THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
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DELEGATE GRIGSBY
CRITICIZES WAGES
Kt a '.meeting o' the Xenana Dem
ocratic Club, held on Tuesday even
ing the following letters, which are
.self-explanatory, were read:
Seward, Alaska.
Oct 2. 1920
Mr. Walter Scottt President,
N’enana Democratic Club,
Nenana, Alaska.
My dear Mr. Scott:
Before leaving Anchor
age 1 succeeded in getting an in
terview with Col. Mears on the sub
ject of wages on the railroad line.
Col. Mean's gave me to understand
that, under no circumstances could
there be a raise this year. He also
very clearly stated that, the theory
under which the Commission is j
constructing the road was not in
accord with that which is expressed
in the recent communication of
your Commercial Club to Secretary
Payne, that is to say, the Commis
sion was not authorized to take into
consideration the indirect benefit
to the country which might result
from a higher wage scale by main
taining the population and placing
them in a financial position to pros
pect and develop the country. The
road was being constructed on a
purely business proposition ana
they were authorized to pursue no
other policy. He would not object
to a different policy provided it
was authorized by Congress and
the Department.
It will be necessary for me to in
terview Secretary Payne and en
deavor to get him to take the view
that your Commercial Club does as
to the policy that ought to obtain
in this road construction, and which
would result in developing the
country contemporaneously with
constructing the road, and hasten
the time when there would be ton
nage for the road to carry when
completed.
i am so pressed ror time in an
swering some slanderous pamphlets
which have been circulated about
me by John Rustgard, that I can
not write you in a form fit for pub
lication. You may condense the
statements expressed in two letters
into a circular, if you deem best,
and I authorize my name to be
sinned to such a circular.
I leave tomorrow for Valdez. I
feel confident f success in this
jurt of the tcrrtory.
Sincerely yours
GEO. B. GRIGSBY.
Anchorage. Alaska,
Sept. 28, 1920
Mr. Walter Scott, President,
Xenana Democratic Club,
N'enana Alaska.
Dear Mr. Scott:
I arrived in Anchorage
last Saturday night-having been de
layed by waiting for a train at
Gold Creek. Had a fair trip over
the Pass.
Col Mears has not been in town
since I reached here but is expected
tomorrow. I leave here Thursday
morning for Seward. Will see him'
before I go if he returns; if not,
will leave a letter for him with
reference to the wage question. I
have anticipated that probably I!
cannot accomplish anythinp in the1
matter of raising wages of laborers'
and employes of the Commission1
while in Alaska but desired to first'
state the case to Col. Mears before !
appealing to those higher in author
ise i
With reference to what you said ;
the morning I left Xenana about;
the misrepresentation that had been j
made regarding my statement to!
the voters of Xenana, I have this'
to say: 1 did not either directly or I
by inference state that I was going j
to raise wages and. no one could
have honestly so understood me. I j
did say that I did not believe econ-1
omy in road building would result
from cheap wages. I believe the
shortage of men at that end of the
line is due to the fact that the Com
mission was unwilling to pay the
going wages of the country. There
is no question but what many men
have gone Outside and will contin
ue to go Outside who would re
main in and work on the railroad
if the wages were high enough to
afford an inducement. Comparing
the cost of living there and at this
end of the line, the difference in
the schedule does not equal the
; difference in the cost of living. Of
' course the Commission feels they
are expected to practice economy
and construct the road within the
; limit of the appropriation already
1 authorized. They surely will not be
. able to do this or approach doing
i it with the shortage of men and a
: consequent delay in construction.
! The overhead expense will eat up
, the saving on labor.
] When I arrived at this end of
i the line I found there was much
| more activity and construction and
: work being pushed a good deal
: more rapidly, and a great deal of
, Outside labor employed. The Out
| side labor, however, does not stay
J long and is designated as ‘tourists’
; —remaining only long enough to
; fret money sufficient to get Outside.
: Hundreds cf men are being shipped
| UP here at Government expense who
i never did work and don’t know how
to work and only remain long
! enough to get money to get out on.
I still feel confident that this situa
j ation—properly presented to the
i Department of the Interior—will re
sult in a different system.
The purpose of the road construc
tion is to develop the country.
Most of the oldtimers who engage
| in the work do so m order to re
main in the country and obtain a
stake for the purpose of prospecting
and developing their claims. The,
success of the road depends upon
this development and keeping a
permanent population in the country
The present policy tends to drive
men to the Outside.
You may rest assured that I will
press this matter and am somewhat
hopeful of favorable results.
Yours sincerely,
GEO. B. GRIGSBY
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Nenana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST MONDAY OF MONTH
AT 8:00 P. M.
Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
Frank Rourke, Martin Nash,
Secretary. President.
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
! NOrTICE
!
i Passengers are required to pur
' chase tickets before entering trains.
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is in
i the employment office, on the ground
j floor of the Genera! Office Building.
[Alaskan Engineering Commission, or
jat North N'enana.
! Regular trains for the south leave
i the foot of A street on Mondays,
j Wednesdays and Saturdays at 8 a.
| m. The Wednesday train put up over
| night at Healy, returning Thursday
lat 1 p. m.
The following schedule between
North Nenana and Fairbanks, sub
ject to change without notice :
Leave Fairbanks at 8:00 a. m.;
arrive North Nenana, 12:30 p. m.
Leave North Nenana, 2:00 p. m.;
arrive Fairbanks, 6:30 p. m.
Until further notice, no passen
gers will be carried, nor freight
handled, across the Tanana river.
Passengers and shippers should make
their own arrangements for service
between Nenana and North Nenana.
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NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
Fourth and B Streets
Fourth Monday of Month
At 8:00 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER, ALF EKELAND,
Sac rotary Dictator.