The Nome Nugget
Geo. S. Maynard, Editor and Publisher
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Published every evening except Sunday by the NOME PUB
LISH IMi COMPANY, Front Street Nome, Alaska. _
~ SI I1S( TUITION RATES
Delivered by carrier in Nome. Little Creek, and Sunset Creek,
for $J.oo per month.
By mail postage paid outside of Nome and vicinity, $1.50
per month. ('.
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* the Office of any failure or 'rregularity in the delivery of their
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Entered in tile Po«* Office in Nome as Second Class matter.
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IS Til K t H.VMIIKH (>r
COMMKItl'K (iOlNK TO'no
AN YTH1 \<» AllOIT AlltM \11
KATK KKliKCTION? ,
Wliat is tlu> Nome Chamber ot
Commerce going do about the. gov
ernment cut on the rate 'for carry
ing mail on the emergency routes?
Yesterday we suggested the Cham
ber get busy and call a meeting :o
find out definite!) and state a con
crete program of protest to such an
unreasonable rate of carrying the
mail in Alaska on an emergency
route.
This rate will go into effect,
July 1st. if no efforts are success
fa’ in having it changed New is
th» time to state our case; not
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after the rates are in effect. Thu
people of Alaska want their mail
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lis soon as they can get it. There
is no reason during ihis modern
day and aee why we should not
have i;. Why should we have to
rely in the old system of carry
ing first class mail by dog team
wlicn it takes nearly a month to
mak. mnnectijns? Following i3
a communication prepared by both
|he Roust Airways and 'the North-,
ern Air Transport Inc., of Nome,
stilting they will not be able to
handle -the mail henceforth under
any such rate above a two-hundred
and. fifty mile distance. We can
appieciate their position. They have
stated theii case clearly and in a
business-like manner. Why not have
the Nome Chamber of Commerce
! get together immediately and
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state its case to the postal auth
orities and hack up,, these com
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panics in their efforts to furnish
a service, one without which »t
would be extremely Inconvenient |
to get' along. Following is the \
text of their argument against the '
cut in rate per pound for carry
ing the mail, a cut from appro- 1
ximately fifty cents per pound to I
twenty-five cents per pound.
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Itcgunling the Transportation of •
First Class Mall by' Airplane
First class mail, as carried oy
airplane, on Emergency route 78182
was paid for by the Postal Depart
ment, at the same average rate
it express matter. In some instanc
es tli's rate was greater for short
distances artd less foV longer dis
tances. but averaged about the
ame as express.
Front the standpoint of car
riers however, mall is not nearly
so desirable for transportation as
express or freight for several reas
ons. It's carriage is surrounded by
restrictions and rules wihch do not
apply to ordinary exrpess matter,
it is frequently the cause of costly
delays, more especially in the
smallor communities, and is not
paid tor when delivered, but when
all the accomplished mail bills are
in the hands of the Postal Auditor,
which is from sixty to ninety days
after the service is completed.
Its carriage is often at the ex
pense of other' matter, which has
been left out, so that the mail would
go thru first, and this has re
quired explanations and apologies
to consignees as to why packages
have been delayed,' and very few
people are satisfied with an ex
planation when they are looking
for a package.
Everyone Is anxious for letters,
and delivery of first class mail
lias been expedited as far as pos
sible, as a matter of courtesy,
rather than on the score 'of any
]iro|i‘ to be made in carrying It.
Now that the Postal Department
has cut the rate allowed for car
rying the mall between Nome and
Fairbanks to half the ordinary ex
prVss rates, carrying tt over this
route would . entail a ■ serious loss
on each trip, as In most Instanc
es express or baggage has to be
left out to allow for<- thd space
or weight of the mail.
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I'nliss the Postal Department
can he induced to reconsider, and
restore the overland rate, which
will require some active persuasion
not only on the part of the Cham
ber of Commerce, but on the part
of the citizens of Nome, and of
northern communities also affect
ed by this order, the service giv
en by the airplanes during the last
two years will necessarily have to
'be continued, and mail will come
as It formerly did, either by Bteam
er direct from Seattle, or via the
Yukon river and St. Michael. Ev
eryone knows what this service will
be and comment is needless.
The following wire was sent to
George flurchvd, Railway Mail
Clerk:
Postmaster revised today that
cver'.vMl late in emergen.’ letter
n i '. i at *o twenty-five cents pound
ruts , =>.»s than V:U minimum . ex
press rarte on Fairbanks Nome route
and cannot carry at rate allowed.
Will continue . to carry to points
not exceeding two hundred and
flfty miles for twenty-flve cents per 1
pound. Points over two hnndred ;
flfty miles flfty cents pound. De- I
(Continued on page Three)
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