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(was it a mistake to take only one road?
President Wilson Criticised for Purchase of Alaska Northern, a Road Without Traffic.
Copper River Line in Operation, Has Heavy Tonnage With Great Possibilities.
In a Washington dlBpatch to the
Idaho Statesman, published at BoIm,
and one of the best newspapers In the
Middle West is shown that the selec
tion of the route In Alaska for a
government owned railroad is not
meeting with general favor, nnd
? points out the reasons, in the follow
lag article:
Does the government intend to buy
the Copper Hlver & Northwestern
Railroad in Alaska, and build a second
trunk line into the Interior, or will It
leave thut property In the hands of the
Guggenheims and the Morgans? This
question naturally arose following the
announcement that the government
had agreed to purchase the Alaska
Northern road and Intends to expend
$26,800,000 in extending this line to
Fairbanks, Including tlie cost of equip
ping and repairing the Alaska North
ern to make it thoroughly serviceable.
This leaves a surplus, out of the
amount authorized by congress, of
over $8,000,000.
There Is this decided difference be
tween the Alaska Northern and the
Copper River & Northwestern rail
roads; the former road, which cost
about $2,500,000, and was purchased
for $1,150,000, has not been actively
operated of late, nor is it well
equipped. It traverses a country
where there is practically no freight I
and when extended this road will
traverse a country primarily impor I
tant for agricultural purposes. Being
a new and undeveloped country traffic
for the road, ottier than through ■
freight to the Interior, must keep pace
with the development of the country.
Copper River Road in Operation
The Copper River road, on the oilier
hand, is a thoroughly equipped road,
in active operation and with a com
paratively heavy tonnage, and an ex
tension of this roail with feeders
would tap the richest mineral section
of Alaska as well as the Bering River
coal field. The Copper River road is
understood to have cost the Guggen
helms about $17,000,000, but not all
of that outlay is represented in the
present system, as considerable fnoney
was lost in trying to develop a har
bor since abandoned, and In attempt
ing to build sections of the road over
rough country that could not be pene
trated. It was an extremely expensive
bit of construction and today that
road is operated at a loss because of
the heavy initial Investment. But if
more capital is invested and the road
is extended It is believed by engineers
who have given the subject study that
it can soon be made a paying prop
erty, especially If it can be acquired
by the government at a bargain price.
While this road has not yet been
appraised, It probably will be ap^
praised this summer and the under
standing is that it can be bought for
from $ti,000,000 to $8,000,000, and pos
sibly a little less.
Great Possibilities
The Copper Itiver road in govern
ment ownership, with extensions and
with feeders, would soon have heavy
traffic from all parts of the mountain
ous mining country, and furthermore,
adequate transportation facilities
would encourage the development of
other mining properties, now neglected
because of the inability to get ore to
tide water. This road under govern
ment ownership probably would more
rapidly develop into a paying carrier
Ilian will the Alaska Northern and at
the same time development of the
mining country traversed by this road
if extended would furnish a large mar
ket for the farm products raised along
the line of the Alaska Northern when
extended.
Wilson Criticised
Already, the administration is being
criticised in some quarters for having
purchased the Alaska Northern road
first, because of the difficulty that is
likely to be experienced in building
up traffic. That the administration did
not buy the Copper River road Is'ex
plained on two grounds, first, that the
road has not been apprnised and there
fore could not be purchased at this
time and, secondly, becausfe President
Wilson, scared by muckrakers, was
afraid to buy the Guggenheim road
for fenr of being criticised. Secretary
Lane from the first, is supposed to
have urged the purchase of both roads
as soon as possible, and while he haB .
not gone into the details In discussing
the question is believed to have been j
impressed with the traffic possibilities ;i
along the Copper River road that are •;
not found along the Alaska Northern. •:
As the official directly responsible
Secretary Lane naturally wants to see i;
the government railroad in Alaska, a ;
financial success as soon as possible; •
he wants to see a big business de- t
veloped by this government carrier. :■
Missed Opportunity
Hut when the president bought the
Alaska Northern nnd made no men- j;
tion of the Copper River road he i
brought on a criticism he had not be- 5
fore considered. He is now charged
with having passed up an opportunity
which the government had of acquir
Ing and operating a road with heavy
traffic in sight, and with having left
to the Guggenheims a railroad which
can be extended and be made to pay,
while the government has taken over
a road that is earning nothing and
that will earn nothing worth while for
several years to come; a road which,
for several years after completion,
must look to the Matanuska coal for
its principal freight. Whether this
situation will eventually lead to the
purchuse of the Copper River road re
mains to be seen. There probably is
enough money authorized to purchase
that road, but if it is bought by the
government, congress must raise the
limit of cost and appropriate more'
money before that road can be ex
tended into the interior and before
feeders can be built to various min
ing districts in the mountainous coun
try which it traverses.
MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS
AFFECTED BY WAR
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BERDIN, June 7.—Tlie fact is be
ginning to attract attention that the
war has not yet yielded in Germany a
single musical composition of note.
A number of composers have brought
out so-called Hindernburg marches,
but not one of these has attracted
public attention; the nvernge German
has not even heard one of them. No
war song has attaine deven the slight
est degree of popularity. New war
poems in considerable numbers have
been written, but they are all sung
to old, well-established melodies; yet
they have failed to catch the popular
ear. The soldiers continue to sing
the traditional national songs, like
“Watch on the Rhine,” “Deutschland,
Deutschland Ueber Alles,” and others.
What few new things they do Bing are
for the most part melodies from comic
operas.
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THREE YEARS TO
BUILD RAILROAD
Thomas Riggs, Jr., member of the
Alaska railroad engineering commis
sion, says it will take three years to
complete the government raflroad in
Alaska after the present “yenr. He
expects the road to be in operation
in 1918.
Mr. Riggs has put two crews at
work surveying routes from Fairbanks
to the Nenana. He says several
routes will have to be examined more
in detail before it can be determined
which one will be utilized.
Mr. Riggs says he expects to bring
his family to Fairbanks next year,
and to secure a home there.
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FIRE DESTROYS COAL
BUNKERS AT SEATTLE
The big coal bunkers at Seattle,
, owned by the Pacific Coast Steamship
company were destroyed by fire and
the loss is estimated at $100,000. The
bunkers were completely destroyed
and 15,000 tons of coal burned or
dropped into the bay. 8everal steam
ers at the docks when the fire started
were hauled out into the bay by tugs
and were s^ved.
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A Brick Worth Having
Senator Millard brought up a gold
brick of $11,300 from the Granite gold
mine. The bricks come regularly from
the Hobo Bay mine.—Valdez Pros
pector.
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PUPILS MUST CARRY
BOOKS IN KNAPSACK
BERLIN, June 7.—School girls
must not carry their books In a liand
bag, but In a knapsack on the back.
The minister of education is respon
sible for this new rule, which is
shortly to be issued. The rule is
directed to teachers, parents and the
girls themselves. The minister de
clares that the habit of carrying
books in handbags is likely to lead
to curvature of the spine and derange
ments of internal organs.
EVEN WEATHER REPORT
IS NOW CENSORED
LONDON, June 7—No more weather
forecasts are to be issued to the
newspapers by the British Meteorm
logical Bureau. At the beginning of
the war the weather report service
was greatly curtailed on orders from
the War Office, which asserted that
it was information highly valuable to
the enemy. A brief daily forecase,
however, was continued. Even this,
it is now pointe dout, might prove use
ful to Germany If used in collabora
tion with information collected at
local centers.
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REGIMENT OWNS
ITS CEMETERY
BERLIN, Juno 7.—Th eBoMiers of
one German regiment who fell at
Nouve Chapelle lie buried in a ceme
tery owned by the regiment. After
the battle, ono regiment concerned
formally bought, through a Lille
notary, about four acres of land near
a small village back of the battle line.
A landscape gardener was hired to
lay out the cemetery.
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THOUSANDS OF TENTS ARE
NOW UP AT ANCHORAGE
That more than a thousand tents
ami other sorts of dwellings have been
erected at 'Anchorage, the new rail
road city, and that the population of
the place is now about 2,200 is the
statement of Captain J. W. Porter,
after some time spent there making
observations of the weather, ice and
other conditions for the engineering
commission. The gangs are working
now all the wny to Eagle Rluer, some
16 or 18 miles. (
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WAR CAUSES BOOM
j SALE CHEAP WATCHES
BERLIN, June 7.—The Interruption
in the exports of American cheap
watches to Germany and Austria-Hun
gary has proved a windfall for Ger
man and Swiss watchmakers. The
war is responsible for a great boom in
the sale of cheap watches to be worn
on the wrist, every officer and almost
every soldier equipping himself in
this way before embarking on field
service. The shopwindows of jewel
ers and outfitters in Berlin. Vienna
and other cities are filled with such
watches, many of them equipped with
dials illuminated with a radium com
pound.
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MINERS SPECIAL Red Sole Boots
19.50 at S. Blum & Co’s.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE ON
APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE
No. 10—In Bankruptcy
IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
TERRITORY OE ALASKA, THIRL)
DIVISION.
In the Matter of J. A. Fagerberg, A
Bankrupt:
Whereas, Application has been made
by the above-named bankrupt for a
discharge, as provided by Section 14 a
of the bankruptcy law of 1892; now,
on motion of Edward F. Medley, attor
ney for such bankrupt,
IT IS ORDERED: That all creditors
of J. A. Fagerberg, a bankrupt, as well;
as all other parties in interest, show I
cause, at a hearing to he had on such
application before the District Court
for the Territory of Alaska, Third
Division, at Valdez, in said Territory
and Division, on the 28th day of June,
A. I)., 1915, or as soon thereafter as
such hearing may be had, why such|
application should not he granted.
That notice of such hearing be
given by mailing a copy of this order
at least ten days prior to the date set
for such hearing to each of the credit
ors, parties in interest and attorneys
entitled to notice of the proceedings
herein, and by publishing a copy here
of in The Cordova Daily Times, n
newspaper published at Cordova,
Alaska, not later than one week prior
to such date.
That such notice be so given by or
tinder the direction of tiie referee in
liankruptcy in charge of this proceed
ing.
WITNESS, The Honorable Fred M.
Brown, Judge of said court, and the
seal thereof, at Valdez, in the Terri
tory and Division nforesaid, on this
27th day of May, 1915.
ARTHUR LANG.
(Official Seal) Clerk.
By Chas. A. Hand, Deputy.
United Stutes of America
ss.
Territory of Alaska. Third Division.
1, the undersigned Clerk of the Dis
trict Court for the Territory of Alaska,
Third Division, do hereby certify that
the attached is a full, true and correct
copy of the original Order To Show
Cause on Application for Discharge in
, Bankruptcy No. 10, as the same ap
pears on file and of record in my
office.
In testimony whereof. I have sub
scribed my mime and affixed the seal
' of the said Court at Valdez, Alaska.
' this 27th day of May, 1916.
(Seal) ARTHUR LANG. Clerk,
By Chas. A. Hand, Deputy.
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