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Show COMPLETION OF COPPER RIVER RAILROAD ANNOUNCED. New York. Jan. 27. Announcement was made today of the completion of ti Copper River railroad, which Is Jointly owned by J. P. Morgan and company and the Guggenheim intcr-e:is. intcr-e:is. from Cordove to a point above the Abf rcrombie rapids on the Copper river In Southwestern Alaska. Tho IhWafer terminus is located at Three Tree Point, just north of the town of Coidova, where the- company has constructed con-structed wharves. to add to the development of tho upper Conpei and Chitina rivers, the Copper Cop-per River Railroad company ha3 under un-der wr.ythe building of five powerful tt amers especially designed f )V thc-se streams. Contracts have been awarded fo' the opening of the road : up the Copper river toward the banks at $1,000,000 cost. |