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ALASKA PUBLIC I
UTILITIES 1 I
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WHY BUILDING
IS NOT ACTIVE
AT THIS TIME
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What is holding back building am
construction work?
More than five hundred opinions oi
this question have been received ii
Ihe last two weeks by the informatior
and education service of the Unitec
States Department of Labor. Manj
building authorities blame Congress
others charge the financial interests
of the country with responsibility. In
j the central west, freight rates are
| said to be exerting an injurious in
fluence. In the main, high costs oi
materials are held to be the chief
obstacle.
“Don’t expect private capital to
build merely for the sake of furnish
ing jobs for workmen,” writes a well
known architect from Buffalo. "That
is the obligation ot the government,
be it local, state or national. Let pub
lic works be started at once for the
benefit of the public! The cost will
be high and the public will have to
pay the price, but the public will reap
the benefit in the reduction of unem
ployment, the absorption of the prod
ucts of many industries and the use
of many works of which there is great
iiceu.
Prom Passic, N. J„ come the fol
lowing statement: “I am greatly
hindered in progress of this work by
not being able to procure loans by
way of mortgage, in large amounts,
say, in the neighborhood of $150,000.
The banking institutions and mort
gage companies are making only
small loans around here and, even
where there is ample security, will
not consider investing a large amount
of money in one place.”
Labor conditions and demands are
held to be unfavorable to immediate
building operations by many of the
authorities writing to the information
and education service. An architect,
writing from Lincoln, Neb., makes the
following statement, typical of the
complaints along this line:
“Construction work in tuose parts
is now and has been impeded not a
little, due to the unreasonable de
mands of labor not only for exorbitant
wages, but more by the fact certain
very undesirable trade rules are being
enforced by labor organizations,
which run up the cost of doing work
enormously.”
Many of the contractors and build
ers in the central west assert freight
rates are the chief trouble. Typical
pf these arguments is the following
'rom Greenville, Ohio:
“We have no complaint to make in
:he matter of securing credits, build
ng materials, and labor. It is true
:hat wages are quite high and yet not
prohibitive. The greatest detriment
;o our industry through the central
vest is prohibitive freight rates on
land and gravel. It is not only threat
ming to destroy our industry but at
he same time it is impeding highway
onstruction and other building pro
ects which demand a high grade of
hese basic materials.”
Lack of co-operation on the part of
inancial interests seem to be the out
lauuiug uuoidtic in m:w i urn.. uuc
f the best authorities on the building
ndu3try in New York sums up the
ituation thore in this fashion:
“We have iiuthe United States seri
us difficulty owing, principally, to the
nwillingness of financial interests to
o-operate in building projects with
he material and labor market in its
resent condition. We are working
n a total of nine industrial projects
nvolving approximately 6,000 work
men’s homes, to be carried out by
rivate interests in various important
mdustrial centers, but in each case
re are hampered by the building loan
ituation. The only definite work we
xpect to carry out without delay is
mcated outside of the United States.”
Prom St. Louis, Mo., a well-known
rchitect writes: “I am firmly con
inced that the one thing the building
ublic wants.to know is the cost of
luilding today as compared to the
ext three to five years. If they could
e assured that the cost will not drop
within that time, there would be a
endency to proceed with the needed
rork.”
As for the last question the in
mrmation and education service of the
epartment of labor, through the di
ision of public works and construc
lon development now is seeking au
lioritative information as to wh^t can
e expected in material prices for the
ext five years. While the investiga
on lacks completeness at this time,
o definite conclusions may be stated,
[any eminent building and material
uthorities, however, insist that no
larked decrease in material prices
lay be expected for the next five
ears. They assert with some posi
veness that pre-war prices on build- ,
ig materials will not be re-estab
shed tor several years. If over. These
assert that persons who delay build- t
lng in the hope of marked reductions
in building costs probably will be dis
appointed and will have denied thom
j selves the use of needed property and
the revenue which would be derived
therfrom.
I In response to the department of
labor’s inquiry as to future rates on
| building and construction materials,
the United States railroad administra
tion asserts there is to be no general
I 30 per cent advance on freight rates
for sand, gravel, crushed rock and
slag. The rumor that such advances
were contemplated was t arousing
anxiety in the central west. Under
a recent date the railroad administra
tion put out a circular which says:
“There is no foundation for the report
that the railroad administration has
given or is giving any consideration
to any increase in prosent basis of
rates.”
The department of labor points out
that building, being a basic industry,
will stimulate general business and is,
therefore, very vital to continued
financial prosperity. The national
economic loss resulting from tho
idleness of thousands of men can
not be permitted and its injurious
effects escaped. Present building
costs are not so high that they equal
in the aggregate the wealth the coun
try loses through the idleness follow
ing in the wake of building stagnation.
Homes are needed, business quarters
are needed, public works are needed.
The United States Is the wealthiest
country in the world! The most re
liable authorities in the country assert
that unprecedented prosperity is
ahead! Why longer delay the revival ff
of building? 1
ALASKA MUST
REGULATE ITS
OWN AFFAIRS.
A plea that Alaska be allowed to
regulate her own affairs, that recon
struction and development be left in
the hands of Alaskans, better quali
fied to solve the problems of that
country than bureau clerks 6,000 miles
away, is made by George "F. Forrest
of Juneau, Alaska, who is spending
some time in Seattle.
Mr. Forrest has been a resident of
Alaska twenty-five years and has
several times served as mayor of
Juneau.
According to Mr. Forrest, the gov
ernment policy of beaucratic govern
ing power is stifling Alaska. In 1914,
he says, the population of Alaska, not
including natives, was about 54,000. «
Today there are fewer than 17,000 ~
whites. He attributes this decrease
in population to the coal leasing bill,
the forestry bureau, which tied up the
lumber industry, and the poor trans
portation and mail facilities.
Revival of Mining.
“During the war, gold mining has
been a dead issue but we expect a re
vival of this industry in tho immedi
ate future," Mr. Forrest declared.
"Not, however, on the same scale as
in the past, unless our government
ttomes to the front with road builders
to minimize the high cost of transpor
tation and assist in providing trans
portation facilities. This can be ac
lomplished by providing an adequate
nail contract, which would supply a
ong-neglected necessity. I
At the present time the Alaska In
nail is bandied out of Seattle as ordi
nary freight. No one is responsible
for its safe delivery and rural mail
routes are covered In a manner not
it ail consistent with local conditions
and are not intended to stimulate
progress and development.
“During the war Ashing has been
the principal industry. Our canned
Salmon and fresh Ash has been a
tremendous factor in keeping up the
food supply.
Population Is Floating.
“The value of all Ash products for
1918 amounts to two-thirds of the
jriginal purchase price of the terri
tory, but the salmon canning industry
contributes little toward a permanent
population, as the season is of short
luration, and with no other industry
to depend on employes would not he
lustiAed in taking up permanent resl
ience in the territory.
“We are hoping that representa
tives from the state of Washington
ind other Western states will take
mmediate action, while the subject
if reconstructon is all-important, to
cring about needed legislation for the
■econstruction of our most Important
jossession, which, undoubtedly, needs
nore support at this time than any
>ther portion of Uncle Sam’s great
lomain."
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March 17 NORTHWESTERN March 22
arCh 7 ALASKA March 12
Note.—Steamer Alaska will hereafter make trip to the westward.
Frequent sailings of freighters carrying explosives.
This schedule subject to change without notice.
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Trains leave Cordova for Chitina every other day
and return from Chitina to Cordova on the following
day. Trains between Chitina and Kennecott run every
other day, making connection with trains between Chit
ina and Cordova.
The above schedule subject to change without no
tice.
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Passenger Trains between Cordova and Chitina.
Freight received and delivered at Cordova
Wharf from 9 a. m. to 5 p- m., except Sundays.
Tickets on sale at Second Street Depot office
one hour before departure of trains.
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