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ROAD AND TRAIL BUILDING.
The Alaska road commission lias asked the congress for
an appropriation of $600,000 for road and trail building and
repair work during the season of 1917. For the year 1916, the
road commission was given' $500,000. One of the strong argu
ments in getting this big appropriation was the fact that the
government was engaged in the construction of a trunk line
railway system in Alaska, and that roads and trails were
necessary as feeders to the railway system. All of which is
true, but we express the hope that if a similar argument is em
ployed to gain the $600,000 from the present congress, at least
some of the funds will be devoted to carrying out the policy
suggested by the argument. It is but the truth to say that very
little of the road commission funds appropriated for the year
1916 were employed in road and trail work as feeders of the
railway line. But what is the use of resurrecting the past, 1
which is gone? Why not look to the future and live in the
hope that the Alaska road commission will in fact, as it does j
in theory, adopt the policy of building roads and trails that i
will bring traffic to the railway project. There should be the 1
utmost harmony as between the Alaskan Engineering Com
mission, charged with the construction of the railway project,
and the Alaska Road Commission, which has plenary power
with respect to road and trail building in the territory. Tf the
great Alaska railroad project is to be the huge success that its
sponsors—the people of Alaska—claim that it will be, when
completed, it is obvious that roads and trails will be necessary
as traffic feeders.
In the matter of coal mines in the Matanuska fields, it is
taken for granted that the railway project will cover this field
by a system of branch lines, which will be constructed wher- (
ever an available tonnage is assured. No one figures for a mo
ment that the government will content itself by merely con
structing a trunk line system to the coal fields, leaving the
coal operators to build their own branch or connecting lines, j
But there will be many points that will supply a fair tonnage,
but not sufficient to justify the building of a branch line rail- ■
way. Here is where the road and trail building will be neces
sary. And furthermore, the road and trail building should
keep progress with the steel laying, thus opening the contigu
ous country as the rails extend toward the interior.
What really ought to be done, in tile light of the rapid de
velopment of the Cook inlet country, is for the Alaska road
commission to remove its headquarters to Anchorage, so as
to keep in close touch with the situation. Eventually, the com
mission’s headquarters must lx* established at some point on
the government trunk-line railway system. Why not in the
near future—next season, say?
In any event, Anchorage must lend whatever assistance it ,
can, to the end that the big appropriation sought by the Alas
ka road commission be passed by the congress. Tt might be
well for the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce to pass a reso
lution in favor of the increased sum asked, in the hope that
a goodly portion shall be expended in the Cook inlet country ;
next season. Certainly, it would do no harm, and might, by
that much, strengthen the hands of the road commissioners.
Tt will not do to sit idly by in this—the period of the de
velopment of this region. There is work for us to do, and ,
plenty of it, if we are to achieve the best results. We must
reach out for things while the time is ripe.
The rapid rise of President Alexander, of the Admiral line,
reads more like a romance from the pages of a book of fiction,
rather than a true account of a career of a young man who won
his way from a longshoreman’s job to the head of the greatest
transportation company on the Pacific coast. Alexander’s ca
reer proves that there is always room at the top and that the
■'? accident of birth has little to do with a person’s journey
" through life. Tt all depends upon the person himself/ He can
rise to the top; be content to drift along with the tide like the
average person, or he can sink to the lowest depths of human
depravity. Man is a free moral agent; his station in life is
made by himself.
SHONBECK TELLS!
OF IMIISKB
Art Shonbeck returned from a
. week’s business trip to Matanuska
’ yesterday and reports business very
j., good at that point. In talking of the
' general conditions along the line, Mr.
Shonbeck could never be termed pessi
mistic, for he spoke enthusiastically
i - over the future prospects of the great
‘Matanuska valley and in particular in
regard to the farming community in
the neighborhood of Matanuska and
Moose creek. Mr. Shonbeck went as
far as King river on this trip and said
that the people along the line were
in absolute harmony with the Alaskan
Engineering Commission and realize
the importance of the government rail
road. He said the recent allotment of
the Martin coal lease had added re
newed faith in the coal situation and
that he expected to see great activity
in the coal fields in a short time. Mr.
Shortbeck also said that the best farm
ing lands were rapidly being taken up
and that it was only a question of time
pntil' the tillable land of the valley
Would be settled with prosperous
farmers and the farms dotted with the
big red barns of the states.
After the way that the first of the
Frohman company’s productions im
pressed the public it was inevitable
that the slang of Broadway should
paraphrase the title. There is an ab
solute challenge in “Please .Help
Emily.” It became “God Help Emily”
at once. V
The toughest American wood, ac
cording to United States forest serv
ice tests, is that of the osage orange.
The bakery goods at the North
Pole Bakery have that “home” fla
vor. 11-9-tf
Anchorage souvenir spoons. Lord,
Jeweler. 103
“The Store Thnt H»« What \ on 'Wnnl—When tnu Wuiit It.'
Loussac’s Daily Gossip
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1910.
Vol. 1. No. 121. ANCHORAGE, ALASKA 4th and D
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Waterman Ideal or a Conklin Fountain Pen makes a very
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ri.o only i old storage plant in con
nection with market In Anchorage.
Home-made Sausages. Fruits. Veg
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