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H. G. STEEL, Editor and Manager
CORDOVA^ ALASKA, TUESDAY' JANUARY is. HH(i.
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MISGUIDED SEWARD BOOMERS.
It is a matter of regret that some misguided parties in
Seward are originating and spreading broadcast throughout
the country, false news pertaining to conditions at Anchorage.
They do not seem to realize that what is published as a criti
cism or knock at Anchorage also reflects upon the entire rail
load’ project. The ice conditions at Anchorage were fully
known to all concerned and were published in the original
railroad report of the commission appointed bv President Taft,
early in 191.'?. The same conditions were understood by the
commission as at present constituted and the secretary of the
interior probably knows more about the subject than any of
these parties in Seward, whose desire to advance the price of
town lots lead's them to a serious error.
The same conditions were fully described in early articles
appearing in Railway & Marine News, and briefly repeating
same, it can authoritatively be said that Anchorage being
some 1 la miles nearer the coal fields than Seward and open for
steamships during the spring, summer and early fall, that
point is bound to be the strategic construction headquarters, as
it undoubtedly will be the summer loading point for the Mata
nuska coal, simply because the utilization of that port will save
the long rail haul to Seward, including two heavy grades on
the southbound haul. Why these parties cannot be shown the
error of their ways is a mystery.
It is true that the booming of town lots on a false inflation,
at any railroad terminal is a great mistake. Cordova has 200
miles of railroad which is doing a record-breaking copper ore
business and that town has settled down to a serene existence
with a steady payroll and a gradual increase in its business,
but no booming at the present time. On the other hand, both
Seward and Anchorage during the construction period will be
bustling towns c< im ident with such construction, but the mo
ment that eonstr; ct . ni period is over and the army of laborers
and hangers-on in each town will have to settle down to an
existence exactly in keeping with the industrial payroll and op
erations then permanently established.
The kindest advice to the investor would be not to buy any
town lots on speculation at any point along the proposed gov
ernment railroad in Alaska, unless a personal investigation
shall be made. At the present time the best opportunities for
investment are in locations not as yet announced, that is to say,
in the future town at Chickaloon Mines and at the future town
in the Broad Bass district, simply because the former will have
a coal mine payroll if the plans go through, and the second
named place will be a railroad divisional headquarters and’ a
supply plant for the mineral district. Meanwhile the business
man and investor lacking a knowledge of Alaska should not be
misled by fake stories sent out from or originated at Seward.
A word to the wise is sufficient.—Seattle Railway & Marine
News.
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POOR MAIL SERVICE IJN ALASKA,
The policy of trying to put the postal service of tla* United
States on a paying basis at the cost of efficiency in that service
will very likely receive attention in the present session of Con
gress. There is widespread' discontent in the cities and towns
over the introduction of shortsighted economies into the car
riage and distribution of the mails. The rural free delivery
system has been greatly impaired by parsimonious administra
tion. Starting out on the erroneous theory that primarily the
postoffice department should be made to pay, instead of con
tinuing in adhesion to the long accepted and gradually ap
proved doctrine that, first and last, the business of the post
office is to convenience and accommodate the public, the re
sults consequent upon recent management of that great insti
tution could not well have been other than they are.
When all is said, however, the people of the United States
proper are far better off with respect to mail service than the
people of tin1 territory of Alaska. We have it on authority that
can be trusted that, so far as postal accommodation is con
cerned, the people in Alaska for about two-thirds of every year
have no reason under the sun to boast of the progress of the na
tion to which they owe allegiance. From the time navigation
stops in September until the accumulated mail arrives late in
June, it is possible to get in Fairbanks only a few scattered
newspapers and magazines.
The excuse offered, of course, is the long winter and the
severity of the climate. Neither of these prevents private car
riers from hauling their usual loads. The roads are good most
of the time, and freighters are constantly coming and going
over them. Dawson, 330 miles from the railroad, is even more
remote than Fairbanks, but the Canadian government sees to
it that all mail reaches Dawson at all seasons.
Whatever may be the real causje of the failure of the
United States government, with its vast resources, to transport
tin* mails regularly to Alaska, and to distribute them promptly
throughout that territory, it is certainly not due to any con
suming desire on the part of the people of the United States to
have the postal service make a favorable financial showing at
the end of the fiscal year. That, at any rate, is not the first
consideration. The first consideration is that all people under
the Stars and Stripes everywhere shall have the best mail ser
vice possible, whatever the expense. — Christian Science
Monitor.
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ASA C. BALDWIN
Civil Engineer
Patent Surveys
Address: Valdez, Alaska
E. F. MEDLEY
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Room 1
Adams Block CORDOVA, ALASKA.
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ikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez, Seward and
ANCHORAGE, via INSIDE PASSAGE.
j kails from Seattle. Sails from Cordova.
January 10.NORTHWESTERN.January 18
Tanuary 20.ALAMEDA.January 28 ^
Regular freight serv7ce ror Ketchikan, Juntau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez ard Latouche. Explos
ives, S. S. Seward. S. S. Seward, 5th; S. S. Latouche, 15th; 8. 8.
Cordova, 25th of each month.
This company reserves the right to change schedB'le 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,
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ALASKA PACIFIC S. S. CO. ALASKA COAST CO.
PUGET SOUND-ALASKA ROUTE
Next sailing from Seattle will be
ADMIRAL EVANS.January 7
ADMIRAL FARRAGUT.January 15
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.
3chedule subject to change without Notice.
ALASKA TRANSFER CO., Local Agents
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|j| • Effective October 4th, 1915,
Two trains every six days between Cordova and |
S: Chitina, one of these trains leaving Cordova making gl
!gi connection with Alaska Steamship Co. steamers arriving
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jig Trains leave Cordova depot, at foot of Second Avenue, Si
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§1 Leave Kennecott for Chitina, Wednesday and Saturdays. •?
gi Leave Chitina for Cordova, Tuesdays and Fridays.
:| The above schedule subject to change without notice. %
:g Dining Car In Connection With all Regular Pessenger Train* Be
ig tween Cordova and Chitina.
gj Freight received from 9 A. M. to 5 I'. M.
gi Tickets on sale at Depot or up-town office, Alaska §•
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