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Lodging House...
Everything New,
Neat, Clean
and .Comfortable
Free Storage for Baggage
Ship Creek, Alaska
THE
WOODROW
CAFE
...Jack Cronin and Carl Hortness...
Proprietors.
_) Opposite Federal Jail / _
I Anchorage. AlasKa. f
U. S. Restauiant
Fred and Harry
Proprietors
“GOOD EATS’’
QUICK SERVICE
Anchorage, - - Alaska
Bartholf
Lumber Yard
Anchorage, Alaska.
-Complete Stock of First
-Class Native Lumber at
—reasonable prices—
A. Frodenberg, Propr.
Newspapers and Magazines
Cigars and Tobaccos
Fruits, Soft Drinks
Near the Anchorage
Forestry Bid. Alasica
F. Cobbs, Propr.
Bath Room in Connection
Anchorage, Alaska.
LAUNDRY
Pressing and Cleaning
Next Door to
Palace Lodging House.
Anchorage, - - Alaska
HALL SAFES
Norris Safe and Lock Go.
W. L. Moffatt, Sole Agent
Box 73. Seward, Alaska
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TONNAGE QUESTION
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Perhaps one of the most debated
subjects that has come up since the
government decided to build an
AlasKan railway, is the matter of
tonnage. Very frequently one
hears Alaskans and near-AlasKans
say, “It is all right for the govern
ment to build a railway, but where
will t*he tonnage come from?’’
When one stops to consider that
Alaska has an area of over 550
thousand square miles, with a white
population of less than thirty thou
sand people, it becomes very easily
apparent that one of the things that
we most need is population; and
yet our population is more than
sufficient until such time as trans
portation problems are worked out
to an extent that they will permit
dormant industries to get in a state
that will help support a population
many times greater than we now
have.
We believe that when the gov
ernment once starts railway con
struction in AlasKa, that it should
keep constantly at it for at least
twenty years; and the tonnage
question will more than take care
of itself, and will not only prove
sufficient for development purposes,
but will, under a wise management,
show a profit for the whole period.
One trouble with Alaska is, that
it is so large and the population is
so scattered, that one locality does
not see the advantages and possibil
ities of other localities. For in
stance, who has heard any one in
Knik, Seward, Valdez, Cordova,
Juneau, Fairbanks or Nome speak
of the richness of the Innoko, Kus
kokwim, KoyiiKUK or Kobuk val
leys? And still all of these valleys
are capable of supporting large
populations, if they had the gre-t
Alaska need—transportation.
All of us are somewhat selfish,
i and it is perhaps good that we are
a little inclined that way. iiut we
should not let local needs blind us
I to the just claims of other localities
that are sorely in need of the same
help that we are very evidently
first going to receive.
A railway constructed from Sew
ard to Fairbanks, with a branch to
the Matanuska, will most assuredly
held the localities that will be trib
utary to the line, but we fortunate
ones should not feel satisfied until
such time as all parts of our huge
territory get the transportation that
is needed for their development.
We candidly believe that the
government should commence, as
soon as possible, a branch railway
to open up the Kuskokwim valley
and thence north to the Innoko and
j Yukon. These sections, in poten
tial possibilities, are the greatest on
the continent. And at the same
time, the Cordova railway should
be purchased or developed, so that
the great mineral wealth or that
section should have adequate trans
portation facilities, and the people
in the Copper river delta and the
upper Tatiana valley be given a
chance and have an even breaK
with us.
If you stop to consider that under
reasonable freight rates the low
grade placer deposits of Alasica,
already discovered, would quadru
ple the gold output from that
source; that the well known but as
present inaccessible quartz lodes
would be mined; our tremendous
possibilities in agriculture, our
wood products, our fisheries, our
furs, and our wealth in the world’s
greatest-felt need—meat — which
our reindeer will help to supply,
you cannot do but one thing—cut
out this pessimistic talk about not
sufficient tonnage.
I
Herbert Mines First Coal
Under New Leasing Law
The steamer Tyonic, Captain
Rose master, reached Anchorage
Monday., bringing 25 tons of coal
from Bluff point on the upper
Inlet. This coal is the first mined I
under the new leasing law passed
by congress. J. A. Herbert, the
owner of the coal mine, was the
first? to receive a permit from the
land department to mine coal un
der the new system. The Tyonic
also brought 25 tons to Sunrise
for Messrs. Herron and Barnes,
who are installing a dredger
there.
The Anchorage Transfer com
pany, of which W.E. Lee is man
ager, is the selling agent in An
chorage for the owner. Mr. Her
bert plans on supplying this place
and other inlet points with coal.
A1 Wolf, concerned in lode
properties in the Broad Pass
country, reached Anchorage from
Seward Monday. He is en route
to the Cache creek country and
will later go to Broad pass^to
represent his claims. '
Gus. Bystedt, from Valdez,
plans on entering the milk busi
ness in Anchorage. He will bring
milch cows here for the purpose.
THE
WHITE HOUSE
Mrs. Martha White, Propr.
Up-to-Date in Every Way
Nice Comfortable Beds
Rates Moderate
/ also conduct a First-class Res
taurant on Main St.
Meet Me at the
White Lunch
Frank Zaremba, Propr.
Anchorage, - - Alaska
Alaskan Lynch Counter
Wufahl & Ramsey
Proprietors
Workingmen’s Lunches a Specialty
Anchorage, Alaska.
L. N. Markle, Propr.
WE NEVER CLOSE
Anchorage. - - Alaska
SOURDOUGH
LodgingHouse
L. N. Markle, Propr.
Accommodations
for Fifty People
Anchorage,
Alaska
The Pioneer
Express
K. H. Wehnke, Propr.
General KX PRESS Business
C. Jones, Propr.
Good Work, Promptly Done, at
Moderate Prices.
Anchorage, - - Alaska
ROBERT SMALL
BLACKSMITH and
HORSE SHOER....
Boat Work of All
Kinds Done
Anchorage, Alaska
p. j. McDonald
Carpenter Builder
ESTIMATES FURNISHED
Anchorage, - - Alaska
High class job printing at the
Pioneer office.