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Entered as second-class matter Feb,
20, 1»07, at Ue postotttce •; Nome,
Alaska, under Us Act et Congress of
Marcn ’ 187S.
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1916.
The almost complete failure of
the initial euort 01 tne postomce
department to estaonsn an aerial
mail service in Alaska will doubt
less oe disappointing to those
who have hoped for a change
from the present unsatisfactory
system, but it one accords tile
matter due consideration it will
be readily appreciated that such
result was not unlikely in view
of the many deterrent features
presented to prospective bidders.
Indeed, so many reasons may be
adduced against acceptance of the
department proposals that one
might almost say that such re
sult was inevitable. As a matter
of fact there were very few in
ducements for anyone to accept,
as will be speedily disclosed by
a brief examination of the pro
posals coupled with a general
survey of the various climatic and
other features of the territory in
which the aerial operations were
to be conducted. One need not
however, go farther than the de
partment proposals to fina the
primary reason for the scarcity
of bids. Even a cursory exam
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ination of the departmental pro
gram of routes will reveal to the
thinking person that, any person
or firm offering a bid would be
running certain hazardous
chances that few who are guided
by common sense business meth
ods would care to aske.
The most outstanding feature
of tne proposals is that they: al
lowed. tne- uiader little or no dat
ituae in carrying out the require
ments and aosolutely no oppor
tunity to test conditions. ’ This
uespite the iact that neither the
department or any one else knows
the slightest thing concerning the
true nature of such an undertak
ing or of the actual conditions
under which such service would
operate.
There is little reason to doubt
that that the hard and fast pro
visions of the department cover
ing the proposed service could be
complied with under favorable
conditions without subjecting the
contractor to excessive risks but
by no stretch of the imagination
may it be conceived that Alaska
is a favorable field. Aside from
the naturally unfavorable clima
tic conditions there are presented
a dozen and one inhibitive con
ditions due to the generally un
settled state of the territory, al
most any one of which would
cause a prospective bidder; to
think twice before deciding to
bind himself to a 9et of regula
tions which make practically no
allowance for the obstacles which
must be overcome in order to
operate successfully- The sum
total of the matter is that the de
partment takes no account of the
manifold difficulties and consid
ers only the exigencies of the ser
vice. Bidders were asked to meet
ertain fixed demands based upon
what the department conceives
to b< posable and to give a bond
guarantee that they would com
ply therewith although it was
manifestly impossible for them to
know or to learn the slightest
tiling concerning the nature of
the undertaking. By fixing the
day for closing the bids on May
12 the department-allowed pos
sible bidders neither time nor fa
vorable oportunity to learn the
character of the country or the
magnitude of the task they were
asked to undertake. A bidder
could not reasonably be expect
ed to come to Alaska for the pur
pose of investigating while win
ter conditions obtained neither
could it be expected that such
tests as might possibly be made
at that time of the year would be
satisfactory. Yet, the depart
ment, with seemingly singular
lack of forethought concerning
such matters, asked that bidders
bind themselves under heavy
bonds to the performance of cer
tain duties about which they
manifestly could learn very little
except under most unfavorable
conditions. This was nothing
short of unreasonable and was,
doubtless, so considered by those
who nught have been inclined to
bid if they were given the op
portunity to investigate and make
tests before submitting their pro
posals. We believe tiiat the dc*
parement. not only .chose a most
inopportune time for closing the
bid* buti*i$o required the . pros
pective ' bidder to assume T.a too
.great responsibility by fbangex
cessively long contract periods
for a service that was admittedly
an experiment.
If the conditions were thor
oughly understood the situation
would be different but no one
could reasonably be expected to
submit bids and put up heavy
bonds to guarantee performance
of a contract the nature of which
they mamlestiy couiu Know attic
or notmng. it tne urns bad been
kept open until, say September,
persons who consiuered making
proposals would have had an op
portunity to learn conditions by
stuuy, by making trial nights and
couuucting sucli other investiga
tions as would naturally be con
sidered uecessary before one
would be willing to risk the large
expeditures entailed in preparing
for a service of such nature.
To all appearances the depart
ment was over hasty in the mat
ter of closing the bidding and to
this factor more than any other
may be attributed the failure of
project. Considering that no one
was given an opportunity to
learn anything about the require
ments we do not doubt that a
second call for proposals would
have better results provided that
it was made at a period when
bidders could acquire whatever
information was necessary. We
believe, however, that the depart
ment should offer an inducement
to experimenting by offering pro
posals for a short period of sum
mer service. This would tend to
induce a deeper interest in the
proposals by offering the bidders
an opportunity to receive renum
eration while learning, the. condi
tions.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Householders, owners and
agents are notified to immediate
ly begin cleaning up their prem
ises and have the rubbish hauled
to dumping ground or out on ice
not less than 200 feet from shore
W. D’ARCY CHACE,
Health Officer.
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Btaam Laundry mill ami and gat your
laundry.
W. 4. WILLIAMSON, Prop.
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Miners & Merchants
Bank of Alaska
NOME. ALASKA
Capital • - $100,000
Gold Dust Purchased
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