The Nome nugget., 1928-08-18
SOLOMON NEWS ITEMS
Especial Nugget Correspondssee)

l (Special Nugget COffesROnVI solomon, Aug, 2. 1923 The first span of 1S3 feet of the bridge crossing Solomon river pe- low Big Hurrah was finished few days ago and work would have been started on the second span imme- diately after were it not for the depth of rushing waters that made it wellnigh impossible to lay the foundation. Solomon river where the bridge crosses is divided into two parts by pile of tailings. The span completed bridges the regular channel. The span of 100 feet now under way will reach the bank and a new road will connect the bridge with the old railroad. To make work possible under the ad- verse conditions created by the rainy weather wing dam had to be constructed above where the river divides and ditch dug to the main channel. That work was completed on August 9th. and now one can croso with ordinary shoes and not get his feet wet, where few days ago a torrent ragged. A new road four hundred and twenty-five feat long, and as it approaches the bridge, twenty feet wide, connects the main road with the bridge.
 Mir. Schaeffer was with us today after completing trip to Nome with very satisfactory cleanup. MT. Schaeffer had quite an experi- ence crossing the Lagoon at Safe ty. When he arrived at the lagoon on his way to Nome there was no ferryman, so after waiting a while and undoubtedly using the neces- sary expressions, he constructed raft out of driftwood, poled his way across. annexed the scow and returned and took his car across and hied to Nome with his golden cargo.
 MT. schaeffer spent some years in Dawson and later came to Nome and then went Outside and settled down for good @ but did not figure on the unknown quantity the lure of the North, and he is again with us. He thinks highly of the Casadepaga and knows there is good dredging ground there for years to come, and with the de- creasing cost of transportation due to the improved roads, he believes that more dredges will be in opera tion in the near future.
 | He throws boquets at the work done by the Alaska Road Commis- sion and supports it by figures, viz: He has sixty-five tons of freight to haul, or now in the hauling. This at the regular rate of $60.00 a ton would amount to $3,900.00, but, owing to the improved condition of the road he is having it hauled by his own truck at maximum cost of $16.O0 per ton-a saving of $2.925.00' on his summers work, and that is good. logical talk in favor of big appropriations for the building of good roads.
 Quisley is doing splendid work with his hydraulic equipment and is making up for the last two dry summers. His ditches are full. hia penstock running over and a four. inch nozzle is shooting the golden stream into his sluice boxes, and furthermore. the golden harves, promises to continue as virgin ground recently prospected would pay sluice box proposition,
 Quigley Is again into the nugget pile. He recovered . s2s nuese, and quite family of smaller ones all picked up in the pit.
 Micky Powers of Blun is valkins ditch for Quigley.
 W. Nelson. he of lingual efacien. cy. is working for the Road Com. mission here and is daily ticklins the earth with shovel or som. other instrument of torture and !,
 T. A. POWERS