THE SEWARD POLARIS
Peninsula-Chain News
Dedicated to the Building
of the “Kenai Empire"
Independent
United Press Service
Published Semi-weekly
by
H. W. and N. M. Hunt
Seward, Alaska
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LET US CONSULT—
NOT CONTEND.
.we are sent here to
CONSULT not to CONTEND, with
each other: and of determined re
solution, never to change it,
neither enlighten nor convince us.
Positiveness and warmth on one
side, naturally beget their like
on the other; and tend to create
and augment discord and division
in a great concern, wherein har
mony and union are extremely
necessary to give weight to our
councils, and render them effectu
al in promoting and securing the
common good.—Benjamin Frank
lin, June 11. 1787—Van Daren's
"The Great Rehearsal."
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Collective bargaining—who has
not heard of it. In a sense. Win
ng World War II was a massive
exhibition of collective bragaining
with the Allies on one side and
tiie Xa.-ies on tlie other.
Before there could be any eo
hesion or alliance on either side
<■ tch unit or nation had to see
lh> sj-.’c tilings for itself.
A n, : i- - As position wa§f weigh
ed and what was best for the
pa-ion was decided upon. C)l
n : rii 're was compromise a
\ :ng : ::i! taking with the- nation
of like beliefs, but in the end
Pic result was what counted.
The dii'V.ent citvs and sections
of Ala. a lack the ability to see
tire other fellows point of view.
Their newspapers can do much
10 educate the people that a
meat deal more can be obtained
for Alaska if a different attitude
is adapted throughout the Terri
tory.
A thorough education is ex
tremely necessary which will en
able the Territory to present a
spirit of patriotism such as exists
in and between the states. This
njay be illustrated in this man
nor: Florida wants to do some
thing about the orange crop
which could effect the marketing
of California’s crop. All over Cali
fornia orangegrowers arc immedi
ately made aware of the situa
tion and officials set things in
motion to counteract the action
of Florida. Fifty town of Cali
fornia send delegates to CON
SULT. not. to contend but to
CONSULT on the best course to
follow.
To go fulher into the stiuution
orangegrowers ol Texas, New
Mexico and Arizona join with
California in consultation.
That is an illustration of what
is meant by state patriotism:
that is something that Alaska
lacks.
Anchorage wants a certain air
field and so does Fairbanks.
Instead of getting together,
they fight. There are enough
things to compromise upon for
each of the two cities so there is
no need to lose money and tem
pers over what each city desires.
Another illustration, closer lo
home is the Aleutian Mail Con
tract which is up for bid about,
the start of the fiscal year. That
is one of the few things which
Seward is really entitled to. due
to its locale and accessibility of
the area to he covered which will
also include Bristol Bay potrs.
This area cannot be covered
economically by the methods now
followed and many protests are
being affected by “air bourn"
economy of the entire Chain is
being affecter In "air bourn"
prices.
State patriotism would see to
i: that the Chain received the
service it should have instead of
being forced to take what Aneh
ora e and Washington forced up
on it.
There is no opportunitv to
"ho.'so-i: ade" with Anchorage so
far as Seward is concerned. We
have to make our side of this
known by facts and figures as
wo 11 as records of the past: and
this should he sufficient so far
as officials in Washington arc
concerned.
Anchorage and Fairbanks have
alligned them selves against Sew
ard in tiio interests of cutting
o: f the Hk miles from Portage
Junction to Seward. Claims arc
made that rUies will he less but
so far as we canfind tins has
made not the slightest difference
in cost to the ultimate consumer
Church of Christ
Seward, Alaska
Larry O. Grounds
Go. il folks don't v mt to wait
".. ind a thousand years on this
w.nh after Christ's coming before
■ wng to heaven!
And the Bible says that "the
• ;■ is f..tiling in which all that
;n th ■ graves shall hear his
vn’.-c. and shall hear his voice.
. ad shall come forth; they that
ave done good, unto tHo resur
. r oil of life: and they that have
tione evil, unto the resurrection
of damnation." John a:281.
That means that all the Imply
spun webs of those who talk
about Christ being with the right
eous on earth for a thousand year
after his coming is swept away
by the cleansing word of truth.
For it is mighty clear to sec
that '■ he Bible says all men will
; ppear together at Christ's com
ing. Anri they will receive judge
re. at ; c o cling to v. hat t!ie> have
done in the body, whether it be
good or bad. Matthew Lb ;;; p;
and II Corinthians f> in.
Their e'ernal dost iny is there
mad” pla n ternal life or ever
he! in damnation. The greal joy
tiie - mtcnee to torna-ni begins
at oi: -e \Vilhunt being deia.' • I
. for a thousand yours'
Heaven is our home. And as
| for this world of sin and sorrow,
we are merely travelers just past
| int; through!
■ in either Anchorage or Fairbanks.
THERE ,is a matter for consult
ation. i
Seward wishes to keep the
Railroad. Once the railroad opera
tions ceased the economy of Sew
I
a rd is seriously affected. De
pending almost wholelv on the
longshoremen's payroll Seward
j will have little left arid must seek
other means to justify her cxis- j
t ance.
Just now. Che possibility of a
new route which would olimin
| ate the hazards of winter to a
I great extent as the route lies out-'
side of the so-called heavy snow I
belt, i. being considered. This
j route would also cut to GOO foot
the elevation to which trains
I would necessarily have to climb.
Ballast is close by for the en
tire distance.
The seeming “fly in the oint
: ment" is the crossing Turnagain
Arm. This can be accomplished.
1 according to engineers, provided
the base of the causeway, wide
enough for both railroad and the
highway, is of sufficient width
even if the sandy bottom is all
that may be found, and it seems
that this is the case, so far as
i any inspection which has been
! made to date, shows.
! Immediately the causeway is in
[sediment will fall in place mak
ling the structure stronger and
[this will also tend to open per
j manent channels which w 11 show
! up-stream and which can be
| controled to the extent that in
-tcad of one main channel, which
1 might be hard to bridge, the out
lets could be made into two.
which. were suspension struc
tures used, would more or less
eliminate the hazard of the -urge
of ice on the tides.
True, the haul is longer but
■ ew territory will be opened up;
:m area wh eh is just coming into
its ow rand has tit advantage ol
just now being settled by home
slenders, and is a sportsmans
paradise. Tourists will flock into ;
1 tie area in the next few years,)
an dtravel in and out of the area j
should be a good paying invest- j
ment for the railroad, as well as t
Seward, Anchorage and Fair- j
banks. j
Let Alaskan cities CONSULT
on this and oresent a united
front "ii this matter in Washing- j
ton. Let us drop contentions.
As a military matter the rail
road and hi way both an* a iiocns j
sit.;'. This may be shown by the
unnit era ole fact that one 2a- j
pound bomb dropped on the,
trades at almost any point be- !
Uveen Potter Creek and Portage ,
Junction, will stop trains to the1
interior for weeks: and who
would stop with one bomb?
The cost of making the present
railroad right of way between the
two points mentioned above wide
enough for a highway will be
in excess of the cost of the
causeway, and immensely less
vulnerable as will the entire rail
road between Seward and Anchor
age if tiie new route and cause
way are used.
Rebuilding the highway be
tween Seward and Hope a dis
tance of 72 miles will cut the dis
tance between Seward and Anch
orage by as much as 15 miles,
after the causeway is built.
Plenty of material is on hand
for lit" construction of the cause
way. u.vl with modern machinery
engineers should be able to do
a good 1 ang-up job in less than
two years.
Let Alaskan cities CONSULT
together and get this thing of
alway.- CONTENDING finished.
Let us see whether Alaskans
have the spirit the colonies had
in 1786 when Franklin spoke
those immortal words.
Let u see NOW!
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