The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 4, 1921, Page 15

SECTION TWO PAGES The Seattle Star SEATTLE, WASH., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1921. 15 TO 28 PLAN TO COMPLETE ALASKA RAILWAY IN 1923 ROAD OF SCENIC Uncle Sam already has an tnvest- Ment of $52,000,000 In two ends of & railroad which can be brought to- gether and mace a completed whole for one-thirteenth of this amount, or $4,000,000 more, Some might have some objection to going into Alaska today, under all present conditions, but no one can seriously object to ex pending the relatively amall neces |eary amount to make good on the greater investment.” GREAT BRIDGE OVER TANANA The total mileage, as set forth at ard to Fairbanks direct ts about 435 miles, The balance of the mileage ts in spurs and branches. ‘The greatest bridge on the line and one of the most important railroad bridges in North America will be that over the Tanana river, 1,340 feet in length in two spans, of steel and concrete, and estimated to cost complete about $1,900,000, The Ta nana and the Nenana rivers are tor rential streams in every sense of the term. When they start on the war path, about June 1, everything has to give way, but it is believed to offer slight realstance, and at the! same time will be powerfully braced. Con! fields of Mantanuska and Es ka and the rich agricultural region about Fairbanks will be tapped, but of the possibilities of the line no one in willing to prophesy. Gilman at the hearings estimates the first year's gross revenue of the system at $989,000, based not on new bust ness but on transferance of business now handled by boats and mules and oxen to the rallroad. FREIGHT RATES WILL BE CHEAPER be much cheaper than any known route at present, even cheaper than the St. Michael's and Yukon river or White Pass and Yukon rafiroad In fact, the estimated rate from Se- attle to Fairbanks via the govern- ment road will be $30 the ton car load lots on hay, grain, ete., and on dry goods, boots, shoes, clothing and furniture $75 the ton, as against rates’ from $66 to $107 the ton at present, depending on route and na- ture of commodity. We bought Alaska 50 years ago for $7,200,000, which in the financial | tact the amount we gave Russia for | ours just half a day at present of the great railroad system now nearing completion wouldn't build one ordinary battleship! WILL BE MAGNET FOR TOURISTS It's interesting to note that the to Fairbanks is about the same as from Los Angeles to San Francisco, which requires 16 hours for the fast- | probably make the trip tn about 26 half a million square miles of the | boure each way, and won't it be | world would run this government of | some trip? Thru dark forests of pine and juniper and fir and spruce, and | schedules, and in fact the entire cost | across raging rivers and alongside lofty mountains, Whether there's any agricultural future for Alaska or not, you cam depend on one thing, viz,, that Uncle Sam's railroad is sure going to 40 one big passenger business in the straightaway distance from Seward| summer months, for all of us have wanted for years to go to Alaska but didn’t like the idea of swimming lee cold rapids, And another 18 months ONDER NEAR END Many Delays Hinder Com- pletion of Rail Service Into the Heart of Alaska and we can ride on the cushions all the way from the steamer The freight rate from Seward (tide that these bridges will stand, as we| Fairbanks, 435 miles, will central pier will be so constructed as' water) to : 35 e , | I Must Raise $42,000 by Jan. Watches I must reduce my indebtedness to that extent, and to do so! have sacrificed my entire $140,000 Jewelry Stock case; 17-jewel adjusted. $22.50 —while they last. “No, I’m not going out of business; just going to square up my obligations. I prefer taking a big loss this way, rather than lose all.’’ (Signed) Clement B. Coffin ——_—_ ered silver, Nothing reserved! Notathing! This is one of In pricing goods, profits have been forgotten— the most complete lines of jewelry ever thrown on prices have been made that will move the goods, sale. A truly wonderful stock of quality jewelry, and move them quick! Original price tags remain backed by thirty years of service and square deal- _—on all goods—and all reduced prices are in plain ing on Pike Street. figures on new tags. |Doors Open Saturday 10 A. M.— Everything Goes! Silverware Watches “Community.” Alvin, Gorham, R. Wallace & | Howard, Hamilton, Waltham, Elgin, Miinois and the hearings just ended, is 539.83 economy of today would not be re | eaes, altho the distance from Sew: : garded as even “loose change.” In est train. Uncle Sam's passenger Nmited will WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.— Some time in the summer of 1923, exact @ate not yet fixed, if the plans and of Edward C. Finney, first as- gistant secretary of the interior, and H. M. Gilman, Jr, of the geen q@mgincering commission, an chie! ineer, Col. Mears, do , there will be driven a n spike ‘somewhi ere between the Mor Seward, on the Pacific ocean, town of Fairbanks, away up Jatitude ao as north, and thereupon and thereafter your Uncle Samuel Frank Haveranck was driv- ing a mail truck down Broad- way in New York. It contain- ed registered mail valued at $1,000,000. Bandits got it. Frank wasn’t armed, altho Postmaster Hays ordered guns for postal protection. rocketing of afl prices, labor and i material, the loss of Col. Mears, who was called to France on more tragic business and who did not get back on the job till last year. Construc tion, thus hampered, was slow ~ fairly steady, and a second ap; priation made in November, 1919, of of $17,000,000 more seemed enough to finish the job and do it right, but the cost of bridges, snow sheds and branch lines has been greater than . | expected. and now the last bill car Tying $4,000,000 to complete every- thing has been favorably reported -fout of the house committee on ter- | ritories and will be pushed to an early passage in the house by Chair. man Charles F. Curry and in the senate by Senator Harry F. New. “There is no opposition that I know of to the bill,” said Mr. Curry came the great war, the sky-| today, “for the simple reason that $6.50 hamm Sheffield Plate Bread Trays $3.50 26-Piece Chest ‘Community’ Par Plate han at Olympla will be held Satur- \day night Future dances will be held in the new American Legion butlding. eee The Yellowstone Traf assoctation will have a man in Walla Walla next |summer to work in the interests of Round Table confernece will Pe night. The/ Court pais Decide he bor Mahoney Reward witare of the bors on communi! | ° Owing to a hot dispute between ssiiinidiistes cama Oh ankae? tug | Thurston county up| audrey, no award has been made of | is 1,570 leas than | ine $27,000 reward for the discovery + during the same)» 1... Mahoney murder trunk. Prose- cutor Malcotm Dougtas called a con- ference of all claimants, numbering 12, in his office, but Martin Cam. 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