Seward Daily Gateway
OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Eetabli»hed Auprust 19. 1904
Published Daily except Sunday by
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ALASKA RAILROAD Vs. MANILA RAILROAD
Revealing clearly how various branches of the fed
eral government operate in conflict to the detriment of
Alaska, the Seattle Times recently published the follow
ing under the heading, “Twenty Ships to Transport Coal
to Philippines: Huge Pacific Coast Order Placed by Gov
ernment: Bids are Submitted by Several Seattle Firms:”
“Shipping on the Pacific will be stimulated by the
delivery in Manila of 80,000 tons of bituminous coal, which
the government is soon to purchase in this country. Bids
for furnishing the coal and transporting it to the Philip
pines were submitted to representatives of' the govern
ment in New York by firms in Seattle, San Francisco and
other cities. The coal is for use by the Manila Railroad.
' It was estimated-that nearly 20 ships would be required to
transport the coal. The order, one of the largest ever to
have been placed for the Philippines by the government,
's expected to aid in taking up the slack in ship tonnage.”
Thus, it may be seen, when an opportunity presents
itself to increase tonnage and revenue of the govern
ment’s railroad in Alaska, our great officials deliberately
overlook that phase. Out of one side of Uncle Samuel’s
face he voices loudly his sincere desire to help us poor
Alaskans develop our resources, but out of the other
side of his big mouth is emitted the well known “rasp
berry” Alaskans are daily served.
It could not be expected that Alaska coal operators
could have had the privilege of bidding on the entire or
der but they could have at least been granted the oppor
tunity to have made a bid for a portion of the tonnage;
say about 25,000 tons. Coal bunkers could be built with
in a brief period, if necessary.
Incidentally the Alaska Railroad revenue from this
size contract, 25,000 tons, from the mines to the Port of
Seward, would have been at least $37,500. Yet in the face
of these facts, similar cases have arisen enumerable
time in the past; alleged statesmen rack their thick
skulls endeavoring to discover methods to bring the Alas
ka Railroad out of the red.
Ah nuts!
SUBSTANTIATION
In the past The Gateway has been criticized for its
stand of many months ago When this paper sponsored the
thought that thousands of the unemployed in the States
should come North. The Seldovia Herald’s editor has
been the only one to publicly endorse the idea.
We do not propose to again go into details but we
would like the reader to let this sink in:
Since the dawn of these United States of America, all
motives—safety, profit, social intercourse, educational
opportunities, everything — led Americans to watch
mounting figures of population growth with an eye to all
that made life richer and pleasanter.
This was an experience repeated on every sucessive
frontier of the many America has known except for the
very vanguard itself—the hunters and trappers and pro
fessional frontiersmen.
Thus, history reveals population only makes for
growth and development.
Wonder what those Anchorage business men meant
when they sent word over thanking Seward for pur
chasing a plane to be stationed at Anchorage?
This evening at 7:30 the Seward Radio Club wil.
meet to discuss interference. A “trouble detector’ has
been received which is expected to detect sources of in
terference. The best way to eliminate radio interference,
we think, is to throw the old sets out of the windows,
then meander down to one of the local agencies and bu^
a new set. It may help. Maybe it won’t. What the H—!
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‘‘We aie squarely behind you on
the proposition relative to securing
the construction of coal bunkers at
Seward and will use our best ef
forts to see that it is accomplish
ed,” writes Oscar Anderson, presi
dent of the Evan Jones Coal Com
pany of Anchorage, to the Seward
Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Anderson said his company
had taken the matter up with
Washington, D. C, officials and
with numerous Congressmen. The
majority of the latter, he said,
“visited Alaska this past Summer
and expressed themselves gener
ally in favor of coal bunkers in
Seward: in fact, their statements
were specific to the effect that
bunkers should be built.
“Congressman Murphy expressed
himself unreservedly that the coal
bunkers should be erected, saying
that the Alaska Railroad was in
complete without them; he said
it was the same as a groceryman
being without a delivery.wagon.
“It is of the greatest importance
that the work be started as soon
as possible; otherwise, if the bunk
ers are not ready in the early
Spring, we will not be able to
get the business this year, or at
least not what we should have.
“We very much appreciate the
cooperation you have already given
us,” Mr. Anderson wrote in con
clusion, “and trust that all of our
combined efforts will work out for
the good of all in this section of
the Territory.”
FAST CAGE GAMES
8E PLAYED TONIGHT
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A titanic struggle between two
equally matched teams will be wit
nessed by Sewardites who attend
the basketball games this evening
at the Dreamland hall at 8 o’cIock.
The first game will be a tenm
struggle between two girls teams
from the Seward high school and
both teams are out to win.
The main event of the evening
will be the Seward high school and
Alumni game which will start im
mediately after the preliminary
The high school cagers claim that
they have the “high sign” on their
Alumni compatriots in that they
have built up a defense that will
stop the Alumni’s scoring. Coach
R. G. White, of the school team,
has not made public his starting
lineup.
The Alumni team is also confi
dent of victory as they have per
fected offensive plays based on the
playing of the team which won the
National Intersectional Champion
ship of the United States last
year and they claim that the only
way that the high school lads can
stop the bsketball from going thru
the goal for points for the Alumni
tonight is for the high school team
to take the goal and mount it
atop Mount Marathon and bury it
in 99 inches of snow. The Alumni
team will blossom forth with the
same lineup which made the City
team eat dust for four quarters
recently.
The high school team will wear
blue jerseys and the Alumni team
white ones.
Merritt Shellhorn and Francis
Groth, referees par excellence, will
handle the main event.
The first game starts at 8 o’
clock and the admission will be
50 cents for adults and 25 cents
for children.
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HISTORIC CRUISER BURNED
DULUTH, Minn., Dec. 18. (JP)— |
The USS Essex, for years one of
the Navy’s finest cruisers and the
boat once used by “Pop” Anson and
his barnstorming Chicago White j
Stockings on a world trip, has been
burned in Lake Superior here. The
Navy sold it last winter.
Baltimore had a farmers’ week
ly in 1835.
THE GREAT AUTHOR
BOOTH TARKINGTON’S
Fine Story, “OLD FATHERS AND YOUNG
SONS,” Made Into a Fine Talkie and Renamed
“Father’s Son”
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AND HEART INTEREST
THE CAST OF
LEMS STONE - IRENE RICH
and the wonderful boy actor
LEON JANNEY
Do Some Very Fine Acting—Giving a Play
Everyone Will Enjoy.
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With It There Will Be a Laugh-Getting
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