ALASKA HOME RAILWAY
Launched At Monster Mass Meeting Of Valdez Citizens
At last Valdez is to have a railroad.
And best of all it is to be an Alaskan
road; built by Alaskans with money
furnished by Alaskans, and operated
for the benefit of the stockholders
Work ou the road has already started
and siuce the citizens of Valdez showed
their confidence in the proposition by
subscribing over $100,000. to begin with
there can be no doubt of the ultimate ,
success of the enterprise.
At the mass meetiug called Sa'urday
eveniug for the purpose of 'presenting
the matter to the citizens of Valdez,
there was a large attendance, the hall
being crowded to the limit. An open
ing address was made by Ex-Govei nor
Brady, after which Henry D. Reynolds,
the originator of the plan, told Hi**
people what the proposition was '1 lie
greatest interest was manifested hiiJ
in less than all hour the people in the
hall had subscribed for 80,000 shares of
stock in the proposed company at 61
per share, lu another half hour many
of those who were unable t*» attend tbe
meeting were seen and the total was
run up to $105,800. Everyone was
enthusiastic in their support of Iht <
the plan, the leading business uien
subscribing large amounts, and others
putting their names down fo' as much
as they could afford. Tb3 laigeet
amount subscribed was $10,000 by Mr
Reynolds aud the smallest, given by a |
12-year old boy, was ten cents toward
a oue dollar subscription.
All arrangements have been made
for terminals, the Keystone wharf hav
ing beeu purchased The citizeus
agree to have the Council grant a
franchise for the road 1 o use ’he
streets of Valdez The church building
has beeu given *<• the cirnpriy for
office purposes, and everything within
ttie power of the citizens to make the
road a success is being dot e
The key note of the lailway plan is i
to have every mm. woman and child in
Alaska sublet ibe for such amounts a
they can aff »rd, from one dollar up,
aud each to lend then utmost itfnrts
toward pushing the project through to
the summit before snow flies. and then
ou to the copper country. Fairbanks,
the Yukon and Nome.
The splcodid organization of tlie
Reynolds-Alaska Development Com
pany has voluntarily, and without
charge, been placed at the service of the
Alaska Home Railway. As the Key
nolds company is composed entirely of
stockholders of moderate means, ami
there are over 1(100 of them, the power
of united c> operative effort ha- simply
been extended to pledge a helping hand
to Alaska in its light foi freedom from
trust domination.
For a long time pa*t the great cor
porate interests of the Hast have b« et»
gradually expending their sphere of
influence with the obvious intention of
absolutely controlling the tianspnita
ti'*o facilities of Alaska, thu« gathering
to therneelve* Alaska’* marveloiin min
eral vedt.h. It is high time that the
people were arouse ! to the danger of
the situation, ami Mr Key tudds has
taken the initiative and leadership in a
tight >f the people for tlieii r.ghts
r t»r months past Alaskans hav*» wit
nessed with su.ki'ig hearts t tie throt
tling of one inde) ei dent r tlmad att* i
another until today tie tiu-ts eon ml
pii.Cticaily every i. lined right of way
to t lie mteiior Kurt her rum e, tin
trust mt* iest> have puirha-id most of
the steamship lines to Alaska as weU as
th*1 Yukon riv*r boat*. The future
gii nth and development of \la~ka de
pends absolutely upon transpoi atnui,
and if the tiu-ts can Control tratispr r
tatimi, they will t tact teal I y control the
coiin’iy and can exploit 't to then own
profit regai dle*s ot ttie lights of I h**
A la-kans who are tin* real pi. d ucerft.
There r* certainly e. ougn rim: **y e *m
in_r out ot t he ti'ii it *»■ y eveiy* year to
huthi every railload neci'.-r ai y ai d to
o.\n all ot tlm steam-lop In e> if i he
people will but i* v« -t evrii a >ma I p‘>r
t ion >1 111 ** u emilng-. * that e*n+"
d leZ ha - tissii peculmvlv -objected
to the •nri lii'iting ciHoim-tance- . f
helpless impotence in the matter of
transportation. Thousands of brave,
sturdy lumbers have taken their lives
in their hands, and their * little all” on
their backs, to work practically alone
and unaided in the interior It is a
terrible task to mush ov**r the summit
I
and get into the interior (inning coun
try, and so much of hard earned money
and splendid energy is exhau-ted in
merely getting into the interior mines
that bat a small proportion of either is
left for the a.tual wink of mining.
Mi re money has been squandered and
wasted in (be various attempts to
build a railway than would have been
required to entirely complete the pro
Jed under aide management, and tills
fad is going to tie proved here and now.
Air. Reynolds is a miisher and pros
(lector himself, and came u Alaska six
years ago t take his chances with the1
rest hi establish.ng a home and a le
git imnte milling business. His heart is
with the people, and he tlmrnugly un
dei .'tauds from liisowi. experience the :
difficulties and danger* to tie sur
mount'd by piospectora and miners
Hi- li lends are a legion, and every
Alaskan can be depended upon to back
bun up a - soon as they understand the
unselfishness of his mo'iv*»s. At the
lima meeting Saluiday night he
pledged his resources and personal
credit to the \laska Home Rat.way.
Me. will aceept no 'alary nr pro
motion >lotr nn<I kivi* n I'rrtlAitl cloak
for |l '.twt t« I vrtil tile 'lllmerlpfloll 11-1 Kx
toivernor Hrmly . nine next with $/*•«), S A
I li'tn pie i oniiloiual $ ,o*i, a I. levy A <"«>,!
$_.'ioo, ohu >. Sny.ler, 9J.aiu, Hlamey Steven*. I
$.'pooo. tiny Hiintrt, |J>no, TK l»omjlu*rty |ii»o, ;
l*.T i laik, fl -*•». Hilly l\|{an fH**', Janie'
Hall 9-k*, Jim I.iitlirop, 9. *», Alex siugh •
tary, I.imi, Jtnige < rainfall. I.m, Jiel/e
l.yoii', fiVO l.ilinmnl Smith, K<1 1
Woim| |:ooo, A1 White K'tnte, IM11 V\ II 11am M
Wihon.ll On. Win l.rennen, I'.ar mri.m
» •« . John Y »)a laiolr, |lo»n, a l oot 9.411, i»
I* IIohhar<l, ... Tr.-ai I*r l*al'on,
J . o, 'In-Moil, I > o. I'rt-'l Hrown, fax), t'harlex
I ci.ii'-y f.’no i harlle t'rawfor.l, $.Vxi, Om ar
Kl*ll, 91 «a«•. Hill, lillllieall, fix’. • oojaT A
!l..n>', fiai, U \ i.y-iroiii #-•». Mayor t|uinn
l.illy Hl.« kw■ II, |jM>. »' r lla 1 rlnaton. tJOo,
1 ha . ' y.llei', $"JoO, if Hoherla, Camp Com
McKinley Street, Valdez. 1901
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IJim, Tit*1 Pm* pci i.>r, Five. Fred W II'miii, lit**, W
I. Ai 'iin, of ivuvt-r. f! i", Mr*. W II I'rnry,
fkfo,-i.'«p; fill* I get1.t *<0 \Vm Koch, J W
1,1111.-, $1u*>, J l> Niceiitich. fl«»m, Herthn officer*
mill rren. fit*’. II K MllUril, Win llouaii.
fli00. Ililic i;.«*|.tl $M»i R H Parker. *-•«>,
• mlilrn A I'nnu roii, I. i. Amen, IJ'*1 N R
Ki’ik fJ a, iirorp* » milry, f.’ia, liillaTi Zw.-l
ker. |2*v, H !» Inn Khsrl. Jim, I. Arcliltmld, FiOP,
F f Young*. |P***. *• W Nclxui. J s
Xlimnelle. |ln»' F M H.iylc, ft <««>. Vilam Swan.
l ap) Hindi Murray. p**), t apt. I> K
Morn* t.vm.
Kvery other attendant at the muss
meetitig subscribed in sumo ranging
Irom one dollai by a 1- yeai old boy to
several bundled dollars Cheer after
cheer greeted the various subscrip
tions ns each aio e and stated the
amount pit m, and the meeting ad
journed amid the wildest enthusiasm
C* uld the trust magnates have wit
nessed 'hi* rousing domotistiation,
they would have la-eu speedily con
vinced that Alaska's war for tltutncial
tndcpeiidt no was us sure of success hh
was the War foi Independence of the
St at es.
Now that the peo| le are aroused,
they must woik with might and main,
for the united power of the people is
absolutely n i eststible. lad every Alas
kan help the A lit.-k a Home Hallway,
ami thus help himself and his neighbor.
The way is now clear la-fore us lad
us unite and stiikea blow that will
ring around the world and hearten
evety worsei so that the people may
come into then ow u
Mr Iteynold* has wiitten the plat
fui m of 1 he Alaska Home Hallway,
which appears on the firet column of
the Prospector This will be published
everyday until the work undertaken
is finished, and the Prospector hereby
dedicates itself and its columns to the
cause.
Subscript lolls are invited on the
appended subscription blank and we
ask every Prospector reader to till In
this blank and mall it to Mr Hey Holds
at Valdez, with check or money order
K\ery |>etiuy will la* honestly and in
telligently expei.ded, and the shares of
the A lacks Home Hail way should earn
fair profits Put your money
in. first to help Alaska, and second,
because the investruent will surely
bring large dividends
Subscription Blank
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II D. Kkynoi.hs. Trustee.
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i I hereby cubt-enbe for.
! nhm e* in * he Alaska Home Itailway at
j one dollar a ehare £ . herewith.
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j Signed . .•.
Addreee.
Date. .