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MONDAY, MARCH 31, l!»I3.
LET THE WILSON IDEA PRE
VAIL.
The cpn'slion of railroad con
st ruel ion in Alaska lias been
brought within Hie range of prac
tical politics by President Tati's
message In congress Iasi week
dealing wilh I he mailer, and Hie
selection of routes becomes a
subject of vital importance lo
every resident of Hie Interior.
The proposals submitted by Pres
ident Tafl include Hie construc
tion of two trunk lines—one
starting inland from Cordova and
the oilier with a terminal at Sew
ard. On the other hand, we have
the counter proposals of Wood
row" Wilson, who, if reports are
correct, favors the construction
of two trunk lines with tint one
terminal—be ward.
Now while the people of Alas
ka, or at least the vast body of
them, may have no voice in Ihej
ultimate disposition of the mat-j
ter, it is within their province to j
discuss the various proposals,
criticise them if they see lit, and
make whatever suggestions they
deem advisable to secure recog
nition of the special claims of
their respective localities. There
fore if is not to be wondered at
that when I his question of rail- ■
road construction in Alaska I
looms ahead all districts clamor j
for a hearing. Especially is this j
the case in the coast towns, the. j
continued existence of which may
depend upon the longed-for rail
roads to the interior.
But considerations of the hen
elit that might accrue to one
coast town, or injury that may re
sult to another, should not, and
probably will not have any bear
ing upon the ultimate decison—
the sole question to he settled be
ing: What form should railroad
construction in Alaska lake so
that it may result in the greatest
good to the territory as a whole?
When an answer is found to that
question, the selection of routes
and terminals is settled once and
for all. regardless of agitation,
petitions, meetings of protest,
etc., that may ensue. But that
does not preclude us from looking
into the proposals submitted, and
judging of their merits and de
merits Irum our vie\v|Kimi. es
pecially as hlitarod is provided
for in any rase, and we ran ap
proach the subject without bias.
In his message |o congress
President Tal'l recomemnded the
ennsl met ion of t wo trunk lines—
one having a terminal at Cordova
and going inland lo Fairbanks;
the other starting from Seward,
tapping the Matannska coal fields,
then turning westward and coin
ing to hlitarod. This scheme lias
several drawbacks and is sure to
meet with much opposition, for
reasons which we shall demon
strate. It will lie remembered
that the original proposil ion was
to appeal to congress to appro
priate funds for the construction
of one thousand miles of rail
roads in Alaska. In his report on
proposed railroad routes in Alas
ka, published last year, Dr. A. If.
Brooks estimated the average cost
of construct ion at S 'iO.OOO a mile,
which would mean an appropria
tion of $\0,000,00(1. But Presi
dent Taft's scheme to make Cor
dova a terminal would necessitate
the purchase of 133 miles of the
Copper River railroad. As this
road cost $90,000 a mile to build,
tin1 cost lo the government would
be over $1 1.000,000, or sufficient,
according to Dr. Brooks, to build
375 miles of new road in a more
favored locality. There are yet
other objections to President
Taft’s proposals. Not only do
they include handing an elcv
en-million-dollar melon to the
Alaska Syndicate; hut they ignore
the claims of the rich Susilna
valley, the Bonnifleld district, and
the Nenana coal fields, and would
involve wasteful expenditure for
two terminals, where one' would
serve. The congressional appro
priation for railroads will be lim
ited, and Alaska needs as many
ntiles of railroad as can he got
for t ht> money appropriated. The
government should not acquire
expensive roads, but build more.
Turning to the scheme said to
b.e favored by President-elect
Woodrow Wilson, we find the pro
posals not. only as broad in gen
eral conception, but provision is
made for opening up a territory
limitless in possibilities, while at
the same lime securing greater
economy in construction, main
tenance and administration. Mr.
Wifson favors one1 terminal on
the coast—Seward. From that
point the line would run north
ward up the rich Susilna valley
to its .junction with the Cliulil
na. up the C.hulilna, across the
| divide at Broad Pass, across tin*
j.Xenana at the canyon, down the
INenana to its mouth, thence oast’
; |>y_nnrl li I o' Fairbanks.
The superiority of this route
over the Copper River route is ap
parent to those who have read l)r.
Brooks’ report on the subject. Not
only is the grade much less--its
highest point. Broad Pass, being
only about 2,0(10 feel high, or 000
feel lower than the highest point
on any other route—1ml it has
the additional advantage of pass
ing through I lie Matanuska coal
fleldli at sea level: of tapping the
fertile Susilna valley, rich in ag
ricultural promise; opening up
the Bnnnilield country, with its
weall.h of minerals, and the NV
nana district with its coal. At
Matanuska river, 150 miles from
Seward, there would lie a junc
tion, from which a trunk line
would I uni westward toward Id
itarod. This line would serve the
Susitna placer mining district,
the great Kuskokwim valley, the
Iditarod and the Innoko districts,
and eventually the lower Yukon
and Nome. The prospect is so
magnificent as to be almost in
conceivable, save to those with
vivid imaginations. There is one
more point, to be noted. Under
the Taft scheme a person trav
eling from Fairbanks to Iditarod
would have to take a sea voyage
from Cordova to Seward. Accord
ing to the Wilson idea the same
journey would be made in two
days—and without changing cars.
Let the Wilson idea prevail.—
Iditarod Pioneer.
Former Postmaster (ieneral
Frank Hitchcock recently sent,
out notices that after duly 1st.
senders of parcels post packages
on which the postage is fully pre
paid with an additional fee id' in
cents may have the value of the
package collected at its destin
ation provided the value is not
more than $1(1(1. This, the post
al authorities say, will lake away
considerable trade from the ex
press companies, as by this new
order "C. (>. I>.” packages may
also he insured at a small rale at
the postoflice before they are
mailed.
I Notice of First Meetings of Di
rectors and Stockholders of
Mineral King Mining Company.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned, a majority of the
persons named, in the articles of
incorporation of the Mineral King
Mining Company, a corporation
formed under the laws of the Ter
ritory of Alaska and the articles
tif incorporation whereof were
filed on March 17, 1913, in the of
fice of the clerk of the district
court, of the Third division of said
Territory at Valdez, Alaska, as the
first board of directors of said
corporation, to George II. Her
mann, A. A. Evermann and Albert
II. Willmore, who are all the per
sons named in said articles as
composing said first, board of di
rectors, that a regular meeting of
said board of directors, being the
first, meeting of said board,
will be convened and held
for I lie purposes of rom
oleling the organization of said
corporation, tillering its capital
slock for subscription, and trans
acting any other business of said
corporal ion that may properly be
brought, before said hoard, on the j
lonth day of April. 1913, at 3
o'clock p. m.. at the bunkhouse of
I lie Mineral King Mine on Bet lies
Hay. Port Wells, Alaska.
And notice is also hereby giv
en by Ibe undersigned to all whom
it may concern that a regular
meeting, being the first meeting,
of the stockholders of said cor
poral ion. including all subscrib
ers for said capital thereof, will
be convened and held, for the pur
poses of making and adopting by
laws for its government and
transacting any other business of
said corporation that may prop
erly be brought, before said stock
holders. on said tenlh day of Ap
ril. 1913, at four o’clock p. m.,
at said bunkhouse of the Mineral
King Mine on Bet lies Bay, Port
Wells, Alaska. ,
Dated at Valdez, Alaska. Ibis .
I 7 Hi dav of March, 1913. !
GEORGE H. HERMANN.
A. A. EVERMANN,
Directors.
Kirsl pub. March 17, 1913.
Last. pub. April 8, 1913.
NOTICE OF HEARING OF FINAL
ACCbUNT.
n I.I13 United States Commission
er’s Court, ox Officio Judge in
Probate, Valdez Precinct, Ter
ritory of Alaska, Third Judic
ial Division.
In the matter of the estate of
,ouis Camicia, deceased, James
Fish and W. II. Caswell, adminis
trators.—Notice of Hearing of Fi
nal Account.
Notice is hereby given that
James Fish and W. H. Caswell,
administrators of the estate of
Louis Camicia, deceased, have
rendered, filed and presented for
settlement their final account and
report of their administration of
the said estate, and that the 21st
day of April, 1913, at the hour of
2 o’clock p. m. of said day, at the
office of Thomas R. Shepard, ex
officio judge in probate of the
Valdez precinct, at Valdez, Alaska,
has been duly appointed by the
said court at the lime and place
of settlement of said final account
and report, at which time and
place any person interested in
said estate may appear and file
his objections and exceptions to
said final account and report.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this
I9lh dav of February, 1913.
‘ JAMES FISH.
\V. II. CASWELL.
Administrators of the Estate of
Louis Camicia, deceased.
Date of first, pub. Feb. 19, 1913.
Date of last pub. April 21, 1913
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A brilliant electrically
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Arguments May Be Disputed, But
(< Facts Are facts. ”
\
It i a fact that Valdez beer is a food and not a tonic.
Ask any* doctor you know. Valdez beer aids digestion. Use
it a few times with your meals and you’ll find we’re right.
If you drink beer you should use Valdez beer in preference to
others. First, because of its unquestionable high quality.
Second, because it is a home pr duct; brewed in your home
town and all who are interested in the growth and prosper
ity of Valdez should patroniz home products.
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