The Seward gateway., 1921-02-15
PROGRESS ENGINEERING
 COMMISSION
First Report Shows Much Work. Now Being Done
 On Road.

Il
 port for the maintenance and con
 struction, department of the Alaska
 Engineering Commission for the Mo. of January:
 New cess pool was dug for the Government Cottages at Seward and other various small repair jobs were
 performed in connection with the sovenment buildings at Seward. One carpepter was engaged at this work Larochelle and Legfis, Sawmill con- tractors at Mile Three and one-half, sawed during the month 379,410 feet board. measure of lumber. Most of this was one and two inch stuff for use on camp construction and '8xs and 12x12 for bridge ties and bridge caps. This material was shipped north to the end of steel.
 Hoben and Davis, sawlog contract ors at mile three and oue-quarter, de- livered during the month 295,13S it. boar measure of logs. They have cut and yarded about 75o,O00 feet in the woods. They have also delivere about 2,000 ties an have 5000 more cut in the woods. Deep snow is somewhat hindered the work.
 '. B and B Gang No. z engage on the coyote hole work at Mile 56l drove 77 lineal feet of holes during the month, making 8 total of 279 feet driven on this job to date. It is esti- mated that there are about 120 feet of crosscuts yet to rive, and the shot when put off should break up about thirty thousand cubic yards of rock
 Berg and Hedlund have completed getting out logs at Mile 7S and have discontinue operations there for the present They have been given the contract for clearing the balance of the: narrow guage line at Eska and the. site for coal cleaning plant at Sutton; also contract for getting out ROO electric light poles and one thous. and narrow guage ties. They are en- gagged in transferring their equipment to this latter point preparatory to commencing operations.
 . C. N. Banks, tie contractor at Gird wood. has delivered 2100 ties to date. He has but one man working for him and is making fair progress.
 Nels Enander and Company, tie con tractors at Mile S6, have delivered about five thousand ties. They have about g men working and are mak- ing good progress.
 Fred Martin, tie contractor, at Mile 40 is making fair progress on his contract for 2000 ties.
 B. and B. Gang No. 8, at Anchor age was engaged during the month pn general repair work to the buildings ae the terminal cosisting of miscel- lansous small -joba ... B. and B. Gang No. 4, was engaged on the usual water service and steam heat maintenance work.
 A total of eight snow slides occur ed between Nile Sand 70 during the month-most of these coming down over ;the snowsheds. No delay to traf- fis; Aaa occas.oaed3by any of these sl1de4% .s> ra.-
 B. Ghd B. No. {, cut down the false work completed canning and bracing placing Sf blocking and. corbels on both abutments. laid bottom chord and deck. placed falsework for up- per chord and laid upper chord of i2l .toot span in bridge. Mo-, 2667, the hrst crossing of Indian river. 1: B. and B. No. 6 completed decking anN bfseipg the following bridges, No. es77s ss7s, 267s, i26ss, and fifty per cent completed tha xcavations of the ahutmsnts < of the third and fourth crossings of Indian river. I rs B. and B. No. i completed the deck ing md bneing of. the following bridges, uumher 2747, 2749, 2750, 2751, S752, 2755, 275S, 275s, 27e1,. ,276a.. and 277o. B. and B. No, 1 drove sst piling lin bridges 27s1, 27A in-tt elusiyss
 Commission forces on grading at Camp 275s moved ilo5 cubic yards, cenp 27s 1893 ealic yards, Camp PIT. llA2 cubic y.sda. apd Camp 2s1. 1927: srhie yaRds: ;. 1 | =. es