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that from five to eight mail steamers!
reach Cordova from Seattle every
month in the year, and that the quan
tity of mail arriving on each vessel
runs from 150 to 300 large Backs. Dur
ing the winter seaRonTmuTTr of the
mail is for Fairbanks, and other in
• terior points, and it is always essen
tial to the good of the service that
, such mail be forwarded by the first
train leaving Cordova. This is es
; pecially true, since the missing of a
; train might occasion a considerable
additional delay to the mail in leav
1 ing Chttina over the Fairbanks trail
1 Under the present existing condi- j
1 tions, it is a physical impossibility for
' the local office adequately to cope
! with the business to be done. Steam
! ers arrive at all hours of the day and
| night, and very frequently during the
’ evening or night before the leaving or
■ a train on the following morning. We
may say in passing that it is no un
common thing for the two men — thoj
only force for which provision is now |
made — to work all day and all night {
? in an effort to do the work of several |
men. And it is assuredly a fact that ,
the two men customarily work from
twelve to fifteen or more hours per
day. With reference to such hours
of work, the Chamber understands
that Mr. Neil instructed the local cm-1
ployees to work the cutomary eight I
hours. This instruction lias been
flatly overridden. Compliance would
have demoralized the service.
The department must not gather
the impression that the handling of |
the trans-territorial mail constitutes
the principal work of the Cordova of
fice. We respectfully call attention
to the fact that the town itself has
enjoyed a very substantial growth
during the past few months, not only !
in actual population, but in the vol-j
ume of business transacted, and par
' ticularly in the amount of mail hand
led here. The astonishing advance in
the copper market has vastly accel
erated production at Kennecott and
elsewhere along the line of the rail
way. and this stimulus has increased
the population of Cordova and the
copper producing districts, all of
which localities are tributary to the
local postoffice. The number of re- <
gular trains into nnd out of Cordova
has been Increased to one per day,
and this expansion In the transporta- 1
tlon business has crowded the offices, '
shops and yards of the company with I
additional men. Perhaps we shall not
be deemed tiresomely attentive to de- f
tall if we mention, as well, that within
the past few months three large can I
neries (making fonrt big salmon can- I
neries at Cordova 1 have erected plants 1
here, and another one is operating a f
short distance out the railway line;
that still other canneries are prepar
ing to enter the local fishing industry;
and that these concerns are employ
ing, and will employ, large forces of
men. Besides, two clam canneries <
have just built factories and begun
operations, and other industries are
opening up in and about the town of
Cordova. It will hardly be necessary j
to observe that these elements of |
stimulation have most materially in
creased the volume of mall handled
at the Cordova postoffice.
The Chamber has no quarrel what
ever to plrk with Mr. Neil, nor criti
cism to offer of the policy of retrench
ment which influenced him. The
Chamber Is pleased, as are the major
ity of Americans, to observe that eco
nomies are being sought after in the
divisions of government. But what
we urge, with a vigor that loses noth
ing of essential respect by reason of
its earnestness, is that the department
at the earliest opportunity cause an
other and more thorough Investigation
to be made into the postal conditions
along the Alaska coast, and that such
investigation he conducted by a man
or men more conversant witli Alaskan
problems, and more capable of ap
preciating the difficulties of the ser
vice in the territory, than Mr. Neil
appears to have been. Upon the com
pletion of such investigation (or in
the absence of inquiry, if the depart
ment esteems further investigation
unnecessary) the Chamber urgently
and respectfully asks that sufficient
clerks be added to the local force to
insure the proper handling of the
mails, and that such clerks be paid
salaries whiclt will compare favorably
with the prevailing wages paid to
men employed in similar lines of work
In this locality.
STR. ADMIRAL EVANS HERE
LAST NIGHT
The steamer Admiral Evans arrived
in port last night at 7 o’clock with
the following passengers;
For Cordova — Mrs. George Markon,
'harlcs Nelson. Y. Kitsoeda, Pete
ensen. V. Wolf, and six steerage.
For Valdez — F. Sungrow, Colonel
I. F. Malard, Miss F. Rogers. J. Croll,
Dillon, George Dean, J. F. Garvey,
Irs. J. H. Harvey, and five steerage.
For Latouche — F. Deratlch and
even steerage.
For Seward — J. Krieger, H. Hoag
snd. E. P. McAlees, George Rallis,
1. Erickson, J. McLean, H. F. Ireland,
’• Jerro, George Wilson and wife, and
orty-four steerage.
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John I. Conn, of Juneau, is spending
few days in town.
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