Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-05-03 | Page 3 | Woman Drives First Spike for Alaska Railroad

WOMAN DRIVES FIRST SPIKE FUR FOR AlASKA RAilROAD SE Alaska May Ola 3 Actual Actual work on the time con construction of or the time first firM section of or the governments government's Alaska railroad has haR been begun at Ship- Ship cne creek k according to word received here The rhe first spike was driven Thursday at lI by Martha White the first white child born on oi Cook Cool inlet One thousand feet flet of ot track was laid laM to handle construction equipment A notice was posted at nt announcing that th the engineering commission lon would not employ a large larse number of or men memi this summer and that those going to with the idea of or finding l a employment would be disappointed Squatters who staked slaked claims on the tho terminal tract h hero here rc lIa have withdrawn withdrawn with with- drawn rawn from the land hand Some of or them however delayed ml elay ed rem removing remo n their heir t tents a atH lid lost them when newcom neWcom- newcomers ers eis hound bound over the tIme tract for Cor Ship Ship- creek rend lead notices ordering the Immediate Im Im- immediate im- im mediate removal al of or the tents tent and seized and carried them awn away awny The squatters had been notified b by Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieu Lieu- tenant r I Frederick Mears feals of the tIme commIssion commission com corn mission that the would be located elsewhere as the tIme government go Intends Intend to use the time reserve e for termInal terminal nal nat purposes A notice posted it by Lieutenant Meats Mears fars sail said Time The land hand office attics Is expected to stake a townsite In the division ell be between between he be- tween and Junction There 1 h Is no hf d desire on my part t to cause caURe ulI unnecessary InconvenIence lonce to any one une Tho The fact remains Ii however I that ha t construction 1 I 0 n work 1 machine shops engine engino house terminal nal nut yards commissary commissar coal dock and employees employees' dwellings will require all the ground now covered by squatters squatters' squatters squatters' squatters squatters' squat squat- tents This will make mako it necessary necessary sar sary for Cor those occupying th these e tents to move as aM soon as a permanent nt townsite s selected Meanwhile noone no imo one on is required to move o except those thos In the thea way a of the workmen or near the Ow water supply which must not be contaminated