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Entered as socond-class matter Feb.
26, 1*07, at the portofflee st Nome,
Alaska, under the Act of Congress ol
March ’ 1678.
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FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1916.
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As in the case of the postofificc
department answer to the de
mand of the people of interior o:
Alaska for a better mail servic
the war department has rep'.iec
to the prayer of the people o:
Noire that imperatively essentia
harbor facilities be granted wit!
the statement that it will cost toe
much ?
As will be noted in the reply
which is elsewhere piesented, th'
decision is based solely upon th
contention that the improvement
will be “unusually expensive botl
in construction and mainte
nance,” and the department doe:
not believe that the benefit
which commence will derive
therefrom will justify tin
necessary outlay of money. Tiler
is, apparently nothing else to bi
said against the project excepi
that it will be “expensive.” In
deed, the department engineer:
practically , admit the need fo
such improvement and recogniz
# that “the construction of a chan
nel into the mouth of Snake rive
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and dredging of a basin thereir
would be extremely beneficial t<
the navigation interests affectei
and to the development of th«
port.”
In the opinion of the hoard o
engineers it would be a might)
good thing for shipping and foi
Nome, but they do not believt
that we should have it because
the costs will be a trifle tpo higfc
to suit their notions of what is
justified. When we remember
that the war department annually
expends great sums in improv
ing back woods steamboat land
ings and jerkwater ports where
the volume of commerce handled
is in no degree comparable to
that of Nome it seems like beg
ging the question to offer the
matter of costs as the sole excuse
for refusing an improvement that
is absolutely essential to the
economical development of a
great territory filled with count
less possibilities of wealth pro
duction.
The answer of the war depart
ment is probably final but we do
not believe that the matter should
he dropped as long as there are
other channels through which
effort can be directed.
The need for a safe and acces
sible harbor for coastwise ship
ping is most imperative and no
stone should be left unturned in
the effort to secure it. There are
several indications that the board
of engineers arc laboring under a
misapprehension in making their
estimate and steps should be tak
en to have the matter properly
presented. Nome is not asking
too much in demanding that the
principal means of commercial
distribution in this section of Al
aska should be granted such help
ful facilities as can consistently
bestowed and if they cannot be
obtained through the war depart
ment the matter should be laid
hefore other authorities. We
need the harbor and we should
fight for it until it is either attain
ed or the last hope is gone. The
decision of the engineering board
should have no other eff ect than
' to spur us to greater efforts.
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WAR DEPT RETURNS
MDSE ANSWER TO
HARBOR PROPOSAL
The following is the statement
of the board of engineers for riv
ers and harbors relative to the
Snake river harbor proposal
which was received by the last
mail:
War department,
United States Engineer Office,
Seattle, Washington.
March 15, 1916.
Nome Publishing Co.,
Nome, Alaska.
Gentlemen: It having come to
the notice of the undersignedf that
you have expressed an interest
in the pending proposition for the
improvement of mouth of Snake
river and Nome harbor, Alaska,
you are hereby informed that the
report thereon, authorized by the
act of congress approved March
4, 1915, has been made, and is
unfavorable to the improvement
The principal grounds upon
which the adverse conclusions are
based are as follows:
While the construction of a
safe harbor at Nome for large
vessels would undoubtedly bene
fit commerce, the enormous cost
of providing such a harbor by
meang of a suitable breakwater,
strong enough to resist success
fully the ice action in Norton
sound, would be entirely out of
all proportion to the resulting
benefits to commerce, and is not
considered to be justified.
It is recognized that the con
struction of a channel into the
mouth of Snake river and dredg
ing of a basin therein would he
extremely beneficial to the navi
gation interests affected and to
the development of the port, but
due to unfavorable physical con
ditions which make llie improve
ments unusually expensive both
in construction and maintenance,
it is not believed that the benefits
to commerce to be derived from
these improvements would be suf
ficent to warrant the United
States in undertaking them at the
. present time
You are further notified tnat all
interested parties have the privi
1 lege of an appeal from this con
1 elusion to the board of engineers
for rivers and harbors, a perma
nent body sitting at Washington,
D. C., to which all examination
and survey reports of this char
acter are referred. Parties desir
ing to do so may be heard on ap
peal by the hoard, either orally
or in writing. Written commun
ications should be addressed to
the board of engineers for rivers
and harbors, Southern building,
Washington, D. C., and should be
mailed in time to be in the pos
session of the said board within
six weeks from the date of this
communication. If, however, you
have important data to commun
icate to the board, which cannot
be collected and put in shape for
proper presentation within six
weeks, the board should be in
formed of this fact without delay
and request made for an exten
sion of the limiting date for sub
mitting information. If oral hear
lings are desired, dates for the
same may be arranged for by cor
respondence with the board.
Any further information need
ed may be obtained by applica
tion to this office, but attention
is invited to the following regula
tions as to the manner in which
such information may be furnish
ed:
“Where interested parties de
sire data necessary for the prep
aration of their appeal to the
board of enginleers for rivers and
harbors, it will be given them
verbally by the district officer or,
in his absence, by the senior as
sistant engineer connected with
the improvement. They will not
be permitted to have access to
the report without authority from
the chief of engineers ”
You are requested to commun
iate the foregoing to any persons
known to you to be interested in
the improvement and who, not
being known to this office, do not
receive a copy of this communcia
tion. Respectfully,
J. 13. CAVANAUGH.
Lieut. Col., Corps of Engineers.
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