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('(Mil >l >V.\, ALASKA, TIUKSPAY, .IANTAHV 13, l!»Hi.
THE GOVERNMENT RAILROAD.
Up to the present it has been the prevalent opinion here
abouts that all matters pertaining to the government railroad,
which is being constructed from tidewater at Seward to inter
ior Alaska, had been determined—that the terminus had been
selected, that the route to the valley of the Yukon had been
chosen, and that a board of competent engineers had been se
lected to carry out the plans of the President and Congress. It
was known that a bitter rivalry existed among tin* coast cities
for the advantage of being named as the terminus of the road;
but it was thought that any jealousy heretofore existing had
been stilled at the time the President V decision was announced,
and that all true Alaskans would work together for the terri
tory’s interest in securing the early completion of the road. It
appears, however, that such is not the case. Tlie Alaska Even
ing Post, published at Seward', puts forth the following editor
ial in a recent issue:
The Post had it figured out that it would not have to make
a fight on the enemies of the government railroad from Sew
ard, that question seeming to be settled and a past issue, but
recent developments make it plain that the battle has not yet
been won. A regular organized lobby will be put on the job
in Washington this winter, working to have this route aban
doned, or at least only completed as far as the Matanuska coal
fields, and' the balance of the $35,000,000 spent in the comple
tion of the Copper River & Northwestern. Agents of this
movement are right here in Seward, and also at Anchorage,
fomenting trouble, starting attacks on the Alaska engineering
commission, gathering material tor use by Washington lobby
ists, and otherwise trying to discredit this project. It is the
same crowd which first fought the government railway pro
ject and then tried to insert enough jokers in the bill to prevent
the President from selecting any other than the Copper river
route. The Post has been busy for several weeks tracing up
the back history of these men and gathering material for an
attack. There will be no defence tactics used. The Post pro
poses to carry the fight into the enemy’s stronghold from the
very start, and right here is where the disguise is ripped off
one of Seward's most dangerous enemies.
The Post then proceeds with an attack on Falcon Joslin, of
Fairbanks, claiming that he was in the employ of the Guggen
heims at the time he was lobbying for the railroad bill in
Washington, and that he was interested in securing the pur
ch'ise of the Copper River & Northwestern railroad by the
government
The people of Alaska are not interested in the personal
differences of promoters, whether located at Seward, ( ordova
or Fairbanks; nor do they care to listen to grievances of the
disappointed ones. What they are interested in is the early
completion of the railway unit already under way and the
commencement of work on other branches which will be just as
important to the country traversed as will be the one between
Seward and Fairbanks. Anything which tends to hamper the
work of the engineering commission will be frowned upon. If
there be such a movement on foot as the Post describes it will
receive little support from tin* people of Alaska, as they arc
mainly interested at present in the speedy completion of tin
work of railroad building, and, outside of the cities directly
concerned, not at all interested in the plans of townsite boom
ers.—Iditarod Pioneer.
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A CHEAP BUSINESS METHOD.
It seems the “dignity of the law” in Anchorage is in fine
business or winter sport, or whatever you want to term it. It
is alleged the authorities have a number of “stool pigeons”
going around to get a little whisky or liquor of some kind for
their sick “wife” or “friend,” and the poor sympathetic indi
vidual who furnishes it to them is haled' into court and mulcted
to the tune of a hundred or two. They need the money pretty
had when they have to resort to hiring men to help break laws
in order to arrest some weak booze fiend who falls easy prey
1o their dirty whine. Helping to break- laws in order to en
force them is a cheap office holder’s method of winning popu
larity and praise from the higher one above him in order to
make for himself a record as “an efficient officer.”
We do not sanction the bootlegging business, or even the
individual “gentleman” the law takes under its protecting
wing when it grants licenses for the sale of liquor, but do most
emphatically find fault with the mean, sneaking method adopt
ed in this case.
By directing their official attention in the direction of
booze fighters they succeed in diverting attention from other
matters that might be of more interest to the community and
the country at large—Anchorage Alaskan.
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A program under which the United States would reward
military achievements with the bestowal of a medal and pen
sion, similar to the iron cross of Germany and the perquisites,
is provided in a bill introduced by General Isaac R. Sherwood,
of <)hio, chairman of the house committee on invalid' pensions.
Later an identical bill will he introduced by Senator Shively,
chairman of the senate committee on pensions.
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Hails from Seattle. Hails from Cordova.
January 10.NORTHWESTERN.January 18
Tanuary 20.ALAMEDA.January 28
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Juneau, Sheep Creek, ,
Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez ard Latouche. Explos
ives, S. S. Seward. S. 8. Seward, 5th; S. S. Latouche, 15th; S. 8.
Cordova, 25th of each.month.
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without notice.
Tickets on sale at up-town office Alaska Steamship Bldg. Baggage
or freight will not be received at the dock later than one hour before
sailing time.
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ADMIRAL FARRAGUT.January 15
Via the INSIDE PASSAGE for Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat,
Katalla, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak
Island.
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Chitina, one of these trains leaving Cordova making ;ij:
connection with Alaska Steamship Co. steamers arriving -i-i
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$ Mondays and Thursdays.
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i| Leave Kennecott for Chitina, Wednesday and Saturdays. S;
'£ Leave Chitina for Cordova, Tuesdays and Fridays. l|
The above schedule subject to change without notice, %
:i: Dining Car In Connection With all Regular Peseenger Trains Be- s£
:yi tween Cordova and Chitina.
Freight received from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.
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