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Seward, Alaska, January 12, 1914
Listen to this: In 1912 Secretary of
the Navy Meyer was testifying before
the naval committee and among other
things he said: “The navy now con
sumes 160,000 tons of coal a year on the
Pacific coast* If the entire fleet were |
operating there at times after the canal
is opened, the amount would he about
300.000 tons. In times of war a fleet
operating on the Pacific would require
200.000 tons per month." When asked
what the freight was from Newport!
News to the ) ‘acifid, lie replied: rom
$5 to $8 per ton. In case of war, at
that rate the freight on the coal for
one year's supply for the Pacific fleet
would amount to 2,400,000 tons, at $8
or $19,200,000. Suppose the Panama!
canal is completed and the freight rate i
is reduced-one half, it is still $9,100,0001
a year paid for carrying coal in foreign ;
bottoms with foreign crews from New
port News to the Pacific base, when
lhe whole sum may be saved by the
construction of the railroad proposed
for Alaska." And yet many anti-dated
old fogids in Congress are not in favor
of government-owned railroads for
Alaska or any other place.
PERTINENT FACTS.
In the Valve World for December
we find the following ably written and(
highly interesting article from the
pen of Falcon .loslin, president of the
Tanana Valley railway:
During the year .1912 there were
nearly 3,000 miles of new railroad built j
in the United States. Nearly every
state and territory had some new mile
age. Alaska had none. Railroad j
building there has ceased. There
have been eight lines of railroad
started in Alaska, and an aggregate of!
471 miles of track was built. Over 100
miles of this has ceased to operate.
The area of Alaska is 590,000 square
miles. This is about equal to the area
of California, Oregon, Washington,
Nevada, Idaho and Utah combined.
These states have over 22,000 miles of
railroad in operation. Three hundred
and eighty-five miles of new track was
built in them in 1912. The first rail
roads in all these states were aided by
the government. No aid of any kind
has been granted railroads in Alaska.
They have been loaded with taxation,
and prohibited the use of the natural
resources of tho land.
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