couple of ecwbcllss and yell like sin. as T ., As .. :... Amusing Ineohsruitiesss
 Having not been supplied with such luxuries as vaiets, thssinspectio TT, ty lake turn about e.pselins ssea other i. With he.aiaaf sAe dSdleahd disiwasher layer atter leysgds. tassn !. "ffsthe chief until he ssGias te Jock "svelte" in proportion with the par ka and sock toff his face and his mus taciie coated xith .ffost 6s rsssnblIesas, noshing 50 much as 2: baby wslruls or a calf who has had bis muzzle in . pail of milk. But tAs lndieroas e. abiss everyone to foStes :: tic hsrd.