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GREAT NEED IF
The annual report of William C.
Redfiehl, secretary of commerce, sub
mltted to Congress, deals with Alaska
at length, and the secretary uses
some strong language on the loss of
ships and the lack of proper equip
ment on the part of the government
in charting navigable waters. He
says "that the past attitude of the
government toward the coast and
geodetic survey, if the magnitude of
Its task be considered and the qual
ity of Its work ho weighed, has been
both with respect to its housing, its
vessels and to the necessary appar
atus for its serious tasks, and par
ticularly as regards the Pacific coast
and Alaska, like that of a wealthy
and prosperous man refusing to give
to his loyal children the necessaries
of life.
"I speak of this in detail later. It
is thus placed in the forefront of my
report and with intended emphasis
that this department may not have
upon its conscience and its record the
responsibility for the loss of human
me auu properly mar naH ensue*! rrom
penuriousness respecting this service
In the past and will ensue unless this
policy Is changed.
"These are strong words. They are
amply justified. Their truth cannot
be successfully challenged. Our citi
zens have been drowned (31 in one
case) and both private and public
property repeatedly lost because the
United States government has not
more rapidly provided the force and
apparatus with which to survey and
chart the dangerous waters of our
Pacific, and particularly of our Alas
kan coast.”
Again the secrc'rrv pr>'-s
"A formpr tender of Alaskan waters
was wrecked upon an unknown rock.
This was a needless waste of prop
erty, but there have been many more
like it in those waters. legislation
Is now pending to provide a suitable
vessel. • * •
“The paramount need of the light -
house service in Alaska Is the esti
mate for an appropriation of $250,000
for a new tender to replace the Ar
meria. This Item appears as No. 1
in the department's estimates for the
fiscal year 1916. The Armerin was
wrecked on May 20, 1012. by striking
a submerged, uncharted pinnacle rock
having about fifteen feet of water
over it. This rock was subsequently
located with difficulty and found to
be very steep on all sides, the depth
dropping quickly to five and six fath
oms, and It was estimated that the
summit wras about three feet square.
There is in the light house service no
tender permanently assigned to Alas
ka. The Columbine, which is now
serving there, was borrowed from an
other district and Is needed where
she belongs. Furthermore, she is not
large enough to do the Alaska work
adequately or to be entirely safe for
the long voyages and unfavorable
weather conditions. In connection
with the establishment of the light
and fog signal at Cape St. Elias for
which an appropriation was made by
the act of October 22, 1913, a large
lighted buoy is needed to mark the
very dangerous southeast rock. A
buoy suitable for the service weighs
nearly fourteen tons, and the maxi
mum lifting capacity of the tender
Columbine is less than seven tons, so
that the establishment of this much
needed aid must be postponed until a
vessel of sufficient size to do the
work efficiently Is provided. The re
quest for authority to enlarge the pro
posed new tender to a vessel costing
$325,000 as compared with $250,000
was made for the following reasons:
The government is charged with the
responsibility of providing supplies
for the natives and other inhabitants
of the Priblloff Islands. These sup
plies include over 600 tons of coal an
nually and a thousand tons of hay,
grain, lumber and all other stores and
merchandise needed for the support
of a community of some hundreds of
souls.
"The transporting of sealskins is
also a matter which could be accon
'ifthed on the return trip of the ves
sel. Even with the present closed
season enough seal and fox skins are ,
obtnlned to make a value during the1,
past year of $72.000.. In four years
the hire of private steamers cost $K3.
000 for this work, which might be all
done by the proposed new tender at
a trifling cost by being made a normal
part of her outward and inward trips. *
“It should also be borne In mind
that the distances in Alaska are great. •
From Ketchikan to Unalaska along
the coast is 1,400 miles; to Bristol
llay and the Yukon district Is still
farther. A vessel Is needed of suffl
dent size not only to keep the sea In |
rough weather and do her work, but
also to have a coal supply sufficient i
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to avoid making duplicate trips back
and forth, and also to enable her to ♦
carry supplies sufficient for the entire ♦
coast, when it shall be fully lighted, »
without having to return and take a t
second cargo for lack of carrying ca-1 t
parity. It is also believed that the J
proposed vessel fitted with modern j *
oil burning engines would cruise un- 1 *
lor ordinary conditions at reduced ] •
speed with little additional operating!*
cost over the vessel originally author- *
: ’od. If a smaller vessel is furnished, ♦
with less fuel and cargo capacity, it t
is apparent that there would be an !
early need for a second ship in order J
to cover the district of Alaska, in 1 *
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which the coast line requiring protec- | J
tion is greater in length than the en- ♦
tire Atlantic and Pacific shores of the 4
continental United States.” t
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ANCHORAGE SCHOOLS ARE IN *
EXCELLENT CONDITION. ♦
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The Cook Inlet Pioneer says the ♦
public schools there are now organ-, X
ized and that four teachers are em- --
ployed with a good attendance of
pupils.
In o-ganizing the schools at the new 3
to> n an unusual condition presented 3
itself, as the pupils were found to 3
have come from widely different parts 3
of the American continent, where dif
ferent systems of teaching had pre- ij
vailed. 3
Attending the Anchorage public ji
schools are former pupils of schools |
in Panama, In the canal zone, British
Columbia, Washington, D. C„ North jj:
Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Washing
ton and Alaska. 3
Washington state contributes, a $
larger number of pupils than any x
other state in the Union—fourteen. n
Alaska contributes the largest num
ber of pupils, there being in attend-1
ance pupils from Cordova, Valdez, I
Seward, Latouche and Nome.
MASONS ELECT OFFICERS.
The Valdez Masonic Lodge, No. 168,1
whose jurisdiction embraces Seward |
and Anchorage, has elected the fol
lowing officers for the ensuing year:
Fred M. Brown, worshipful master;
F. G. Davis, senior warden; Walter
M. Elliot, junior warden; Arthur
Lang, treasurer; Ed Wood, secretary. ®
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NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.
Notice 1b hereby given that the jj
taxes on real and personal property £
within the corporate limits of the
Town of Cordova for the year 1915. I
are now due and payable at my of- •;
fice, on First Street, Cordova, Alaska. •;
The said taxes shall be deliquent ;i
at 6 p. m. on the second Monday in J
February, 1916, and unless paid prior j-;
thereto 5 per cent will be added to •?
the amount thereof.
H. I. O'NEILL, Town Treasurer. ji;
Cordova, Alaska, December 22, 1916.
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Will sell any or all on terms to suit purchaser.
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