SMITH PROPOSES
PLAN OPERATION
ANCHORAGE DOCK
INDIVIDUALS USING ANCHORAGE
DOCK MUST PROVIDE OWN
OPERATIVES.
LOWERS COMMODITY RATES
Railroad Will Maintain Physical
Equipment—Companies or Individ
uals Required to Pay Dockage,
Warehouse and all Switching
Charges.
(Anchorage Daily Times.)
The long mooted question of the
operation of the Anchorage dock dur
ing the open season has come to a
head. Noel W. Smith, general man
ager of the Alaska railroad, states
that the Alaska railroad will only
maintain the physical equipment of
the dock, but will not maintain cleri
cal or other forces, and itself will
not operate the local dock.
Smith lias proposed a plan of op
eration for the dock whereby indi
viduals or companies, by using their
own' dock agents and forces may
have access to the docking facilities.
Smith states as his reasons for the
evolution of the plan; the appropria
tion for the Alaska railroad is for
maintenance and operation of the
line, and is not to be expended for
competitive facilities. Furthermore,
money paid to steamship companies
is expended outside of Alaska but
money paid to the Alaska railroad
accrues to the benefit of Alaska,
and particularly Anchorage.
The entire plan of operation was
explained to the transportation com
mittee of the Anchorage Chamber of
Commerce in a communication from j
Smith. The transportation commit
tee has been conferring with Smith
in regard to the dock question.
The complete plan of dock opera
tion follows:
Transportation Committee,
Chamber of Commerce, j
Anchorage, Alaska.
Gentlemen :
The question of the operation of
the dock at Anchorage by the Alas
ka railroad has had very careful
consideration and we submit here
with a plan of operation in connec
tion with this dock for the season
of 1925.
We realize there are features in
this plan to which objections may
be raised but we are asking that the
plan be considered in the nature of
an experimental one, and that we
receive the cooperation of the people
of Anchorage by giving the plan a
thorough trial, and if it is demon
strated that changes or alterations
are necessary to make the plan more
desirable, or a return to the present
method, that the necessity for such
changes or return be fully demon
strated.
The basis on which this plan is
developed is that the appropriation
given by congress to the Alaska
railroad is for the maintenance and
operation of the railroad and should
not be expended for the operation
of facilities in competition with the
railroad. The right of the people
of Anchorage to have water com
petition with the Alaska railroad is
recognized, but the total cost of
such competitive transportation
should be borne by the competitor,
or those who profit by the compe
tition. Further, that while the
Alaska railroad should offer some
inducement to the shippers if they
wish to compete with this water
transportation, either by way of
service or rates, or both, they also
have the right to expect a reason
able support from the people of
Anchorage because of the mutual
interests existing between the com
munity and the railroad.
Any monies paid to the steamship
companies for service which could
be performed by the Alaska rail
road passes into the earnings of the
steamship companies and is not
spent in Alaska while the monies
paid to the Alaska railroad are to a
very large extent again paid out in
Alaska—largely at Anchorage — in
the payment of wages and purchases
of supplies, thereby adding to the
prosperity of Anchorage and Alas
ka.
It is also recognized that the An
chorage dock should be retained for
the present, at least, by the Alaska
railroad as an insurance against in
terruption in traffic between An
chorage and Seward, and for the
purpose of making shipments to
the westward, or for the handling of
heavy commodities that could be
successfully handled during the
open season of navigation, if and
when the development of such traf
fic becomes an accomplished fact.
It is, therefore, proposed to pro
ceed as follows:
First: The Alaska Railroad will
maintain the Anchorage dock in
reasonable physical condition, but
will provide no agent, clerical or
other forces for its operation.
Second: Any company or indi
vidual who wish to use such wharf
for the loading or unloading of1
steamships or other vessels can j
make arrangements with the Alas- J
ka railroad management for the
docking of such vessels and the use
of the warehouse, which wrill re
quire the payment of dockage and
warehouse rental charge for the
time that these facilities are being
used. The handling receiving and
forwarding of freight, collection of
charges and all such matters are to
be performed by the company or
individual using the facilities. The
switching charges now in existence
for the switching of freight to and
from the dock to warehouses and
sidings in Anchorage to continue in
force.
Third: The Alaska railroad will,
effective March 25, 1925. place in
el feet commodity rates on certain
articles. These rates it is believed,
are sufficiently attractive, particu
larly in consideration of the fact
that they will remain in effect dur
ing the entire year and not during
the period of navigation only, to al
low- the Alaska railroad to solicit
and obtain the traffic for Anchor
age via the Seward gateway. While
: these commodity rates will be for
mally announced later, they will
be substantially as follows, the
rates given being cents per one hun
dred pounds, viz:
Seattle to Anchorage, via Seward.
Bar iron, any quantity .... 115
Building paper, any quantity . 145
Canned goods, any quantity ... 120
Cans, empty, carloads ...„.. 125
Groceries mixed, carloads _ 125
Heavy hardware any quantity . 115
Lumber, carload . 74
Nails, spikes, bolts, etc., any
quantity . 115
Newsprint paper auy quantity. 145
Salt, rock, carload, _... 60
Sugar, any quanaity . 100
Explosives, carload .„... 180
Cement, carload ....... 75
Outbound.
Fish, canned, carload ........... 15
Hardwood lumber, carload . 40
As previously stated we ask your
cooperation in trying out this plan
and will be glad to have any criti
cisms that may come up from time
both as to commodity rates and as
to service rendered.
Yours very truly,
NOEL W. SMITH,
General Manager.
CREW OF ALLEGED RUM
RUNNER GOES ON TRIAL
SAN FRANCISCO, March 16.—
The trial of Capt. John O’Hagen
and twelve members of the crew of
the scuttled steamer Giulia began in
federal court here the other day on
charges of conspiracy to violate the
national prohibition act.
Selection of a jury was started
immediately and was expected to oc
cupy much of the day.
According to the government’s
evidence the alleged rum runner
Giulia was scuttled by her crew on
October 2 4, 1924, after the vessel had
run out of water, provisions and coal
and was drifting helplessly off the
Golden Gate with a cargo of liquor.
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Stated communications first
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/yr\month; visiting brethren wel
come, J. P. Hannon, W. M.; Harold
Painter, Secretary.
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Meets every Thursday at
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Hall, next to the postoffice. Visiting
brothers welcome. Fred Martineides,
N. G.; Chas. Lechner, Secretary.
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® Meets the second and Fourth
Tuesdays of each month,
at the Fire Hall. Visiting
members are always wel
come. J. S. Bogart, Commander; L.
W. Olson, Adjutant.
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ALASKA
Meets every Second and Fourth Fri
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Flowers, President; Coll A. McDou
gall, Secretary.
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Mrs. Viola T. Svvetmann, Secretary.
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S. S. ADMIRAL WATSON
Sails from
Seattle
March 24
April 7
Arrives South from
Seward Seward
March 31 April 7
S. ADMIRAL EVANS
April 14 April 20
S. S. ADMIRAL PEARY
April 27—With freight and explosives.
Calling at all regular Southeastern and South
western Alaska ports including Seldovia and
Kodiak.
WAYNE BLUE, Agent
Telephone Main 81 Res.. Madison 40
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PHONE MADISON 13t. SEWARD, ALASKA
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GOV. BONE APPOINTS
MARQUAM AS MEMBER
AERONAUTICAL BOARD
Mayor T. A. Marquam, of Fair
banks has been appointed member of
the Board of Governors of the Na
tional Aeronautical Associalion, U.
S. A., by Governor Scott C. Bone,
according to an announcement made
by the latter the other day. The
board is composed of members from
all the States in the Nation and
some of the Territories.
The Board is particularly interest
ed in making commercial aviation
safer and giving it the guarantee of
good, workable Federal laws provid
ing rules of the road for air trans
portation, the licensing of pilots, and
the inspection of machines, thus giv
ing the general public the assurance
of government control of their safe
ty.
Mr. Marquam, who is on legal
business at the present time in Ju
neau has accepted the appointment.
LADIES PLEASE NOTICE—that
Schweizer’s Spring samples are now
on display at Urbach’s Store. k31
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Vessel—
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ALASKA
Yukon
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Alaska
Scheduled
Lv. Seattle
March 7
March 14
March 21
March 28
April 4th
April 11
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March 21
March 28
April 4
April 11th.
April 18
Scheduled Sail
from Seward
March 14
March 21
March 28
April 4
April 11th.
April 18.
Steamers in the above schedule will make all regular ports of call
in Southeastern and Southwestern Alaska.
Freighter Oduna is scheduled to sail from Seattle March 23rd.
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FLICKINGER, Agent
SEWARD, ALASKA
AN EMPIRE BUILDER
As all railroads in years gone by have been the greatest
contributing factors in development of the regions through
which they passed, so also is THE ALASKA RAILROAD each
day accomplishing much towards the building of an empire.
In place of the old, tremendously expensive and inconve
nient methods of transporting supplies of whatever character
over rough trails from the coast, there is now a modern rail
road that carries supplies and equipment in greater quantities
to and from the Interior, and along the way, in much less
time and at far less expense than was formerly required.
This great steel highway offering regular twice weekly
freight and passenger service between Seward, Anchorage
and Fairbanks; and tri-weekly mixed service over the
Chickaloon and Chatanika branches, is at your service. For
further information write
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ANCHORAGE ALASKA
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sale at all ticket offices
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