Alaska Railroad Record 1916

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ANQHORAGE, ALASKA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1916. No.1

Alaska Rallroad Re~ord REGARDING OFFICIAL CIRCULARS. Hereafter all official circulars from the Official Publication of the Alaskan Engineering Commissioner'S office at Anchorage-and- Commission. . other important circulars from the con struction districts and department offices will be published in the Alaska Railroad Record. Department heads and all interested em ployees are expected to take cognizance of these circulars. It will, therefore, be un necessar}~ to continue the present practiee of sending out mimeographed copies of of ficial circulars in the Anchorage Divislop., unless in special cases circumstances make

P.etn!ttanc~" for -stlbscl"i1>tions may be fOl'war

ce ning amusements, sports and other activities. Steam Shovel No.1 produced 2612 yards of material, .\ll heads of Departments and other interested officials distributed as follows: are requested to co-operate with the editor and manager Fnling for water tank foundation at Birchwood .. 180 yds. Ballasting for Matanuska Branch ...... , .. 2262 yds. of the Record to the end tj1at this paper may contain use-' Gra(Jjng Matanuska Branch ...... 180 yds. . ;1.<1 and reliable information which wiI! be of benefit Bridges-Turnagain Arm. District. "nl ~ughout the progress of the work. On Bridge. No.2 the span is completed and 20 per cent ·ALASKA RAILROAD RECORD Vol. I. No. 1. of the decking is completed. Bridges Nos. 4 and 6 are should be made with the narrow. fill by wheelbarrow work' completed: from Littfe Rabbit -to Potter Creek in about three weeks, Bridges-Main Line. This will enable rail to be laid to Potter Creek in about "Work has progressed satisfactorily on Nos. 10 and 17. four weeks. The work on both these bridges is now about 96 per cent The station gang working north out of Potter Creek complete. has connected up with the nalTOW fill made by wheelbarrow Buildings. across the flats between Little Rabbit Creek and Poth:r Rapid progress is being made on the construction of Creek. the cold storage plant. The carpenter wOl'k is about 80 Three station' gangs just south of Rainbow Creek ou per cent complete, . rock work are maoking good progress. Very satisfactory work has been done on the three room cottagQS, the carpenter work of which is about 90 , Buildings. The foundation for the depot at Potter Creek is practic per cent complete. The work on the five-r0

TURXAGAIX ARM DISTRICT. TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE DEP'T,

Clearing Right of Way. Seward Division. Clearing has been completed from Anchol'age to onc Wire stringing aCI'OSS Mile 52 Summit has been conl and one-folllth miles south of Sheep Creek, There ,has pleted. This was hung first in order to be out of the war been cleared in the vicinity of Rainbo\~ Creek two and of possible snow storms. The crew is now clOSingio° three-fourth miles of right of way.and one mile has been gap in the flats around Mile 34. 'I cleared betw~el) Falls and Indian Creeks. .Clearing con Anchorage-i\[atannska. tracts have been ·Jet to' Gust Baeiu;trom & Co. and E.· D. Collins & Co. during the week, covering the work between The detour around the "Y" at the 'ferminal Y ards, a~ a north of Bird Point to one mile nOlth of been completed, if the<'e be no morc I between Indian and Glacier Creeks. Th, Grading. Branch. Grading is compi'eteij' "from A~chorage tQ a point ten Material llaS been collected and wil.l be shippcd early and one-half miles south. next week for extending the tempol'ary line to the mouth The steam shovel is doing as well as possible, consideJ' of the Chickaloon. The non-arrival of the Panama: insu ing the delays on account of poor steaming coal. The fill lated wire has made a change in plans necessary. It will is being built narrow so as to discontinue steam shovel now be necessary to use copper-clad wire and salvage it work for this season as soon as pos~ible. Connection after the permanent line has been built along the railroad, , Vol. I. No. 1.' '. ALASKA RAIT".):lOAD RECORD 3 Turnagain Arm Line. DISBURSING OFFICE. It was found necessary to put in a secollf cirCll!t from The total disbursements 9£ the office at Anchorage lor Anchorage to Potter Creek and the work is now being the period' November 1 to November 7, totaled ~157,960.18. done. There will be but little loss of labor, and none in The payment of salaries ~nd wages amounted to ~87,- matcl'ial, as this extra wire would have had to be hung in 451.[i2; for local purchases, $7,392.51; to contractors, ~61, the spring. IfO.92; other expenditures were $2,005.23. Anchorage Telephone Exchange. The number of commercial telephones in use -is 91; the TRANSPORT CROOI!: SAILS. number of free -t~lephones in use 55, anG tIle number of The U. S. A. Transport Crook sailed for Seattle at withheld orders 7. 4:45 p. m" November 7,with 118 first class and 406 second Electric Light and Power. cl~ss passengers aboard. Nearly all of those leaving wet'e . Wiring has been in progress on the new. school build labol'ers and stationmen who had completed their worlc ing, and in cottages Nos. 20, 21,,22 and 29. Conduits for here for the season and will spend the winter months in power and light in machine shop and power plant are the States. being installed. Work was also done on the power house The Crook has been carrying supplies for the railroad switch-board and motor installation in the machine SllOp. all summer, .having been loaned the Commission by the War Department.• It is understood tlmt tIle vessel will i\lATANUSKA DISTRICT. be sold in tlle near· future. l\1atanuska Branch Line. On November 3 track had been laid as far as the -'BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. grade had been completed, namely, to King's River. At During the -past week satisfactory progress was mado the latter place wO,:;k on the construction of a permanent on the various buildings unde1' construction at tIle Anchor camp is going forward, and a wagon road is being 'con age terminal. Owing to. the necessity for completing the structed from there to:: the flats about two miles above work on the cold storage plant, the building forces en King's River, where a winter camp \liill shortly be located. gaged on the power plant and madline shop r'nstructiOll A small force is at work rebuilding a pOl·tion of the were transferred to that structure. trail neal' the forks of the Chicaloon and the Matanuska The plastering of Hospital No.2 was finislled on Oc Rivers, so that packing of' supplies can be accomplished ~ tober 27 and work on the interior is now being ruslled in and a camp at the forks established. Qrder to get the building ready for occupancy without The l'IIatantlska River is almost completely frozen over delay. "in its lower stretch, and at a poin't:-abo;>ut 'three miles abo,oe The cottages on Anchorage townsite are all under roof Matanuska the ice freezing from the bottom has forced and wO:'k on the interi01' is going forward rapidly. a channel change and caused the water to overflow into the The Anchorage SdlOOl buildi~ ~s now enclosed and the flat above the town of Matanuska at a point about a mile intei'ior is being finished. and a half south of the railroad. It is feared this over All the new buildings at the Anchorage terminal are flow nlay cause considei:abl~trouble. this winter. It is , so near completion that the cold weather is having no de almost certain that a long dyke will have to be built at . te1Tent effect. this point in the spring to prevent the !'iver from form ing a new channeJ and coming down into Rabbit Slough, or . COXTRACT SETTLEi'llENTS. into the small strcam flowing under the trestle at Cobb's • place. The amounts paid to contractors -hy the AnchOl·age Residents of this section last winter state that there Disbursing Office during the period November 1 to 7 were was no overflow at this point last year, or at any time as follows: preyious, so fa!; as they know, but that the fall rains D. E. Temiraeff & Co ...... $ 5,602.52 s~a~ed well within the limits of the present channel and Sherlock & Co ...... 590.00 dld not overflow. M. Olson & Co ...... 2'17.90 Main Line. Kal'gin .& Co...... •...... 2,062.30 Al! grading on the main line so far as the Kn[k Wagon Geo. Vukelich & Co...... 1,536.30 Road should be finish€!"l1 by November 20. There are only Pappas & Co...... 58.05 five station gangs working on this stretch at this time. Jensen & Mayers ...•...... 247.52 North of the Knik Wagon Road the grading should be Kamboloff & Co...... •...... , ...... 4,137.62 entirely completed to Camp 166 by December 1. Koch & Co, .....•...... 2,007.28 The Little Susitna River is frozen over and within a Rothwell, Ogilvie & Co ...... c.---',"935.6l1 day or two will suppor,t freight teams. Gost & Co ...... :., ...... •...... _.. . 53Ul8 ..(-~ All 1·ight. of way conhactors north of the Little Su Joe Carravetta & Co...... 2,678.76 ~J~itna River will be entirely finished by November 20. P. H. Fitzgerald .....•.....•...... " ...... , 105.00 ~ 1 'It is proposed to do all tIle freighting of supplies and Chas. Peterson & Co ...... 741.50 'tile establishment of caches between the Little Susitna Alfred Gustavson & Co.. ' '.' ...... 2,988.04 and Willow Creek in the early winter, and to close down Delich & Co...... 2,607.45 the camps on the main line so far as possible, directing John Lasso & Co•..•...... 3,328.07 . . Matqnuska Townsite. Dan DigaJf & Co...... 2,620.28 The water system at Matanuska is frozen up and has Swan Adrin & Co...•...... { .. . 3,040.38 been for some time. It will probably take a week or 'Victor Bijuzzi & Co...... '...... 6,600.2[i ten days before arrangements are perfected to give -tlle Chas. Johnson & Co...... • 2,432.01 town a convenient water supply. In the meantime water Tom Kovac & Co...... 3,387.08 is being hauled free of charge to the town. people that Hockey & Co...... 3,763.81 they may supply their immediate needs. Eli Cinkovich & Co.....•...... 2,346.02 4 ALAS~A RAILROAD RECORD Vol. I. No. 1.

RAILROAD TRAIN· .sCHEDULE. Anchorage, Alaska, Oct. 30, 1916. Transportation Circular No. 14. (Supersedes Transportation Circular No. 12, dated September 20, 1916.) Effective 12:01 a. m., Wednesday, November 1, 1916, a mixed passenger and freight train will be run between Anchorage and Matanusku, and between Matal1Jlska and-Moose Creek on the following schedule: NORTHBOUND MAIN LINE _SOUTHBOUND Monday Wednesday and Tuesday, Thursday :wd Friday, only. Saturday, only_ Leave 9:00 a. m. 0.0 Anchorage Arrive 2:45 p. ill, 4.9 9:25 4.9 Whitney. 2:30 . 7.3 9:55 12.2 Kuney 2:10 , 9.7 ..: .. ~." '.~ "';;~~~tp;;,~,.. 21.9 Birchwood 1:35 5.6 11;00 27.5 Eklutna . 1:10 9.0 Arrive 11:30 a. m. 36.5 Matanuska. Leave 12:40 p. m.•

NORTHBOUND MATANUSKA BRANCH SOUTHBOUND Monday, Wednesday ami Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, only. Saturday, only. Leave 12 :45 p. m. 36.5 Matanuska Arrive 11 :40 a. m. 6.4 1 :20 42.9 Palmel' 11:10 0.6 Arrive 1 :55 p. m. 49.5 Moose Creek Leave 10:30 a. m. • Mixed train leaving Anchorage northbound will stop just North of road crossing, Terminal Yard, Anchorage. Owing to wot'king conditions this schedule is only tentative, and the Commission reserves the right to change it with,out notice. This schedule is NOT in effect as a time card autI- orizing the movement of trdns, and all trains will continue to run exh'a as heretofore. F. MEARS, Commissioner.

DAILY WEATHER DATA.

The following table shows the weather conditions daily for the weekly period ending November 7, 1916: DATE TEMPERATURE PlmCIPITATION WIND CONDITION OF HARBOR • Max. Min. Snowfall Snow on Miles per > Ground Hour Nov. 1 · · 26 -10 none 4.5 5.2 Smooth-Slush Ice. , Nov. 2 · · · · · · · 20 -1 trace 4.5 6.2 Smooth-Slush Ice. · · · · · · · Smooth--Slush Ice. Nov. 3 · • · · · · · 22 0 none 4.0 5.2 • Nov. 4 · · · · · · 26 2 none 4.0 4.5 SmalI Ice Floes. Nov. 5 • · · · · · · 22 9 trace 3.5 4.3 Small Ice Floes. Nov. 6 · . · · · · · · · 23 -1 nOlle 3.5 4.7 Small Ice Floes. Nov. 7 · . · · · · · · · 24 12 1.0 4.5 4.7 Ice Collecting Fast. LAND AND INDUSTRIAL DIDPARTMENT. OBITUARY,

From and after November 12, 1916, the headquarters T. :Aamodt, a laborer working on the Hiltz trail, about of the Land and Industrial Department will be changed two miles south of Rainbow Creek, Turnagain Arm Dis from Seward to Anchorage. Andrew Christensen, man- trict, met almost instant death on the afternoon of No "gel', and E. T. Lindner, chief clerk, of the department, a1'- vember 7, when he was struck by a boulder wllich fell rived at Anchorage on the Northwestern. Their .offices f!'Om the slope above where he was w·,rking and hul'led will be in the two rooms on the lower floor at the west end to the bottom of a cliff, a distance .of about 50 feet. of the general office building. The Land and Industrial With him at the time of the Rccirlent were JliIartin Gi),-. Department has jurisdiction over all land matters for the bertsoll, Charles Carlson and Ole Sanden, all fellow em- 4ii Commission, such as rights of way, encouragement of the ployees of'- the Commission. When they hurried to the',.. development of the resources tributary to the railroad, and spot where Aamodt had fallen he was breathing ,bi;<. the dissemination of information to the public. The juris- last. The body was cal'lied to their camp and from there 1_-'_dj,'ti'n~,"'Liod",,"" the survey,.~rai~al and sale of lots brought to Anchorage by sled and train for burial. in townsites along the railroad and the management or------:Aimo(It.'was Iiliout 3D -yeai's 'o'f age, unmarried, a na·- the towns, as well as all legal phases involved in these tive of Norway, and a citizen of Canada. He had been R matters. resident of the United States and Canada about 13 years, The object in transferring this department to Anchor coming to Alaska in the spring of 1915. He had been em age is to place it in closer touch with the work in which ployed by the Alaskan Engineering Commission as laborer it is engaged, as well as to have it located at the head at various times since his al'l'ival in Anchorage. His quarters of the Commission, which from and after Jan father, Svennung Aamodt, resides at Souland, Tellemer uary 1, 1917, will be at Anchorage. ken, Not·way. Vol. 1. No. 1. ALASKA RAILROAD RECORD Personals NEW CONTRACTS AWARDED. Anchorage Division. War I Hall, 'resident enginl'll'lr of the Matanuska Dis On account of the approach of the winter season and triet, a er completing his season's work, was a passen the accompanying unfavorable elim~tic conditIons, few con ger for eattle on the Admiral Evans. tracts we!'e awarded during the month of October, most of * * * * them of an emergency character. The list is,as follows: H. F'. Dose, district engineer in eharge of construction· (1) Delich & Co.-Grade work on main line north of Anchorage-to be completed by October 30, 1916. at Talkeetna, arrived in Anchorage on Thursday and (2) L. A. Thurston-Grubbing roads Anchorage town wi!! remain at headquarters for several weeks. site-to be eompleted by Oetober 18, 1916;· * * * * (3) Olson & Co.-Ditching for water mains, Anchor F. D. Browne, locating engincer in the Talkeetna dis age Terminal yards-to be completed by October 31, 1!J16; trict during the past season, completed his work for th() (4) Gost & Co.-Ditehing, Anchorage Terminal yards -to be completed by November 10, 1916; year and left for his home in San Francisco on the U. S. (5) Jim Kinoff & Co.-Clearing right of way on main Transport. Crook. He expects to retm;n early next spring line south of Anchorage-to be completed by August 1, to resume his duties. 1917. • • • • O. G. Tubby, chief draftsman, has obtained extended THE RAILROAD Y. M. C. A. leave of absence and has 'left for San Francisco to spend • 0 the winter with his family. Because of the continued ill The plans for the establishment of a branch of the health of Mrs. Tubby it is unlikely M will retum to Alaska Railroad Young Men's Christian Association of NOlth America at A nchorage have matured, arid by December 1, . ~"tefore navigation opens. . ! it is expected that the organization will have taken its * • ", .. place in the social activities of the government employees B. H. Barndol1ar, examiner of accounts, sailed. for tbe at this place. on the Admiral Evans to be absent several months As a result of a conference between a loeal Y. M. C. A...... on for the Commission. He will spend most of committee and a committee rep!'esenting the General the time while away in Washington, D. C., returning to Welfare Association, arrangements were perfect~d with Anchorage early in the spring. the Railroad Department of the International Y. M. C. A. * • '" .. whereby the latter agreed to take over the welfare work ~.- and to assume direction of th,,' s0"Jal serviee affairs of A. Ch:ristensen, manager of the Land and In-austrial.. this division. An active campaign for members resulte'l i Department, aecompanied by Mrs. Christensen and daugh the enrollment of 125 names within a iew days, and with ter, arrived on the steamer Northwestern from Seward and this snbstantial evidence of co-operation, plans were laid for acquiring suitable club-house facilities. All order for will remain permanently in Anchorage. E. T. Lindner, a billiard 'and a pool table, bowling alleys, mats, dumb chief clerk of the department, and Mrs. Lindne!', also ar bells, a punching bag, wall weights and similar equipment rived on the same steamer. After November 12 the head was fOr\l'arded to Seattle, with instructions to ship as soon quarters of the Land and Industrial Department will be at as possible. All the equipment anived on the last voyage of the transport Crook and will be installed as soon as the Anchorage. * * '" .* old hospital building has been remodeled and made ready K. K. Kuney, formerly district engineer in charge of for oecupancy, which, it is expected, will be i.vithin three Terminal District, returned to Anchorage on the steamer weeks. Admiral Watson, accompanied by Mrs. Kuney, to assume In the meantime provisional ,committees have been ap ~. tE!e duties of engineer, maintenance of way. pointed for the purpose of acquiring new members. The Mr. Kuney was compelled'to relinquish his work last "Big Membership Campaign" of the 250 railroad associa tions throughout the United States has been fixed for the spring on account of severe illness, but after a siege of ,ten days between November 14 and 24, during which time several months has completely recovered his healtb and is it is hoped to add 30,000 new members to the rolls. The once more physically fit to handle the arduous activities;' at Anchorage· branch will make a special effort at that time Anchorage Terminal. to contribute its quota of these new members. . ---- A request has been received from the International com MISSING MEN. mittee at New York City to forward'pictu!'es and aIticles Inquiry has been made of the Alaskan Engineering of the Anchorag~ organization for publication in the Rail ~ Commission concenling the addresses of the following per road Association Magazine, and the request will be com plied with in the near future. sons who are supposed to be in this section of Alaska: Mr. O. A. Kenyon, of long experience in Railroad Y. M. M. A. St. FeteI', formerly of 6 1-2 North Water St., C. A. work, is in active charge of the branch at Anchor Shm'on, Pa., and later 835 Monroe St., Chieago, Ill. He is age. requested to write to Funk & Wagnalls Company, New The provisional committees are as follows: Advisory,' W. DeLong (chairman), K. K. Kuney, E. P. Hedberg; L. C. York., McCoy. Executive, A. Christensen (ehairman), Captain F. . **** Mears, D. D. Vint, C. W. Palmer, C. D. Pollock, 9. A. Ken (:;John Kalgraff and Jack Kaigraff, cousins, formerly of )'on (secretary). Auditing, H. B. Wilkinson (ehairman), linneapolis, Minn. They are requested to write to Sever G. C. Hammond, F-" C. Kobely. Kalgraff, 3D56 Forty-third A venue South, Minneapolis, Minn. WESTERN FREIGHT CLASSIFICATION. Copies of the Western Classification No. 54, together James A. Hubbard, formerly of Tacoma, Wasllington. with the necessary supplements, have been distributed He is requested to write to his wife at 1722 South L street, among' those departments concerned with freight ship Tacoma, Washington. ments, and instructions issued to the employees to fa * " '" '" miliarize themselves with its use. Francis J. Dwyer, formerly of Chicago, Il!. His broth The Western Classification rules \'1m be adopted by er, Thomas Dwyer, of 2200 Hayes St., San Francisco, is the Alaskan Engineering Commission in the future and all anxious to hear from him. freight will be handled on that basis. " 6 ALASKA RAILROiD RECORD Vol. I. No. 1. EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ACT, five per centum; if both are wholly dependent, twenty per centum to each; if one is or both are partly dependent, a proportionate amount in the discretion of the commission. GENERAL PROVISIONS OF NEW LAW. (F) To the brothers, sisters, grandparents and grand children, if one is wholly dependent upon the deceased em " On September 7 the President approved the act passed ployee for support at the time of his death, twenty per by the 64th Congress authoriiing thp., United States Gov centum to such dependent; if more than one are wholly ernment to pay compensation fo~' the disability or death dependent, thirty per centum, divided among such depend of a Government employee resulting from a personal in ents share and share alike; if there is no one of them 'jury sustained ;,vhile in the performance of duty. wholly dependent, but one or more partly dependent, ten The act specifies that no compensation SllUll be paid if per centum divided ·among such dependents share and the injury or death is caused by willful misconduct of the share alike. employee or by the..,employee's intention to bring about the. (G) The compensation of each beneficiary undel· injury or death of himself or of another, or if intoxication clauses (E) and (F) shall be paid for a period of eight of the injured employee is the proximate cause of the in years from the time of the death, unless before that time jury or death. • he, if a parent or grandparent, dies, manies, or ceases to During the first three days' of disability the employeg be dependent, or, if a brother, sister, or grandchild, dies, is not entitled to compensation, but he is entitled to all marries, or reaclle's the age of eighteen, or if over eighteen necessary medical treatment free of charge. and incapable of ·self-support, becomes capable of self- If the disability is total the United States shi\ll pay to the disabled employee during such disability"a monthly th~ act, compensation equal to sixty-six and two·thirds per centum of his monthly pay, limited in amount ali follows: That the monthly compensation for total disability shall not be more than $66.67 nolO less than $33.33, unless the em ployee's montnly pay is less than $33.33, in wldch case his monthly compensation shall be the full amount of such monthly pay. The monthly compensation for partial dis ability shall not be more than $66.67. The act provides that if a partially disabled employee refuses to seek suitable work or refuses to work after suitable work is offered to, procured by, or secm'ed for him he s~ll not'ibe entitled to any compensation. Immediat ly after an injury is sustained by an em ployee while in tile performance of his duty, whether 0<' not disability has arisen, and for a reasonable time there after, the United States shall furnish to such employee reasonable medical, surgical and hospital services and sup plies unless he refuscs to accept them. Such services and supplies shall be furnished by United States medical of ficers and hospitals, but where this is not practicable shall be furnished by private physicians - and hospitals desig nated or "approved by the United States and paid for from ":;;'b~";'::dshall anr! , the employees' compensation fund. If necessary for the home of -=-§ecuring of proper medical, s;urgic~l and hospital .tr,:at be paid and ment the employee in the dIscretion of the commlSSlon, where the may he furnished tr~nsportation at the expense of the em- the cessation ployees' compensation fund. ... such injury, or, jf tli.ere has If death results from the mJury wlthm SIX years the death, more than one yeal·'~ United States shall pay to the following persons for the following periods a monthly compensation equal to the fol lowing percentages of the deceased employee's .monthly pay, subject to the modification that no compensation shall be paid where the death. tak.e:; place m.ore than one ye;ar after the cessation of 1' For good cause shown the comlllission may !l~ such widow or widower and children. The compensation original claims leI' compensation for disability- t~ payable on accQ .... '" of any child ~hall cease \yhen he

Department of the lnte"dor, WAGE SCHEDULE CHANGES. Alaskan Engineel·ing Oommission. Department of the Interior, Supplement No.4 to Tariff No. '4: Alaskan Engineering Commission. , Naming Rules on Coal in Carioads from Moose Supplement No.3 to Wage Schedule No.3: Creek to points between Palmer and The following rate is autllOrized for work on tllis Di Anchorage, inclusive. VtSlOn: Rule No.5. Engineer, CiviL .... , .... Assistant ...... $200.00 Minimum weight, 40,000 lbs., unless marked capacity- Issued October 31, 1916. Effective November 1, 1910. of car is less, in which case marked capacity of car will F. MEARS, Commissioner. govern. In cars of over 40,000 lbs. capacity, 90 per cent of marked capaci~y of CUI" but not more than 72,000 Ibs. NON-EXPENDABLE AUTHORIZATION, Rule No. 10. As" there are no h·ack scales in tllis division, weight Department of tile Interior, of coal shipments will be made by measurement. A ton Alaskan Engineering Commission. of 2,000 lbs. will be the measure of 33.5 cubic feet. . Stores Department, Anchorage, Alaska, November 2, 1916. Rule No. 15. Supplement No.8, Bulletin No. 14: Weights determined at shipping. points will govern in assessing charges on coal, subject to minimum weights TO ALL CONCERNED: nanled herein. Effective at once the following nam<'d parties are au Rule No. 20. thorized to sign NON-EXPENDABLE Requisitions on the A charge of ten cents pel' ton of 2,000" pounds will be Storehouses within the district in which they are located, made for coal loaded by Commission's forces at Moose for theil, use in connection with the requirements of the Creek. Billing Agents will assess charges accol·dingly on Department shown opposite their respective names: way bills. Rate in Cents K. K. KUNEY, Engineer of Maintenance, H~adquarters BETWEEN AND per ton of 2,000 Ibs. C. W. JONES, EditOJ: Headquarters Palmel' ...... 25 W. DeLONG, Matanusl

K. K. Kuney, Engineer Maintenance of Way. Agent. C. G. Jones, Roadmaster. L. C. McCoy, Supetilltendent Bridge and Building Dept. E. P. Hedberg, Master Mechanic. . D. D. Vint, Chief Draftsm=an=. __ FAIRBANKS DIVISION. Herbert Gaytes, Electrical Engineer. (Headquarters-Fairbanks, Alaska.) -> Thomas Riggs, Jr., Commissioner. G. C. Hammond, .Special Disbursing Agent. Frank H./J;lailey, District 'Engineer. G. Fenton Cramer, Special Disbursing Agent. H. B. Wilkinson, Chief Accountant. J. C. Williams, Special Disbursing Agent (Nenana). • H. R. Munson, Chief Timekee)?er: Frank Doner, Chief Timekeep'er. H. W. Knight, 'traveling Auditor. ,J.Y. Hemenway, Line Auditor. ORGANIZATION CHANGES. E. L. Cassel, Liue Auditor. The following changes in the organization of the An- " J. C. Seeley, District Accountant. chorage Division have been made, effective November 1, ::r. G. \Vatts, ·Manager Anchorage. Townsite. 1916: Mr. K. K. Kuney is appointed Engineer, Maintenance T. L. Murphy, Receiving and ForwaTding Agent. of Way, vice Mr. H. P. Warren, transferred to other du George R. Vause, Supt. River Transpoltation. ties. He will report direct to the Commissioner's office. L. R. Moses, Chief Dispatcher. * ...... C. Watson, Trainmaster. H. G. L'ocke, Harbor Master. Mr. W. J. H. Fogelstrom is appointed Office Engineer Fred Lilyman, Superintendent Employment Bureau. and Bridge Engineer. He will report direct to the Com-. Charles W. Jones, Editor Alaska Railroad Record. J. H. Morton, Chief Steward. missioner's office. --c--- " .. .. " Stores Department. Mr. D. D. Vint is appointed Chief Draftsman, vice Mr. W. DeLong, General Storekeeper. Oliver Tubby, resigned. He will report to the Office A. H. Shafer, Storekeeper, Anchorage. H. B. Wells, Storekeeper, Matanuska. Engineer. Wm. Peltier, Storekeeper, Potter Creek. - " " '" .. r ' R. S. Donaldson, Storekeeper, Talkeetna. Mr. C. Watson is appointed Trainmaster. He I')'- port to the Commissioner's office. . , :' Hospital Department. . * * .. ,,' , Dr. E. S .. Reedy, Chief Surgeon, Anchorage. Dr. J. B. Beeson, Surgeon, Anchorage.· Mr. J. H. Morton, Chief Steward, is transferred from Dr. H. W. Stoughton, Surgeon, Moose Creek. the General Storekeeper's Department. He will report to Dr. A. L. Ortina, Assistant Surgeon, Talkel'ltna. the Commissioner'.s 09ffice. Dr. H. O. Schaleben. Surgeon, Potter Creek. ~---'- MATA.NUSKA DISTRICT. NOTICE. (Headquarters-Matanuska, Alaska.) Copies of the Alaska Railroad Record are on sale at, C. R. Breck, jr., District Engineer. R.M. McLean, Assistant Superintendent Construction. the following places in Anchorage: L. F. Vaile, Assistant Engineer. BAXTER'S NEWS STAND. E. O. Archibald, Assistant Engineer. Z. J. LOUSSAC. E. J. Prendergast, Resident Engineer. J. J. WArBLE._ F .. T. Youngs, Resident Eng:inem·. , ilrolld

Volume I. ANCHORAGE, ALASK... <\, 'l'UESDAY, NO'i,;""ENIBllJR 21, 1916. N o. ,>

inches in diameter and stands 105 f~et above Aiaska Railroad Record room fioor. All open ·t)\pe .vi vided with a capacity for heating 15,000 of Official ,Publication of the Alaskan Engineerin~ per hour from a tempet'ature of 50 degrees to 2()5 degrJes Commission. F. Exhaust steam -will. be utilized for heating Ule ma chine shop and this heater is of a type ospecially de!;ign('d for use in connection with this service. Two direct current generators, of 75 kilowatt capacity each, direct connected tc· tandem compound high-speed engines, will furnish pmver to the shop for driving the machine tools and traveling crane. A steam driven two-stage 'air COmpI'GSSOr will furnish the shop with air for the vadous hand tools and hois~s. • • A steam pip1:r.lin.~ will be carried from the power plant to the shop tv serve the steam hammers, . The ftrst unit for providing energy for light and for power outside tlle shop consists of an 100-kilowatt, 2300~ volt, GO-cycle three-phase ganGrator, driven at 3600 revo to the lutions per minute by a steam turbine of the Curtis type. A second unit of tht'ee times this capacity has been orrlered for delivery next spring. The usual switchboard for a Address all Communications: plant of this size is provided. • ALASKA RAILROAD RECORD, No electric wires will cross any of the railroad tracks Anchorage, Alaska. in the yard overhead, but instead are being laid in con duits under the tracks, all high tension conductors being ANCHORAGE POWER PLANT. lead cove1'ed cables. This is necessary to avoid in~erIel' ence with pile drivers' and with the booms of the locomc ,tiye cranes which are continually moving abollt tlle yard The power s':ation now in course of construction by in the handling of construction material for the terminal, the Commission at Anchorage is designe~l to furnish and for the main amI branch lines. electricity for light and power in the town of AncllO!'age The distribution in the yard and town will be of the and to the buildings, dock, shops and yard of the railroad usual 2300-volt three-phase three-wire system, with single terminal. phase three-wire secondaries. AU energy sold will be, metered. The distance from the power station to the cen Part of the station equipment, such as boilers, fec'\ ter of disl-ribution in the town of ATicho:rage is about 6,000 pumps, direct current generators and air compr,?ssor, WJ;~ feet. , in service on the Panama Canal work and has been trans UNITED STATES TRANSPORT CROOK. ferred to Anchorage. For economy and convenience in furnishing electric It is announced that the United States Transport energy, compressed air and steam to the shop, the powel;' Crook will not make another trip to Anchorage this sea J..~ouse is situp.ted about 50 feet from the machine shop son. Early mixt .spring the .vessel will ·rcsume service ~Unding, . between this port and Seattle, being under charter to the 't~ fuel will be Matanuska coal brought directly from Alaskan Engineering Commission for another yeal'. Dur this' newly opened field by rail, and dumped from tbe cars ing the winter the Crook will undergo extensive ovcrhaul into bunkers whence it will be fed by gravity ·to the boiler ing and repairs at one of the Pacific Coast navy yard:;, room floor in front of the furnaces .. The boiler .plant consists of four water-tube boilers, DISBURSJNG OFFICE, set in two batteries of two each. The pressure \vill be 150 pounds, without super-heat, The heating surface of The total disbursements of the office at Anchc·rage for each boiler is approximately 1750 square feet, and the the period November 8 to November 14 totaled $108,122.61. capacity of each is accordingly about 175 boilet, horse The payment of salaries and wages a.mounted to $87,- rower, or a total of 700 horsepower. The stack was built 188.85; for local purchases, $4322.36; to contractors $16,- in Seattle, is of sheet iron, weighs 15,000 pound!;, is 72 197.14; other expenditures $414.26 . • •

]0 ALAS :A RAILROAD RECORD Vol. 1. No.2. WEEKLY PROGRESS REPORTS. Steam Heating. One boilet· was shn-ted at the Central Heating Plant this week. Work on Cottages Nos. 21, 23 and 25, and the .... Anchorage Division. Telegraph and "Telephone Duildin'\, was practically com pleted. Satisfactory progress has cen made on COttH.gCS Following nn~ the prop'ess reports of the various de Nos. 20 arid 2'T."""""The steam heating equipment of Hospital No.2 is 95 per cent complete. par~ments of Anchorage Division for the week ending ::-:1ovember 11, 1916; I\lechanical Department. " Engines Nos. 1, 221, 265 and 280 received repairs at the Machine Shop during the week. Progl'csS has been made MAINTENANCE OF WAY. on the installation of shop machinery. The IW-inch lathe Tracklaying. is complete and ready for motor' connection. A complet;e No track was laid during the past week. The trae1;: 'set of new grates was placed in Engine No.5 and this en laying Oll ~Iatanuska Branch has been completed to Kings f!:ine sent to Moose Creek for service at the Doherty Riyer, and no more h'uck will be laid here during the coal spur. The shop performed the usual alllount of mis win~e\·. cellanGous work. Steam Shovel. Electrical Depilrtmcnt. Steam shovel No.1 excavated 2344 cubic yards of ma Very satisfactOl'Y progress was made in the installa terial, distributed as follows; tion of the electrical lllachinery. The carpenters will be Ballasting Matanuska Branch ...... 2140 yards out of the way in the Power Plant within a few days and Filling Birchwcod Pump S~ation ...... 144 yards the electrical forces can then make much better prog Grading Matanuska Branch...... 60 yards. ress with the installation of conduits, switch boards and The steam shovel work on the J\Iatanuska Branch has the other equipment. been completed for the season and the shovel is tied up. ~ Brid}es-Turnagain Arm District. IIIATANUSKA DISTRICT. The bridge work 011 Turnagain Arm District has been completed for this season. i't1atanuska Branch. Bridges-Main Line. Work on the The decking for Bridge No. 10 is 90 per cent completed. closed down for Ail bridge work on the :Main Line as far as Matanuska WIll 130,000 yards of be discontill}fcd for this season upon the completion of and placed as Bridge No. fo, which will he within three or four days. The baJ1asting Kings River is Bridges---:'Ilatanuska Branch. Granite Creek Pile driving is complete on Bridge NO.4. Bridges Nos. an point." 5, .. and 8 are completed. The bridge work on the Mata l1uska Branch will be discontinued for the season upon satis-- completion of Bri(lge ~o. 4. 25. A , I 36 on the Buildings. also be fin- Carpenter worl;: on the Cold Storage Plant was com 'pleted and the building m~lde ready for the installation of when the wagon )'oad be the refrigerating plant, work upon which will be rushed stretch north of Kings as fast as possib!e. on the residency hea(l- The three-room cottages on Anchorage Townsite al'e at Mile 28 on the Branch about" D3 per cent complete. All carpenter work is com should be complete{l plete and the plastering is complete on two of these cot tages. TIle other five cottages have one coat of plaster. i The fi.-e-room cottages al'e,DO per cent complete; fOl1r ure plastered. The Anchorage School House is 50 per cent complete. All exterior ".-ork, siding, roofing and window frames are finished. Cottage Xo. 21 is 0;:; per cellt complete, nnd :No. 2D is 50 per rent complete and now read,' for lathing and plas tering. The Chief Sur~eon's house is 50 per cent COlll soon as camps ;:~i~~:J'\~h:::~ plete and read)' for lathlllg and plastering. _ . will be permitted to The interior carpenter work of Hospital No.2 is ;:;0 per clearing,be let although and the cars, ~;:~;;[~i:~i]:~i~;:~ cent complete. A·lm·ge force has been working on this cannot be furnished them until the building during- the week and making satisfactor;' prog freezes, probably about the first of the year. ress. The carpenter work on the l\"lachine Shop is com As soon as the river is frozen freighting will commence plete, except for hanging one large door. The carpenter on the Branch, with all the equipment available, 'and suf work on the Power House is about lJO p'er cent complete, ficient supplies and material cached to complete all work amI should be finished in four or five days. 'fwo of the to' Chicaloon. boilers have been bJ"icked in and wo,'k started on the other A' ,. At the pt'csent time .there are 125 men on the payroll two. at Kings River and east of that point. ) Painting. lIIain Line. . The painting of the interior woodwork of the cottages has progressed satisfactorily and· at Hospital No. 2 Work on the main line has progressed sati,4.:\ctorily.· as rapidly as the carpenter work woul(l permit. There are but two contracts uncompleted south of Knik Water Service and Plumbing. Wagon Road, and both of these will finish this month. The plumbing work on Hospital No.2 is D.'i pcr cent North of the Wagon Road there remain fifteen grading complete; the plumbing on Anchorage SchOOl Buifding is contracts in operatiou, all but five of which will be COil1- ,0 per cent complete. Plumbing on Cottages Nos. 15, 21, pleted this month. 2:1, 2;;, 26, 27,28 and 34 is 65 per cent completc, and the The right-of-way contractol'S north of the Little Su plumbers are waiting on the carpenters. sitna.. River have all filiished, with the exception of Hath The Commission Water Service Department has done away & Co., who will probably fmish within the next tW'J the u~ual amount of misce\1aneous work and is working weeks. When this contract is completed all right-of-way on the cesspool of Cottage ~o. 20. The water line to the work will have been finished to a point one mile soulh c'f Cold Storage Plant has been installed. A force is at work Willow Creek. frost-proofing the Main OfOce Building, Commissary No. Winter camps have been established 'at Mile HiG :'.I1'! . 1 amI Uunk House No.4. , at Mile 174, .aml. as soon as there is sufficient sno,,"!nll 11 Vol. 1. No.2. ALASKA RAI"LROAD RECORD TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE DEPARTi\1ENT_ "" freighting north of the Little St\~itna RiYer will begin ~\nd Seward Division . the establishment of the neceSS~1 v caches nmde_ Construction forces are gradually being reduced, with .. Matanuska Townsite. 3 view to suspending work for the whlter. The recent At :;..Iatanuska the .... arious buildings 'are being pl~ced storlll around Turnagahl Arm interrupted service but a in shape for the wiri.:er. Foul' three-room cotbges, ~(J ;( 'few hours between Anchorage and Kern Creek. No trou 24 feet, are under construction and will bp used by tile ble was e;(perienced where copper clad wire was in serv munied employees at that place. ice. 1he linemen frequently find it torn down by trees, but no breaks have occurred so far. . On the night (If the election the telegraph operators TURNAGAIX AR~I DISTRICT. hamUed the ec!uivalent of 20,000 words. Outside of An Clearing Right of Way_ chorage, bulletins were delivered at Kern Creek, Anchor Clearing has been completed from Anchorage to a age 'l'el"llJinal Yards and Matmluska. • point three-fourtlls of a mile north of Indian Creek, a dis . Anchorage_Matanuska_ tance miles, with the e;(ception of one mile in the On account (If the delay in moving the telephone ex oY1~~ changc, the maximum usc is not being derived from thIS .... icinity of :lIcHugh Cl·eek. Three clearing gangs are new circuit recently strung between Anchorage and Mat· making good progress between Indian Creek and one mile anuska. A small force of Illen is engag:d in installing north of Glacier Creek. telephones in the booths and section houses .0Jl this line. Grading. Here also the superiority of the copper-clad over the solid " copper wire has been proven during the week. The cop Grading is completed from Anchorage to a point 1O~; per wire has been intenupted foul' times by blasting and rniles. south. by falling trees, while the copper-clad wire was uninjured, The steam shovel is making good progress in the big although Qn the same line. , cut north of Big Rabbit Creek. The nanow gauge track Matanuska Branch. Men are now en route from the 'l'urnagahl Arm District is completed from Big Rabbit Creek to one-half mile north to Kings Rb:el' wher~ they will push the temporary line to .....,..... Potter Creek and the filling in of the temporary trestle the mouth of the Cillcaloon. to Big Rabbit Creek is now in progress. Turnagain ~\rm Lino:!. The station gang working out of Putter Creek north The recent storm tore down considerable of this line, has connected up 'with the narrow gl·ade thrown up by but because of the quality of the wire, there were ltO breaks and communication was restored within a few wheelbarrows some time ago and are widening out to hours. This line i ... proving invaluable in maintainilJg con full width. nection with Sewal'd. Three station gangs just south of Potter Creek and Electric Light and Power. eight gangs in the 'vicinity of Rainbow Creek are making The small p'ant furnishing light for the general offi"e, satisfactory progress. Xo new station work was let dur general stores and mess building is carrying considerable of ~n overload at certailJ hours of the day. The attempt ing the week on account of all teams being used to get to reduce the number of lights in use has been unSUccess / in winter supplies and thawing weathe)' making it prac ful so far. _-\s the dock-lighting pJant will not be needed tically impossible to get supplies over the trail betweel) after ~losc of navigation, consideration of the plan to 'use it to help out the headquarters' plallt is suggested, unless Potter and TIainbow Creeks. there is need for it elsewhere. • Buildings. During the \veek, besides the roughing-in of wiring on The foundation for the depot at Potter Creek is prac- the various cottages, worK was in progress on HospitrrJ·' tically completed. Xo_ 2, :'IIachine Shop and _-\nchorage Fire House. at Potter Creek is completed, e;(ccpt Anchorage Telephone E:.:cllange. The warehouse The number of commet·cial telephones in use i.~ 90; the th"e windows. number of free telephones in use 58; and the number of The warehouse at Rainbow Creek is completed, e;(cept withheld orders 1::. the windows. A storm during the week damaged the ---- oyerhang and about 25 per cent of the main J·oof. The CO~\L CO~TRACT AWARDED. roof is now being repaired. :\Iiscellaneous. " A cont'rad providing - for the purchase of 7000 long The camp at Potter Creelc..is now about no per cent tons of coal at $6 per ton has been awarded to R G. complete. An of the cottages and the office buildings Doherty b}· ·the Alaskan Engineering Commission, ·de arc ready for occupancy, and the district headquartel'~ liveJ'Y to be made at the Commission's coal bu~kers at win be moved to that place within a few days. :'Iloose Creek on or befote :'IIa;>' \, 1917. Sheep Creek Camp is about 80 per cent completed. A It is stipulated that the coal is to be hand-picked and tWO-I.OOm emergency hospital, size 16 x 32 feet, is undeJ' screened and ft'ee from bone, rock, shale and other foreign construction at that point. ' matter. The contractor has agref'd to construct suitable ;<.IcHugh Creek Camp is about 80 per c;ent completed, sorting tables and screens in order that all coal may ,'ar.'l R!linbow Creek Camp about !l5 per eent completed., m~et the above requirements. ~-\ two-room emergency hospital, site 16 x 32 feet, is V \ 1ln,ler construction at the latter place. 'fRAI:\" SERVICE SOUTH_ . 'Considerable delay has been e:~perienced in getting A mi;(etl train will leave Anchorage pa~;senp"l· ,l('pot the different cam'ps completed on account o. the lack at 1:00 p. Ill. Tuesdays, Thursdays awl Sat'I1'dav;> fo!' "' (If roofing and lumber. Uabbit, IDA miles south of Anchorage, the (m<1 of" track. Bridges. Returning, wi!! leave Rabbit the same da\/" at 1 ;·10 i.ll'-' )-jving at Anchorage at 2:10 p. m. . , Bridge Xo, 1122, across Chestel· Creek, which was re ported fl5 per cent complete in last week'~ report, is now ~OTICE. finished. Trail_ The Alaska Railroall Record is published every Tues day afternoon. Heads of departments will conft'r a favor The trail between TIainbow and Indian Creeks is prac by advising, prior to Saturday afternoon, the number of tically completed. It is now possible to ride a horse copies of tlH: succeedint; week's issue required. Telephone: through to Indian Creek. Editorial Department 80.Y. 1:1 Vol. r. No.2.

RAILROAD TRAIX SCHEDULE. Anchoruge, Alaska, Oct. 30, 1916. Tr:lnsportation' Circular No. H. (Super.sedes- Transportation Circular :No. 12, drtteq September 20, 1916.) Effective 12;01 a. m., \Vednesday, No\'embt'r 1, 1916, a mixed passenger and freight train will be run be, h>e€n Anchorage and )'Iatanuska, and between :\Iatanuska and ~oose Creek on the following schedule;

~ORTHBOli~D )'IA1N LI:-iE SOUTHBOUND :Yonday \\"edncsday and Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, onlr. "', "I Saturday, only. I.e.·lYe 9:00 a.. m. 0.0 Anchorage Arrive 2:45 p. m. ·t:9 9;25 4.9 ,\'bitne~·. 2:30 'i .3 9:'55 12.2 Kune~' 2:10 9.7 j 10;40 21.9 Birchwood 1:35 5.6 11:00 27.5 Eklutna 1:10 9.0 36.f; ),Iatanuska. ~ Leave 12:40 p. m.

,; XORTHBoe:-."D ),IAT_-\XUSKA BRANCH SOUTHBOUND ),londa)', \\'ednesd?-y and Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, onl~'. Saturday, only. Leaye 12;45 p. Ill.. 36.5 ),[atan'lska' Arrive 11 :40 a. m. , 6.4 ).:20 4::!.9 Palmer 11:10 6.6 Arrive 1 :5" p. m. 49.5 ),[oose Creek Leave 10:30 a. m. ~ixed train leaving Anchcl'age northbound ,-dll stop just Xorth of road crossing, Tel1ninal Yard, Anchorage. O\\ing to working conditions this schedule is onl~' tentative, and the Commission reserves the right to change it without notice. : 'This schedule is XOT in effect as a time earn authorizing the moyement of trains, and all trains \vill continue to run e:>.:tra 3.3 heretofore. ! F.·)'IEARS, Gommission?r.

, / DAILY 'WEATHER DATA. The following table shows the weather conditions prevailing at Anchorage for the period Xovember 8 to No- \-ember l.!, indush'e: • DATE TE:'oIPERAT'GRE PHECIPITATIO:S- WIXD COXDITIOX OF HARBOR , ::;Iax. )'lin. Snowfall Snow on ),liles per Ground Hour Xo\'. 8 ...... 26 -15 none 4.5 4.0 Ice F.loes. XO\·. !l ...... 13 , ncne 4.5 3.2 Ice Floes. Xo;·. 10 ...... 17 • ," trace 4.5 4.5 Ice Floes. Xov. 11 ...... 32 16 none 4.0 3.6 Ice _Floes. Xo.-. 12 ...... 38 30 none 3.0 5." Ice well scattered. 0" 00 ~o". 13 ...... 49 "0 none trace .~ .... Thaw-Harbor clear. -Xo.-. 14 ...... 47 '26 none none 4.5 Shores clear of ice. RAILROAD Y.:'I1. C. A, CA:\lPAIGX. is maintained. Pictures of the competing teams will ap pear in the official organ of the associatIOn, the Railroad An energetic campaign for members for the Anchor Association ).Iagazine, together with an article on the age branch of the Railroad Y. :'II. C. A. is being conducted work at Anchorage. under the auspices of two rh'al teams, the "Hustlers" and The annual dues of the Association are $5, and the the' Rustlers." Tbe goal has -been set far 200 members initiation fee fixed at S2, payable $3 with the application and'much friendly ri~'ah'Y' is being manifested by the for membership and $4 ",ithin thirty days thereafter. teams to enrol! the larger number. The campaign began The membership tickets are to, be dated from the time on Xovember 14 and is scheduled to dose on Xovember 24, the new dub house is occupied by the Anchorage branch and h ..• the first week in December it is e~--pected that the and these tickets will be honored generally by the othe~ Anchorage branch Voill be in active operation. associations throughout the United States. The "R~stlers" were leading the race for members at the end of the first th'e'days of the campaign. Tnis team U. S. TROOPS ARRIVE. J. is composed of the folloVoing: A. B. Cummings, captain; A detachment of 40 men, of Companies A and C, 14th Ed Oldrin, recorder; E! Werner, G. A. Stanton, Frank Infantry, 1]. S. A., under command of Lt. C. A. Ross, ar Schultz, C. T. Boyles amI Roy Trachsel. rived in Anchorage November 17 by the steamer Maripo,;a The "Hustlers" expect to "rustle" into firSt" place at and will be stationed pennanently at this place. Tempo the fini.;,h through the efforts of the follo\.ing person rary barracks have been provided for the troops hy the nel: William Fox, captain; E. G. Hinde, recorder; J. A. A!a.<;kan Engineering Commission. \\,ilkinsnn, E. )IcPhee, Charles Patten, J. A. Ince, Dan )Iclnnes, John Lund, Olicar Strande, G. K. Sharples, A. F. SUSITXA LIGHT EXTI~GUISHED. Gi\1issen, A. Bedier, L. G. Hartley and Emmet Mondor. 'The riyal teams meet every eyening at supper at the The light at the mou'th of the Susitna River, which was Anchorage mess hal!, where special tables have been re installed last summer by the U. S. Light House Service served for them during the campaign. Placards posted as an aid to river navigation, was extinguished on Octobel' abo.·e the tableli announce the results achieved by the 25. It will be relighted as soon as the river traffic opens teams each day, and thus general intere;;;t in the contest next spring. • VoL I. N.j. 2. 13

F AIRBAXliS DIVISION" NOTES.

ties on the lIIalanu",I'" Bl'anch no!-th of Kings HI...",.; 30,OfiB NEW TRANSPORTATION FORMS. ,'ailromj tie'" 9'" the IIlaln Line betweEn An('ho,.";.:,, and lIlal,,· nu~k", 40,000 railroad t!~s on til" lira]" Lin" MtWN'" Lltt!" Dep::lrtment of the InlkrioI' 'Willow C,'eel< and She.p Creek. Final deHn'-y to be .Iune 1, Alaskan Engineering Com!llission lilH. Bills must be <"closet! In ~ .. alHI c'''~lo)les ,,,,<1 "<1,h'c~", HI to the Gonn"a! Storel,ecp<.>r, Anchom«e, ,A1"s!"" ",,

MISSING MEN. to the Inquiry has been made of the Alaskan of chn"ges billed Commission concerning the addresses of the . persons who are supposed to be in this-section of Alaska: Stations nne ,,"[red J. G. Day, formerly of Gloster, Miss, R. F. D. 1. H'? is requested to wdte to his family at.that place. • • • • W. J. Bishop, formerly of Marfa, Texas. He is re quested to write to Mrs. Mary Bishop, P. O. Box 305, ·Marfa, Tex. • • • Pete,' Bernardo, formerly of Newarl" New Jersey. He is requested to write at once to Mrs. Bernardo, 748 Bel" gen St., Newark, N. J. OF CO~IPAXY t * * ~ to co,·p,· all co,,'- "i':::.\',,1 t,·ansmittell to tl," Carl Hange, a native of Norway, formerly of Everett, - Washington. His mother, ilirs. Inga 'Hange, Eox 1-15, is re_ Treadwell, Alaska, is very anx.ic~s to hear from him.

NOTICE.

It is desired that all employees having families notify the General Storekeeper of their winter requirements for wood, showing the number of ricks or cords desired, to gether with length of same. This pro.cedure ill necessary in order that the Storekeeper may go ahead on a reason able basis find have this wood cut and delivered as fast as available. As soon as the order is completely delivered at any employee's house, the ·General StorekeQpet· will request settlement for the same in th.e usual manner. F. MEARS, Commissioner. L":-;"COLLECTBD ---- PHEPAID, 'A~l) RETAIL COMMISSARY HOURS. ) . . by a;;-ents to co,·er such items aH the Accountl,:,g Dep"'·tm~nt. The retail commissary at Anchorage is open fa The followin';" form~ ae'" prepared in· copyin;;- Ink, and business from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. every week day. It is ,,«ents will take lmpre""lon copies· of sueh forms In 'he prope,· .book kept at thei,. ~tatlonH for that purpose: c1os~d all day on Sundays and holidays. FOR:\rS 392 3~8 ~08 40n :;,~ 4DO 405 41~ BOATS LEAVE FOR WINTER QUARTERS. 3~6 402 407 415 4lS. __~~FC" )'lfo:ARS, Comm;8sione'·. The tugs L. Roscoe and Anne W., with a to Xo,·embe,· 25. 1916, fo,· th ... i"t"nb;i1ing of 50,000 rail"oad ment left at Seward for the winter. ailrond rcord. •

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proaches. Treated piling exclusively has been used on the Aiaska Railroad Record work. • Seward Yards. Additional material and industrial spurs and side ·Official-Publication of the Alaskan Engineering tracks have been graded and ballasted within the yard Commission. limits, and a rail approach to the Seward dock constructed. Kern Creek Work. The pllrpose of the ALASKA RAILROAD RECORD [s to furnish each week In a concise form current Informatfon con_ Station contracts have been let for practically all the eern;ng the operation and construction of the Governmel'\t clearing and grading between Kern Creek and Glacier ~nway system in Ala~k". The subscription price is $1 per Creek. Headquarters for this work have been established - --YO}.;n for delivery in the United States and its possess[,,"s, "no in Canada. Cuba. l'>iexico and Panama. Single copies 5 at Kern Greek, the end of steel, where a warehouse, cents. powder magazine and camp buildings have been built for ~ For de]iYery [n other countries, to which the ,)aj1"~ mu~t the storage and distribution of the construction material be forwarded under foreign posta] rates, a .,har".,- of 50 ccnts Is added for oo"t"g", makIng the subscription $1.~O p •• ,. yea.', and supplies necessary for the winter's work. Communi-' Yearly subscriptions are entered as beginning at the first cation between Kern and Glacier Creeks has been greatly of the quarter of the yea,. In which received and expire at the facilitated by the construction of a sled trail between the beginn!ng of the corresponding quarter of the following year. When subscriptions are received after the beo;innlng" of a two places. quarter the back numbers whiCh bave been issuea durin:; that All the timbers and iron for the Kern Creek bridge quarter wi!! be forwarded when available. have been delivered at the bridge site and construction The paper is published free to United States Governmant departments. representati\'es of foreign governments, publlc work is moving ahead rapidly. The piling for piers, libraries and employee" of the Alaskan Engineering Com bents. and false work have already. been driven. mission. Remlttanc~s for sub~crlptlons may be forwarded to the Force Report. ALASKA RAILROAD RECORD at the address below.' There were 747 employees on the payrolls of the Seward .Division on Saturday, November 18, distributed as follows: Address all Communications: Headquarters Office ...... 10 • ALASKA RAILROAD RECORD, Engineering...... 36 Shops and yards ..••...... ·...... 43 Anchorage, Alaska. Stores and Dock ...... 22 Track, Grade, Ballast and Bridges ...... 398 Stationmen ...... 186 Seward Division Notes. Stationmen's Laborers ...... 52 ASSIGNMENT OF COTTAGES, A report from Seward, under date of November "23, , gives the following general information concerning the The cottages erected by the Alaskan Engineering Com work of the Seward Division: mission on Blocks 16 and 17, Anchorage Townsite, for the Alaska Northern Railway. use of Commission employees have been assigned as fol The main line of the Alaska Northern Railway has lows: been relocated from Seward to Mile 45. To date, 22 miles Blotk 16. of the old line have been fully reconstructed into a stand House No. 23-.lot Itl ...... W. DeLong ard roadbed by stationmen and extra gangs, and substan House No. 24-lot 8 .....•...... T. L. Murphy tial improvement made both in grade and alignment. Ten House No. 25-10t 7 ...... J. G. Watts f station gangs ilre still at work on line changes between House No. 26-lot 8 ...... Dr. C. C. Benedict Seward and Mile 59. House No. 27-10t 9 ...... R. N. Moyer Six miles .of old, second-hand 56-lb. steel rail have House No. 28-lot 10 ...... R. D. Chase been replaced by new 65-lb. and 70-lb. rails, and the re House No. 34-lot 12 ...... : ..... E. O. Arbuckle maining eleven miles of 56-lb. steel will be replaced in the House No. 36-lot K. Kuney . . - 11 ...... le ring Block 17. 'Ail the old Alaska Norlhern bridges from Seward to House No. 16----lot 1...... ~ .. F. U. Mayhew t ern Creek have been inspected and the necessary repairs House No. 17-10' 2...... • ...... H. B. Wilkinson made to permit the operation of light traffic. A new tim House No. IS-lot 3 ...... C. Watson ber bridge consisting of five 56-foot pony truss spans has House No. 19-10' 4 ...... J. H. Robinson been completed across Res)lrrection River at Mile 3. House No. -20-1ot 5 ...... F. C. Kobely About 19 miles of roadbed between Seward and Mile House No. 21-10' 6 ...... A. Christensen 40 have' been ballasted. Contracts have been let to House No. 35-10' 7 ...... •...... -Fred Lilyman . Sweeney and McDonald for the culvert work between Kern and Glacier Creeks, and to J: D. Johnston between Mile 9 and Mile 12. ANCHORAGE DISBURSING OFFICE. Seward Dock. ' I , The total disbursements of the office at Anbhorage for The' construction of the Seward commercial dock is the period November 15 to November 21 totaled $79,216.42. progressing satisfactorily, the main part of the dock be The payment of salaries and wages amounted to $58,- tng about 85 per cent complete. PHe driver and bridge 309.87; for local purchases $.898.47; to contractors $18,- crews are now putting in the railroad and street ap- 501.91; other expenditures $1506.17. 18 RECORD Vol. 1. No.3. WEEKLY PROGRESS REPORTS.' building of camps and roads and miscellaneous .work pre liminary to the letting of station contracts. The camp at Kings River is about 80 per cent complete ....., Anchorage Division. and construction of Camp 28, about three miles east of Kings River, has been started. At the forks of the Chica loon and Matanuska Rivers, Mile. 36, work on the winter Following are the progress reports of the various cle- camp is progressing satisfactorily and is now· about 50 per o partments of Anchorage Division for the week ending No- cent complete. The wagon road between Kings River and vember 18: . Mile 28 will be comyleted during the coming week, as will -----'- the pack trail over the first two miles west of the Chica MAINTENANCE OF WAY. loon forks. Next week construction of a wagon road from Mile 36 Tt-acklaying. to Mile 38 will be commenced, and when this is finished all During the week a total of 1703 feet of track was' the wagon roads planned for this fall will have been completed. 0 laid in the wye at Kings River. The steel gang will be Most of the head stationmen to whom contracts are to laid off on Sunday, November 19. be lef are now on the ground, accompanied by members Bridges-l'tlatanuska Branch. of their gangs, and are temporarily engaged building The bridge work on the Matanuska Branch has been camps and performing miscellaneous force account work. completed for the winter, and the bridge gang working The gangs will be moved to their stations as fast as there transferred to the jurisdiction of the Matanuska Dis contracts are let. . triet Engineer for the purpose of driving bridges on the Amont: the station gangs to receive contracts are the Main Line north of Matanuska. following; consisting of 10 to 25 men each: • .' Buildings. • Erickson & Co.," Pappadis & Co., John Furno & Co., Machinery has been installed in the Cold Storage Plant Henry Johnson & Co.. ; Aronsqn & Co., Delich & Co., 1(a1'- ».. and placed in operation, with excellent results. gin & Co., Shedin & Co., Pappas & Co., Henry Hanson & The contract work on the three-room cottages on An Co., Svarko & Co., Pete Iverson & Co., Jankow & Co.; Nick chorage Townsite is practically compJ.eted. The Commis Davis & Co. and Mike Divyak & Co. A ..., sion's forces wi!! install the cupboards and other neces- , Resident Engineer Spangler of Residency F, with hiat¥" sary conveniences not shown on the original plans. All quarters at the mouth of the Chicaloon River, has moved of these cottages are now plastered, with the exception of to his work, and Resident Engineer Young of Residency ~. Nos. 20 and 3l. E, with headquarters at Mile 28, will be moved to his work No carpenter work was done on the Commissioner's on November 27. Assistant Engineer Archibald, now in residence or on the Anchorage School Building during the hospital, will probably be able to resume his duties the past week. within two weeks. . A latge force has been working on the interior wood Main Line. work in Cottage No. 21, which i~ow practically com Owing to open weather, work on the Main Line is pro pleted. The work on Hospital No.2 was hurried as much gressing very favorably, and by the first of December an as possible; the carpenter work at the Power Plant was bnt five or six contractors will have finished their stations. completed. It is expected that these latter will complete their work Painting. about Christmas. Difficulty has been experienced in securing a sufficient The camp force at Camp 174 has been reduced to a. number of painters to keep up with the finished carpenter minimum and Mr. L. F. Vaile's residence party disorgan work. At the Machine Shop about 76 per cent of the first ized, releasing· him for his duties as Assistant Engineer. coat has been applied. Mr. J. E. Prendergast, Resident Engineer at Camp 166,'" Water Service and Plumbing. will handle the work on Mr. Vaile's former residency in The plumbing of Cottages Nos. 25 and 36 has been future and will also take over the uncompleted section of completed. A small force has been at work on the other Mr. Young's residency as soon as Mr. Young is transferred cottages, the plumbing being installed as fast as the car to the Branch Line. . "'-w: penter work permitted. At Hospital No.2, the plumbing Hathaway & Co., the last of the right-of-way contract work is complete, with the exception of placing three ors at work north of the Little Susitna dver, will finish fixtures. During the week five fixtures were installed their contract next week. in the General Office Building and four in Bunk" House It is proposed to advertise for bids next month cover No.3. ing right-of·way clearing from the end of the present Steam Heating. cleared section,just south of Willow Creek to the end of the Matanuska District at Sheep Creek. This contract will The CentIal Heating Plant was. practically completed be let to an organization with a sufficient number of men and is now in operation. Forces were also at work on Hos to keep them on the work until May 16, 1917. This will pital No.2, Anchorage School Building and on the Com dispose of the objection to winter clearing of right-of-way, missioner's residence. as the contractors will be able to come back over theIr i\lechanical Department. work in the spring after the snow is gone and clean up'~ Running repairs were made on engines Nos. 1, 221, fallen timber covered by snow during the winter. . ~ 265 and 280 during the week. New grates ·were placed A camp building outfit is being organized to construct in Engine No. 280. .. camps on the Main Line north of the Little Susitna River, The heating system piping was taken out of Coach No. and this camp construction, as well ·as tile freighting of 1 and a stove installed. Considerable work was done in supplies, will be started as soon as there is sufficient 1'-now~ connection with the installation of machinery in the Cold full. . .. Storage Plant. A large number of miscellaneous job::; ·were A piledriver gang will bellin work early ne:-..i; w~. finished by the shop during the week. starting north on the Main LlTIe and driving all tresn s Electrical Department. as they advance. This will prevent any delay to tf"_ ·k~ Good progress was made in the installation of machin laying in the spring on account of undriven trestle~. ery at the Power Plant. Two of the boilers were given Matanuska Townsite. trial tests and are now ready for service. Practically all work on the townsite has been com Miscellarteous. pleted. The streets, roads, culverts and crossings are in The station gang re-sloping and widening the cut fi'om fairly good shape. The wa-ter system has been completed Station 3974 to 3990 have completed their contract. and should cause no further trouble during the winter. Work was started on a mess hall for the use of the The four cottages being built for married employees detachment of the 14th Infantry now stationed at Anchor are about 75 per cent completed and should be ready for age. The size of the building is 30 x 40 feet. occupancy by Novem.ber 30. MATANUSKA DISTRICT. TURNAGAI·"'N;-ACCR::MCC DISTRICT. '""'- Matanuslla Branch. Clearing Righ~·of-Way.· Work on the Matanuska Branch is still confined to the Satisfactory progress is being made with the clearing Vol. I. No.3. ALASI{A"" RAILROAD RECORD 19

of right-of-way between Indian and Glacier Creeks. The It is estimated that a force of, possibly 60 men will stretch 'from Anchorage to a point three-quarters of a be employed at Camp 221 in connection with the crib Wtlrk there during a portion of the winter. At Camp 245, Dead .... mile north Of Indian Creek is. practically finished. Horse Hill, the force should be considerably less, since Grading. only the sawmill crew, and possibly some loggers, will be The steam shovel working in the cut north of Big working out of that place. ., The headquarters of the Tal Rabbit Creek continues to make good progress. The ma keetna District Office will also be located for the winter terial is being hauled south 1 % miles and uSl;!d to fill in at Camp 245. 'the temporary trestle just north of Little Rabbit Creek. The camps at Mile 241 and 255 (approximately) are The temporary approach trestles to Big Rabbit Creek resident engineering camps only. were filled in during the week, the crown of the fill being Mail Service. about 12 feet wide. The station gang north of Potter Creek, working Rel;-ular mail service between Anchorage and 'Talkeetna double shift, is removing about 400 yards of material pet· has been inaugurated, and it is thought, in view of the day. Three station gangs just south of Potter Creek good trails and roads prepared during this month, that and eight gangs in the vicinity of Rainbow Creek are no difficulty should be experienced in securing a weekly doing good work. T~kamis & Co. will finish their con service between these points after December 1st. tract at Rainbow Cre withiJil a few days. Next week twelve station gangs wil ·,g.rrt:ontracts for grading work. TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE DEPARTMENT. . Seward Division. f Buildings. Storms and floods between Spencer Glacier and Kern The repairs to the warehouse at Rainbow Creek, which Creek made extra work for the construction force. Ow was damaged by wind, will be completed as soon as roofing ing to a detour in the line at Mile 53, the snow slide at paper is received. that point did no damage to the wh·es. When the trestle at Twenty Mile River went out during the recent floods, is slow on account the brackets holding the through wire pulled loose, for over the trail. Recent" tunately preventing serious interruption. . between Potter Creek The Sewa~d wire between Summit and Anchorage ex horses. perienced a severe sleet storm during the weele. The wire, at Potter Creek, of old solid copper, was covered with from one to three their new quarters this inches of ice and broken in probably fifty places within five miles. .. at Sheep Creek and Rainbow Creek As Summit can get telephonic communic~tion with An completed. chorage via Indian Creek, it is deemed inadvisable to put more expense on that part of the line between Summit and' ;i,i~;'~I:, ':i~~l:~;~E~I~le~'~~moved from Big Rabbit Creek ~r week. Whitney's Ranch. With a view to possible abandonment, Trail. anangements for a telegraph circuit via Turnagain Arm are being made in conjunction with other work in that The trail has been completed to the connection with direction. ' the Seward Trail at Indian Creek. Anchorage-Matanuska. "- All the telephones on this line have been cut in on the TALKEETNA DISTRICT. copper-clad metallic pair, and the new circuit is giving Grading. excellent service. The single copper ,wire heretofore used All grading contracts in this District have been closed as a g\'ounded telephone circuit has oeen changed into a for the season; as have all contracts for clearing right-of telegraph, and will also be used for trunking telephone .. way. The only contracts remaining in force are those for ca\1s from beyond Matanuska to \Anchorage when the crib logs and firewood. other telep!lOne circuit is busy. Camps. Matanuska Branch. Camps 210, 21~'21 and 232 have been abandoned and A force of four men and one foreman is engaged on ... all tents and oth s plies stored for the winter. Camp temporary construction between Kings River and Chica 207, at Montana eek and C~mp 223 at Tajkeetna'have loon. This will be a difficult piece of work owing to the been reduced to caches with only sufficient force left necessity of running the wire near the Matanuska River there to protect the supplies. Camp 241 has been con and on the cliffs, so that it may be reached by tbe numer verted into an engineers' camp only, with L. C. Porter, ous construction camps along there next 'season. Resident Engineer, in charge. -- Turnagain Arm Line. New Camps. Contacts for three wires have been provided for from A cache has been established neat' the mouth of the_ Anchorage to within one mile of Potter Creek. Kashwitna for mail service, and preparations are under Electric Light and Power. way to convert this cache into a road house to be operated The roughing-in of wiring in the Government cottages under the direct supervision of :J. Commission official. has been completed. Work was done on the Anchorage Fairly permanent buildings will be erected there, to be Fire Hall, fixtures hung in Hospital No.2 and Bunk House "t used as stopping places by men leaving the upper river No.4, and there were some changes made in the wiring .. during the winter and those returning to work before nav of a few of the cottages. ~gation opens in the spring. Latel' when construction work Preparations are under way.for moving the electric • in this vicinity is resumed these cabins will serve as store lighting plant from the dock, where it is not needed dur houso;s. ing close of navigation, to support the small plant now At Mile 221 a new camp has been established to care in operation near the general office building. f~the forces engaged on the crib work. south of Tal The electrical part of the construction in the machine k letna. With these changes, shelter and food can be se shop and power plant is keeping abreast with the otller cu .d at the following places between Kashwitna and In work. dian 'River: On the outside plant, nearly all the poles have been set ICashwitna, approximate mile 195, cache. l'eady for cross-arming and but a few anchors remain to Montana Creek, approximate mile 207, cache. be planted. Bluff Camp, approximate mile 221, camp. Townsite Telephone Exchange. Talkeetna, approximate mile 223, cache. The exchange service for the past week has been very Camp 241, approximate mile 241, engin~ers' camp. unsatisfactory, due principally to the work of changing Dead Horse Hill, approximate mile 245, camp. the switchboard from the temporary quarters in the gen Engineel's' Camp, approximate mile 255, engineers' eral office building to the telegraph and telephone build camp. ing on Fourth Avenue. Force, The number of commel'cial telephones in use was 90; The only camps where provision has been made to ac Commission telephones in use 58; and the number of with commodate a fairly large force are at Bluff Camp at Mile held orders 17. No telephones were installed during the 221 and at Dead Horse Hill Camp, Mile 24(). week. 20 ALASKA RAILROAD RECORD Vol. 1 No.3.

RAILROAD. TRAIN SCHEDULE. A> Anchorage, Alaska, Nov. 18, 1916. Trnnsportation Circular No. 19. (Supersedes Transportation Circular No. 14, dated October 30, 1916.) Effective 12:01 a. ffi. Wednesday, November 22, 1916, a mixed passenger and freight train will be run be tween Anchorage and Matanuska, Matanuska and King and between Anchorage and Rabbit on the following schedule:' ' NORTHBOUND MAIN LINE SOUTHBOUND Monday Wednesday and Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, only_ Saturday, oQ.ly. Leave 9:00 a. m. . 0.0 Anchorage Arrive 2:45 p. m. 4.9 - 9:25 4.9 Whitm>;y. 2:30' 7.3 9:55 12.2 Kuney 2:10 9.7 10:40 21.9 Birchwood 1:35 56 11:00 27.5 Eklutna 1:10 9.0 Arrive 11:30 a. m. - 36.5 Mntanuslca. Leave 1'2:40 p. m. NORTHBOUND MATANUSKA BRANCH SOUTHBOUND Monday, Wednesday and Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, only. Saturday, only. Leave 12:45 p. m. 36.5 Matanusl~a Arrive 11 :40 a. m. 6.j- 1:20 42.9 Palme't' 11:10 6.5 1:55 49.5 Moose Creek 10:30 9.2 2:32 58.7 Granite 9:35 1.9 Arrive 2:40 p. m. 60.6 King. Leave 9:30 a. m •. SOUTHBOUND MAIN LINE NORTHBOUND Tuesday, Thursday and Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, Only. Saturday, Only. Leave 1:00 p. m. 0.0 Anchorage. Arrive 2:10 p. m. 5.0 1:15 5.0 Campbell. 1:55 5.4 Arrive, 1 :30 p. m. 10.4 Rabbit. Leave 1 :40 p. m. • Mixed train leaving Anchorage northbound will stop just North of road crossing, Terminal Yard, Anchorage. This schedule is NOT in effect as a time card authorizing the movement of trains, and all trains will continue to run extra as heretofore. However," for the information and guidance of aU concerned, the trains covered l>y this " schedule will not leave any station at which time is shown ahead of the designated time. Owing to working conditions this schedule is only tentative, and the Commission reserves the right to change it without notice. . F. MEARS, Commissioner. I

DAILY WEATHER DATA. The following table shows the weather conditions prevailing at Anchorage during the period November 15 to November 21, inclusive: DATE . TEMPERATURE Pl1.ECIPITATION . WIND CONDITION OF HARBOR Max. Min. Snowfall Snow on Miles per Ground' Hour Nov. 15 ...... 42 31 none none 3.7 Very little ice. Nov. 16 ...... , .. . 44 34 none none 3.7 Harbor clear. . Nov. 17 ...... 41 32 2.0 1.5 5.6 Harbor c1ear-Calm. Nov. 18 ...... 40 29. 0.5 1.5 4.6 Harbor clear-Calm. . . Nov. 19 ...... 42 28 none 1.0 6.5 Smooth water. " Nov. 20 ...... 34 23 1.5 2.5 6.3 Smooth water. • I Nov. 21 ...... 26 11 ._-_.1.0 --_ .. 3.0 . .. _~5".4,--. ___~S"'ue"h-,i,,,,,-,a"p.p, ..~,,,,. _+- _, L ALASKA NORTHERN SCHEDULE. Telegrams for Talkeetna should be mailed to Mata~ nuska, care of the District Engineer, who will make de~ livery to the mail carrier. A mixed passenger and freight train leaves Seward for ---- Kern Creek and way stations every Monday. Thursday and STATION BUILDING AT lUNG. Saturday at 7 a. m., returning to Seward the same day. A suitable station building is to be erected by the MAILING POINTS FOR TELEGRAMS. Commission at King, the end of track on the Matanuska Branch Line. The structure will provide accommodations The mailing point for telegrams addressed to Susitna for the handling of freight and passengers and also serve and Knik is Anchorage. as the team carrying the mail to as"a residence for the station agent soon to be placed at these places does not go via Matanuska. that point. Vol. I. No.3. i ALASKA RAILROAD RECORD 21 PERSONAL MISSING MEN• • M. P. Cotter, of the Anchorage Disbursing Office force, Inquiry has been made of the Alaskan Engineering left on Monday for Talkeetna to deliver the pay checks Commission concerrung the address of the following per· to the employees of that district. sons who are supposed to be in this section of Alaska: ~ . "' ~ Gerald F. Gill, of the Drafting Department, Seward Di~ John V. Beal, formerly of Seattle, Wash. His mother vision, leaves next week for San Francisco.' After spend is very ill and desires to hear from him. ing the holidays in California he will make a trip East. * * * * "' .. "' .. William M. Sells, formerly of Boise, Idaho. His sister, James E. Roper, of the Seward Division engineering Mrs. Ruth Murdock, of Fallbridge, Washington, requests force, will leave on the S. S. Alameda for his home at Washington, D. C., to spend the holidays. him to write., .. "' "' "' ~ NEW C~O~N=T~R~A~CT=S-A~W=ARDED. H. P. Warrln., formerly Engineer Maintenance of Way at Anchorage, has been transferred to the Seattle office The following contracts for cutting wood for camps of the Commission. He left on Friday to assume his new ef the Anchorage Division we:re, approved during Novem· duties. bel': (1) Lidstrom & Co. at Camp 174,. Commissioner F. Mears left on "Friday morning for (2) A. G. Swanson at Camp 148, Seward, en route to Seattle, and Washington, D. C., on (3) Weiss & Co. at Camp 148, business for the Commission. He expects to return to (4) Miskolin & Co. at Camp 156, Anchorage in February. (5) Lindberg & Co. at Camp 156, (6) Frank E. Lee at Camp 221, (7) D. McDonald at Camp 166. RAILROAD Y. M. C. A. ! CONTRACT SETTLEMENTS.' The ten-day campaign for members inaugurated by the Anchorage Branch of the Railroad Y. M. C. A. closed The total amount paid to contractors by the Anchorage on November 24, and resulted in the enrollment or 1,36 names and the collection of $598 for dues and initiation Disbursing Office during the period, November 8 to 21, fees. It is expected that at least 200 members will have HI16 was $34,699.05, as follows: been secured before the clos'e of the year. ' Jankow & Co ...... $ 280.10 The annual fee for non·resident members has been fix Tom Kelly & Co...... •.. 201.60 ed at $3. This should appeal especially to the large num· ber of employees stationed at the various construction Delich & Co...... 517.43 camps and who only visit Anchorage occasionally. It is in· W. SahlstroUl & Co ...... '...... 666.47 tended to reserve the second floor of Hospital Building Frank Healy & Co...... 2232.70 No.1 for the use of transient members. Lodging will be Joe Pelletier & Co...... 542.00 furnished at a reasonable price, and the revenue so de· rived will be applied to the reimbursement of the Com· Charles Gavassi & Co .. ; ...... •...... 4681.73 mission for furniture, bedding and other supplies C. David"'& Co ...... :..... 736.18 • furnished and for the expenses of the upkeep of the rooms. P. McCormick & Co ...... 4461.46 Huzzy & Co •...... ~ ...... 1877.47 ANCHORAGE RIFLE CLUB. Walton & Co ...... - ...... •...... 3675.60 The employees of Anchorage Division are manifesting Jim Kinoff & Co ...... '...... 719.76 much interest in the recently organized Anchorage Rifle Jim Kinoff & Co...... 118.0:, . Club. Already 32 members have been enrolled and many L. Cox ...... 83.00 others have signified their intention to join the organiza Frank Antonvich & Co ...... ' ...... 1150.22 tion. Lt. C. A. Ross, of the 14th U. S. Infantry, has vol unteered to 'act as instructor and to furnish coaches for W. Sahlstrom & Co ...... 1293.67 the individual. members. Seventeen rifles have-been re·' Swan Swanson & Co...... 237.29 ceived from the Benicia Arsenal for the use of the club Seaburg & Co ...... : .... 6264.73 and more will be forwarded later. C. Manthou & Co. .•...... 1763.40 The Anchorage club has affiliated with the National Coffey & Stowe .... ~' ...... •• 1788.29 Rifle Association of Washington, D. C., and will be gov· erned by the rules and' regulations of that body. . Tampakis & Co ... / ...... •...... 1407.92 Applications for membership may be made to any of , the following: WEE4i FORCE REPORT. , August Cohen, president; G. A. Stanton, vice-president; Anch~rage Division. C. D. Pollock, treasurer; O. A. Kenyon, Secretary. The number of employees of the Anchorage Division as shown by the payrolls on Saturday, November 11~ 1916, NOTICE. was as follows: • Commissioner's Office, AnchOl·age ...... -...... 28 A large number of people have gone to Kings River Shops and Yards, Ailchorage ...... : 209 and Chicaloon for the purpose of squatting or staying for Transportation Service, Anchorage ...... 34 ~ the land. All such persons are hereby notified by the Store and Dock Departments, Anchorage ...... 251 Land and Industrial Department that they should secure Accounting Department, Anchorage ...... 18 a permit to occupy any railroad lands from District Disbursing Office, Anchorage ...... ' 5 Engineer C. R. Breck, Jr., at Matanuska. No one will Hospital Department, Anchorage ...... 17 be allowed to occupy any Commission ground at these Townsite Department, Anchorage ...... 25 points without such permit. Telegraph 'and Telephone Department ...... 91 ---- Track, Bridge and Ballast Crews-----Main Line ...... 301 EMBANKMENT WALK CLOSED. Turnagain Arm District ...... •...... 400 Matanuska District •...... •...... •... 268 To avoid the possibility of accident to pedestrians, the Talkeetna District '.,...... • 173 walk across the Ship Creek trestle and along the railroad 1820 embankment at Anchorage Terminal has been closed. The Stationmen and Laborers-All Districts ...... 642 necessary signs have been erected along the right· of-way warning the public not to trespass. , Grand Total all employees Anchorage Division ... 2462 22 AT.ASKA RAILROAD RECORD Vol. 1. No.3.

OBITUARY. A. E. C._32 Andrew Gross]ey, aged 27, a laborer employed by E. Swanson & Co" stationmen at Camp HiS, Matanuska Dis DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR • trict, died at Anchorage Hospital at 6:30 p. m., Novem ALASKAN ENGINEERING CPMMISSION bel' 21. The immediate cause of deaJ;h was tetanus. On November 10 Grossley was struck by a mass of frozen dirt which rolled down from the face of the cut MEAL TICKET NO. 40193 where he was working. He received a compound fractul'e VALUE $7.00 . . of the right leg and was injured internally. I Grossley arrived in Anchorage on the Transport Crook ssued to John Smith, Ch. No. 1740 on September 8, and had been ~lllp!oy~d by E. ~wanson & vaod Only at

The following Commission telephones were installed A. E. C. l<"orm 32 at Anchorage Terminal' during the week ending Novem ber 25, 1916: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Central Heating Plant ...... 93-Y ALASKAN ENGINEEP.ING COMi\!ISSION Refrigerating Plant...... 93-R Dock Watchman ...... 93-K MEAL TICKET NO. F1879 Dose, H. F.-Changed from 94 to ...... 4!) VALUE $15.00. PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATS. Issued to John Brow1{) Ch. No. 1820 " The Land and Industrial Department aimounces that . Good Only at the Mess Houses on tlie Anchorage Div!sion it has a supply of photographic plats of the Anchorage (Telg'. & Tel]>. Dept.) townsite and of the Federal and Cliff Additions to the town of Seward, Alaska, for disposition to the public. NOT TRANSFERABLE The regulations require that these plats be sold for 25 cents each. Anyone remitting that amount will be fur nished with the plats desired. A. E. C.-28 b DEPARTMENT OF TlIE INTERIOR OFFICIAL OIROULARS. ,--- ALASKAN EXGINEERING COi\!MISSION PREPARATION OF FORM 121. The Coupons of This Book When in the Hands of Department of the Interior Alasl),an Engineering Commission William Smith, Ch, No. 1892 Circular No. 144. OJ: THE MEMBERS OF HIS FAi\IILY, ARE GOOD FOR Anchorage, Alaska, Nov. 22, 1916. FIVE DOLLARS ($5) TO ALL CONCERNED: • In preparing Form No._ 121, "Recommendation fo\· IN MERCHANDISE Increase in Payor 'For(!e," the following instructions will A1' THI~ STORES OF A;>.1CHORAGE DIVISION. be carried out in showing information, in the space pro (Camp No. ~07, Tall'eetna D!st.) vided for "Date First Employed": When the employee is first engaged the date of such engagement will be shown in this space. ' When an employee has left the service and re-enters, No. 4674<; the date fil'st employed should be shown if it is known by the parties makin~ out the papers;.if not, leave the space DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR blank so that the mforl)l'ltion can be inserted by the Chief AI:.ASKAN ENGINEERING COllli\IISSIO;-.r Timekeeper's Office. H. F. DOSE, Acting Div:ision Engineer. The Coupons of This Book When in the Hands of GOVERNrtlENT TELEGRAPH MESSAGES. C David & CO, Department of the Interior OR THr: illIiJlIlBERS OF THE FAMILY. ARE GOOD FOR Alaskan Engineering Commission Anchorage, Alaska, Nov. 22, 1910. TEN DOLLARS ($10) ., Circular No. 145. IN MERCHANDISE TO ALL CONCERNED: A'l' THE STORms OF ANCHORAGffi DIVISrO;-.r. In the future in sending messages by telegraph which are forwarded over lines other than the 'Alaskan Engineer (Camp Xo. 1 48-lIlatnnuska D!st.) ing Commission or Signal Corps, it will be necessary to mark such messages as follows: Numbers of books have been received with"ut the j "PAID-OFFICIAL BUSINESS; GOVERNMENT RATE. proper information on book covers. Timekeepers will use "Charge Alas]can Engineering C.ommission!' care to see that all information such as Name C~.. ,)P This is required in order that ol'iginrus of all telegrams Number, District and Division is pl'operly filled ·ir:. can be used m making settlement of claims rendered by H.·F. DOSE, Acting Division Engineer. telegraph companies for telegraph service. H. F. DOSE, Acting Division Engineer. ISSUANCE OF COUPON BOOI{S. COUPON BOOK MODEL EORMS. '. Department of the Interior Depaltment of the- Interior, Alaskan Engineering Commission Alaskan Engineering Commission. Anchorage, Alaska, Nov, 22, 1916. Anchorage, Alaska, Nov. 22, Hl16 Circular No. 147 Circular No. 146. TO ALL CONCERNED: TO ALL CONCERNED: It is apparent that the timekeepers and clerks who are The following models for filling out coupon book covers charged with the duty of issuing commissary coupon are published for the benefit and guidan.ce of all COncel'lled: books and meal ticket G~upon books to employees al'e not

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using qood judgment in selecting the size of the coupon MOOSE CREEK YARD LIMITS. books m these various issues. Department of the Interior 'I desire that particular attention be given to this mat Alaskan Engineering Commission ter and that, effective this date, the following procedure Anchorage, Alaska, Nov. 21, 1916. be followed: Transportation Circular No. 20. The $30:00 meal ticket book should be issued to per ALL CONCERNED: manent employees, such as supervising officials, members Yard limits have been established on either side of of clerical staff at, Division Headquarters Moose Cre"k, as follows: Beginning at station 1380 on . officers. The personal wishes of the Matanuska Branch line (a point about three-quarters to the use of a $7.00 book $15.00 of a mile south of Moose Creek) and extending north to in 1~J~i~:~~~8:,h considered. They should be requiredO~· to clude Doherty's coal spur and Moose Creek passing track, meal ticket book in accordance with these to station 1293 (a point 'thirteen hundred feet north of the f: north switch of passing track.) service from month _ The Maintenance'Department will have the necessary a.n.d provide himself yard limit boards established immediately, and all trains - in sufficiently large will observe the usual rules within these yard limits. that month. The F. MEARS, Commissioner. books in the clerical -- BAGGAGE REGULATIONS. Department of the Interior Alaskan Engineering ComTQission Anchorage, Alaska, Nov. 23, H116. Transp'ortation Circular No. 21 .. TO ALL CONCERNED: Effective November 27, baggage will be checked on trains operating between Anchora,! and King. Baggage consisting of ordina wearing apparel and not exceeding 150 pounds will be c rried free on each full ticket; 75 pounds on each half-f-an! ticket. Baggage in excess of 150 pounds will be charged at the- rate of 10 per cent of the full-fare ticket per 100 pounds, but no piece weighing more than 250 pounds will be received as bag gage, but must be sent by freight. Station agents will way-bill all out-going train bag gage on form 224 and secure the signatures of the train baggageman for such baggage delivered. All baggage delivered by train baggagemen at agency stations will be ~b'" instruc- handled in the same manner and receipt given for such deliveries. Where baggage is checked to a non-agency station, the passenger will be required to present baggage-check ASSISTANT CHIEF CLERK. to train baggageman before reaching destination, who will strip the baggage. If check is not presented, baggage Department of the Interior will be carried to next regular agency station. Alaskan Engineering Commission. Baggage received at non-agency stations will be Anchorage, Alaska, Nov. 23, Hn6. checked by baggageman on trains. Circular No. 148. Baggage received at stations, whether under etitlve classified are not subject to the prohibitions of section 1 of Rule I, " .. rvlce. whUe retalnin!; tl'e right to vote as they Please and to ''''t>''ess privately tILe-h' opinion on all political subjects, sh .. l1 the statutes concerning the solicitation or receipt bl-" one take nO active part In pollUcal msnagement 01' in political offi\!er or employee apply with equal force to all ff!i' campaigns.' '. serye the United States, whether classified or Uncl~iJi.ed. (1) The first sentence of the rule applies to all per By thus serving in the capacity of a treasurer of a Utica sons in the executive civil service, irre§p~ctive of the club any officer or employee receiving from anothel offic . method of appointment. Presidential appointees ar:e for or employee who is a member of the club any fees d·, ...... dues bidden by statute to use their official authority or influence or other contributions for a political purpose thereby ren to coerce the political action of any person or body, to ders himself liable to prosecution for violation of Section make any 'contribution for a political object to any other 118 of the Criminal Code of the United States, and the officer of the United States, or to solicit or receive contri member so paying him such fees or dues or other contri butions for political purposes· or to· discriminate among bution for a political purpose violates Section 121 of thc their employees or applicants for political reasons. Othel' Cdminal Code. (vise a Presidential appointee will be allowed to take such a part in political campaigns as is taken by any private The Department of the Interior will heartily co-operate. citizen, except that he will not be permitted- with the Commissiori in punishing those who fail to obey 1. To hold' a po~ltlon as a memher or orne"" of any the civil-service !!l.\" 01' l"Ules' promulgated pursuant ~ political committee U",t SOlicit>; funlis. thereto. BO. SWEENEY, 2. To dl"pl!,y ~\1clL O],"(I'U,;I\'" l",rllH,"'.-;I!!p ,,~ (0 "''''''', 1,,,hHc ~c"nd"l. Acting Secretary. nilrond cord.

Volume I. ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, rrUESDAY, DEOEMBER 5, 1916. No.4

power and authority to do any and all aets necessary Aiaska Railroad Record thcl-eto. The Alaskan Engineering Commission was created by presidential appointment on the recomrilendation of See Official Publication of the A!asl;;an Engineering _retary Lane, the members named lor service on the Com Commission. mission being Wm_ C_ Edes, chairman; Frederiek Mears and Thomas Riggs, Jr_, members_ .' Mr. Edes, priOl- to his appointment, had for many ~ The p"rpo~e Of tho ALASKA RAILROAD RECORD Is to furnish each week in " concj~e form_e",.rent infm"malicn cOn years been in the employ of the Southern Paelfic Railway cerning the operation "no construction of the Government as location and construction engineer, and just prior to railway system In Ala~k"-. The sub~crlption price is Sl per his appointment had charge of the Northwestern Pacific ~ar for fleli,"ery in the United States and Its posse~slon$. r ~nd in Cannda, Cuba, Mexico and Panama, Single copies 5 Railway through Mendocino and Humboldt Counties in cents, California. Mr_ Mears was formerly General Superin For deli,-e,y In other countries, to which the .'a1'<" mnsl tendent and Chief Engineer of the Panama Railroad un -,ue forwnrd,d under forels:" po~tul rat .. :>, " .-ha,,"",, O[ 56 c~nts der the general supervision of Colonel Goethals; he also is added for nost""", makln;;- the ~ubscrlptjon $I.~O p~r j'W"" Yearly subscriptions nre entered as be;,dnning at the first had other railroad experience in the Northwestern States. of the quarter of the year jn which ,-eeeh'ed "nd e"pire (It the Mr_ Riggs was formerly in charge of the Alaska Bound beginning of the eorreslJOndln-, quart",- of the foHow!ng year_ ,Vhen subscriptions (l.re ,-eee ,oed "Hel" the be::lnnln<;- of n ary Survey. fluarte. the back numbers which ha,-" been Issu(>d d"'-Ing that On May 8, 1914, the Sccretary of the Interior author quarter w!ll be forwarded when a""Hable_ ized the Alaskan Engineering Commission to proeeed The paper Is publl~l'(>d free to United Stntes Governnunt <"Iepartment,... rep,-esentatives of fO'-(>ign governments_ public with the work of survey, to select and appoint its assist_ libraries and employees o! the Alaskan Enginee'-in~ Com· ants and to taJ(e any and all steps necessary to carry out ml""io,,_ . the wishes of the President_ nemittunc~" for subseriptlon~ "'''Y be fo,-w"'-tl~d to tl,e The Commission immediately proceeded to Alaska and __ \l.ASI<,\ RAILROAD RECOI!O at tile addrt'~~ h. t.>w_ made a survey of two general routes from the Coast_ to the interior of Alaska. The eastern route started from Address all Communications: Cordova or Valdez and extended north via the Copper, Tonsilla and Delta Rivers to the Tanana Valley in the vi • ALASKA RAILROAD RECORD• cinity of Fairbanks, and the western route started from Anchorage. Alaska. Portage Bay or Seward, along the n-orth shore of Turn again Arm and the east shore of Knik Arm, thence northward through the Susitna Valley over Broad Pass, • CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF down the Nenana River to its junction with the Tanana_ and thenee to Fairbanks. THE ALASKA RAILROAD AND THE This work was aecomplished during the summer of 1!.l14 by eleven parties, each in charge of- a competent en DEVELOPMENT OF THE RE Kineer, under the general direetion of members of the SOURCES TRIBUTARY, Commission_ Messrs. Edes and Mears established tem porary headquarters at Ship Creek (now Anchorage), and were in immediate eharge of the loeation and survey On Mareh 12, /1014, President approved the Act of the line from Seward and Portage Bay to BrOlld Pass_ authOl-izing the construetion and operationWi\s~n of railroads by Mr. Riggs went to Fairbanks and at that point direeted the Government in the Territory of Alaska_ The law di· the survey of the line from Fail·banks to Broad Pass. rects the President The result of these surveys an(l the in\'estigation made by ihe Commission in Alaska during the summer of 1914 .. "to <1e";gnate "nd "ause to be loeat"'] " ,",->ute '" was compiled upon the close of the field season an(l full I ,-oute~ fo'- " liae ,lr lines of rnlh-oud in the '.r",-rHo,-y of "\I,,"ka not to e"ceed in the a!rlteegat" one tho"_~a",l ",'po~t made to the President on February 11, 1915_ By miles, to be sO located as to connect one 01" mOl"e of th~ Exeeutive Order d~l!d Apr!l 10, 19~5, the President, pur <>1>' n I'aoiHe Ocean ha,-i}Qrs on the sou the,." cOast of suant to thel prOV!SIOnS of tne Railroad Act, announced .\Iaska with the navigahle waters In the lnterio,- Of Ala_~ I". and wltl, a co,,1 fi~]d or fields so as best to aid In tile the selection of the route as follows: 'fhe main line com pment of the agricultUl"al and mineral 0,- othe,- reo niences at Seward on the westerly shore of Resurrection ,..oure,-s of ,\I"s1 lile u-m)- ""d navy, tx""sjJortatlon of tmops, ,,,.,,,s. munl Peninsula; thence along the north shore of TUl"llagain At-m \ - ,;o,w o! wm-, the malls. anI'~ use~, an<.l fo,- the transpo,-tation of passenge,-s a,,'1 anuska Rivers in a northwesterly direction through the pmp.".t,.; to' const,."ct ana bulld a '-aih-on<.l 0" rail,-o"d~ along "ucil )"oute or mutes as he may So deSignate and Susitna Valley, aeross Broad Pass and down the Nenana locate will' the n~cessa>-y b,-anch lines, fe,de,-s, sidlng~, River and thence to Fairbanks. A branch line is desig· ~wltches and spu,-s:- nated to start from a point about two miles north of wher<~''''' , ,.,Ir. ,uears was placed in charge of the wO}'k on the '" .- new line fl'om Ship Creek northward. He left Seattle on Anchorage Division. April 18~ arrivlng at Anchorage. on Apr!l 26, and pro- The number of employees of the Anchorage Division as ceede~! WIth the w.otk of construction. Durmg the summer shown by the payrolls ,on Saturday, November 18, !l116, 34 nllles of the l~ne were cle.are? and graded and by the ",vas as follows: end of 19~5 _0 mlles of track !ald. . . Commissioner's Office, Anchorage ...... •... Mr. RIggs pr.oceeded to .t:'alrbanks and addItional s~r- Shops and Yards, Anchorage ...... veys and relocailons of the: lme were made between Fau'- Trausportation Service, Anchorage ...... banks an~ Broad Pass durlllg the sun:mer. There was no Store and Dock Departments, Anchorage .. , ...... construction work on the north end III 1915. Accounting Department, Anchorage ...... Railroad Construction Durin~ 1916. Disbursing Office, Anchorage ...... , ...... , .. Hospital DeI,>artment, Anchorage ...... In the spring of 1\)16 active work on the l'ebuilding of Townsite Departm~nt, Anchorage ...... the Alaske. Northern Railway was continued. The worl, Telegraph and Telepholle Department ...... consists of rebuilding bridges, elimination of high tres Track, Bridge and Ballast Crews-Main Line ...... tles by fills, improvement in the alignment and some Turnagain Arm District ...... slight reduction in the grades. SeVenty-five thousand new Matanuska District ...... ties have been laid and it is contemplated that before the Talkeetna' District ...... work of rejuvenation is finally completed to mile 71, over 200,000 ties will have been laid. A machine shop has 1613 been built at Seward to replace the one burned during Stationmen and Laborel's-All Districts ...... 585 the summer of 1915, and repairs are now being made in that shop. Grand 1:otal all employees Anchorage Ph'ision ... 2198 The construction work from Anchorage nnde}' Mr. 'Mears is proceeding as rapidly as funds will permit. The UNDELIVERED LETTERS. work is divided into four separate districts, all of which report to the head office at Anchorage. These al'e: Undelivered communications from the Register and The Terminal District at Anchorage, which has charge Receiver of the General Land Office at Juneau, Alaska, of the laying of all new track, the ballasting and main addl'essed to the following persons-are on fil:e at the An tenance of the constructed line, as well as 'the operation chorage Townsite Office and may be had by calling for of trains and the construction and maintenance of 'termi same; nal facilities at Anchorage, such _as machine shops, round Thomas A. Brown, Charles D. Ryther, houses, water supply, materia! yards, electric light and Oliver Brynsvold, Martin Sund, telephone, employees' quarters and office·buildings; William Condon, Albert Sundstrom, The Matanuska District, with headquarters at - ]'Iata Arthur MeCann, P. F. Warren, nuska, which has charge of the construction of the line - James A. Patchell, Delbert Wilkinson, from Matanuska to Chickaloon on the Matanuska Branch John Wilkinson. (38 miles), and from Matanuska, Mile 148, to Sheep Creek, :-'!ile 200, on the main line; CONTRACT SETTLE~1ENTS. The Turnagain Arm District, with headquarters at Potter Creek, which has charge of construction from The totai amount paid to contractors by the Anehor· Anchorage, Mile 114, south to Glacier Creek, Mile 75, a age Disbursing Office during the period November :l2 to point four miles from the northern terminus of the Alaska November 30, 1916 was $35,117.24, as follows: Northern Railway.; Gust Whitestone & Co ...... •. $1438.80 The Talkeetna District, with headquarters at Mile 245, John Lasso & Co...... 2229.94 which has charge of the construction of the main line Paton & McKenney ...... ,...... 141.24 from Sheep Creek, Mile 200, to Broad Pass, Mile 312. E. M. Eihand & Co ...... 4133.10 Seventy-two and one-half miles of track have been Chas. Johnson & Co...... 300.25 laid in the Anchorage Division, which includes thirty George ehantes ...... , ..... -...... 189.50 ~ eight miles of main line north of Anchorage; ten and one Felton & Co ...... 1988.65 half miles south toward Turnagain Arm and twenty-four Kosmos & Co .... , ...... , ..... 2248.72 .. miles on the Matanuska Bl'anch. The right-of-way has Gibsov & Co ...... 3889.05 been cleared on the main line from Matanuska, Mile 148, Ghas. Anderson & Co...... 1833.80 to Mile 183, within a mile and a half of Willow Creek. The Martinovich & Co...... , ..... , .... 526~.07 grading on this same section will be practically coml?lete M. J. Donnelly ... '...... 706'8~" from Matanuska, Mile 148, to the Little Susitna R!ver, T. Korakes & Co ...... 4199.6' .Mile 174, by December first. Vid. Pavlicevich & Co ...... 6);55. In the Talkeetna District sixty-two miles of right-of way have been cleared and twenty-three miles of roadbed ANCHORAGE DISBURSING OFFICE. graded. The grading in this district will continue ne:lo:t spring and it is possible that the enti;,"~ roadbed from The total disbursements of the office at Anchorage fOl' Sheep Creek, Mile 200, to the Susitna Crossing at the the period November 22 to November 30 totaled $60,260.08. mouth of Indian River, Mile 262, may be ready for the The payment of salaries and wages amounted to $21,- steel by next fall, and that all the right-of-way in this 100.44; for local purchases '$65.00; to contractors .'f;:),J,' district \~;Il be. cleared next year. This will complete the 117.24; other expenditures $3977.40. clearing of the entire right-of-way in the Anchorage Di vision, from Kern Creek to Broad Pass, including the Copies of the Alaska Railroad Record are on sale nt the Matanuska Branch, a distance of approXimately 280 miles. following ·places in Anchorage: Mr. Riggs reached Fairbanks 11, June, 1916, having BAXTER'S NEWS STAND. been preceded by F. H, Bailey, District Engineer, who Z. J. 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~ WEEKLY PROGRESS REPORTS. Anchorage end, leaving a gap of approximately the same distance on which. tlle wires are 'hung only temp0l;·tu·ily. Anchorage Division. Anchorage-lUatanuska. This line is now on a good pel;'manent operating basis. Both the telegraph and telephone are working, and bootllS Foilo'wing are the progress reports of the various de and section houses have been connected in such manner par~ments of Anchorage Division for the week ending No that no one circuit will have to be depended upon fOl' keep vember 25; ing up communication ..

~L\IXTEXAXCE OF WAY•. l\Iatunuska Branch. Booths are being placed in position. The head of the' Tracklaying. tempol;'ary line is now between Camp 28 and Hole-in-the During the week a total of 1566 feet of side track was Wall. laid at Kune". This connects up the side track at tllat Matanuska-Talkeetna. point. lIIat~rial is now en route for closing the gap between Buildings. ~liIe 174 and Montana Creek with a temporal'Y line which The contract work on the three-room cottages on An will cC'nnect the 37 miles already in oper;ltion in the Tal chorage Townsite was completed, and work on the five keetna District witll Ancllorage. This work will be com room cottages progressed satisfactorily. Cottage No. 25 menced as soon as the Matanuska Branch line has reached is now ready for occupancy. The carpenter work on Cot Chickaloon. tages Nos. 24, 26 and 2, is finished and~lastering Turnagain _o\rm. completed in h..-o of them. The _-'l.rmy \Mress Hall is Three wh'es now run from Ancllorage to Potter Creek, 98 per cent complete, "ith tIle exception of the interior where a small temporary private hranch exchange is being fi~"tures. Xo work was done during the week on the An installed. • chorage School House, but lathlng will be begun the first TO)\'nsite Telephone Exchange. ne~i; week. The interior carpenter work at Hospital 2 has been completed, excepting the installation of ele· Four new telephones were installed during the week, and dumb waiters and the making of fixtures. :\ but no othel' wOl'k is in progress, as the entire force has concrete floor was laid in the Commissioner'S residence an'! been kept busy at· electric light and power construction. part oi the heating system installed. The number of commercial telephones in use was 91; official telephones in use 61; and the number of withheld Painting. orders 16. Cold weather pre\'ented the painting of the Po\\-er Plan~ Electric Light and Power. and the )lachine Shop. Fair progress was made on the Practically all the poles and anchors have been placed. interior of Hospital No.2, the first fioor painting being Cross-al"rns, wire, transformers and othel;' equipment will about 40 per cent complete and the second floor about no be in place when the plant is ready. per cent. Ko painting has yet been done on the basement The electric pl~mt which has been lighting the docks or on the third floor. The painting of the cottages pro has been moved to the temporary plant near the general gressed as rapidly as the carpenter and othel" work per office building. A larger generator inte.nded for the wood mitted. working shop has been connected to this plant, which is Water Service and Plumbing. now of sufficient capacity to fUl"Ilish light ipr Warehouse At :'>Iachine Shop No.1 and at some of the residences the No.1, "[ess House No.1, Bunk Houses Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and water pipes froze during the week but all have been l"f'- 5, the Central fieating Plant and the Cold Storage Plant. • paired. A stoye and water coils were installed in the term The generator formerly used for general office ami warehouse lighting, which is a part of the radio equipment, inal water tank. has been transferred to Hospital No.2. When tested, tile The plumbing has been completed in Cot~ages N<;s. 21,. 2;;, 26, 28, 32, 34, 3;; and 36. Except for the lIlsta!\atlon of wiring was found to be in perfect working condition. • two fixtures on the third floor the plumbing of Hospit;l! \Vork on the motor generators, switchboards and other No.2 ,is finished. apparatus in the 'power plant is progressing satisfactorily, Steam Heating. and lights are bemg installed in the central lleating plant. Satisfactory progress was made dming the week in the installation of heating equipment in Cottages Xos. 1D, 24, TI;RXAG_·\IX AR:'tt DISTRICT. 2.5, 26 and 29 and in Anchorage School House. Clearing Right-oE-Way. )Iechanical Department. Satisfactory progress is being made ciearin<>" right-of Running repairs were made on Engines Nos. 1,22.5,26.5 way between one mile north of GlaciE:r Creek and three and 2.80. Some progress was. made in the installation of quarters of a mile north of Indian Creek. the steam hammer, but nothing was done toward setting up the other equipment in the )[achine Shop. A force was Grading. !> at work practically aU week fitting up engines and rilachin The temporary trestle just north of Big Uabbit Creel( ,. crtv in the new Power Plant. The usual amount of miscel will be filled in within two days. The material is bei.ng / laneous work was performed for private parties during hauled 1 ~~ miles by an IS-ton narrow gauge locomotive the period. The tinsmiths were engaged during the week and a train of 12 cars. making roof plates and safetr flues for the Potter Cl'eek One station gang, Tsakumis & Co., completed their store, the Army .Mess Hall, and for the employees' cot contract at Rainbow Creek during the week. tages on the Turnagain Ann and Matanuska Districts. ::-:!ineteen grading contracts were let dUl'jng the period to the followirig stationmen; " Electrical Department. C. F. Ann}, & Co. P. McCormick & Co. ~ Fair progress was made with the installation of n;m John Gustafson & Co. Charles Larson & Co. chinery and the assembling of the switchboard in tlle A. Hall & Co. Power Plant. The walling-in of the second battery boil Torn Brock & Co. iII. Ch.ristoferson & Co. ers was practical!y COplpleted, ami a small force was en :-i. Kleven & Co. Frank ilIatllison & Co. gaged in laying concrete. foundations. Swan Adrin & Co. Fred Chalman & Co. ~. W. Sjostedt & Co. O. Bostrom & Cpo TELEGRAPH AXD TELEPHOXE DEPART3-IE.:\T LQuis Prezinso & Co. Andrew Lindquist & Co. E. Burgland & Co. 1\01. Beckstrom & Co. Seward Dh·ision. Andrew Fredrickson & Co M. Kasovitch & Co. All construction men have been laid off and there is no .. The above contractors are now engaged in erecting ivork in progress, \\ith the exception of certain installa their camps and making prepa~'ations for actiye work. tions and changes in connections, which are being done by There are 30 grading contractors on ·the worle between , ~ the maintenance force. Falls Creek and Potter Creek, and within ten days the en The close of the season finds 52 miles of permanent line tire line betv.·een those points, which includes the heaviest on the Seward end of the main line, and six miles on the rock work on TUrnagain Arm, will be covered by contracts. - 28 ALASkA RAILROAD RECORD Vol. I. No.4,

Buildings. <> Contract'Vork. The repairs to the warehouse at Rainbow Creek, which 'lhe s:ationmen engaged on the Alaska Northern Rail- .. '\nl.S damaged by wind, have been completed. All the way work und those on Turnagain Arm are all making buildings at Potter Creek. e...... :cept the office building, lW.,"e good progress. beEn finished. The latter struc1atanuska Townsite. newly constructed' building on Anchorage Townsite. The Tne cottages under construction at 31atanuska are 95 last patient was transferred on Saturday afternoon. When per cent complete and should be ready for occupancy all the furniture and equipment have been installed thc ~hortly after Thanksghirig. ' institution will probably be the finest of its kind in Alaska. A full description of the building and facilities will Seward Division. appear in a later issue of this paper.

Following is the progress report of the Seward Di FIRE DA~[AGES WATER TANK. vision for thee.week endlng Xoyember 25: '''- Bridges. 'The water tank located on Go.ernment Hill above the , The Twenty ~me River bridge, 160 feet of which went Anchorage railway yards, and which furnishes the am; out on XO\'ember 11, has been . repaired; and trains are iliary water supply for the buildings at the Terminal, was now operating between Kern Creek and ~!ile 53, and Mile damaged by fire on the afternoon of November 28. The ij2 and Seward, necesE-itating' the use of the trail between origin of the blaze is attributed to a superheated stove miles 52 and 53. pipe. The loss aggregates about $500. A glacier lake, somewhere up Snow RiVer broke on the afternoon of Xo.ember 29 and five piles of the Snow A. E. C. BASKETBALL TEAM. Ri,er bridge we're taken out by block ice. The damage wilt be repaired soon. Work on the Kern Creek bridge is progressing satis A basketball team has been organized by the employee,; factorily, the trestle approach and false work being now of Anchorage Terminal and arrangements are being made ("pmpleted. . for a series of games to be played during the winter with Terminal 'fork. teams representing the city of Anchorage. If the Union Labor Hall is available at that date, the first game will The grading of the industrial spur has been completed be played there on New Year's Day. and the track lairt About one-half of the ballast has The personnel of the Commission team is. as followR: been applied. \Vilford, Schott, O'Neill, Burner, .Woerner, Costello, Engjf', On account of the transfer of the piledriver outfit to ;,[angan and Ryan. Snow River bridge for the purpose of repairing that Challenges or other communications may be addressed ~ ~tructure, work on the railroad approach to the S€waf'! to C. G. Wilford, Manager A. E. C. Basketball 'fearn, dO<."k has br:€n temporarily ilUspended. Anchorage, Alaska. Yo1. I. No.4. ALASKA RAILROAD RECORD 29 , RAILROAD TR __ UX SCHEDULE. Anchorage,.Alaska, Nov. 18, 1916. Transportation Circular No. 19. (Supersedes Transportation Circular No. 14, dated October 30, 1916.) EffectiYe 12:0~ n. m. ·Wednesday, NO\'ember 22, 1916, a mixed passenger and freight train will be run be· h\'e€n Anchornge and ::Uatanuska, Matanuska and lung and between Anchornge and Rabbit on the following schedule: . XORTHBO'[;~D M.UN LINE SOUTHBOUND Monday Wednesday and Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, only. Saturday, only. Lea,e 9:00 a. m. 0.0 Ancho"rdge Arrive 2:45 p. m. 4.' 4.9 Whitney. 2:30 7.3 9:55 12.2 Kuney 2:10 9.7 10:"{0 21.9 Birchwood 1:35 5.6 11:00 2T.5 Eklurna 1:10 9.0 Arrive 11 :30 a. m. 36.5 :'oIatanuska. Leave 12:40 p. m .

XORTHBO'(j~'D .MAT'-\~"uSK...l. BRANCH SOUTHBOUND 3Ioncia)', ""ednesday and Tuesda~·. Thursday and Friday, onh-. . Saturday, only. Leaye 12:45 p. m . 36.5 Matanuska ArrIVe 11:40 a. m. .. . , 6.4 1:20 42.9 Palmer. 11:10 6.6 1:55 49.5 )Ioose Creek 10:30 9.2 58.7 Granite 9:35 A17iw 2:40 p. m. 60.6 King.1.' Leave 9 :30 a. m.

SO"CTHBOl"XD 31.-UX LIXE NORTHBOUND Tuesday, Thursday and Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, Only~ Saturday, Only. Leaye 1 :00 p. m. 0.0 Anchorage. Arrive 2:10 p. m. 5.0 1;15 5.0 Campbel!. 1;55 • 5.4 Arriye _1 :30 p. m. 10.4 Rabbit. Leave 1:40 p. m. 3Iixed train lea\-1ng Anchorage northbound will stop just Xorth of road crossing, Terminal Ya.rd, Anchorage. This schedule is XOT in 'effect as a time card authoridng the movement of trains, and all trains wi!! continue • to run e~""tra as heretofore. However, for the iniormation and guidance of an concerned,"

D.-\ILY WEATHER . DATA. The following table shows the weather conditions prevailing at Anchorage during the period November 22 to Xovember 28, inclush'e: DATE l'DIPERATrRE PRECIPITATIOX WIXD CONDITIO)'" OF HARBOR )Iax. )Iin. Snowfall Snow on )Ii!es per Ground Hour Xov. 22 · · · · . · · · 22 -6 none 3.0 4.5 Slush ice. XOY. 23 · · · · · . · . · · 10 _1 none 3.0 '.5 Ice scattered. Xo\". 2-l · · . · · · . . · 13 -13 none 3.0 7.1 Ice scattered. o·-, · · · · · · .20 2 none 2.5 5.3 Harbor filling. t;-;~~ 26 · . . · · · 22 8 none 2.5 ·4.7 Harbor filling. XOy'- 27 · . · · · · . I, -3 none 2.5 5.0 Harbor filling. • XOY. '" · · · · . · ·---- · · · 13 -3 none 2.5 5.2 Ice well off shore. ALASK_-\ XORTHERX SCHEDl'LE. AXCHORAGE RIFLE CLUB. d. A mixed passenger and freight train leaves Seward for The Anchorage Rifle Club held its initial shoot on Kern Creek and way stations e...-ery )Ionday, Thursday and Thanksgiving morning at the range at the east end of~n~ 52turday at 'i a. m., returning to Seward the same day. railway yards, and creditable scores were made by ( "ri eral members at the 200-yard target, under the tum atl"1) :SOTICE. of the soldiers of the 14th iniantry. on 7::r It is planned to hold a series of practice shootsIl!~ring The following owners of lots in the townsite of Anchor· the winter, the next being scheduled for 10 o'c!ockiHumd.!i."/" age are reqnes-ted to cal! at the Townsite Office and make morning. The club has secured the loan of a *i?(i(~#J: payment of asse:osments: . tent frofu the Commission, which wi!! insure tl\lt~'Ii~ )1. Frye ...... Lot 5, Block 64 of spectators and participants while watchinl?:;tlieynjia-~. Ahin Brooks ...... Lot >1, Block·liB tice. . ><0") ~JI"I' 30

OFFICIAL CIRCULARS.A L.A S K.A R A I L R~~O~A~D~R~F.~'h C~.~O~R~D~~~~~V~'~I.~I~' nC~~t~~f,,;\'I;,~~'n-~.N~':. ~4.~ _____ needed. "'hen pl'omptil', Eye HOSPITAL REGULATIONS. Department of the Interior Alaskan Engineering Commission. Anchorage, Alaska, Nov. 29, 1916. Cireular No. 150: TO ALL CONCERNED: EllPLOY::\lEXT IX THE SER\'ICE OF

I and me,li- 1917:

., WHO BE .-l..DllITTED TO THE HOSPITAL. 1. Employees. Emplo)-e~s will be admitted to Commis!<-;on hospitalS, 01' hospitals under Conna"l ,,-;,h the Commis"lon, upon I'eque~t made by a phy"",lan In the empl.;,,. of the Commi~~ion 01' by the official" in cha,ge Of 'he deparloyee·s family. Relatjves lh·in", with but not dependen, upon an employee will not be consider£-d dependent. members of Engineer. hi" famil}". Such dependent members of an employee·" ram!!y will bfi-admitted into the hospitals maintained by the Com CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT. mi~~ion and into contract hospi,als where fea~lbl(' to arran"e for same, on pres",nting a certificate signed by the hpad of the Department of the Interior

WAGE SCHEDULE CHANGES. Department of the Interior Alaskan Engineering Commission. Snpplement No. 12 to Wage Schedule No.4: The following rate is authorized for work on Anchor age Division: SUrgeon, Headquarters Hospital, $275.00. Issued Nov, 27, 1916. Effective Dec. 1, 1916. H. F. DOSE, Acting Division Engineer. Vol.!. No.4. ALASKA RAILROAD RECORD 31

NEW TRANSPORTATION FORMS. outside work will be observed in this District until further notice: Department of the Interior 8:00 A. IlL to 12:00 Noon. Alaskan Engineering Commission. 1:00 P. M. to 4:00 P. M. Anchorage, Alaska, Nov. 29, 1916. Office hours will remain the sarne--viz.: Transportation Circular No. 22: 8;00 A. M. to 12:00 Noon. TO ALL CONCERNED: 1:00 P. M. to 5:00 P. M. The following new forms have been received: Meal hours will be observed as follows: FORM 397-0VER, SHORT AND DAMAGE REPORT. 7:00 A. M. Breakfast. To be prepared and handled as per instructions on re 12:15 P. M. Dinner. verse sid~ of form. 5:00 P. M. Supper. FORM 410.----SEAL RECORD BOOK. Please be'guided accordingly. Agents will record in this book record of car seals on CHAS. H. BENNETT, Supt. of Construction. all cars handled at their stations. Conductors will Approved, H. F. DOSE, Acting Division Engineer. make record of car seals on all cars'opened by them. FORM 412-FREIGHT RECORD BOOK. REMITTANCE OF TIME ROLLS. Agents will record in this book all freight wAybills received by them. Department of the Interior FORM 414-PREPAID FORWARDED BOOK. Alaskan Engineering Commission Agents will record in this book all prepaid freight.. Anchorage, Alaska, Nov. 27, 1916. shipments forwarded by them. . Accounting Department Circular No. 23: FORM 423-DISTRIEUTION OF LABOR. TO ALL TIMEKEEPERS: A copy of this form to accompa!,y payrolls showing Timekeepers are required b" prepare and forward time distribution of labor. This form is also to be used rol!s so as to arrive at the District Office not later than by construction forces as per instructions to be issued the 4th of each month. .' bv Chief Accountant. District Timekeepers are required to forward COlll £. new supply of Form 266, Conductors' Train Book, pleted time rolls covering theh- entire Districts so as to ;'--"'''''has been received and will be issued as soon as the old arrive at the office of the Chief Timekeeper not later than ... stock has been exhausted. . the 10th of each month. H. F. DOSE, Acting Division Engineer. Timekeepers and District Timekeepers will govern themselves accordingly. LOCAL TARIFF NO.5. H. B. WILKINSON, Chief Accountant. Department of the Interior Approved, H. F. DOSE, Acting Division Engineer. Alaskan Engineering Commission. Anchorage, Alaska, Nov. 29, 1916. )[ATANUSkA BRANCH CAMPS. Transportation Circular No. 23: Department of the Interior TO ALL CONCERNED: Alaskan Engineering Commission. Local Tariff No.5 has been distributed among the var Matanuska District Office. ious agents and others concerned, covering freight rates Matanuska, Alaslm, Nov. 28, 1916. that will be in effect Decembel;' 10th. It is necessary that )Ia!anuska District Circular: all instructions contained therein be complied with, and TO ALL CONCERNED: any questions concerning this tariff should be taken up The camps on the Matanuska Branch line will be known with this office. in future as follows: • H. F. DOSE, Acting Division Engineer. Kings River-Camp 24. Residence Camp, three miles above Kings. River--Camp FOR)[ XO. .lOS-PERSONAL RECORD. 27. Department of the Interio}' Camp two miles above Hole-in-the-Wall-Camp 32. • Alaskan Engineerin~ Commission Camp at Forks of Chickaloon and Matanuska-Camp Anchorage, Alaska, Dec. 1st, 1916. 36, Transportation Circular No. 24: - Please use this numbering on future accounts and in re Effective at once, agents, operators, station and train ferring to camps on the Mat3nuska Branch above Kings baggagemen, engineers, firemen, hostlers, dispatchers, River. conductors, brakemen, car and engine inspectors, yardmas C. R. BRECK, Jr., District Engineer. ters, switchmen, flagmen, bridge foremen, section fore Approved, H. F. DOSE, Acting Division Engineer. men, trackwalkers and such other applicants and em " ./ ployees as may be designated will be required to prepare SHIPMENT OF LIVE STOCK. Form ~o. 408, Persona! Record, in addition to Form No. Department of the Interior, 120, and will be required to submit to an examination for Alaskan Engineering Commission. acuteness of vision, color perception, hearing and general Office of Trainmastel·. ~ physical condition, as indicated thereon. AnchoI'age, Alaska, Nov. 29th, 1916 • I • Present employees enumerated above \vill immediately Trainmaster's Bulletin: prepare a copy of this form and take it to Headquarters Hospital for the necessary examination. TO ALL CONCERNED: After examination has been made the Hospital De On account of the increased number of dogs and horses Ilartment will forward the record to employing officer, who being handled by our mixed train, stock car. No. 1301 will will record such information as necessary and then for be placed on tllis train as regular equipment until further l ward same to this office fOJ; file. notice. This in order to keep the box car equipmer.t in a \ All applicants for the above positions will prepare this flallitary condition. Please be governed acco:-dinglv. form and submit to the necessary examinations befOJ'e em C. WATSON, Trainmaster. ployment is commenced. Approved, H. F. DOSE, Acting Division Engineer. Only one copy of above form is required. H. F. DOSE, Acting Division Engineer. NOTICE.

TALKEETXA LABOR HOURS. TO· ALL CONCERNED: The undersigned would deelll it a great favor if em Department of the Interior ployees and others would negotiate their checks immedi Alaskan Engineering Commission. ately upon receipt of same. Advices received from the Office of District Engineer' Treasury Department indicate a large number of old Talkeetna, Nov. 17, 1916 .. checks outstanding. This request is made also to save Talkeetna District Circular: employees time and trouble resulting from the loss of TO ALL CONCERNED: checks. G. C. HAMMOND, Effective November 20th, the following hours for all Anchorage. Lee. 1, 1916. Special Disbursing Agent. 32 11 T.ARKA. RAILROAD RECORD Vol. I. No.4. DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS. A. H. Schaefer, Storekeeper,' .Anchorage. H. B. V.'ells, Storekeepet·, ·Matanuska. Wm. 'Peltier, Storekeeper, Potter Creek. ALASKAN ENGINEERING COMMISSION.' R. S. Donaldson, Storeleeeper, Talkeetna. Hon. Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior, Wash F. C. Kobely, Property Cled,. ington, D. C. M. H. Baker, Acco_untant. '

• MATANUSKA DISTRICT. (Headquarters--Matanuska, Alaska.) C. R. Breck, jl·., District Engineer. Lee R. Wilson, Washington Representative, Wa:

Volume T. ANCHORAGE, .1\LASKA.. , TUESDAY. DECEMBER 12, 1916. No.5

age) was to be the main construction base of the new line Alaska Railroad Record northward to Fairbanks, several thousand people flocked to that point. The Anchorage townsite was surveyed in June, 1015, and early in July the first sale was held. On Official Publication of the Alaskan Engineering the date of this sale there were over 3,000 people in the Commission. camp. Because of the increase in the population of the town, which is now between 4,000 and 5,000, it has been The purpose of the ALASKA RAILROAD RECORD Is to n~essary for the Government to hold additional sales. furnish each week !" a ~oncise form cur".,nt Information con_ The total number of lots sold to date is 1108, which cerning the operation ""d construction of the Government brought ~n aggregate of $216,845. . ~Ilw"y system In Ala"k", Tile subscriptlon price is 31 per ~''''''r for l"g,e, making the subscription $I.'>Q p~r yen,-, now between 150 and 200 people. There is also a small Yearly subscriptions are entered as beginning at tile first of tile Quarter of the year in which ,-eceh'ed and expire at the town at :Moose Creek, where a townsite has been surveyed begcinnln~ of the corresponding quarter of the follOWing year. and lots will be sold next spring. The first coal mine on "-hen subscriptions flre ,eceh'ed after the be!:"innlng of a the Government railroad is in operation at this point. quarter the back numbers which ha"e been issued during that The Alaskan Engineering Commission secures all its coal 'lUarter will be forwarded when a,·aHable. <.I.'he paper is publlshe{\ free to United States Governm~nt for the Anchorage Division from this mine, and it is also department.>. representatives of foreign governments. public the 'source of supply for the people of the town of librnries and. employees of the Alaskan Englneel"lng Com- Anchorage. Prior to the opening of this mine all coal was mission. . illlported and cQst the consumer from $15.00 to $16.00 per Remittances for subscriptions may be fO"wal"

1'asll,o!l. Gu~t; 1'em".'oB, Alec; Thlhoson, Ie. 0.; ·rl"""l'son. R. j-J, '(2); 'To.'g~'r, :Ii!k~: rago[[, .Tlm; T"rofr, E.; 'ra,vlo.·, Alex B. i2); Taylo ... A. n.; Toni,., .11m; ThUrston, eh",.. (~l; ']'"lcchIlCh, Anton' Tl]'lnou~ Gu~; Thom,,~, .Tohn; 'romo.·Jeh, Z.; Tomlclch, lIn'I",; '.pnll,,: h"n, Gllst; ']'''I:0[f, .John. Vo]'o~, .James; Vasllou, Tom; VassU. George; V,,!

Weatherhead, Victor; ,Vnnag, Augu£t: Webb, John (2); \Vel, lin, Jac!,; \Vllite, C.; Wilson. A.; WU~on, O'C(ll'; W;"st~'l, L.: WEEKLY PROGRESS REPORTS. WOtleH, G~st: \Verdel1, \V. ,v.; WOI·tm:l.tl. ,Vm.; Wl'lght, J. W,: \Yukm;,', John, Wukmlr, Pete; Wagne,', aloE; ,Vlelu1>ol"" D.; Solm.... Mlko; Sou- I,jk. John; Stathis. Ernest; Sleenes, M. tages. Thm"pson. "\nton. Painting, 'Walsh. Ed. \Yostlund, Swan; Wilson, ,,",'m. The cold weather prevented much painting being done. Zeete~, Frank; Zool,. G, .-.. At Hospital No.2 the work is 90 per cent complete; at ---- Cottages N!,>s. 16 and 26 the work was completed. NEW CONTRACTS A WARDED, Water Service and Plumbing, ...... Anchorage Division. During the week the plumbing force was kf'pt busy thawing out water pipes. The following buildings re The following contracts fo\' construction work on An quired attentioll: Cottages Nos. 2, 4, 7, 8, D, 12, 13, 14, chorage Division were approved by the Commission during Hospitals No, 1 and No.2, Mess Hou~!" No.2, Photogra the period Nov, 16 to Nov. 30, 1016: pher's Office, Bunk Houses Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4, Chief Stew E. Christoferson & Co., Grading, Turnagaih Arm Dis ard's Office and Dr. Beeson's residence. trict. The plumbing of CQttages Nos. 17, 18, 19, 20, 30, 31 Frank Mathison & Co., Grading, Turnagain Arm Dis and 33 is 85 per cent complete; that of Cottages Nos. 16 trict. and 27 was finished. A. Hall & Co., Grading, Turnagain Arm District. The frost-proofing of the hydrants at the terminal was .:I.ndrew Lindquist & Co., Grading, Turnagain Arm Dis completed; the installation of fire hydrants for the town trict. site cottages is 95 pel' cent complete. Sewer and water John Gustafson & Co., Grading, Turnagain Arm Dis lines were installed in the Army Mess Hall. Hot water • trict. plants were placed in Cottages Nos. 21, 25, 26 and 27 and N. W. Sjostedt & Co., Grading, Turnagain Arm Dis- fair progress was made at the other cottages. In the trict. new school building the installation of steam heat is 75 N. Kleven & Co., Grading, Turnagain Arm District. per cent cOlllplete; at the machine shop 45 per cent. I Swan Addn & Co., Grading, Turnagain Arm District. Mechanical Department. Chas. Larson & Co., Grading, Turnagain Arm District. Moore & McFall, Cutting Wood, Matanuska District. Running repairs were made to engines Nos. 221, 225, O. Bostrom & Co., Grading and Grubbing, Turnagain 265 and 280, the latter being equipped with an electric Arm District. headlight . A force of seven men from this department M. Kasovitch & Co., Grading and Grubbing, Turnagain' worked all week fitting up machinery in the new power Arm District. plant. Chas. M. Johnston, Cutting Wood, ivlatanuska District. A small amount of miscellaneous shop order work was Louis Prezinso & Co., Grading, TU~'nagain Arm Dis handled for private parties, Work was begun on a hot trict. air furnace for Cottage No. 36. C. ,F. Anny & Co., Grading and Grubbing, Turnagain Electrical Department, Arm District, • During the week steam was turned into boilers 1 and Andrew Frederickson & Co., Grading and' Grubbing, 2 at the power plant. A force was engaged on the instal Turnagain Arm Dis'rict. lation of the switchboards, and mechanics were installing P. McCormick & Co., Grading, Turnagain Arm District. exhaust and water pipes. A small carpenter force, was Fred Cha!man & Co., Grading, Turnagain Al'm Distl'ict. occupied in laying floors and putting in cement founda Chas. Anderson & Co., Grading and. Gruhbing, Turn- tions for piping. again Arm District.' . A. Moen & Co., Grading and Grubbing, Turnagain Arm 'fELEGRAJ>H AND TELEPHONE DEPARTMENT ~ District. ' 1;. Olson & Peterson, Cutting Wood, Matanuska District. Talkeetna_ Ma~anuska, Hugh McCaughey, Cutting Wood, ~atanuska District. Material for closing the gap between Mile 174 and :i'.Iontana Creek is at Matanuska and will be forwarded as CONTRACT SETTLEMENTS. soon as there is sufficient snowfall to make good sledding. . Townsite Telephone Exchange. The total amount' paid to' contractors b~' the Ancho>' The combination light-telephone pole work for both the age· Disbursing Office during the perioo Dec('mber 1 to terminal yards amI townsite has been completed. This in 7,1916 was $29,303.08, as follows; cludes the Jine of poles· from the plant to the buildings on Geo. Marino &. Co...... , ... " ...... $5400.96 the west side of the tracks in the yards, and to the new George Lanoff & Co. " ...... 2230.21 hospital. Anchors for the guying are all placed, except James Pavletich & Co...... 7430.08 at the lower end of the terminal yards. F. Kammersgaard & Co .. :" ..... ,., ...... 1105.30 E. Swanson & Co ... ,...... 4884.98 Electric I.ight and Power. Sam Harris & Co .. ; ...... , . , .... , 4436.85 The entire week wa:> utilized in pushing the power Ale.x Tsakumis & Co.... , .. , ...... ". 3724.70 plant installation. 36 ALASKA RAILROAD RECORD Vol. I. No.5. TURNAGAIN ARM DISTRICT. A piledriver crew is driving Bridge No. 24, across Was Clearing Right-of-Way, silla Creek, and after this is doM the outfit will be moved to Co~tonwood Crossing. Clearing is completed between Anchorage and a point North of the Little Susitna a winter camp is being built one-half mile north of Indian Creek, a distance of 26% at Mile 180, and work on ano~her winter camp at \,fillow miles. About 1'4 miles of the heavy clearing between one Creek, Mile 186, wiU be begun shortly. As soon as these mile north of Glacier Creek and Indian Creek have been camps are fimshed the freighting of supplies will com completed. mence. Another fall of snow is needed, however, to put Grading. the roads in good condition for sleighing. On account of the extreme cold weather the steam Prospective right-of-way contractors are advised that shovel at Big Rabbit Creek made only fair progress during the con~ract for clearing between Willow Creek and Kash the week. 'ihe contract DIM. Beckstrom & Co. was can "'Witna Rivel' is not ready to be let at present. At the celled. The other eighteen contractors who signed con proper time bids will be advertised for, and sufficient time tracts last week have their winter quarters practically allowed contractors to inspect the work. completed and will start grading on Monday. It is suggested by District Engineer Breck that pros '.lhe following con.;racts were let during the week: pective bidders await the publication of the notice before Geo. Hl"jak & Co. making the trip out to Matanuska. Chas. Anderson & Co. Mat"anuska Townsite. A. Moen & Co. The cottages for married employees have been com Frank Daniels & Co. pleted and one family has already moved in. The other Bernard Nelson & Co. houses will be occupied within a few days. With the ex E. Carlson & Co. ception of two days, the water supply was maintained dur F1'ed Carlson & Co. ing the cold weather, and it is expected no further inter Joseph Johnson & Co. ruption will be experienced during the winter. ' Miscellaneous. The recently completed cottages at Potter Creek Head TALKEETNA DISTRICT. .' quarters have been assigned as follows: Co~tage No. ,1. •••••..•...... •••..••• F. A. Hansen Following is the progress report of the Talkeetna Dis',··.. r~~, Cottage No.2 ...... •...... D. B. Van Derlip trict for the week ending November 26: '- ... Cottage No.3 ...... '. Dan Leech Residency 255. Cottage No.4 ...... R. D. Thompson Construction of the buildings for this residency is com Cottage No.5 ...... H. C. Davis pleted, with the exception of the interior detail work, Cottage No.6 ...... T. W. Secrest which will be done next week. Cottage No.7 ...... W. M. Peltier Cottage No.8 ...... Tom McKinney Crib at Camp 221- Camps 94, 96 and 98 are practically completed; Camp This work is progressing satisfactorily. The first tim 91 about 50 per cent. The field hospital at Sheep Creek ber was placed December 1. On account of the jamming is about 90 per cent complete and the office building at of ice in the river, thus causing it to pile up on the banks, Potter Creek 60 per cent. four or five feet of ice excavation had to be made in some instances. . -~ MATANUSKA DISTRICT. Kashwitna. Branch Line. The construction of the camp buildings at this place will be commenced the first of next week. On the Matanuska Branch the camp at Kings River, Mile 24, is now nearly complete; that at Mile 27 about 75 General. • per cent. The temperature between Montana Creek and Dead Resident Engineer F. T. Young has established his Horse varied during the week fl'om 10 above to 30 below headquarters at Camp 27 and is now engaged in retracing zero, and for two days past a severe notth wind has been the located line. raging. The river has jammed and overflowed intermit Contracts are being let on Residency E to Shedin & tently but next week will probably see it frozen over per Co., Henry Hanson & Co., Fred Johnson & Co., Jankow & manently for the winter. On this account it has been Co., Kargin & Co., Pete Iverson & Co., and Mike Divyak practically impossible to do freighting over the ice. & Co. All the above contractors are being mov.ed to their The trail from Kashwitna into Camp 174 has been stations and as soon as they have established their camps completed, thus establishing communication between these will start construction work. points. On Residency F, the placing of contractors on their stations is slower because the means of transportation is Seward Division, limited to pack trains and light dOUble-enders, over the old Chickaloon trail. It will be impossible to commence Following is the progress report of the Seward Divi this work in earnest until the river is frozen and freight sion for the week ending December 2: can be hauled over the ice. With the present cold weather The force at work on the Kern Creek bridge is making this should be possible within a very short time. Even satisfactory progress, despite. the cold weather, as are under prevailing adverse conditions five small contracting the station gangs between Kern and Glacier Creeks. The gangs are at their stations building their quarters and a scction crews at Mile 45 and Mile 52 have been laid oIT fOl' Commission force is constructing a camp at Mile 36, the the winter. Work on the tailroad approach to the Sew latter being now about 75 per cent complete. . ard dock has again been resumed. . A number of road house men and others have been On December 7 a new train schedule went into effect, granted permits and are preparing to conduct small busi and until. further notice a mixed train will leave sewary' nesses at Kings River, and a considerable number of peo at 8:30 a. m. every Monday, Thursday and Satu~'day for ple are making their tempOrl).ry residence in this district, Mile 40; returning will leave Mile 40 at 1 :00 p. )l awaiting developments in the Chickaloon coal fields. the same day for Seward. The train made its last trip At Mooae Creek the O'Reilly-Doherty coal mine is pro to Kern Creek on December 5. Engine No.4, with 10 ducing 'ab"out 60 tons of coal per day, and the proprietors flat cars, two box cars and a caboose are tied up at Kern hope, to' increase their output to· 80 .tons within ten days. Creek for the winter.. . _ At present the pro{luct lS not bemg screened but ar The force report of this Division on December 2 \vas as rangements are now being made to do so. follows: . Supplies and equipment are being spotted at Eska Hea1quat,ters Office ...... 10 Creek fo~ the Milo Kelly coal property on Eska Creek, Engll1eerll1g ...... ;...... 35 and operatio'ns will commence at this mine shortly. Shops and Yards ...... ,... 40 Main Line. Stores and Dock ...... 20 Work on the Main Line is rapidly nearing completion Track, Grade, Ballast and Bridges ...... 256 as far north as the Little Susitna River. There now re Stationmen anll Laborers ...... 253 main but eight uncompleted contracts amI the last of these will probably bc completed by Christmas. Gl'and ¥Jtal all emplo)'ees Seward Division ... : .. 614 • • Vol. I. No.5. AT.ARKA RAILROAD RECORD 37

RAILROAD TRAIN SCHEDULE. Anchorage, Alaska, Nov. 18, 1916. TransP,?rtation Circular No. 19. (Supersedes Transportation Circular No. 14, dated October 30, 1916.) Effective 12:01 a. m. Wedrresday, November 22, 1916, a mixed passenger and f).'eight train will be run be tween -Anchorage and Matanuska, Matanuska and King and between Anchorage and Rabbit on the following schedule: • NORTHBOUND MAIN LINE SOUTHBOVND Monday Wednesday and Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, only. Saturday, only. Leave 9:00 a. m. 0.0 Anchorage Arrive 2:45 p. m. 4.0 9:25 4.9 WhitnflY. 2:30 7.3 9:55 12.2 Kuney 2:10 0.7 10:40 21.9 Birchwood 1:35 5.6 11:00 27.5 EkJutna 1:10 0.0 Arrive 11 :30 a. m • 36.5 Matanuslm. Leave 12:40 p. m. • NORTHBOUND MATANUSKA BRANCH SOUTHBOUND Monday, Wedn~sday and Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, only. Saturday, only. Leave 12:45 p: m. 36.5 Matanuska Arrive 11:40 a. m. 6.4 1:20 42.9 Palmet" 11:10 6.6 1:55 49.5 Moose Creek 10:30 9.2 2:32 58.7 Granite 9:35 1.0 Arrive 2:40 p. m. 60.6 King. Leave 9:30 a. m.

SOUTHBOUND MAIN LINE NORTHBOUND Tuesday, Thursday and Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, Only. Saturday, Only. Leave 1 :00 p. m. 0.0 Anchorage. Arrive 2:10 p. m. 5.0 1:15 5.0 Campbell. 1:55 5.4 • Arrive 1 :30 p. m. 10.4 Rabbit. Leave 1:40 p. m. Mixed train leaving Anchorage northbounrl will stop just North of road ("rossing, Terminal Yard, Anchorage. This schedule is NOT in effect as a time card authorizing the movement of trains, and all trains will continue • to run extra as heretofore. i However, for the information. and guidance of all concerned, the trains covered by this schedule will not leave any station at which time is shown ahead of the {lesignated time. . Owing to working conditions this schedule is only tentative, and the Cominission reserves the right to change it without notice. F. MEARS, Commissioner. '-----_. - .. _. -- "._. --..._------

• DAILY WEATHER DATA . The following table shows the weather conditions prevailing at Ancllorage during the period November 29 to December 5, inclusive:, • DATE .p TEMPERATURE· PRECIPITATION WIND CONDITIO;>/" OF HARBOR ~ Max. Min. Snowfall Snow on Miles per / Ground Hour INoV.29 ...... 14 -6 1.0 3.5 4.2 Harbor filled with ice. INov.30 ...... 14 2 trace 3.5 '.1 Ice well off shore. I Dec. 1 ...... 13 -14 o :3.5 4.' Much open water. ,Dec.2...... ·0 -24 o 3.5 7.0 Much open water. "Dec. 3 ...... -4 -24 o 3.5 6.6 Much open w;ater. 'I Dec. 4 ...... 3 -26 o 3.0 6.0 Anchor ice forming. 1 Dec. 5 ...... -5 -36 o 3.0 5.3 .Ice w.l"ll packed. t_.. --~------~ .-...... - - .. ALASKA NORTHERN SCHEDUIJE. 500.00; i'0l' local purchases $210.82; to contractors $29, !{03.08; other expenditures $687.85::.__ A mixed passenger and freight train leaves Seward for Mile 40 and way stations every Monday, Thursday and NOTICE. Saturday at 8:30 a. m.; returning leaves Mile 40 for Sew The following persons owning lots in the Townsite of anI the same day at 1 p. m. Anchorage al'e l·equested· to call at the Townsite Office ---- and make payment of their assessments: R. E. Spicer ...... Lot 3, Block 51 ANCHORAGE- DISBURSING OFFICE. Edw. Sirois _...... Lot 9, Block 55 . Raso Gazovich ...... Lot 2, Block 12 'rhe total disbursements made by the office at Anchor M. 1<. Penoff ...... Lot 6, Block 9'1 age for the period December 1 to 7 totaled $115,701.75. C. J. M. Lind ..... : ...... Lot 10, -Blocl< 72 The payment of salaries and wages amounted to $85,- J. G. WA'fTS, Townsite Manngel·. 38 ALASKA RAILROAD RECORD Vol. I. No.5. OFFICIAL CIRCULARS, 3. Requisitions will be filled promptly and forward.:ld securely wral?ped and properly labeled. A memorandum of shipment m duplicate will be forwarded under separ (The following eh'culal's of the AQchorage Division Ac ate cover to the respective parties, the original to be re cotl"lIn~ Depa,'t'nent, Nos. 11, 13 and 19, were Issued priOl to the- publlcatlon of the Alaska Railroad Record and we,'~ ceipted and returned to the Coupon Department and the dlstrlbuted at the time of I,ssuance to tile various DeJ1,."t duplicate to be rr;tained in the file of receiving p~rty. ",.nts. On account of thea' Importance to all cOl1ce!"ned they '"'e l'Cl"'ouuced in these columns.) 4. Timekeepers in the various districts will secure books to meet the demands of their camps or gangs from ''''; ::;. :;:'::"·-~':~\"'~~1.i~)J(~r;>~:· ~4~-ORDER FOR l\iEA LS. their respective District Timekeepers. Departnlent of the Interior 5. In the various offices at Headquarters where a Alaskan Engineering Commission. timekeeper is not maintained and where the heads of De ... Anchorage, Alaska, Oct, 13, 1916. partments prepare time rolls to cover employees therein, Accounting Department Circular No. 11: ' the employees of such offices will secure their supply of '1'0 ALL CONCERNED: commissary coupon and meal ticket books from the Chief ~his form has been prepared for the purpos~ :of ex Timekeeper at -these headquarters. The Chief Timekeeper tendmg to new employees who have not eal'ned sufficient at the end of each month will furnish the heads of the to pUl"~h~se a meal ticket book the privilege of eating at various offices with a statement showing the number and Commission mess houses at the regular. rate of 33 1-3 kind of books issued to the various employees under their cents per meal. jurisdiction, for which deductions are to be made on the Timekeepers and other employees concerned will be eurr~nt month's. time ~·oll. In the event of ~n employee govei'ned by the following J'egulations relative to the leaVing the serVIce dnrmg the month, the offiCial in charge propel' method of handling this form:' of the time roll ,vill procure from the Chief Timekeeper a 1. This form will be made out in duplicate for all new statement of books issued 1:0 such employee. employees until such time as they have earned sufficient 6. An employees upon receiving coupon or meal ~o have a meal. book charged to their account. - The orig ticket hooks will be required to place their ·signature on Inal must be gIVen to the employee and the duplicate re the cover_of. the book, and also on the contract form; for tained as a camp record. this purpose ink or indelible pencil must be used. .' 2. Employees' accounts must be charged daily with 7. Employees will not be permitted to draw coupon r all oI"llerB for meals issued. and meal ticket books, whether paid for in cash 01' b§ " ~ 3. These forms are numbered serially and all nUln payroll deductions, in excess of 60 per cent of tlleir bel'S must be accounted for. If any order has been spoiled monthly compensation. . or cancelled, the original must be appended to the dupli 8. Timekeepers and other issuing clerks will issue cate for purposes of audit. coupon books only between the 5th and 27th of each 4. Payroll deduction must in all cases be made for month. and the timekeeper or other issuing clerk will see all ~rders iSBu.ed. Timekeepers will not be permitted to that the employee has sufficient time to'his credit to cover receIVe meal tickets In repayment of order for meals is the book or books issued. sued. 9. -All books before issuance to employees ar.e to be 5. Orders for meals a~e good only at the camp at validated with proper stamp, on the front Cover and on which they are issued. L receipt stub. Validating stamps will be handled and is 6. A. separate ~o\umn on the time roll will be used sued as required by the Coupon Department. As each for enterl.ng deductions for order for meals issued. The stamp bears a separate identification, a record of the vari column Will be headed "Order for ],Ieals Account." ous stamps will be kept in the Coupon Department. . 7. CFedit to mess house will be given in the same 10. Timekeepers and clerks in commissary and mess manner as regular meal tickets. A separate line on Form houses will. see that validation appears on each book be No. 141, Mess House Statement, should be used for enter fore detachmg coupons or meal tickets from their covers.' • ing the number and value of orders honored. Books not bearing the validation stamp will be lifted and 8. A camp record will be maintained of all orders forwarded to the office of the Chief Accountant. for meals received and issued after the same plan as 11. NO DETACHED COUPONS WILL BE HON meal ticket books. For this l,)Urpose, Form No. 140 can ORED, AS THEY ARE CONSIDERED ABSOLUTELY • be used to advantage by altermg the words "Meal Ticl{et WITHOUT VALUE. Books" to read "Order for Meals." 12. All employees whose duty it is to receive coupons .. 9. Timekeepers will be held responsible for any orders for commissary sales and meal tickets for meals will per that have been omitted to be properly charged. sonally detach coupons from the books, and such coupons H. B. WILKINSON, Chief Accountant. will be cancelled immediately upon detachment. Approved, F. MEARS, Commissioner. -- --- . 13. Timekeepers in outlying Districts will forward cancelled coupons and meal tickets to the COUpon Deparl COUPON REGULATIONS. ment direct, accompanied by sales slips and copy of in Department of the Interior voice which they forward to the District Accountant. A~ _ -Ala-skan Engineering Commission. soon as coupon books and meal tiekets have been cheeked . Anchorage, Alaska, Oct. 13, 1916 by the Coupon Department, a remittance sheet will be Accounting Department Circular No. 13: . forwarded to the District Accountant, in order that he .... may check up any irregularities. TO ALL CONCERNED: , . The following instructions are issued in compliance 14. Cancelled coupons and meal ticltets must be for With th~'or~er of. the Commissioner, under date of October warded to the Coupon Department not later than the 10th 11, 1916, CIrcular No. 122. of each month. 1. A Coupon Department has been established iu the 15. As soon as a check has been made of coupons office of the Chief Accountant. This Department will and meal tickets they will be destroyed. have full charge of the receipt, care and issue of commis 16. The Retail Store at Anchorage will at the c10S~ sa.ry coupon and meal ticket books on this Division; also of each day's business transmit a daily report of COllI' Will recelVe and have charge of all cancelled commissary missary sales, together with sale slips and cancelled co - coupons and meal tickets. pons, to the Coupon Department. 2. 'Commissary coupon books and meal ticket books 17. As soon as time rolls and station gangs' accounts will be -issued to the following officials on written re have been entered up at the end of each month all COnl quests: mis.sary c~JUpon and meal ticket hook contract fo'rms must District Timekeepers. be lmmediately ~0.Twarded to the Coupon Department. All Anchorage Terminal Timekeepers packages contalmng contract forms must be securely The above timekeepers will make request ~n the Cou wrapped and properly addressed. pon Department for a supply of books neceSSary to meet 18. The clerk in charge of the mess house at these the. roquirements of their respective Departments for a Headquarters will submit a {\aily report of meal tickets perIod of two weeks. Care and judgment is to be used in collected, accompanied by cancelled meal tickets, to the requt;sti.ng ~oqks, in order to prevent a shortage as well Coupon Department. as ehmmatmg rU1.h orders, and also to {lrevent carrying H. B. WILKINSON, Chief ACcountant. a large supply of books without the proper protection. Approved, F. MEARS, Commissioner. Vol. 1. No.5. AI"ASKA RAILROAD RFlCORD 39

COMPUTATION OF TRACI( RENTAL. OFFICIAL PASS BOOK LOST. Department of the Interior Department of the J nterior Alaskan Engineering Commission. Alaskan Engin~cring Commission. Anchorage, Alaska, Oct. 24, 1916. Anchorage, Alaslm, Dec. 8, 1916. Accounting Department Circular No. 19: Transportation Circular No. 26: . TO ALL CONCERNED: , TO ALL CONCERNED: For the purpose of insuring a uniform system of pfficiaI Business Trip Pass Book. containing passes computation of track rental charges against contractors, 1151 to 1200, both inclusive, has been lost. If found, the following method will be observed: - please anange to turn into this office. If any of these Multiply the total sum of the daily tracltage in use by passes are presented on trains, conductor will lift, collect one and one-half and divide by seven. The following il full fare, and turn into this office with full report of par- lustration will serve as a guide in handling this' fea',ure ticulars. .- of contractor's charges: H. F. DOSE, Acting Division Engineer. Oct. 1 250 2' 250 STATION AGENT AT lUNG. 3 300 4 300 Department of the Interior 5 .300 Alaskan Engin~ering Commission. 6 400 Anchorage, Alaska, Dec. 9, 1916. 7 , 400 Transportation Circular No. 27: 8 400 '" TO ALL CONCERNED: !l 550 Effective December 11th, 1916, Mr. W. W. Wade is ap 10 550 pointed Agent at King, Alaska. H. F. DOSE, Acting Division Engineer. 3700 ft. track multiplied by 1 Y2 equals 5550 ft. track. SHIPPING BROKEN TOOLS. •~~ •.,.; 5550 ft. track divided by 7, equals $7.93. please be governed accord mgI y. Department of the Interior H. B. WILKINSON, Chief Accountant. Alaskan Engineering Commission. Approved, F. MEARS, Commissioner. Office of Engineer Maintenance of Way. Anchorage, Alaska, Dee. 7, 1916. TEL. AND TEL. SUPPLEMENT. Maintenance of Way Circular (No. ~2): ALL CONCERNED: Department of the Interior All tools, etc., for repairs should be consigned to MI'. Alaskan Engineering Commission. E. P. Hedberg, Master Mechanic, Anchorage. A tag should Telegraph and Telephone Department. be attached to them showing who sent them in, what re Anchorage, Alaska, Dec. 1, 1916. pairs are to be made, and to whom they are to be returned. Supplement No.1 to Telegraph and Telephone Tariff: Notice of shipment must be given your superior immedi (Dated November 1, 1916.) ately when shipment is made. TO ALL CONCERNED: K. K. KUNEY, Engineer Maintenance of WaJ•. A new telephone has been installed at 18-Mile Road Approved, H. F. DOSE, Acting Division Engineer. bouse (Tom Bush). The rate is the same as Summit Road house. ANNOUNCEMENT. E. R. McFARLAND, Superintendent. Approved, H. F. DOSE, Acting Division Engineer. Alaskan Engineering Commission. TELEPHONE TARIFF SUPPLEMENT. Land and Industrial Department. • Anchorage, Alaska, Dec. 9, 1916 . Alaskan Engineering Commission. Telegraph and Telephone Department. There will be a sale of lots within the original survey .. Anchorage, Alaska, Dec. 8, 1916. of the townsite of Anchorage commencing at 1 p. m., De Supplement No. T to Telephone Tariff No.1: cember 18, 1!l16. This sale will be confined 'entirely to the (Anchorage Exchange) lots within said original survey. TO ALL CONCERNED: The following are the unsold lots within the original Two-party extension teleohone, per month, $2.00. E. R. McFARLAND, Superintendent. survey which will be offered for sale: Approved, H. F. DOSE, Acting Division Engineer. Block 1, Lots 1 to 6, 9, 10. Block 2, Lots 1, 2. WAGE SCHEDULE CHANGES. Block 5. Lots 3, 4, 11. Department of the Interior Block 58, Lots 3 to 9. Alaskan Engineering Commission. Block 62, Lots 1 to 11. / Block 63, Lots 1, 2, 4, 5, 6. Supplement No. 25 to Wage Seh€dule No.2: Block 64, Lot 12. The following rate is authorized for work on this Di Block 75, Lots 10, 11, 12. vis ~n: Block 76, Lot 11.' . Fire Chief, Anchorage Terminal, $180.00. Block 77, Lot 11.' ~suerl Nov. 30, 1916: Effective Dec. 1, 1916. Block 82, Lot 10. '- 1 H. F. DOSE, Acting Division Engineer. Block 83, Lot 11. Block 87, Lots 7, 8, 9, 10, 12. FREIGHT TRAFFIC FORMS. Block 88, Lots 3 to 9. Department of the Interior Block 92, Lots I, 2, ::I, 7 to 12. Alaskan Engineering Commission. Block 94, Lot 6. Anchorage, Alaska, Dec. 6, 1916. Block 95, Lots 7 to 10. BlOCk 96, Lots 6, 9. Transportation Circular ·No. 25: Block 100, Lot 7. TO ALL CONCERNED: Block 102, Lots 2, 9, 11. Effective at once, agents and the trainmaster at An Block 106, Lots 2, 3, 12. chorage wiII expense all company shipments received on Block 107, Tio,ts 1 to 7, n. Form 234, Fl'eight Bill, taking consi~nee's receipt on of" Block 108, Lots 1, 11, 12. lice copy and delivering original to consignee. All com Block 109, Lots 10, 11. pany waybills are to be fprwarded weekly to the Chief Block 120, Lots 2 to 6. Accountant, listed on Form 403. Block J21, Lots 1 to 6.' . H. F. DOSE, Acting Division Engineel·. A. CHRISTENSEN, Supel'intendent of Sale. 40 ALASKA RAILROAD RECORD Vol. 1. No.5.

ORDER. sion, and within 30 days thereafter such commission shall report its findings to the President and congress; that Department of the Interior, Washington, Oct. 25, 1916. each member of the commission created under the pro Hereafter, all telegrams sent on official llUsin~ss by officials and employees of, he Department of the Interior visions of this allt shall receive SUell conlpensation as may must be marked: be fixed by the President. That the 8'urn of $25,000, or PAID-OFFICIAL BUSINESS; OVERNMENT RATE. so much thereof as may be n~cessal'y, be, and hereby is, appropriated; out of any money in the United States Charg,~--C""C=---',,--- -(Inserting sHel;· the word "Charge" t name of the bu Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the necessary reau or office by which telegraphing expen . to be paid, and proper expenses incurred in connection with the work i. e.,· the Indian Office, General Land Office, or r",!ise, of such commission, including salaries,- per diem, travel- as the case may be.) ing expenses of membel's and employees, and rent, fur This is necessary to secure under·the accounting rou tine of the telegraph companies the original of telegrams niture, office fixtUres and supplies, books, salaries, and sent "PAID," to be used in settlement of .claims rendered other necessary expenses, the same to be approved by by telegraph companies for telegraph service. the chairman of said commission and audited by the ., Where telegrams relating to Govermnent business are proper accounting officers of the Treasury. filed with the telegraph companies by Government offi cials or employees not having authority to transmit same Sec. 3. That pending the report of the commissiun "Paid-Officia'! business-i' Government Rate," and by per herein provided for and for a period of 30 days t.hereaf- sons outside the Government service, and, therefore, sent ter the compensation of railway employees subject to 'COLLECT," settlement will· be made based on impres this act for a standard eight-hour workday shaH not be sion copies as furnished by the telegraph companies. Department order of September 27, 1916, and circulars reduced below the p~·eserit standaTd day's wage, and for >, amenda:ory tllereof dated October 2 and October 8, 1915, . all necessary time in excess of eight hours such employees are hereby cancelled and revoked. shall be paid at a rate not less tlian the pro rata rate EO SWEENEY, Assistant SeCl.·etary. for such standard eight-hour workday. ..,~ • Sec. 4. That any person violating any provision" ·of EIGHT-HOUR RAILWAY·WAGE LAW. this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con- --- viction shall be fined not less tlJan- $100 and not more The Act of Congress quoted below is published for than $1.,000, or imprisoned not to exceed one year, or the information of all concerned. The l~w was approved both. by the President on September 3, 1916. AN ACT (H. R. 1770Q) To establish an eight-hour day WEEKLY FORCE REPORT. for ~m'ployees 01" carriers engaged in interstate and for eign commerce, and for other purposes. Anchorage Division. Be it enacted, That beginning January 1, 1917, The number of employees of the Anchorage Division as eight hours shall, in contracts for labor and service, be shown by the payrolls on Saturday, November 25, W16, deemed a day's work and the measure o{· standard of a was as follows: day's work for the purpose of reckoning the compensation Commissioner's Office, Anchorage...... 32 for services of all employees who are now or 111ay hereaf Shops and Yards, Anchorage ...... 217 ter be employed by any common carrier by railToad, except Transportation Service, Anchorage ...... " 20 Store and Dock Departments ...... 199 railroads ilJ{lependently owned and operated not exceed Accounting Department, Anchorage...... 19 ing 100 miles in length, electric street railroads, and Disbursing Office, Anchorag'e ...... 5 • electric interurban railroads, which is subject to the pl·O Hospital Department Anchorage ...... ".. 17 visions of the act of February 4, 1887, entitled "An act Townsite Department, Anchorage ...... - . .. 25 Telegraph and Telephone Department ...... 99 to regulate commerce," as amended, and who are now or Track, Bridge and Ballast Crews-Main Line ...... 132 may hereafter be actually engaged in any capacity in Turnagain Arm District ...... 250 the operation of trains used for the transportation of per Matanuska District ...... 275 sons or property on railroads, except raJ"!roads independ Talkeetna District ...... 123 ently owned and operated not exceeding 100 miles in 1413 ·Iength, electric street railroads, and electric interurban .Stationmen and Laborers-All Districts ...... 628 railroads, from any State or Territory of the United States or the District of Columbia to any other State o~' Gl·and total all employees Anchorage Division ... 20 .. 1 Territory of the United States or the District of Colum ... MISSING MEN. bia, 0)· from one place -.in a Territory to another place in the same Territory, or from any place in the United Inquil·~' has been made of the Alaskan Engin,"ering States to an adjacent foreign country, or from any place Commission concerning the address of the following in the United States through a foreign country to any persons who are sup,:osed to be in this section of Alaslm.;I, other place in the United States: Provided, That the above. exceptions shaH "not apply to railroads though less than George Sharman, fOl·merly of B1·00klyn, N. Y. He requested to write to his brother, Albert J. Sharman, ~·O! 100 miles in length whose principal business is leasing or Dean Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. furnishing terminal or transfer facilities to other rail , roads, or are themselves engaged- in transfers of freight • • • James H. Neville, formerly of Arizona and Mexico. Hifi between railroads or between railroads. and .industrial sister, Mrs. W. Reynolds, 1202 Kenilwo!th Ave., S. W., plants. Cleveland, Ohio, has a message of importance for him. Sec. 2. That the President shall appoint a commis sion of thTee, which shall observe the operation and ef NOTICE. fects of the institution of the eight-hour ,standard work day as above defined and the facts and conditions affect Copies of the Alaska Railroad Recon) are on sale at the following places in Anchorage: iug the relations between such common carriers and em BAXTER'S NEWS STAND. ployees during a period of not less than six months nOlO Z. J. LOUSSAC. more than nine months, in the discretion of the commis- DEW DROP INN. ., A llilrond rford.

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mente81,er m"~t be forwarded Ilnder forelscn postal rates, '" ,'har/l:" of 56 c~nts poses. is added for "osiage. makin!; the sub:;;cr!ption $l.~O p'," yea,", Yearly subscriPtions are entered as beginning at the first In the exh'eme east end of the shed portion of the of the quarter of the year in which r~ceived and expire at the beginning cf the corresponding quarter of tbe foHowlng year. building are the shop offices, where provision has been V,'hen subscriptions are received after the beginning of a made for private offices for the master mechanic, shop quarter the back numbers wblch have been issued during that quarter will be forwarded when avaHable. foreman and clerical force. A stationery supply room has The paper Is published free to United States Go,'ernment - departments, representath'es of foreign governments, public also been provided. libraries and employees of the Alaskan _Engine""ing Com Between the offices and the tool room, and occupy mission. ing the remaining length of the building, is the machine R~mlttances for subscriptions may be forwarded to the ALASKA RAILROAD RECORD Ilt the ndd,-ess below. shop proper. The usual equipment has been installed, in cluding a car wheel boring machine, planers, radial drill Address all Communications: press, axle lathe, bolt cutters and pipe cutters. In addi • ALASKA RAILROAD RECORD, tion, a new 36-inch lathe and 30-ton wheel press have been Anchorage, Alaska, placed. The outer walls of the machine shop are double, with • ANCHORAGE MACHINE SHOP. eight-inch air space between the plank surfaces. The en-' tire roof is planked and COVered with asbestos roofing. One of the more n<;lmble improvements made at An Pipe coils and radiators utilizing the waste steam chorage Terminal during the season just passed is the from the. power plant, through a vacuum system, will fur llish heat for the entire building, superseding the stoves new machine shop, which is now nearing completion. The building consists of a main structure 50 feet wide now in uSe. by 250 feet long, flanked by a shed portion 4.0 by 250 feet, Natural lighting is provided by 148 large and 40 sman affording a total floor space of 22,500 square feet. The windows alld a skylight 130 inches wide, rUlming the full main structure is spanned by 21 heavy trusse's, 50 feet length of the building, made up of sheets of wh'e-rein dear span, spaced 12* foot centers and at a height suf forced glass, 44 by 130 inches and weighing about 280 ,. pounds each, Artificial lighting will be provided by 300- ) ficient to give 40 feet clear -space below them. Two tracks on 22-foot centers run the entire length of the building and 200-watt Mazda lamps suitably dist"ibuted through and will readily accommodate ten units of rolling stock out the shops. for repairs or overhauling, Under these tracks, .at the It is planned to, instal! a large amount of additional ·"a.sterly end of the building, are located twin concrete equipment next season and when this is done the Anchor ",team-heated repair pits, ;:;0 feet in length, connected by age shops will be of ample capacity to undertake all \\ transverse wheel drop-pit of sufficient size_ to handle ordinary railroad alld tloating equipment repair work, locomotive drivers up to 84 inches diameter. Next Sea even that of the heaviest type. son specially designed hoisting cylinders wil! be installed in the pits to facilitate the removal of locomotive driv LOCAL COAL TRAFFIC. ers and trucks; and an electric overhead crane, traveling the entire length' of the shop, of 40 tons capacity, with The first shipment of local coal over the Government auxiliary I5-ton hoisting block, will be provided. railroad was made on August 15, H116. To December 1 The blacksmith shop occupies the westerly 100 feet of a total of '3795 long tons has been shipped from Moose the shed portion of the building. The present equip Creek to Anchorage, all but 250 tons of which were eOll ment, consisting of six forges, a 2000-pound steam ham signed to the Alaskan Engineering Commission, AI! the mer and plate rolls with a capacity _for handling plates shipments originated from the coal mine of R. G. Doherty up to % of an inch thick and 12 feet wide, is to be aug- at Moose Creek. ALAbKA RAILROAD RECORD Vol. I. No.6. WEEKLY PROGRESS REPORTS. Camp 103, which was maintained for the work, has been abandoned. Arrangements have been made to haul sup Anchorage Division. plies by nan'ow gauge train from Rabbit, the end of steel, to Potter Creek. It will be about two weeks before the Following are the progJ:ess reports of the various de nanow gauge can be placed in operation, owing to the un finished grading. par~mcn:s of Anchorage Divisioll for the week ending De cember D: Dui'ing the last three weeks thirty contracts were let in this_district. Twenty-six of these contractors have their :'!lAI~TEXANCE OF WAY. winter qualiers completed, and about twenty have started Buildings. grading. Four new grading contracts were let during the The €).i;ension to the east end of \\'arehouse No.2 is 50 week to the following: ~ per cent complete; the repairs to the terminal water tank Jim Kucil & Co. 75 per cent. Fixtures wel'e installed in the Army .l\1ess Angelo Chrissagis & Co. Hall, and this building is now oCl.'upieO .. A small force Ne!s Nicholson & Co. was engaged in ma-king tool houses for the section gangs. M. Rasmunson & Co. \York on the elevator at Hospital No.2 pl"ogressed satis Miscellaneous_ fadorily; as did the installation of the refrigerating plant. The officers' quarters at Potter Creek are about 80 per The plastering of the Commissioner's residence is 75' cent completed. The building is a substantial structure per cent' complete. The Chief Surgeon's' residence is containing six rooms, bath and toilet on the first floor, plastered and a force of carpenters is now at work on and six rooms, shower and toilet on the second floor. Four •• the interior finishing. 'The fwe-room cottages are all plas gasoline drum stoves will furnish heat for the quarters. tered and the carpenter work finished, except at Cottages Camp 91, Falls Creek, is about 70 per cent completed._ :; -- ~os. 17 and 31: The waHs of the buildings are being constructed of logs Painting. and chinked with oakum, and the roofs covered with one The painting in Hospital No.2 is complete excepting inch sheathing and roofing paper. the fixtures and the operating and sterilizing, rooms. Cot tages Nos. 15 and 34 are painted. A small force of paint Force Report. el>;, was employed at Matanuska all week on the cot The total number of employees of the distdct duting tages at that place. the past week was 813, classified as follows: Water Service and Plumbing. (. Commission Employees ...... 235 Stationmen ...... 538- The usual amount of trouble was encountered during Stationmen's Laborers ...... 40 the week with frozen pipes and fixtUres. Three men were engaged exclusiyely on this work. The plumbing in MATANUSKA DISTRICT. the three-room and five-room cottages has been com > pleted, with the exception of Nos. 17, 18, 19 and 31. Work Matanuska Branch. was started on a drain from the hospital cesspool. This General construction conditions on the Matanuska ';"as necessary in order to pre"ent the o'-el-fiow from gla Branch line remain practically unchanged fl'om last week. ziering the roadway at the rear of the building. The various station gangs are building their camps, pre • Satisfactory progress was made during the period on paratory to commencing grading operations. The work the installation of steam heat at School House No.2, the wi!! be under way as soon as the river freezes sufficiently :\Iachine Shop and Cottages Nos. 18 and 29. to permit the freighting of supplies, rails, cat·s and othel' )Iechanical Department_ equipment over the ice. The grading of the first five miles above Kings River may be started before the river is The 3D-ton wheel press was set up during the week and frozen over, by hauling the supplies by team over the re is now ready for operation, and PEogress was made on the cently completed wagon road. line shafting at the blacksmith shop. Running repairs The camps at N1iles 24, 27 and 36 are now practically were made on Engines Nos. 221, 265 and 280. Engine No. completed, and most of the camp-building force has been ~25 received extensive overhauling. A force of seven men laid off. The force will be further reduced during the was engaged all week fitting up the machinery for the coming week. new power plant. The usual amount of commercial shop The residence sUl-vey parties on the Matanuska Branch work was done during the period. (l1'e engaged in retracing the located line and cross-sec Electrical Department. tioning. A number of line changes have been deemed a{! Satisfactory progress was made on the installation of visable. switchboards and machinery in the power plant, and light :\Iain Linc_ , and po·wer will be furnished the machine shop br the The grading of the Main Line south of the Little St! first of next week. sitna is rapidly nearing completion. Eight contract,; re main uncompleted, and three of these wil! be tinishe{[ TURKAGAI;\ ARM DISTRICT_ within a week. • North of the Little Susitna River, camps are under Clearing Right_of_Way. construction at Mile 180 and at Willow Creek. Freight Satisfactory progress is being made by the COl1t!'actOl'~ ing will commence as soon as. there is another fal! of engaged in clf'aring the section between Indian Creek and snow. Glacier Creek. The located line between Little Willow Creek and Grading-. Kashwitna has not yet been definitely determined, but The steam shove! at Big Rabbit Cl'eek has been closed within ten days sufficient soundings in the swamps ovel' clown for the winter-because of extreme cold weathel·. and this section will have been made 'to pel·mit the selection Vol. I. No.6. ALASK~' RAILROAD HBCORD 43

of the proper route. Shortly after this is done a clearing ANNOUNCEMENT. contl:act will be let from the end of the; present cleared right-of-way\near Willow Creek to the end of the ?lIata Department of the Interior nuska District at Sheep Creek. Alaskan Engineeting Commission. . The piledriver crew has completed the work at Wassilla To the Members of the Railroad Y. M. C. A.: Creek and mo\-ed the outfit to Cotto.nwood Creek to drive In accordance with, the. co~stitution and by-I!).Ws (a the trestle at that point. copy of which is posted in the Social Hall), the executive Matanuska Townsite. committee hereby announces the nominations for a Mem The cottages for married employees are now finished, bers' Council to be elected by ballot on Monday, January with the exception of a few days' work to be done by the 1, 1917 between the hou}"s of 11:30 a. m. and 8:30 p. m. painters, and ne~'i week all families will move to their The ballot box will be placed in the office of the Y. fl·!. C. new quarters. A. building. Voting by proxy will be allowed, upon writ The temporary' structures at Matanuska have be~ torn dov.'Il, and the force at that point reduced to a lllln- ten authority furnished by the absent memotr. Ad imum. • ditional names will be added to the official ballot jf pre sented to the Secretary on o:r befor~ December 25. Such

TELEGRAPH AXD TELEPHO"XE DEPARTME~T. addition.al nominations must be endorsed by ten members. Seward Diyision. It is desired to have as many departments as possible The new pair of copper-clad wires recently hung be represented in the :i'iIembers' Council, which will consist tween Seward and :Mile 52 have been simplexed and the of fifteen members, twelve electe.d by the membership body ~Quality of-.both telegraph and te~ephone sen-ice greatly by ballot and three appointed by the executive committee. impro,ed In consequence. Pracbcallr all work except The foHo\Oing members have been placed in nomina maintenance has been suspended on this division. The tion to dat",: --- maintenance charges will be somewha{; hea\ier than Eodier, A.--carpenter, they would be normally on a completed railroad, owing to Boyles, C. T.-accountant T. & T., the acthity in railroad construction. Ci.ullmings, A. S.-timekeeper, )[atannska Branch. Cunningham, J. T.-:-ciJief clerk, 'York on the construction wire to Chickaloon has been Fox, William-blacksmith foreman, .• temporarily suspended owing to the urgent need of the Gardner, Howard----clerk, Warehouse No.2, crew in the _-\nChorage terminal yards. Gillissen, Ale.-.:.-boss painter, "[am Line. Hinde, E. G.----clerk yard office, Hinton, Thomas-'boilermaker, )iaterial for closing the gap in the telephone line to Krygier, E.-pumpman, the Talkeetna District is being placed on the ground as Lund, John-plumber, • rapidly as possible. )IcPhee, E.--clerk y;rd office; T)lrnagain Arm Line. )Ioses, L. R.---chief dispatcher, \\" ork on the temporary exchange at Potter Creek ::-'Iueller, G.-timekeeper, • has also been suspended temporarily on account of the ::fewton,.H .. E.---conductor, , force being needed on electric light and power work in Oldfill, E. C.~.lerk aceonntillg departmellt, the terminal yards, Anchorage. Palmer, Warren-fol'eman, Remore, <;i. H.-foreman B. & B., Anchorage Townsite Exchange. Schultz, H. F.-stationery clerk, But little work is in progress on the telephone plant, Stanton, G. A.-bridge inspector, owing to the rush of work on electric llght and powel". Thompson, Chas. H.-hospital steward, Electric Light and Power. Tremblay, G. H.-clerk steward's office, The aerial work is being rushed as much as possible. \Vatts, J. G.--townsite manager, Lighting in the Fire Hall near General Office Building Werner, E. J,.---clerk retail store. The advisory committee has decided against;- installing :\"0. ·1 and at the Army ~Iess Hall has been installed. / the bowling alleys at this time, owing to the frozen con Radio. dition of the ground making the cost too expensive ·and the The timbers for the radio masts have been rol!ed to fact that alterations to the building haye already exceeded gether and protected with a covering of crOSS-al"nlS fot" the estimate first submitted. The alle~'s will be stored for the winter. future use . \ ., The balances remaining unpaid for initiation fees are • WIXTER )IAIL SCHEDt:LE. now due and may be paid to the secretary at the Y. M. C. A. office, which is located in the old hospital building. The following schedule will be in elfe-d at Anchorage The money received from this source is to be used to pay Post Office .ouring the pre~(l~t season of closed na"iga for the billiard tables and gymnasium equipment, which tion: will be installed within a few days. Outgoing :'o-laiI for Seward and the States doses every The membership of the loca! branch is now 144, ami Tues{jay and Saturday at 9 a. m. all members are requ·ested to lend their active co-opera )[ail from Seward and the States is due to an-h'e tion to bring the total to at least 200 as soon as possible. every )Ionday and Thursday_night. Applications for membership may be made to the Secl'e- Mail for Knik, Susitna and Iditarorl closes evel'y tary at any time. O. A. I{RNYO:-':, Secretary. Thursdar at 6 p. m. Anchol'age, Dec. 1;;, 1!:l16. ~ ALASK i RAILROAD RECORD Vol. I. No.6.

RAILROAD TRAIN SCHEDULE. Anchorage, Alaska, Dec. 18, InS. Transportation Circular No. 31. • {Supersedes Transportation Circular No: 19, dated November 18. 1916.} f~,~~.~.~r5~12:01 a. m. ThUISday, December 21, 1916, a mixed passenger- and freight train wi.\l be run be ,.,;:. and Matanuska, Matanuska :md King and between Anchorage and Rabbit on the following ... . .' :. ..- ,- lL-UN LINE SOUTHBOUND Monda}' 3.lld Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. only. Saturday, only. Lea~e 9:00 a. Ill.. 0.0 Anchorage Arriye 3:00 p. m. 4.9 9:25 4.9 Whitney. 2:40 'i.3 !l:55 12.2 Kuney 2:20 !l.7 IOAO 21.9 Bircllwood 1:45 6.6 11:10 2-7.5 Eklutna 1:15 9.0 . Arrive 11;.10 a. 01. 36.5 :Matanuska•.• Leave 12:40 p. m.

XORTHBOUf'o'D ~rATANUSKA BRANCH SOUTHBOUND lIonda~-, Wednesday and Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, only. ., Saturday, only• .' Lea,e 12:45 p. In- 36.5 ~Iatanuska Arrive 11;40 a. m. 6.4 1:20 42.9 Palmer 11:10 6.6 2:20 49.5 1100se Creek 1Q:30 9.2 3:00 58.7 Granite 9:08 1.9 Arrh'e 3:30 p. m. 60.6 King. Leaye 9:00 a. m . • SOUTHBOU~'Tl ),f.-UN LI);'E NORTHBOUND Tuesday, Thursday and Tuesday, Thursday and Sa.urday, Onl}·. .Saturday, Only. i.ea,e 9:00 a. rn. 0.0 Anchorage. Arrive 10 :45 a. m. 5.0 9:20 5.0 Campbell. 10:25 5.4 Arrive 9:45 a. m. lOA Rabbit. Leave 10:00 a. m. 1£ixed train leanng Anchorage northbound will stop just ;\forth of road crossing, Terminal Yard, Anchol·age. This schedule is XOT in effect as a time care! authorizing the movement of tl'ains, and all trains ,~ill continue to run extra as heretofore. However, for the information and guidance of all concerned, the trains covered b~' this schedule will not leave an~' station at "hleh time is shown ahead of the designated time. I Owing to ~'ork:ing conditions this S{'hedule is onl:; tentative, ami the Commission reserves the right to change. it without notice• .__ . ____ .______. ,______,_____ .. ,,_~_. _. _ !!:.~. DOSE! ~~c.!ing DivisiO:!1 ~n!ri~eel'.

DAILY WEATHER DATA. , The following table shows the weather conditions prevailing at Anchorage during the period December 6 to De cember 12. inclusive: DATE TE)fPERATCRE PRECIPITATIOX WI;\;D CONDITIOX OF HARBOR Ma.,\:. )1in. Snowfall Snow on Miles per Ground Hour , Dec. I) -19 ~28 none 3.0 4.6 Well packed with ice. .' Dec. 7 ...... ~2 -22 none 3.0 11.0· Ice well off shore. Dec. 8 ...... -4 -2.~ none 3.0 5.2 Ice well off shore. Dec.S ...... , ...... 9 ~21 none 3.0 5.8 Filled with ice. Dec. 10 ...... 16 6 0.5 3.5 12.3 Ice well off shore. • Dec. 11 ...... 35 14 0.5 3.5 6.2 Ice well off shore. Dec. 12 ...... 36 21 0.7 3.5 4.7 Ice well off shore. (, l. -.~J 'ALASKA XORTHERX :-;CHEDt;LE. SEATTLE DISBURSli\G OFFICE.

A mixed pas;;enger and freight train leaves Seward for The Seattle Disbursing Office, through which settle- )liIe 40 and way stations every Monday, Thursday and ment is made' for nearly aU the supplies purchased out Saturday at 8:30 a. m.: returning leaves ;o,!ile 40 for Sew side of A!aska, disbursed durin~ the month of November ard the ~ame day at 1 p. m. a total of ~553,086.80. . The office i~ located at 405 Port of Seattle building an!l .-\rrangements have been made by the Commission to is in charge of Mr. Leslie Cramer, formerly disbursing of in.stall a bulletin board in the Anchorage Post Office for fidal at Seward. His assistants are Mr. E. R. Tarwater, the po.sting of official circulars and announcements of pub also formerl)' of the Seward offiCle and Miss Ida Holland, lic interest. formerly of the Seattle Purchasing Office staff. " Vol. I. No.6. ALASKA RAILROAD RECORD PERSONAL 1I1ATANUSKA COAL FIELDS.

B. C. "Weltfi!, formerly district estimator at Matanuska, In the Matanuska· coal fields the geologic conditions has resigned his position and left for Seattle. resemble those of the coal fields in the State of Washing $: * * .. ton r~ther than those of any other district in the United E. F. Dose, acting division engineer, left for the Tal States~ There are numerous beds of coal, but the beds keetna District yesterday morning to inspect the work in that section. have been folded, compressed, and in places faulted. The * *' * ::F inclosing. rocks are generally sandstones or sandy shales. Mirl E. Pellett, formerly stenographer to Commission Early development will probably be by stopes or drifts run er Riggs at Nenana, has resigned his Position and gone from the outcrops of the beds. Afterwards these would .. ) to California. naturally be supplemented by level tunnels driven across *" * * * the strata to strike the different coal beds in which lev Superintendent C. E. Bennett and Surgeon A. L. Dr 'els would be run. The main openings a;: a rule will prob tina of the Talkeetna District arrived in Anchorage from Camp 245 last week. ably be near water level in the valleys, and as many of * * * • the intervening ridges are mountainous, the coal mined E. R. Tarwater, of the Seattle Disbursing Office, has for some years, at places for many years, will lie above recovered from a severe attack of tonsilitis and is now water level. Persons who contemplate opening mines in ~ able to resume his duties. the bituminous fields will find it advantageous to study * * * * and in.... estigate the methods used in opening and operat ,_ ... . R. D. Cha..~, of the Anchorage Pisbursing Office, left ing the Washington coal mines. One of the difficulties . P yesterday for Matanuska District to deliver monthly pay that may be found in some of the leasing units is the mining of a bed in which the coal is so crushed that large --.. checks to the employees of that section. * pillars will have to be laid out in the advance work or first Miss Edith A. Innes, hospital matron at Nenana, who mining, and the dip side of the pillars may have to be left for 'Washington, D. C., recently, was detained three carefully lagged and timbered. w-eeks in Seattle on account of illness. In some places where sharp sands are available, meth ,* *" * * ods of sand filling to replace the coal Glken out can be . B. E.Barndollar, examiner of accounts, after spend used to best advantage. l:luch methods are extensively em ing a week at the Seattle office of the Commission, has left ployed in the Pennsylvania anthracite field and in Europe. for Wasliington, D. C., where he will remain for the next Although the use of sand filling increases the immediate two months. cost of mining the coal, yet in the long run some of this first cost is recovered through avoiding the crushing and PACIFIC COAST SCRVEY. ruining. of pillars and by the prevention of mine fires and • explosions, such advantages having been found from expe The government will beginnext_year a resurvey of the rience ,,;th this method in Pennsylvania and abroad. Pacific Coast from :.\Iexico to Alaska, e:-..1:ending at some Coal as mined is often more or less mixed with slate, bone, and pyrite, and as transportation charges on Ala,s • points ten miles from shore, according to recent· announce ments made in San Francisco through the coast pilot sec kan coal shipped to a distance 'nIl be heavy, it will be wise tion of the Coast and Geodetic Survey service. The sur policy to plan for a careful cleaning of the coal.by the use yey will probably include wire-drag work in the smllller ~f picking tables, slate separators, and washeries. Prob harbors of the coast for uncharted rocks. It is primarii); • ably it ,,;ll prove of advantage to establish washeries un a hunt for submerged valleys and pinnacle rocks, it is der indh'idual or joint ownership, either at the mine or 'stated. Particular attention will b.e paid to waters along at central points, sucl1 as railroad junctions, where plen the :.\Iendocino coast in. northern California, where there ty of water is available, so that screenings gathered from ha.... e been found many abrupt holes 300 fathoms or more groups of mines may be conveniently handled and cleaned. in depth on a bottom othennse 40 to 60 fathoms below the Also it may be found advisable to briquet some of the surface. The work will be directed chiefly from the Coast screenings, washed 'or unwashed according to their purity, and Geodetic Survey steamer "Surveyor," which is to be possibly using for a binder ,some of the high-carbon resi sent around from the Atlantic Coast early next year. dues from petroleum distillation brought to Alaska on re turn voyages of the colliers. Briquets of clean coal are ~IO:STEL Y LABOR REPORT. often superior for use to the lump coal, and such briquets would undoubtedly be in demand in' the Alaskan markets ~ During the month of November, 1916, the Employ- and elsewhere on the Pacific l:oast. 1,Alent Bureau of Anchorage Div;sion placed 464 men at Some of the washed screenings should be made into work, distributed as follows: coke. Whether it would b~ advantageous, to place coke Anchorage, Terminal...... 114 ovens at the mines or junction points or in the vicinity of :.\{ain Line North of Anchor-age ...... 64 the prospective'smelt.ers is a question that would re " Matanuska Branch ...... •... ,.,...... 8:~ quire careful study. Where there was a chance of the Turnagain Arm District ..... : ...... , .... , .. 20~ by-products being utilized, it undoubtedly would be ad The positions filled by the abo .... e applicants were: 14 visable ,to erect by-product ovens. The tar recovered axemen, 1, baker, 3 blacksmiths, 7 cooks, 1 chainman, 2 would be useful as binding material fol' briquets, the cre carpenter helpers, 4 janitors, 20 flunkeys, 193 laborers osote for preserving railroad ties and bridge and mine (general), 2 laborers (J!xtragang), 9 labore'rs, (station timber, the benzine for inte·rnal-combustion engines, the 'f" men), 203 stationmen, 1 painter, 1 packer, 1 pumpman, 2 gas for local power use, and the ammonia and sulphUl·jc w,atchmen. acid for transport to Pacific Coast ports. ., • 46 ALASKA RAILROAD REOORD Vol. I. No.6.

E:'lPLOYEES' FIDELITY BONDS. preference to residents of the Territory and to former em ployees of satisfactory record. No difficJllty has so far AI! timekeepers, assistant timekeepers, railroad C011- been experienced in securing suitable help in Alaska for ductal'S, station agents and other employees of Anchor all branches of the work, except in a few cases where tech age Division occup~'ing positions which impose responsi nical knowledge or skill is required. bility for Govel'nment money and property are now re quired by the Commission to furnish fidelity bonds, to in TERMINAL FIRE PROTECTION. sure faithful performance of their duties. The amount of the bond varies in accordance with the nature of the As an additional protection to the buildings at Anchor position and the r"sponsibility entruled. age Terminal a volunteer fire department, consisting of Timekeepers, assistant timekeepers and conductors are two crews of five men each, will be organized by the fire bonded in the sum of ~1000, station agents from $2000 to chief. It is proposed to have one crew subject to instan S5000, amI coupon accountants ~10,OOO. taneous call during the day and the other at hand for The employees of the. local disbursing offtce are re fires OCCUlTing during the night. quired to furnish fidelity bonds under the regulations pre A frame building, 14 feet wide by 24 feet long, has ~cribed by the 'United States Treasury Department. been erected just north of the general office building, The following employees have executed bonds through which will serve ·as an office for the chief of the depart;.. the U. S. Fidelity a~d Guarantee Co., of Baltimore, Md., ment and for the housing of the fire apparatus. A 25-gal to date: Ion American-La France chemical engine, mounted on a Timekeepers; Haryey H. Attridge, Thos. R. Barton, Ford automobile chassis, was received just prior to the Turner J. Barton, Roswell E. Boothby, C. G. Cameron, close of navigation, together with 500 feet of hose and John T. Colfer, W. _-\. Costello, George S. Cullen (District other equipment. All the apparatus has been tested and " Timekeeper), Arthur B. Cummings, James L. French, placed in condition for service. ~ Fred B. Giddings, C. J. Lowery, Godfrey :1IIueller, Glenn Pyrene extinguishers have been placed in every build- . \\~Porter, Gus W. Reimers, Herman P. Rieske, Ben H. ing at Anchorage Terminal, and all water hydrants now ____ Rogers, James A. Sheal;)-, A. H. Schmidt, Fred H. Theri receive systematic inspection at regular intervals. ault. Immediately after a fire is discovered the central tel Station _-\gents: W. B. Hastings, L. G. Jackson. ephone operator should be notified, when connection with Conductol': Frank L. -Knight. the office of the fire chief will be made without delay. A Coupon Accountant: Evelyn O. Arbuck.le. generai alarm of fire will be announced by a series of short blasts of the machine shop whistle. WEEKLY FORCE REPORT. A~CHORAGE .,DISBURSING OFFICE. The number of employees of the Anchorage Division as ~hown by the payrolls on Saturday, December 2, 1916, The total disbursements made by the office at Anchor" was as follows: age for the period December 8 to 14 totaled :;;81,363.67. Commissioner's Office, Anehorage ...... 32 The payment of salaries and wages amounted to $50,- • Shops and Yards, Anchorage ...... 249 354.47; for local purchases $3092.63; to contractors $24,- Transportation Service, Anchorage ...... 15 398.93; other expenditures $3017.64. Store and Dock Departments, Anchorage ...... 148 • _-\ccounting Department, Anchorage ...... 19 PROPOSAL. Disbursing Office, Anchorage ...... 4 Department of the Interior Hospital Department, _-\nchorage ...... 19 Alaskan Engineering Commission. Townsite Depar~lllent, Anchorage ...... 21 -Anchorage, Alaska, Dec. 11, 1916. Telegraph and Telephone Department ...... 71 Sealed proposals for laundering articles of the Com Track, "Bridge and Ballast Crews-:'lain Line ...... mission for the hospital, offices and floating equipment of Turnagain Arm District ...... 249" the Alaskan Engineering Commission, Anchorage, Alaska, :'Iatanuska District ...... ' ...... 261 for the pel"iod from January 1, 1917, to December 31,1917, Talkeetna Di~trict ...... 123 both dates inclusive, will be received at the office of the Alaskan Engineering Commission, Anchorage, Alaska, un 1275· til Wednesday, December 27, 1916 at 2 p. m., and imme Stationmen amI Laborers-All District" ...... Ttl9 diately opened thereafter. The successful bidder will be required to call for amI Graml total all employees Anchorage Division ... 2024 deliver the articles at the hospital, offices, and Dock No. 1 of the Commission, at Anchorage, as often as may bt required. Time required to do the work will be givenj APPLICATWXS FOR POSITWXS. consideration, and quick service will be given preferenc(l":., all work to be perfol.""med in a satisfactory mannel". :\Iore than 60,000 applications for positions are already The right is reserved to reject any 01· all bids and on file in the Anchorage office of the Commission, and waive technical defects and formalities, if deemed in the interest of the Commission to do so. . every mail brings 50 or more letters from all parts of the Proposals must be enclosed in sealed envelopes plai[lly l.'nited Statecl from persons desirous oC entering the marked on the outside, "PROPOSAL FOR LAUNDRY service. SERVICE, HOSPITAL, OFFICES, AND FLOATING During the ",-inter months, the working conditions re EQUIPMENT" and addressed to the office of the Alaskan (luiTe that the forces of all Divisions of the project be Engineering Commission, Anchorage, Alaska. Award will be made to the bidder making the most advantageous offer reduced to a minimum, and, therefore, applicants at this on the entire list, (which may be obtained by addl"es~illg time are given little encouragement. It has been the pol the Commission), and payment will be made monthly. icy of the Commission in engaging employees to give th~ H. F. DOSE,, Acting Division Engineel·. Vol. I. NO.6.! ALASKA RAILROAD llECORD .. 7 OFFICIAL CIRCULARS. NON-EXPENDABLE AUTHORIZATION. Department of the Interior HOLIDAY ANNOUNCEMENT. Alaskan Engineering Commission. Stores Department. Department of the Interior Supplement No. 14 to Bulletin No. 14: Alaskan Engineering Commission. Anchorage, Alaska, Dec. 8, 1916. Anchorage, Alaska~ Dec. 13, 1916. TO ALL CONCERNED: Circular No. 152: ' Effective a~ once, the following named persons are au· TO ALL CONCERNED: thorized to sign non-exl?endable requisitions on the store Christmas Day, Monday, Deeember 25th, will be ob houses within the distrIct in which they are located, for served as a holiday at these headquarters and as far as their use in connection with the requirelllen~s of the de practical in the various districts in this division. partment shown opposite their respective names: H. F. DOSE, Acting Diyision Engineer. M. H. Bakel', stol'ehouse accountant, Headquarters. F. C. Kohely, pr~perty clerk, Headquarters. WAGE SCHEDUL~ CHANGES. w. DeLONG, General Storekeeper. Departnlent of the Interior Approved: H. F. D SE, Acting Division Engineer. Alaskan Engineering Commission. Supplement Xo. 26 to Wage Schedule No.2: CAXCELLATION OF AUTHORITY. The following rates are authorized for work on this Department of the Interior Division: Alaskan Engineering Commission. Dog Mushers, S85.00 and Board. Stores Department. Dog ~Iushers, $115.00. Anchorage, Alaska, Dec: 12, 1916. Issued Dec. 1, 1916. Effecti\re Dec. 1, 1916. Supplement No. 15 to Bulletin No. 14: H. F. DOSE, Acting Division Engineer. TO ALL CONCERNED: Authority for the following named to sign requi~if,ons WAGE SCHEDULE CHA~GES. .. ~ for non-expendable property is hereby cancelled: Department of the Interior J. A. Moore, townsite rr,(magel', Anchorage. Alaskan Engineering Commission. H. P) Warren, engineer of maintenance, Headquartel·,';. Supplement Xo. 27 to Wage Schedule No.2: W. DeLONG, General Storekeeper. The following rates are authorized for work on thIS Approyed: H. F. DOSE, Acting Division Engineer. Division: Engineer, steam, chief, Power Plant, $160.00. NON·EXPENDABLE AUTHORIZATION. Engineer, Steam, Power Plant, $150.00. Department of the Interior Fireman, Power Plant, $125.00. Alaskan Engineering Commission. Helper, fireman, -Power Plant, $105.00. Stores Department. • 'The abo\'e rates are effeetive temporarily, subject to Anchorage, Alaska, Dec. 12, U}16. final approyal of Commissioner Mears. Supplement Xo.16 to Bulletin No. 14: Issued Dec. 12, 1916. Effeetive Dec. 13, HllG. TO ALL CONCERNED: H. F. DOSE, Aeting Diyision Engineer. Eifcctive a~ once, the following named person is author izen to' sign non-expendable requisitions on the storehouse TL'tIE ROLL DISTRIBUTIOX within the district in which he is located, for use in connec tion with the requirements of the department shown op • Department of the Interior posite his name: Office of Roadmaster. J. G. Watts. townsite manager, Anchorage. Anchorage, Alaska, Dec. 14, 1916. W. DeLONG, General Storekeeper. Roadmaster's Circular (:No. 12): Approved: H. F. DOSE, Acting Division Engineer. • 'TO ALL SECTION FOREMEN: Commencing December 17th, you will arrange to report your time and labor distribution on the proper forms, SHIPMEXT OF PERSO;., E. T. Lindner, Clerk, ~nchorage. F. T. Young, Resident Engineer. G. A. Spangler, Resitlent Engineer. J. G. Watts, Townsite Manager, Anchorage. Boyd Leedy, Resident Engineel" . !:'r. C. C. Benedict, Townsite Health Officer, .-\nchorage. R. M. McLean, Assistant Superintendent Construdion. F. S. Ryus, Townsite :Manager, Nenana. A. W. Peck, District Accountant. Anchorage Division. TURNAGAIN ARM DISTRICT. (Headquarters-Anchorage, Alaska) (Headquarters-Potter Creek, Alaska.) F. Mears, Commissioner. F. A. Hansen, District Engineer. J. T. Cunningham, Chief Clerk. T. W. Secrest, Assistant Engineer. H. C. Davis, Resident Engineer. H. F. Dose, Acting Division Engineel·. F. B. Standiford, Resident Engineer. W. J. H. Fogelstrom, Office al\d Bridge Engineer. E. L. Edes, Resident Engineer. D. D. Vint, Chief Draftsman. Carl L. Miller, Resident Engineer. F. H. Chapin, Assistant Bridge Engineer. Dan Leech, Assistant Superintendent of Construction. D. B. Van Deriip, District Accountant. K. K. Kuney, Engineer l\'£aintenance of \Vay. George S. Cullen, District Timekeeper. :\.. Haag, Clerk. TALKEETNA DISTRICT. i". U. Mayhew, Resident Engineer. C. D. Pollock, Resident En..gineer. (Headquarters-Camp 245.) H. F. Dose, District Engineer. C. G. Jones, Roadmaster. C. H. Bennett, Superintendent of Construction. L. C. "McCoy, Superintendent Bridge and Building Dept. F. W. Mitchell, Clerk. •

E. P. Hedberg, Master Mcchanic. R. L. Kuney, Assistant Engineer. W. G. Wilt, Clerk. F. S. Wilson, Resident Engineer. L. C. Porter, Resident Engineer. Herbert Gaytes, Electrical Engineer. M. S. Johnstone, District Accountant. E. R. McFarland,· Superintendent Telegraph and Telephone. F. M. Daniels, District Timekeeper. C. T. Boyles, Accountant Telegraph and Telcphone Dept. II. B. Noble, Manager, Townsite Telephone Exchange. Seward"Division. G. C. Hammond, Special Disbursing Agent. (Headquarters-Seward, Alaska.) Will. C. Edes, Commissioner and Chairman. II. B. Wilkinson, Chief Accountant. R. J. Weir, Engineer in Charge. 1 I. R. Munson, Chief Timekeeper. T. M. Ward, Engineer Bridges and Building. H. W. K-night, Traveling Auditor. George W. Colwell, Assistant Superintendent Constl·udi,,!!. J. F. Hemenway, Line Auditor. A. L. Tickner, Assistant Superintendent Con~truction. I:. F. Cassel,. Line Auditor. Frank Waller, Resident Engineer. J. C. Seeley, District Accountant. A. W. Monroe, Resident Engineer. A. D. Estes, Resident Engineer. T. L. Murphy, Receiving and Forwarding Agent. J. W. Keller, Resident Enginee1" If. G. Locke, Port Engineer. H. C. DeLine, Special Disbursing Agent. L. R. Moses, Chief Dispatcher. T. M. Harr, District Accountant. C. Watson, Trainmaster. George Switzer, Chief Timekeeper. Fred Lilyman, Superintendent Emplorment Bm·e«u. D. E. Large, Wharfinger. Charles W. Jones, Editor Alaska Railroad Record. C. D. Moyer, Storekeepel" P. S. Hunt, Official Photographer. "---- W. F. Burnett, Chief Fire Department. J. H. Robinson, Special Agent. Fairbanks Division. (Headquarters-Nenana, Alaska) .J. H. Morton, Chief Steward. Thomas Riggs, Jr., Commissioner. (;eorge R. Tremblay, Clerk. Frank H. Bailey, District Engineer. G. Fenton Cramer, Special Disbursing Agent. Store:'-;:DC,CpC,C'~t·mcn t. J. C. Williams, Special Disbursing Agent. W. DeLong, Generaf Storekeepel" - , Frank Doner, Chief Timekeeper. > ,

A ailrolld rcord.

No.7 Volume I. ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1916.

8 95 Tom Gilleece ...... 175.00 9 95 Seth K. Sharpless ...... ,. 185.00 Alaska Rallroad Record 10 95' George D. Beaumont ...... , .... . 170.00 6 96 M. J. Donnelly ...... 150.00 180.00 Official Publication of the Alaskan Engineering 9 96 Chester M. Mut'phy ...... E. J. Warner ...... 230.00 Commission. 7 100 2 102 Raymond C. :Mathis ...... 185.00 ------_.- 9 102 Axel S. Johnson ...... 155.00 11 102 Johll Pikiel ...... 150.00 2 106 Ivan Hanus ...... 95.00 3 106 Thomas G. Craighead ...... 80.00 2 12 106 Thcmas Elms ...... 120.00 1 107 Tom Gilleece ...... 125.00 2 107 Jim Kinoff ...... 75.00 3 107 Henry J. Emard ...... 80.00 4 107 Louis C. Larsen ...... 85.00 [; 107 George Staman ...... 75.00 6 107 Chas. F. Ellfott ...... 135.00 7 107 George Zook ...... 120.00 '11 107 Henry J. Emard ...... 75.00 1 108 Ethel M. Smith ...... 125.00 11 108 . L. 0, Nyberg ...... 100.00 12 108 L. O. Nyberg ...... 135.00 110.00 may he fot·w'1.!'d~d to - the 10 109 Chas. F. Elliott ...... Ille uddt'ess helow. 11 100 Chas. A. Matheson ...... 100.00

, Address all Communications: ALASKA RAILROAD RECORD, Anciloragc-, Alaska. The attention of all clearing contractors of Anchorage Division has been directed by the district engineers to the • necessity for using more precaution in felling trees near A:-.'CHORAGE LOT SALE. telegraph and telephone lines. 'Many interruptions to the -. service have been caused of late by carelessness in this The auction of Anchorage Townsite lots, conducted by respect. The Telegraph and Telephone Department has "Manager Christensen of the Land and Industrial Depart supplied the clearing gangs with material to repair wires ment of the Alaskan Engineering Commission on Decem damaged in this manner, and the contractors are expected ber 18, 1916, resulted in the sale of the following p,'operty: to co-operate with the Commission in order to eliminate Lot Block Purchaser 'Sale Pr'ice the cause for complaint. 5 1 Sadie Mables ...... $100.00 ---- 6 1 George Blouen ...... , ... 150.00 A::\CHQRAGE DlSBURSI::-iG OFFICE. 1 2 Sadie Mables ...... l50.00 3 5 John W. Osall ...... 310.00 .. The disbursements made by the office at Anchorage ) 11 " Alaska Pioneers (Igloo No. 15) ..... 150.00 4 58 Frank Bakkalin ...... 100.00 during the period Decembet· 15 to 21 totaled ::;31,123.18. , 58 Ludger Belenger ...... 125.00 The payment of salaries and wages amounted to $15,806.14; 8 58 Chester Merry ...... 75.00 for local purchases $57.00; to contractors $14,052.75; other , 58 Richard Crisp ...... 75.00 62 John Runse ...... 100.00 expenditures $307.2D. 1 ... - 6 .63 John Jernberg ...... 100.00 -_._- _. --- 12 6<1 John McPherson ...... 135.00 S'l'ATIONMAX JXJURED. ~ 10 75 George Green ...... 100.00 11 75 Gus Norman ...... 100.00 Henning Anderson, a member of the grading gang of 12 75 Andrew C. Qually ...... 150.00 H. Anderson & Co., was seriously injured eal'ly Friday 76 Charles A. Matheson ...... 130.00 11 morning while working in a deep cut near Potter. Creek 11 77 ,John H. Dunn ...... 160,00 10 82 Mrs, Elizabeth Shannon ...... 185.00 camp, Turnagain Arm District. Anderson wus standing 11 83 Henry Tindall ...... 225.00 near the top of the cut when he was caught by a slide and 5 88 Lee Forsman and Victor Forsman. .. 75.00 earried into the loading trap, 90 feet below. His right leg 8 88 Harry Widell and Chas. Hammel- , bacher .... , ...... 50.00 was fractut'ed between the knee and the hip and he also 9 James R. Baulmer ...... 55,00 received internal injuries. After being treated at the .. Wm. B. Dean ...... 50,00 Potter Creek field hospital he was brought by special train Mrs, Wm. Austin .... , ...... 230,00 "6 to the hospital at Anchorage. 7 Grove A. Stanton ...... 205.00 50 ALA~KA RAILROAD RIlOORD Vol. I. No.7. WEEKLY PROGRESS REPORTS. TURNAGAIN ARM DISTRICT. .~ Clearing Right_of_Way. Anchorage Division, Satisfactory progress is being made by the clearing . '. gangs betw~en Indian and Glacier Creeks. The comple- FOHo,J.V~)lg,~",,",:li~~,f;QjD,!)rJ:)::r·~!<9l:~[l __ ~f th.c.-~.!ft:I(:!!l:,.,,cl!'o:,1-~_j;i

of double-enders over the old Chickaloon trail, as are Anchorage l'own:;ite ExclJange. most of the con~ractors located between Camp 32 and A small [ol'ce was engaged during the period in mov Chickaloon. All but three contractors on the latter stretch ing, installing and disconnecting telephones. There are' are at work clearing right-of-way. now 87 commercial and 27 official telepllOnes connected to Operations above Camp 32 llre limited to camp building the switchboard, and ~hr(;e withheld orders. and clearing, and will so con~inue until freighting can be Electric Light and Power. done over the river. Satisfactory progress was made on the aerial work in The following contracts m'~ in force at present on the the terminal yards: Six transformers have been instal Mntanus],a Branch: led, as follows: One 5-I~W. in front of the former llOS Chas. Berg & Co., N. Davis & Co., pital building; one 5-KW. for the residence district, Gov E. Schedin & Co., Pete Iverson & Co., ernment Hill; one 10-KW. at the marine ways; one 10-KW. Henry Hanson & Co. Mike Divyak & Co., between the cold storage and the mess 1mB; one 10-KW. Fred Johnson & Co., Frank Svarko & Co., at the steam heating plant; 3d one 15-KW. at the east Jankow & Co., Chdst Pappadis & Co., end of the carpenter shop. ' Kargin & Co. Tony Pappas & Co. Lighting fixtures have been laced in Cottages Nos. 23 Contracts will be let shortly to the following; to 28, inclusive. A part of/t1le cable for running leads Aronson & Co., under the railroad traclnl/was installed. The work of Erickson & Co., running wires to Anchorage Townsite is now under way, Harris & Co" and will be hurried along as fast as possible. Merrick & Co. With the signing of the last-named contracts all rock PROPOSAL. work east of Kings River will have been covered, and no .' .. fudher contracts will be let until next summer. . Sealed Pl'oposals for clearing right·of-way on the main All the freight teams needed for winter llauling have line of the projected government railway on the Matanus ____ been brought to Kings River, and the camps below Hole ka District, between location suney station N-7004 aO and in-the-Wall are now being supplied over the wagon road. location survey station K-7780 00, a distance of approx imately 14.63 miles, will be accepted at the office of the IHain Line. Matanuska District Engineer, Matanuslm, Alaska, on or The Cottonwood Creek trestle has been driven and the before 12 o'clock noon, Tuesday January 2nd, 1917. Contract for the above noted right-of-way clearing will" piledriver crew is at work on the stretch of swamp two be awarded subject to the usual Alaslmn Engineering miles above Knik wagon road. As soon as the structure Commission specifications for clearing right·of-way, with at the latter place is finished the piledriver crew will d~ck the following additional provisos: the trestles already driven and move on to Camp 166. (a) Contractor to agree to commence work not later than January 20, 1917, and to complete work not later than Camp 156 wm then be reduced to a feeding station for May 15, 1917. freight teams. (b) Cono'acting partnership to consist of not less All contractors between Matanuska ami Little Susitna tlmn twelve (12) equal partners, the number of pm·t have completed their w01'k, with the exception of Plackus ners to be increased at any time such recourse is deemed necessary, in the judgment of the engineer, to as & Co., McCartin & Co. Rice & Co., H. Johnson & Co., Ol sure the fulfillment of the contl'act within the specified son & Co., and Anderson & Co. When these have finished time limit. tIle grading will be completed between Matanuska and the (c) Contractor will not be allowed to employ hirer! • Little Susitna, Witll the e~ception of a mile between 172 lubo,.. (d) Payment for clearing the above right-of·way will and 173. This stretch will be covered by contract in the be based upon_ the entire acreage involved within a strip near future, and b1' spring all grading will have been com usually fifty (50) feet either side of the center line and pleted and all structures driven 1101:th of Matanuska as far between the bounding stations of the contract, and no as the Little Susitna. acreage deduction will be made for such small swamps o~ othe,' places as may e~ist within these limits, and on which North of the Little Susitna River, a camp has been es !'hf'l'~ is no growth of timber or brush necessitating clear- tablislled at Browne's Lake, Mile 180, and a crew is at mg. , work on a camp at Mile 187. (e) Proposals should be based upon a unit price per The Kashwitna mail camp, now being operated b~' the acre of clearing. (f) Bids sbould be addressed in sealed envelopes Talkeetna District office, will be taken over by the Mata "C. R. Breck, Jr., District Engineer, Matanus11a District"; nuska office and used as a construction camp at the be and if sent by mail should be imiled in time to arrive ,'l.t ginning of the month. the Matanuska Post Office not later than January 1,-1917. (g) Sealed proposals, whether sent by mail or de livered at the Matanuska District Office, should be plain TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE DEPART:\IENT. ly marked on the outside of tIle envelope, "Proposal fOt' Matanuslm Branch. Clearing Right-of-Way." (h) Contract for the above noted right-of-way clear Work on the construction wire to Chickaloon is still ing will be awarded to the lowest bidder, who, in the suspended, owing to pressure of worl( at Anchorage Terlll best judgment of the District Engineer, is qualified to ful inal. A telephone has been installed at the Eska Creek fill the contract to the best interests of the Alaslmn En- gineering Commission. C. R. BRECK, Jr. coal mines. Disttict Engineer, Matanuska District. Main Line. Approved': H. F. DOSE, Acting Division Engineer. Work beyond Camp 174 is also suspended temporarily, on account of the force being needed at Anchorage Termi NOTICE. nal on the electric light and power line. Material is being • hauled to the ground, however, and shortly after January Copies of the Alaska !'tailroad Record are on sale at the following places in Anchorage: 1 the closing of the gap to the telephone line already BAXTER'S NEWS STAND. in operation in the Talkeetna District will be pushed, both Z. J. LOUSSAC. fr?m Camp 174 and from Montana Creek. DEW DROP INN. 52 Af,ASK'< RAILROAD RECORD Vol. I. No.7. _

RAILROAD TRAIN SCHEDULE. ~ Anchorage, Alaska, Dec. 18,1916. Transportation Circular No. 31- (Supersedes Transportation Circular No. 19, dated November 18, 1916.) Effective 12:01 a. m. Thursday, December 21, 1916, a mixed passenger and fl'eight train will be run be tween Anchomge and Matanuska, Matanuska and King and between Anchorage and Rabbit on the following sche~ule: NORTHBOUND MAIN LINE SOUTHBOUND Monday Wednesday and Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, only. Saturday, only. Leave 9 :00 n. m. 0.0 Anchorage Arrive 3:00 p. m. 4.9 9:25 4.9 Whitney~ 2:40 7.3 9:55 12.2 Kuney 2:20 9.7 10:40 21.9 Birchwood 1:45 5.6 11:10 27.5 Eldutna 1:15 9.0 Arrive 11 :40 a. m. 36.5 Matanuska. Leave 12:40 p. m. NORTHBOUND MATANUSKA BRANCH SOUTHBOUND Monday, Wednesday and Tuesday, Thursday and i "10-, Friday, only. Saturday, only. --1 Leave 12:45 p. m. 36.5 Matanuska Arrive 11:40 a. m. 6.4 . 1:20 42,9 Palmer 11:10 ---. 6.6 2:20 49.5 Moose Creek 10:30 9.2 3:00 58.7 Granite 9:08 1.9 Arrive 3 :30 p. IU. 60.6 King. Leave 9:00 a. m.

SOUTHBOUND MAIN LINE N'ORTHBOUND· Tuesday, Thursday and Tuesday, Thursday·and Saturday, Only. Saturday, Only. Laave 9 :00 a. m. ,0.0 Anchorage. Arrive 10:45 a. m. 5.0 9:20 5.0 Campbell. 10:25 • 504 • Arrive 9 :45 a. m. lOA Rabbit. Leave 10:00 a. m. Mixed train leaving Anchm-age northbound will stop just North of road crossing, Terminal Yard, Anchorage. This schedule is NOT in effect as a ti.me card authorizing the movement of trains, and all trains will continue to run extra as heretofore. However, for the information and guidance of all conceyned, the trains covered by this schedule will not leave any station at which time is shown ahead of the designated time. • Owing to working conditions this schedule is only tentative, and the Commission reserves the right to change it without notice. ------_ ... ___ ... _._ .. _ .... !f:. F. DOSE, Acting Division .Engine.e)·.

... -.-_.- ---~-., DAILY WEATHER DATA. The following table shows the weather conditions prevailing at Ancho!·age during the period Deceillber 13 to December HI, inclusive: DATE TEMPERATURE PRECIPITATION WIND CONDITION OF HARBOR Max. Min. Snowfall Snow on "Miles p.er Ground Hour Dec. 13 · · . 20 25 0.7 4.0 3.1 Tee well off shore. Dec. 14 · . . .14 22 0.3 4.0 3.0 lee .well off shol·e • Dec. 15 · · . 26 16 1.5 5.5 6.4 Ice well off shore. Dec. 16 · 23 13 none 5.5 4.1 Ice well off shore. Dec. 17 · · · · . · 26 13 none 5.5 9.1 Ice well off shore. Dec. 18 . · · 26 7 none 5.0 5.8 lee well off shore. Dec. 19 · · 24 3 trace 5.0 3.9 Wen filled with ice. - _._,. · · · · .- --_. ALASKA XORTHERN SCHEDULE. UNDELIVERED CHECKS. A mixed passenge)· and f!'eight tJ'ain leaves Seward for The Anchorage Disbursing Office still has 011 hand a ?iile 40 and way stations every Monday, Thursday and large number of unclaimed pay checks, which it desires to Saturday at 8:30 a. m.; retuming leaves Mile 40 for Sew an! the same day at 1 p. m. deliver to the payees without further delay. O·n Decem. -'---- ber 12 the Alaska Railroad Record published a list, of NOTICE. checks remaining on hand December 1. It is suggested by the special disbursing officer that timekeepers make a S. Sandstrom, formerly of Calllp 207, Talkeetna Dis· special effort to effect delivery of these checks by notiry trict, is requested to communicate with the Commissioner's ing those employees whose names appeal· in the prinl('{l office, Anchorage. list to call 0\· write for the money due them. /" Vol. I. No.7. ALASKA RAILHOAD Rl'JCORD OFFICIAL CIRCULARS. MEAL TICKET BOOK LOST. Department of the Interior FIRE REGULATIONS. Alaskan Engineering Commission. Anchorage, Alaska, Dec. 23, 1916. Depar~ment of the Interior Circular No. 156: Alaskan Engineering Commission. AncllOrage, Alaska, Dec. 18, 1916. TO ALL CONCERNED: Circular No. 153: Meal ticl(et book No. F-5652, value $15.00, sold to W. A. McDonald, has been lost. . TO ALL CONCERNED: Timekeep.ers and others are instructed that if this book All employees and their families are hereby notified is presented'to lift same and forward to this office with that th~ Alaskan Engineering Commission fire station full report. now has a telephone and will answer calls at any hour H. F. DOSE, Acting Division Engineer. of the day or night. In case of fire in any Commission building or",private residence owned by the Commission . go to the nearest telephone and ask for the Commission ELECTRIC POWER REGULATIONS. fire station, gh'ing full information. Department of the Interior No fire apparatus, hose, hydt"ants, etc., shall be used Alaskan Engin..~ering Commission. for any purpose o'her than fire without special permis Office of l: .ineer Maintenance' of Way. sion of the chief of the fire department. Anchorage, Alasl;:a, Dec. 23, 1916. No fire extinguishers shall be moved from their pres Maiutcnllnce of ,v:.u..,Circuiar (No. 43): ent location unless in case of necessity without notifying the chief of the fire department. TO POWER HOUSEENGINEERS, LINEMEN In case any fire extinguisher is used, notify the chief AND ALL CONCERNED WITH THE OPERA of the fire department so that same may be t'echarged TION AND MAINTENANCE OF· ELECTRIC immediately. ~ EQUIPMENT TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIB H. F. DOSE, Acting Division Engineer. U']'ING LINES AT ANCHORAGE: Effective, 8:06 A. M., Tuesday, December 26, 1916, all HOLIDAY ANNOUNCEl\1EN'!'. primary and distributing lines are to be consider~d alive at any and all times after 12:00 o'clock noon, Tuesday, Department of the Interior - December 26, 1916. Alaskan Engineering Commission. In case of· any necessary work upon any of the lines, Anchorage, Alaska, Dec. 19, 1916. which cannot be done safely with the IiIl~ alive, the fore Circular No. 154: man in direct charge of the men who are to do such work TO ALL CONCERNED: will in person request the engineer on wa':ch at the power New Yeat"'s Day, Monday, January 1, H1l7 will be house to kill such line, and after the proper switch has observed as a holiday at these headqual·ters and as far been opened the foreman will sign a sheet provided fOl' as practical in the various districts in this Division. this purpose. H. F. DOSE, Acting Division Engineer. When the work on the line has been complete,l the same foreman will see that all his men are off the line, TRAIN ACCIDENT REPORTS. return in person to the power house immediately, notify the engineer on watch that the line is clear, and sign to Department of the Interior that effect. . Alaskan Engineering Commission. The engineer on watch will keep upon the 'open switch Anchorage, Alaska, Dec. 22, 1916. the danger board during all the time between the signing • Circular No. 155: off and signing on of the power by the fOl:eman . TO ALL CONCERNED: K. K. KUNEY, Engineer Maintenance of Way. The following instructions, effective January 1, 1917, Approved: H. F. DOSE, Acting Division Engineer. relative to the handling of accident r~ports, are issued for the information and guidance of an concerned: BROKEN RAIL REPORTS. • Form A. E. C. 212, Report of Accidents to Trains, will be made by the employee in charge of engine or train, as Department of the Interior the case may be, at the time of accident. Alaskan Engineering Commission. Eaeh accident report shall give fuU, particulars of Office of Roadmaster. ("haracter of accident, time, place, weather, persons in Anchorage, Alaska Dec. 20, 1916. volved, equipment or other property damaged or involved, Roadmaster's Circular (No. 14): cause of accident, so far as ascertained (and if cause is TO ALL SECTION FOREMEN: not ascertained, state what effort has been made to as There has been sent you a supply of Broken Rail ll.c certain cause amI what seems to be the most probable port .forms. Please see that whenever you have a broken ("ause), description and extent of damage caused, and rail, or have to remove a defectivp. rail from the track, . suggested improvements for the prevention of similar ac that a report on this form is furnished this office. Kindly cidents. note the instructions on the back of form relative to the .. In reporting the time of an accident, if it occurred manner of making out the report. ) within an hour of sunrise or sunset, give sufficient par C. G. JONES, Roadmastcr. ticulars to show the character of lighting; also, state ApPl'Oyed: H, F. DOSE, Acting Division Engineel·. whether; vision was impeded or obscured and to what ex tent, and from what cause. In reporting place, give the ORDERS FOR COMMERCIAL CAUS. distance from the nearest mile-post, naming such mile post; if in a yard, give the name of the yard. If any per Department of the Interior (son is injured as a result of an accident, and that fact Alaskan Engineering Commission. ~fomes to the knowledge of the reporting employee, there Anchorage, Alaska, Dec. 18, H116. should be included in the report (lines 8 and 9) such ad Transportation Circular No. 29: ditional information as is called for in the report. ·In the TO ALL CONCERNED: case of accidents resulting in personal injuries, form 79, Effective at once, al! orders fot· cars fo\' commercial Report of. Injury, should be made out, covering each and loading will be handled as follows: evei-y' per~on so injured. Shippers will place o\'ders fOl" cars with agent at The reporting employee wi\! fill out form 212, Accident ~. point of loading, or if wanted at non-agency stations, Report, and file at nearest telegraph of/ice; it will then with conductor of mixed train who will fill order with be transmitted by wire to the chief (iispatche\' and the empties from his train when practicable, notifying dis original forwarded to the Commissioner. patcher from next open station, giving car number, siding The engineer maintenance of way will make report at which placed, name of shipper, commodity, and desti on form 289, showing nature and extent of damage, and nation; when not able to furnisll cars from tl'ain conductl)!' ., cost of repairing track and equipment. He will also keep will place order with agent at next open station, furnish- a book l'ccord of such.accidents in his office. ing agent with necessaJ'y information. . H. F. DOSE, Acting Division Engineer. Agents at stations where there is no YUl"(ll1luster will ALASKA RAILROAD RECORD Vol. I. No.7. drea and sixteen, and of the Independence of the United place all orders for cars which they are unable to fill with States the one hundred and forty-first. the dispatcher. - [Scul.] WOODROW WILSON. Agents at stations where a yardmaster is maintained_ will place orders for cars through his office. Dy the President: Yardmasters and agents billing- empty cars to blind ROBERT LANSING, Secretary of State. sidings will immediately notify dispatcher of such ,action ORDER. giving full information as follows: Cal' numbers, train handling, siding to' which destined, name of shipper, com Department of the Interior, Washington. - modity and destination. September 21, 1916. H. F. DOSE, ACting Division Engineer. Department Order of December 26, i913, is hereby amended to read as follows: HANDLING OF LOADED CARS. Hereafter, when letters or documents are' prepat'ed in Department of the Interior any bureau or office, not less than two-inch space must be Alas1(un Engineering- Commission. Anchorage, Alaska, Dec. 18, 1916. left at the top of each page, and one and one-quarter inch Transportation Circular No, 30: marginal space shall be left on the left side of each letter, TO ALL CONCERNED: document or paper, and the pag'e number .should be placed Effective at once, conductors setting out loaded cars at the bottom of the page in the centel'. . on passing tracks or blind sidings will notify dispatcher . E. J . AYERS, Chief Clerk. of such action from next open station, giving car number, place set out, contents and consignee. Approved: BO SWEENEY, Acting Secretary. . H. F. DOSE, Acting Division Engineer. WEEKLY FORCE REPORT. MILE 123 TRAIN STOP. " The numbel' of employees of the Anchorage Division as Department of the Interior .' Alaskan Engineering Conlmis~ion. shown by the payrolls on Saturday, December 9, 1916, wa~ Anchorage, Alaska, Dec. 20, 1916. as follows: ~ . ' Trr.nsportation Circular No. 32: Commissioner'S Office, Anchorage ., ...... ,...... 34 TO ALL CONCERNED: Shops and Yards, Anchorage ...... : .... , ... 246 ~ Effective at once and until further notice, mixed trains Transportation Service, Anchorage ...... 15 operating between Anchorage and Matanuska will stop on signal at the wagon 1:oad Cl'ossing, approximately Mile Store and Dock Departments, Anchorage ...... 130 P03t 128, for the convenience of passengers and the hand Accounting Department, Anchorage ...... 18 ling Of freight shipments in less carloads. Disbursing Office, AnchOl'age ...... 5 H, F. DOSE, Acting Division Engineer. Hospital Department, Anchorage ...... '. . 21 Townsite Department, Anchorage .... ,...... 20 EXECUTIVE ORDER Mess House, Anchorage...... 1:1 [No, 1351.] Telegraph and Telephone Department ...... 71 Old Kasaan National 'Monument, Alasl,a. Track, Bridge and Ballast-Main Line ...... 69 By the President of the United States of Americ(l. 'rurnagain Arm Distt"ict ...... 235 A PROCLAMATION Matanuska District ...... 242 Whercas, certain historic aboriginal ruins of the former Talkeetna District ...... 125 Haida Indian village known as "Old Kasaan", situated upon public lands of the United States, on Prince of Wales • Island, within the Tongass National Forest, in the Terri 1244 tory of Alaska, are of unusual ethliologic, scientific, and Stationmen and Laborers-All Districts ...... 857 • cduc?-tional interest, as repre&enting a distinctive type of aborlJ.';inal American civilization, the vestiges of which are rapidly disappearing, and it appears that the public inter ests woul.d be promoted by l'eserving these ruins, with as much land as may be necessary for the propel' protectioIl CONTRACT SETTLE;>,IENTS, th

OPERATING STATISTICS OF ANCHORAGE DIVISION. For Septembel', October and November, 1916. Anchorage, Alaska, Dec. 20, 1916. Revenue Passenger Traffic. September Octobel' November Number.of passengers carried earning revenue ...... 767 908 1126 Number of passengers cRlTieri one mile ...... 23616 29759.6 32075.7 Number of passengers carried pel' mile of road ...... 473.26 595.38 453.05 Average distance can'jed-miles ...... ,', ...... 31.20 ·32.772 28.49 Total Passenger Revenue ...... , .. ,., ...... 1363.85 1738.00 1848.15 Average amount received from each passenger ... , ...... , ...... 1.80 un 1.64 Average receipts per passenger per mile ...... 058 .058 .058 Total passenger service train revenue ...... , ...... 2039.07 2930.68 2493.53 Passenger service train revenue per mile of road ...... " .. 40.85 58.73 .35.22 Passenger service train revenue per train ·mile .... , ...... 888 1.2365 1.596 Revenue Freight Traffic. , • Number of tons carried of·fl.'ei!,:ht earning revenue ... , ...... , ...... 106.141 133.023 651.862 Number of tons carried one mile ... , ...... , .... , ...... ' 2707.47 41!l0.74 22425.18 Number of tons carried one mile per mile of road ...... ' .... . 54.15 . 83.81 316.73 Average distance haul of one tpn-miles ...... , ...... 25.51 31.50 34.40 Total freight revenue ...... , ...... 567.46 610.05 1244.11 Average amount received for each tort of freigllt ...... " ..... :. '" .. . 5,35 4.59 1.91 Average receipts per ton per mile ...... 21 .15 .55 Freight revenue per mile of road ...... , ...... , ...... 11.35 12.23 17.57 Freight revenue per train mile .. , .... ', ...... , . .25 .26 .80 Total Traffic. Operating revenues ...... 2606.53 3540.73 3737.64 ~ Operat~ng revenues per mi!e of. road ...... 52.23 70.96 52.7!l Operatmg revenues per tram nule .. , ...... , ...... , ...... 1.14 1.49 2.3!J Operating Averages, Average number of passengers per cal' mile ...... 1841 ,1696 .7288 Average number of passengers per train mile ...... 3298 .3831 .7205 Average number of passenger cars per train mile ...... ,0401 .0498 .024!l Average nunlber of tons of freight per loadzd car mile ...... " ...... 0125 .0115 .0733 Avera!':e number of tons of freight pel' train mile ...... 0462 .0561 .4171 Average number of fl.·eight cars-per train mile ...... , ...... 1529 .2392 .2514 Average number of loaded cars per train mile ...... , ...... 0958 .1316 .1465 Average number of empty cars per train mile .. , ...... ,0584 .1076 .104!l Average mileage operated during the mon';h , ...... " ...... 49.9 4!l.!l 58.3 Locomotive Mileage. Mixed locomotive miles-revenue service ...... 2358. 2334 1554 Total revenue locomotive miles ...... 2358 2334 1554 Non-revenue service locomotive miles (work) ...... 6129 7269 4436 Non-revenue service locomotive miles (switch) ...... , ...... , .... . 3206 3577 2148 • Car Mileage. Loaded freight cal' miles-revenue service ...... -8484 11587 8893 Empty freight car miles-revenue service ...... •... " ...... 5241 !lOl2 5903 Caboose freight car miles-revenue service ...... " ... , ...... 1385 • Total freight car miles-revenue sel.'vice ...... 13725 20599 16181 Passenger car miles-revenue service ...... , ...... 4112 5352 1545 Total passenger train car-miles-revenUe sel'viee ...... 4112 5352 1545 Total revenue car mileage ...... , ..... , ...... , . , .. . 17837 25951 17726 Non-revenue service car miles (work) ., ...... , ...... 46811 46318 20197 Train Mileage. Mixed train miles-revenue service ...... 2296 23'00 1563 Total revenue train mileage ...... , ...... 22[)6 2370 1563 Non-revenue service train miles ...... " ...... , ...... 445!) 4349 2411 EQUIPMENT IN SERVICE AXD DESCRIPTION OF ROAD. Single expansion locomotives-number., .... , ...... 5 5 5 Total tractive power-pounds ...... 111270 111270 111270 Average tractive power-pounds ...... 22254 22254 22254 Freight Cars, Box cars-number ...... " ... , ...... 10 10 10 Total capacity-tons ...... , ...... 300 300 300 lqat cars-number ...... 51 53 Total capacity-tons ...... , ...... 2440 2120 2120 Stock cars-number , ...... , ...... 1 "1 ~ Total capacity-tons ...... , .... . , 40 40 '{ Coal cars-number ... ·...... , ...... 4 4 4 Total capacity-tons ...... •...... 138 138 138 Tank cars-number ...... , ...... 2 2 3 Total capacity-tons ...... , ...... 60 60 BO Other cars-number ...... , ...... 4 4 Total capacity-tons ...... 68 68 All classes-number ... ' ...... 77 ;I' 74 75 Total capacity-tons .... , ...... , .. , ...... 2!l38 2726 2736 Passenger Train Cars, First class cars-number.,.: .. ".".,', ...... " ...... 2 2 ? Cars in Company's Service. All classes-number , ...... , ..... ,. 68 73 74 DESCRIPTION OF ROAD, Miles of road ...... , , .. . 49.9 49,9 70.8 Miles of yard track and sidings .... , .... , ..... , ...... , ...... 8.5 8.5 8.7 Miles of all tracks-total ., ... , ...... , ...... : .... . 58.4 58.4 70.5 56 ALASKA RAILIlOAD RECORD Vol. I. No.7. f>. I-I. Seha:;)fcr, Stol'ekeeper, Anchorage. DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS. ' H. B. Wells, Storekeeper, II1atanuska. Wm. Peltier, Storekeeper, Potter Creek. ALASI{A;-';: ENGI~EERING CO:-.tMISSION. R. S. Donaldson, Storekeeper, Talkeetna. F. C. Robely, Property Clerk. Hon. Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the In: