Seward weekly gateway., May 30, 1908, Image 3

About Seward weekly gateway. (Seward, Alaska) 1905-1914

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READY FOR THE
RIG PARADE
Many Visit Fleet and City Is Pre
pared for the Display and
Great Reception.
By Catol* to The Dally Gateway.
Seattle, May 25—The beautiful
weather of Saturday changed into a
very disagreeable day yesterday. To
day is bright again. Hundreds of peo
ple are making excursion trips to visit
the fleet. The city is beautifully deco
rated. Elaborate preparations and a
great program lias been arranged for
the battleship parade to take place to
morrow.
Northern vs. Branch
A ball game l>etween the two teams
is called for this afternoon at 2
o’clock, sharp. The Northern team is
made up of the following members:
Conroy, catcher; F. Whitney, pitcher;
C. Whitney, first base; Dickinson, sec
ond ba>e; Pitman, third base; Graef,
short stop; Griffin, right field; Doc
Daykin, center field: Blue, left field.
The Branch team is composed of the
following: Matliison, catcher: Fils
worth, pitcher; Lynch, first base; Mer
lon, second base; Gill, third base,
Richardson, short stop; Sexton, rignt
field; Campion, center field: Dorman,
left field.
Cncle Billy and Pop will open the
game. The managers state that hand
cars will leave tin* dock for the hall
grounds every ten minutes with Joe
Hoffman in charge. They also request
that the ladies leave their "Merry
Widow" hats at home. Fverybody is
invited to witness the game.
Steamer Portland
The Portland arrived last Saturday
afternoon about '■* o'clock. After re
in lining here about an hour she sailed
for the westward, and will touch at
thi> i*>rt on her return, which will
probably be late Tuesday afternoon or
Wednesday.
The Portland's wireless apparatus
was reported to be in line working or
der. The operator had been in com
munication with the station at Sitka
for about two hours, but after that
failed to make connection. The laws
governing the wireless, or rather the
forces that act upon the wireless appa
ratus. are little understood, but the
operator on the Portland thought the
mountains between the town and the
Vessel might have obstructed the pas
sage of the message.
The following is the list of passen
gers arriving at Seward on the Port
land: II. S. Short, Mrs. Short, L. \.
Hay, James Lathrop, Mr>. Lathrop.
John Lee liner, II. W. Shefller, and
live sen d c’as> passenger?.
The Portland returned from the
westward Wed:,e?day night and pri
ce *ded on her v a\ to Seattle.
Santa Clara Arrives
The steamer Santa Clara made this
port in line sailing style at about 8.\:0
S unlay evening. Seldom has a
steamer made the landing as easily and
quickly as did Capt. Daniels of the
Santa Clara. The boat remains here
the usual time of twenty-four hours
and will go no farther west.
The following is the passenger list
for Seward: Max Kahn. Claude E.
Hickson, H. W. Lathrop, Fred Melius,
L. E. Buell, and five steerage.
The Clara sailed for Seattle at 8:15
Monday evening.
StWARD SItAMERS
Farallon; sailed from Seattle 24th.
Bertha; in Seattle.
Northwestern; sailed for Seattle 19.
Dora; sailed for Unalaska 18th.
Santa Clara; sailed for Seattle 25th.
Portland; sailed for Seattle 27th.
Morning Fire Alarm
At 10:4o a. m. Thursday smoke was
seen to be emerging from the south
side of the barber shop on Fourth ave
nue. The lire alarm was quickly
sounded and instantly the chemical
extinguishers were at work. The hose
carts and the hook and ladder brigade
were soon on the ground. Boards
were ripped off the south side of the
building, and the tire soon queuched
by the action of chemicals and water.
The tire is supposed to have originated
from a spark lodging in some crevice
whero tar paper used in the construct
ion of the building was slightly
exposed.
PREPARING
FOR WIRELESS
—
Corps of Men Sail North to Es
tablish the Marconi System
Alonr Alaska Coast.
By Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
Seattle, May 28—A large corps of
men sent out by the government with
equipment for the purpose of establish
ing wireless stat ions at different points
along the coast of the territory of
j Alaska sailed from here last night on
the steamer City of Seattle.
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—
Work on Wireless
Plans for extension of the Alaska
service of the United States array sig
nal corps call for the installation of
new wireless stations at Nome, Fort
C.ibbon, Fort Egbert, Wrangell and
Petersburg cannery. In July the
cableship Burnside will proceed to
Cordova to extend a cable to the new
! railway town. After this extension
i has been made the Burnside will work
on a number of other details, involving
I duplexing the cable at Sitka and Val
dez, repairing a fault in the Sitka
>Juneau cable near Cape Fanshaw,
covering an exposed cable at Dry
i strait between Cape Fanshaw and
Wrangell, and repairing tire control
cable in the upper Sound. A new fire
control cable will be laid also near the
mouth of the Columbia river.
Now in Dry Dock
The cable ship Burnside is now in
dry dock undergoing a thorough over
hauling. It is estimated that not less
I than six weeks’ time will be required
I to complete the work and at least four
weeks' more time will be necessary to
get out the ship.
The government has no other vessel
available for work on the Alaska
! cables. It would require more time
I to''equip a vessel than will be needed
to get the Burnside in commission
again, so cable officials will have to
wait, in the event of any interruption
to the service, until the Burnside is
I repaired.
Federal authorities permitted the
Burnside's boilers to deteriorate until
the vessel was almost unsafe in ven
turing into Northern waters. \\ hen
the las* two breaks in the Valdez cable
occurred the Burnside was compelled
to take the inside passage because she
could not face a storm at sea. This re
sulted in a serious loss of time on the
i trip.
It was after the two trips had demon
strated the unfitness of the boilers for
serious work that the cable ship was
! ordered in dock. Weather conditions
! in the North are now favorable, fntt
danger of interruption to the cable ser
vice exists at all times.
Literary Society
Wednesday evening in the Methodist
I church the Seward Literary and Mu
sical Society held their last regu
1 ir meeting for the season. The
meeting was called to order by the
president, and in the absence of Mr.
Campion a secretary pro tern, was
chosen. The matter of purchasing a
piano for the benelit of the society and
! the church was reported on by the
committee previously appointed for
that purpose. It was learned that a
piano can be purchased from Mr. Van
Cleve for $150. The committee was
continued and instructed to devise
plans for securing a piano.
By motion of the society the present
officers were continued until the first
Wednesday evening in September, at
which time the next regular meeting
of the society will be held.
The program of the evening was
then called for, and each one promptly
responded to the part assigned. Mrs.
Wheatley read an exhaustive paper on
Prehistoric Alaska in which mention
was made of the early low forms of life
and monstrous aquatic beasts that
sported in these northern waters in
prehistoric days. Mrs. Sexton respond
ed to the call of her name with a well
executed piece of instrumental music.
Fred Pedersen read an interesting
selection from Marshall Wilder. Mr.
Griffin held the attention of the
audience while delivering a well se
lected recitation. The program was
closed by Judge Reed in the presenta
tion of current topics.
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Arctic Brotherhood
CAMP SEWARD NO. 21._
Meets every Saturday evening In
A. B. Hall, Cor. 5th and Wash. |
ANTON EIDE S. L. COLWELL *
ArcticHecorder. Arctic Chief
V ---—/
J. A. BAUGHMAN
PHYSICIAN
and SURGEON
City ofllce: Owl Drug Store.
Home ofllce: Ui> stairs in Richard building
f. BUTTERWORTN
CIVIL ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR
Surveys Accurately
and Promptly Made.
Office over Valdez Market, room 3
(Opposite Seattle Hotel)
VALDEZ, ALASKA.
E. E. RITCHIE
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW
VALDEZ - - ALASKA
No Street Railway in Wyoming
“In all our State there is not one
mile of street railway nor any paved
streets,” said Prof. Frederick C. Beel
er, the state geologist of Wyoming,
who was in Kansas City recently.
“There is a population of 16,000 in
Cheyene, but being a very compact
town it has not needed street cars. As
for pavement, nature provides them.
There is a gravel that washes down
from the mountains and overspreads
the thoroughfares, making an excel
lent roadbed. Over this there forms
a fine white dust. It is sometimes an
noying, so I am investigating Kansas
City’s system of oiling boulevards.”
Kansas City Star.
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THE ALASKA TRANSFER
CHRISTIENSEN &. LAUBNER. Proprietors
Pianos and Safes Moved Sp*“al al,end"°V° c''/^ooa
Give us your orders for Goal &. wood
General Forwarders PHONE MAIN Seward. Alaska j
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| Alaska Commercial Co.
Have Established a Station at Susitna, at the
I forks of the Susitna and Yentna rivers, and
will carry a full line of miners’ supplies
OTHER STATIONS AT
B IINALASKA, KODIAK, KAREIK, KAGIYAK,
I__
BOOTH &. CO.
-JWW
HOPE AND GIRDWOOD
g^Call on the old reliable firm of Booth & £0..for anything in the
Liquor and Cigar line. Mi Eleccion Cigars, Old Line and Hunter Rje,
Nelson Co. Bourbon, Olympia Beer. Everything first-class. Best
of attention, run on the live and let live plan.
Glrdwood, Alaska. C. R. BOOTH, Manager.
(mushers'
Attention!
Mrs. Watson, formerly of Hope,
will be pleased to see all of her
old friends at her Restaurant in
Girdwood, where they will re
ceive the best the market affords.
Sleeping accommodations for
eruests and place for sleds and
dogs.
* J
Seattle’s
Commercial
Hotel
THE
Rainier-Grand
EUROPEAN PLAN $1 UP
CHAS. PERRY, Manager