The Cordova Daily Times
GREATER CORDOVA’S GREATEST NEWSPAPER
ASSOCIATED PRESS TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS.
H. G. STEEL. C. H. WILCOX, C. H. SCHEFFLER, Publishers
H. G. STEEL, Editor and Manager
C. H. WILCOX, City Editor.
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CORDOVA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 2G, 1915.
A COMPLETE STATEMENT OF THE FACTS
ABOUT THE PLANKING OF FRONT STREET
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THE editor of the Alaskan, in his eagerness to seize upon
any straw to malign and misrepresent a worthy citizen,
deliberately misrepresents the facts dbout the payment
of $600.00 by the city for the planking of Front street, for the
purpose of inflicting his personal venom on Mr. George C.
Hazelet and satisfying his spite against the Townsite Company.
A resume of the entire transaction is published in our local col
umns, which information was furnished principally by Mr. 11.
C. Feldmann, who was a member of the committee having in
charge this public improvement. He sets forth fairly and fully
all the details in connection with the affair, in order that simple
justice may be done our townsman, who has been the victim of
a vicious and unwarranted attack, for political reasons only, by
our contemporary.
As trustee of the Townsite Company Mr. Hazelet contrib
uted a sixteen-foot frontage of all the lots on Front street, as
well as the dedication of a fifty-foot street. The Townsite
Company also donated $1,000.00 towards the planking of Front
Street. This improvement was undertaken at the request of
Leopold Schmidt, of the Olympia Brewing Company, who at the
time contemplated the erection of a large concrete building.
All of the property owners on the west side of First street,
whose lots extended to Front street, ms well as a number of
other citizens, agreed to pay a certain amount toward the plank
mg of this new thoroughfare, realizing the benefit that would
accrue to them personally and the community as a whole.
Several of the amounts subscribed have not been paid,
amnog them being those of Currier and Boyle, two of the
councilmanic candidates for re-election on the Citizens’
ticket, and these people, together with the Alaskan, are crying
“stop thief” in the hope of discrediting a reputable citizen
and gain a little cheap popularity for the coming election.
But the public cannot be thus fooled by a tissue of falsehoods
out of whole cloth.
As one of the prime movers in this public improvement,
Mr. Feldman is especially qualified to set forth the facts, and
this he has done in a clear and straightforward manner. The
only interest he has in the matter is to give to the public a
truthful version of a transaction that has been distorted and
mis-stated, thereby doing an injustice to an innocent party. A
complete denial is made that the Townsite Company had any
thing whatever to do with the planking of Front street; that
$600 was ever paid to the company, and that Mi-. Hazelet ever
received one cent of this money for himself or the company.
On the other hand the property owners insisted upon his acting
as their agent in the planking of Front street, and in accepting
the trust, for which he received no compensation, he did so after
strenuous objections on his part. The Townsite Company,
composed of a number of our representative citizens and the
Copper River & Northwestern Railway Company, voluntarily
contributed $1,000 to the improvement, as well as donating con
siderable ground. The latter included a fifty-foot street, ded
icated to the city, and it was for the planking of this that the
council paid $G00, which was at the same ratio per foot as the
other property owners subscribed. This money was paid to
Mr. Hazelet, as agent or trustee for those who had started the
fund, and was in turn paid over by him to the Artie Lumber
Company for lumber furnished.
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u tuihituuon, wmcn property owners
and the people generally gave their approval, the Alaskan
would have you believe that Mr. Hazelet had committed an act
which reflected on his integrity as a man and qualifications as
an officer of the city. But there was a reason for this tirade
of abuse, and which is proving a boomerang. The friends of
Mr. Hazelet placed his name on the People’s ticket, as a candi
date for re-election to the council, without his knowledge and
consent, and during his absence at Washington, 1). C., where
he has been lending his efforts toward securing favorable
railroad legislation for Cordova and the Copper River valley.
Realizing that lie is a man of exceptional strength and force of
character, the Alaskan started in on a campaign of abuse and
villification, directing most of its spleen against Mr. Hazelet,
thereby hoping to create a prejudice against him and thus
weaken the People’s ticket. But fair-minded and unpreju
diced people have not been deceived by this kind of buncombe,
and when the votes are counted on April 6, it is believed' that
the ballots ot the voters will place their stamp of disapproval
upon the political tactics adopteji in this campaign by the Alas
kan, Goodall, Boyle, et al., by giving an overwhelming major
ity in favor of the seven candidates on the People’s ticket, and
thus end for all time the strife and factional feeling that has1
prevailed in Cordova during the past year.
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The minority members of the council refused to vote for,
the light franchise until it properly safe guarded the interests'
of the people, and' in this action they have the undivided sup
port of their constituents. Goodall and his colleagues were
finally forced by public opinion to accept the amendments of
fered by the minority members before passing the ordinance,
notwithstanding the fact that they had four votes solidly
pledged for the measure. When the ordinance was in proper
shape all of the members voted for it.
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The authentic late railroad news is furnished Times read
ers, but not all the gossip and dribble that is afloat on the
streets of Seattle. Neither do we clip Washington correspon
dence, from two or three weeks ago, and raise the date to cor
respond with that of the issue of the paper and palm it off on
our readers as telegraphic matter.
T lie territorial legislature lias passed a mcmmorial de
manding that congress investigate conditions at the Mt. Tabor
sanitarium, where Alaska’s insane are confired, and against
'liich institution complaints have frequently b_*en made.
DR. W. H. CHASE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office over Cordova Drug Store
Calls may be left at Cordova
Drug Store. Residence,
Rainier-Grand Hotel
DR. W. W. COUNCIL
Physician and Surgeon
Office at Company Hospital
Hours—10 to 12; 1 to 6 p. m
DR. C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Office In Adams Building
E. F. MEDLEY
Attorney and Councellor at Law
Room 1
Adams Block CORDOVA, ALASKA
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The assets were increased One' hundred and Thirty-five
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Accident and Sickness Claims of $28,478.00 were paid,
and Death Claims of $33,463.00.
No death Claim has ever been disputed.
All claims are paid immeditely on receipt of proofs.
Total paid to policyholders In 1914 was $116,209.26.
The Company's yearly income was increased to $415,
505.00. j>
After paying dividends of eight per cent, to stockholders
and dividends of $32,661.24 to policyholders—
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than seventeen per cent, over the preceeding year.
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Age:. A. J. Adams, Local Represen
_J tative, Cordova, Alaska.
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Fa.t and commodious steamers sailing between 8eattle, Ketch
ikan, Wrangell, Junaau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez and Seward, via
INSIDE PASSAOt
Sails frcm Ssrttka Sails from Cordova—
March 24.NORTHWESTERN.March 31
March 30.MARIPOSA ...April 6
Regular freight service ror Ketchikan, Juneau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez ard Latouche. Explos
ives, S. S. Seward. 8. 8. Seward, 5th; 8. S. Latouche, 15th; 8. 8.
Cordova, 25th of each month.
This company reserves the right to change schedule of steamers
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.
F. B. TRACY, T. J. TALLENT,
General Agent Ticket Agent
Pacific-Alaska Navigation Co.
ALASKA PACIFIC S. S. CO. ALASKA COAST CO.
PUGET SOUND ALASKA ROUTE
Next sailing from Seattle will be
ADMIRAL WATSON, March 15
ADMIRAL EVANS, March 25
Via the INSIDE PASSAGE for Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat,
Katalla, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak
Island.
Seattle-San Francisco connecting with steamers Yale and Har
vard for Southern California Ports.
Schedule subject to change without Notice.
ALASKA TRANSFER CO., Local Agents
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i Copper River &
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;; Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays 11
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.. Wednesdays, Saturdays and Mondays. '1
;; Chitina for Cordova— t !!
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': Freight received from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.
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