The Nome nugget., 1933-11-18

bTdueu, Eeduy TOT Steel. Ole quarter of a mile of new track has been constructed and two hun. dred sixty tons of material have been hauled to the end of steel ready for new construction next |year. At the new crossing 1t will be possible to maintain :, a ferry suitable for handling heavy equip ment or heavy dredge parts Al the shelton crossing tt is imposs- ible9 to maintain such ferry or ferries because of the, changeable, banks and shifting gravel bars. If. the river were bridged at the new location there would be one bridge to build instead of three. The road up the Kougarok Valley will have water grade instead Of climbing Coffe Dome from Shelton. at an elevation of about 800 feet A dredge is assured next season on the lower Kougarok and plans are understood to be under way for opening up Coffee Creek which s in a direct line from the new crossing into the main Kougar- ok Country.
 l A spur with one siding was con- structed from Dry Creek trestle on the tram road to the City dock located along the side of the north revetment, Nome Harbor. This improvement allows for the un- loading of supplies in the harbor direct to cars where same can be routed to points in Nome or. dir ect to Shelton. Practically all supplies for the Kougarok exten- on was loaded direct from scows to cars and hauled to the A. R. c. yards and Shelton.
 General maintenance and im- iprovements was performed on all lthe roads in the outlying districts including Teller, Deering, Candle, Dime Greek. Tin City, Davidson's Landing-Taylor, Marshall and Spruce Creek. One can now travel by auto from Teller toward Gold Run for g miles to Dease Creek where dredge is being built From Deering up the Inmachuk !River Valley for 22 miles (has been made in fifty mnutes) from lCandle up Candle Creek (where a dredge is successfully opeartingl for 6 miles; Dime Creek, Tin City, Davidson's Landing-Taylor, Mar shall and Spruce Creek have trac- tor roads.
 Ma ntenance and improvement work was performed on various winter trails, consisting of replac ing missing trail stakes, repair
 ng bridges and brushing out trails. The principal work was be- tween Golovin and Film, Unalak- leet and Kaltag, Kiapa Con the l Kobuk) and Selawik.
 An entirely new trail was brush cd out and cut through the t.m- Der, tripoded along Selawik River banks where trail follows river, and tripoded the entire distance over portages and open tundra be- tween Selawik Village and Shung- nak Village (on the Kobuk), a distance. of about 90 miles.
 Temporary ice stalking on U. S.. Mail trails over to.al distance of over 280 miles is now under way.
 Owing to the shortage of funds no new shelter cabins were con structed this season, but existing cabins were repaired, maintained and supplied win fuel as far as the limited funds would permit.
 The only landing field that was improved last season in this Dis trict by the Territory was at Can Idle.
 Under the Public Works Pro- gram the new landing field for Nome was begun and work was cont.nued as long as weather con- ditions would permit, The old field at Nome is built on a low hill and would not permit enlarge ment. Tn new field is being built about three quarters of mile north of Nome along side the