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Show Railroad For Central Alaska. The gold output of Alaska is now $30,000,000 per year, and will be greatly great-ly increased by the early building of a new railroad from the southern coast of Resurrection bay northward to the Tanana river, definite announcement of which was made In Chicago Saturday. Satur-day. The Reward Construction company com-pany of Chicago has secured the contract con-tract for the building and equipping of US miles of Alaska Central railway, from Resurrection bay northward through the Cook inlet country and up the Sussitna valley to the Tanana river, 150 miles above its junction with the Yukon. |