The Alaska daily empire., 1923-06-29
I R Al N SERVICE RESTORED OVER
 ALASKA RAILWAY
Suspended l5 Days by Wash outs-Railroad Is Ready
 for Harding Party.

Through train service from Sew ard to Fairbanks was restored on the Alaska Railroad last Wednesday ar ter fifteen days of suspension, ac- eording to Chairman Col. James G.. Steese. of the Alaskan Engineering Commission, who arrived here last night on the steamer Alameda. Wash outs and mudslides following an un- preeedented stage of high water took out portions of the main line track over a section covering 50 miles.
 The most serious break was in the Nenana Canyon district between Healy and Broad Pass where the road skirts the canyon several hun dred feet above the water level and on benches several thousand feet below the mountain ridges. Under cutting of the canyon walls by ice and water from below the track and mudslides from above carried out several short lengths of track. High water carried away pile ap- breaches to. and one truss on, the Nenana river bridge. The road sus. pended through traffic on June llth One train was run from the south on the first break on June goth passengers and mail being trans ferred around the damaged section After that time traffic was stopped until Wednesday.
 Eventually some 10 miles of tho line on the canyon rim will bs lost, said Col Steese. Some oi this is already being moved back to safer location and surveys are being made of new locations back deeper into the benches. Lack oi construction funds, however make Il impossible for the Commission to un dertake removal of the entire sec ton at the present time.
 Ready For Visitors
 Preparations for handling the Pres idential party and Brooklyn Eagle Tour party are completed, said Col Steese. The same railroad accommo dations will be demanded for both parties. The tour will come first and be out of the way in plenty oi time for the special train to bt placed in condition and in waiting for the Presidential party on ar rival of the transport Henderson al Seward.
 The train will be made up vir tually the same as that used by the Congressional delegation early this month. It will be composed of bag gage car, one caboose, two business cars, a coach used as smoker, the three sleepers. Fairbanks, Talkeetna and Anchorage, the two observation compartment cars, Renal and Denali, and the diner. Seward. On the Denali are maps of the Territory, books on Alaska and other data regarding the Territory.
 Autos Are Provided
 Automobiles for both parties for the Richardson Highway trip from Fairbanks to Chitina are available and arrangements for roadhouse ac- commodations have been made. Crews are working on the highway, touching up the rough spots.
 The highway IS open all the way to the coast, according to Col Steese. Thompson Pass was opened several days ago, the earliest on record. It was made possible by citizens of Valdez. who turned out in force with tools and cleared the last of the snow out of the road where it crosses the coast range of noun tains.
 Col. sSteese. will be here several days winding up the business of the present fiscal year of the Alaska Road Commission. He will return to railroad headquarters on the steamer Alaska with The Brooklyn Eagle party and meet the Presiden- tial party on It's arrival at Seward.