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COMMISSIONER MEARS.
Commissioner F. Mears, in charge of the Anchorage divi
sion of the railway work, which is the same as saying that he
is in active charge of about all the work on. the government
railway system, leaves this week for Washington, D. C., where
he will consult with Secretary, of the Interior Lane with re
spect to the project. Commissioner Mears has been on the job
here contihuously since the spring of 1915, when construction
work was first begun. There is not a man in the commission’s
employ that works as hard, as conscientiously or as efficiently
as this young commissioner. The Times is not a newspaper
that cares especially to throw bouquets at those persons who
occupy responsible positions, or truckle to those in authority.
But we do believe in giving credit where we believe credit lias
been well earned, by application to duties and conscientious, in
telligent effort, and that is why we take delight in saying a
few kind words in behalf of Commissioner Mears.
Commissioner Mears lias been on the ground throughout
all the trials and difficulties that naturally follow the inaugura
tion of construction work on a project of such magnitude, and
through it all lie’has pursued the even tenor of liis way, on the
job all the time. He has been subjected to much unjust criti
cism, directed at him personally and at the engineering commis
sion as a whole. Quite a number of egotistical fellows have
very freely informed the patient public just how the work
should be done and how things generally should be run here.
Commissioner Mears—on the job all the time—has borne in
patience and with dignified silence the knocks of the knockers;
the criticisms of the uninformed and ignorant; the contempti
ble flings of the vicious and malicious, content to let his work
speak for itself—and it does speak. He needs no other en
dorsement as to his fitness, his qualifications, and his whole
heartedness and loyalty to the big project. He enjoys, to a
marked degree, the confidence and respect of the people of
this community. He has won this position of confidence and
respect bv his strict attention to business; his willingness to
hear and seek to rectify complaints of the workmen; bis never
failing courtesy and consideration where matters pertaining
to the. welfare of this community are concerned. He has no
easy job to fill. He is the government’s representative here, in
matters pertainiqg to- the railway and allied projects.,k And as
everybody knows, there are some of us who think that Uncle
Ram’s pocketbook is a bottomless affair; that the government,
as represented by the commission, should do about everything
around here, from aiding starving natives to inaugurating and
bearing the expense attached to hunting lost parties, and the
like.
The commissioner is a man in the prime of life. He is de
voted to his work and it is perhaps his ambition to make a
name for himself in connection with the construction of the
great Alaska railway system. Surely, if such is his ambition,
it is a most laudable, worthy one. And it is but the truth to
say that he is well on the way toward the goal of his ambition.
Commissioner Mears is making good.
THE GOVERNMENT RAILROAD.
Tt lias been saifl by well-informed persons tliat the govern
ment railway line, now in course of construction from Anchor
age toward the interior country, will do one of two things,
namely: Tt will bring about the development of the resources
of the territory such as no other constructive scheme could do,
or it will bring about an expose of Alaska—meaning, of course,
that there are no latent resources worthy of the vast sum em
ployed to build the railway line to develop, once the road is
completed.
The Times has taken the optimistic view with respect to
the resources that will be opened by the construction of the
railway system. But, despite our optimism, the half has not
been told, nor can anyone foresee the vast developments that
will accrue as a result of adequate transportation facilities.
One has but to read the history of the west, before the iron
horse reached and opened it. to gain some idea of what will
follow railwav transportation in Alaska.
Little did those hardy argonauts that pitched their tents
on the sandy, forbidding point on which the magnificent city
of San Francisco stands dream of what the future had in store
for them. Tt was beyond the ken of human foresight or pro
phesy to say that some day a great commercial center would
spring up there-—was in the making, in fact, when the pioneers
took up their abodes and elected to remain tbere. We do not
anticipate that there will be anv San Franciscos in Alaska.
That is going altogether too far. Then, again, who knows any
thing about it? Tt all depends on the resources.
We have no fear, however, about any expose that will be
detrimental to the territory will follow the railway building.
On the other hand, we await, with confidence, the completion
of the trunk line svstem, because we know that there are vast
dormant resources in the territory, and we know, further, that
the particular part of the territory that will be tapped bv the
railway system has the most abundant resources in all Alaska.
We are further convinced that the railway system frftm
Anchorage to Fairbanks will prove such a financial success,
that the government will immedatelv begin the construction
of the branch line to open the Kuskokwim country.
The Alaska railway system will most emphatically not
expose Alaska. Tt will make it a beehive of industrial activity
that will increase as the years roll on.
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, KMC.
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