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March 3. 1879.
C. O. Marwood Editor
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Saturday November, 15, 1924
TRANSPORTATION IN
ALASKA
Lack of space in last week’s
issue prevented us from making
adetj uatecomment on Mr. SuIzers
article on the problem of Alaskan
transportation difficulties. This
is a question which vitally conce
rns every person living in interior
Alaska, and by ‘interior’ Alaska
we mean every part of the Territ
ory not in direct touch with out
side transportation.
It is a perfectly safe statem
ent to say tlv.it there is no one
in interior Alaska who has not in
some way come hard up against
the problem ol' transportation
a id transportation costs for it is
such a glaring ill that none can
fail to observe it.
But what, arc we doing about
it': We haven’t heard much yet’
except a lot of individual grow’
ing at excessive costs and this j
will be a long time producing res!
nits— a vet y long time!
Alaska is well served by boat
from i in* outside and at moderate
rates. There is no complaint on j
til • t som e. What 1 tile mileage of I
railroad the country has was bin :
it tor a specific purpose-getting
to some one point and serving tli |
at point. Any other service is I
merely incidental to proximity to
-to the railroad. Moreover owing
to the gigantic difficulties in the
way of railroad construction in
this country, so cut up with mou
ntains, glaciers and rivers, the
cost is enormous and will react
on freight costs for generations.
The only solution, then, is ROADS
—good ro.ids —roads passable at!
any time of the year by team and
wagon or sleigh, and, if possible,
by truck and automobile. This is
quite within the realm of possib
ility by the judicious expenditure
of money which will be small com
pared with the amount of benefit
derived. It is a safe investment
against the future prosperity of
one of the richest pieces of grou
nd on the globe.
But a government seems alw
ays loath to spend money in cl eve
loping I new country and .t rests 1
with the people who are suffer
ing from this neglect to make so
me effort at concerted action in
bringing pressure to beat in the
proper channels to have this alt
e red
Let us back to the limit these
who are struggling to put this
thing across. Lone growling and
containing to dig down to pay ibe
cost will never relieve this slate
ot affairs.
I
WINTER HAS ‘CAME’
The jolly old Winter has hit
ived in a cloud of snow. For a d iy
and a half nature lias boon busy
spreading a blanket: oi'eiderdown
over the landscape to the delight
of the children and to the horror!
of taxi drivers.
Winter is a season which fills
old and young alike with the she
re joy of Jiving. It makes the
old rheumatic want to i^o out. and
romp with the kids and the old
gray ma>e kicks ut> her heels
and remembers when she' w*.s
young ‘twenty some years ago’.
The jingle of sleigh bells is j
heard while the air rings with
the shouts of ‘mush on! from the
dog drivers. The snmil of plum
pudding and mine" pies and Xm
as cake is in the air. It is a time
of good will and peace on Earth.
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