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KETCHIKAN WHARF CO.
C. M. TAYLOR
Phone 61 Agent
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OUR NOTICE
—a: we are thawing rammer deliver
ies o? cos’ no* for aex: sinrc s i»e
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the --oai do* Better be prepared
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not to be iesp:»ed. Phone os bow
taiich and wba- tiad We'll start the
dollveiia* at once.
do w nng juty
And Pool Hall
Everything New
and L’p-to=Date
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DRAY I NO CO.
Coal €r Frsight HauCd
From a • Docks
O/tice Phoue 64 Res. G 121
CHRIS SOR ENSCN.Prop.
Alaska restaurant
F. C. HAGJWARA, Prop.
NOODLES AND CHOP SUEV
special From 4 P. M. to 2 A. M
BOX SEATS FOR LADIES
End of Mission Street
AT THE POODLE DOG
GRILL
AFTER AN AUTO RIDE
~;z 3 *a'i« or tie theatre whtn yci
lieke sating sorrgthiag nice ac
a*t/ step in tri3 restaurant an?
/■c - cs sura to get what you wan;
J't-u'll find our service prompt aa>
ard our food cooked to perfectio;
to eat nere once is to oectae os
making it a habit.
WICKERSH AM LETTER
TO SECRETARY LANE
(Commut'd from yesterday)
Nenauo Terminals
The terminal imvrovemeuts nt No
na v a are imposing,—long wharves line
: < river bank, upon which stand groat
warehouses: adjoining are shops,
mils. roundhouses, tanks, miles of
switches and yards. Administration
' hidings, stor rooms hotels, dormi
tories. resident - .‘or officials,—ter
minal f?r - fit f "r the New York
Central- ... d but this* miles cf main
line track constructed in four years!
A beautiful townsile in a wide and
fertile valley, graded streets, wide con
Crete walks, school and municipal
baidings. city water and light plants,
gymnasiun? and a splendid Govern
inert hospital, constructed at the ex
pense of the railroad fund.—and but
three miles of main line track con
structed in four year® A Govern
meat town controlled by rules and reg
ulations promulgated by the Secretary
of the Interior, presided over by of
ficials paid from the railrad fund; ex
tra--rdinary election laws fixing the
qualifications of voters, and elections
held under orders of the Alaska Engi
neering C 'tnmission, in violation of
the laws provided by Congress for
incorporation of municipalities in Al
aska.—and but three miles of main
• line track constructed in four years A
perfectly organized bureau for the Gov
eminent Ownership and Operation of
1 • Alaska Railroad, with high priced
officials in ever;.' posit: n. presided
.•-ver 'ey a drunken Engineer-in-Chief
and an innocent Commissioner, all
1 paid out of the Rhiiroad Fund. 75 per
c nt overhead and 25 percent work.—
and but throe miles of main line
track constructed in four years
• That is Mr. Rugs' record as a rail
r ad constructor at Nerana, Mr. S--c
i rotary, and you are responsible for it
You knew he was hopelessly incompet
ent when you sent him there. Simil
ar conditions of incompetence and
waste exist at other places on the
line, but they are now known to you.
so those mentioned may stand as
types.
Transportation control in Alaska
The Alaska Railroad bill was in
troduced in Congress—in the Senate
by Senat-T Chamberlain, and in the
H ’=•> by myself, on April 1913.
Thereafter, in May, 1913, the Senate
Commit'-: on th" Territories held
O'i?:lie hearings on the bill a: -which the
j Di-ijat- from Alaska managed the
Product a of evidence in support of the
hi! . -while the officials and representa
tive^ of the White Pass Company, and
the Alaska Syndicate, conducted the
opposition. Hearings on the bill were
held before the House Committee on
the Territories in July. 1913. where
-am - interests appeared in opposi
tion All this testimony is in printed
form: you are familiar with it. and
with the public opposition of both the
Alaska Syndicate and their ally, the
; ft':;- - Pass Company, to the Alaska
Railroad. Anyone as familiar with
that contest as you are will know that
those two interests will do anything
within their power to defeat the con
-ruction f -he Government Railroad
over the Broad Pas, into the Yukon
: watershed.
T'pon the- -as-taste of the bill and its
approvi) l>v President Wilson on Mar.
12 1914, these Alaska transportation
interests began active preparation to
render its construction and operation
: a failure. Of course, the c-asiest way
to do that was to get next to those
having charge of construction, thus
making a profit out of it while aiding
in its destruction. That simple sys
tem was followed, as the facts plain
ly demonstrate.
On April 9, 1914, leak than a month
after the approval of the Act, the
Alaska transportation companies do
ing business on the Yukon and Tanana
iRivers entered into a written contract
of combination for warfare against it
That contract was signed by the
White Pass & Yukon Railroad Co.,
whose president, Mr- O. L. Diekeson,
; appeared before the Senate Commu
te- and earnestly oppo*ed building
any Government Railroad to the Yu
kon interior, because, he said, it
would interfere with the projected
scheme cf his company to enter the
trade in interior Alaska. The White
1 Pas-; & Yukon Ry„ Co., Ltd. is an Eng
1 lish corporation, and its several sub
1 — com oration, organized to hold
T ownership of section* of its
l *s fn Alaska. British Columbia and
Y :V Territory, signed that unlawful
-opttact as parties of the first part,
■ while the Northern Commercial Com
I pany and its transportation subsidiary.
' the Northern Navigation Company,
(signed as parties of the second part.
The White Pass Co., transferred a]!
its mercantile property and trade in
the Yukon basin to the Northern
Commorcinl Company and its trans
portation subsidiary, the Northern Na
vieatiov. (Company, tansferred all
their steamboats and transportation
property to the White Pass Co., and
the White Pass Co., agreed in consid
eation to pay the Nrrtheru Commer
cial Company the stint of $1. per ton
for every ton of freight carried by the
White Pass Co., into the Yukon basin
from April 9. 1914 to December 31,
1920. not to exceed the sum of $1,500,
000. That contract is non- in force and
the unfotunate merchants and miners
of the Yukon and Tanana basins are
yet paying an additional and unlawful
excess of $12 per ton for every ton
of freight coming into that interior
country. The Northern Commercial
Co. and the White Pass Co., in 191S.
bought up the two remaining indepen
dent boats, operating on those rivers
-nd at once increased the feight rates
on those rivers an additional $12 per
ton to enable them to further burden
the shippers there at their own cost.
From April ?, 1914, the Waite Pass
Co. has had and now enjoys a monopoly
of the entire carrying trade upon the
Yukon and Tanana rives, and controls
the transportation of all freight and
• passenger from the Nenana terminal
of the government railroad. The Nor
thern Commercial C., had had and now
has its fomer employes in confidential
C jntroi of the management of all mer
i eharidise coming to Nenana for the gov
■mment railroad and others, and thus
it does its share in retarding the sue
cessful construction of the much hated
•Overr.ment rai.road, whose authoriza
tion by act of congress both these com
panics so vigorously opposed.
In other words, the construction of
the railroad a- Nenana is now and at
all tarn s has been under the control
of those who desire it to fail, and it
has. so far been a failure.
The K nneectt Copper Corporation;
is the iacorporated name of the Alaska
Syndicate; it owns the Kennecotr and
Beat son copper mines in Alaska, also
the Copper River & Northwestern
Railroad and 52 per cent capital stock '
? the Alaska Steamship Company. Mr
Steph-n Birch, of New York, is the:
Pr sident of all three of these compa-i
r,its. which have the same officers, and
work in concert The Alaska Steam
ship Company is united in joint rate
agreements with other lesser steam -
st >p companies, but with its greater
fleet and heavier capitalization con
trols the smaller companies engaged
!•; the coastwise trade in Alaska. Its'
control ver these transportation cm
panies is well shown in the various
criminal charges which have been
made and sustained by the courts of;
the United States against it. as follows
V. S. vs Alaska Transportatin Com
panies. 4 Alaska Reports, pp 518,553.
574, 583. 587 and 885.
Same case on appeal. 228 U. S. Ct.
Rep. 87.
See also the Alaska Investigation,;
Consolidated Cases. Nos. 8975, 8978, !
C. Docket.
Last fail hundreds of horses were I
killed along the line of the Govern
ment Rairoad. in the Tanana valley,:
wagons and harness were piled and j
covered and teamsters walked out of
Alaska, because those transportation
interests were permitted to so control,
rates on the Government Railroad and
other routes of transportation as to;
make it impossible for Alaskans to ex
ist in the interior. Conditions there ‘
are worse than they were years ago,
before we began the construction o’
the Government Railroad, and you ar'
to blame for their present harshness.
(Continued Tomorrow;
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Graying Company
All Orders will be promptly and !
carefully executed.
Baggage Delivered Day and
Night
ED. NEWMAN, Prop.
Office Phone 60 Residence ^Pbone 167'
CHAS. H. COSGROVE
Attorney at La*
wENEUAL PRACTICE
Ketchikan, Alaska
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KETCHIKAN
Men’s separate pants '>.00 to $10,00
> at Fields, Adv,
Francis X, Hu si: in an and Beverly
! Bayne at the LIBERTY Thursday and
I Friday, Adv.
FOR SALE—Silver-tone phonograph
and records. Phone 203. —Adv. 6t, p,
FOR SALE.—Kimball Organ cheap.
Phone 205 —Adv. tf.
FOUND—Four keys on stringt Own
er may have same by applying this
office and paying for adv.
WANTED—Room and board with
Private family. Apply Bookkeeper
Western Meat & Fish Co, 2tp,
FOR BALE—Two-chair barber out
fit and cigar case to be sold below
cost. -Enquire this office, Adv 6t.
MRS. J. A. RUMMER, late of Se
attle. will do plain and fancy dress
aking. Phone 222.—adv. Imp.
FOR SALE:—12 h. p. 2 cylinder 4
cycle medium duty. Apply H. C. Hen
kins, first house south of Heath's
store. —Adv. Imp
FOR CHARTER: A 40 ft. boat suit
able for fish buper or general utility.
New Standard engine. Addresh Box
:>47 Ketrhikan. Adv.Imp.
FOR SALE.—Gas Boat 25 feet long
in good condition, with 8 h. p. Palm
er engine. 4 cycle, in good working
order, for $550, at the Mather Iron
Works. —Adv. 1 mo. p.
FOR SALE — A homestead two
miles from Haines on Government
road and Chilkat river. Convenient
to saltry. cannery and good school.
See Mrs Steve Ragan. —Adv, 6t.
TI G IN VERNESS
Solicits towing of all kinds.
Work done by the hour or by
the job. A trial will convince
you that your work will be done
:o a quick and reliable manner.
For particulars inquire at the
Stedman Hotel office, advplo
FOR SALE Trolling boat 26-foot
double bunk New shipmate stove,
new 7 h. p. four cycle engine, 40-gal.
fuel tank Electric lighted. Cuto
sparker tender Some fishing gear.
Price $750.
One 24-foot Cape Cod Dory with 35
h. p. E. M, F. Engine. $250 cash,
One 22-foot Gill Net Skiff $25.00.
Enquire Looker’s Camp, Mud Bay.
—3tp. Adv.l
NOTICE FOR BIDS
NOTICE is hereby given that the
Common Council of the City of Ketch
■u?.n hereby invite bids for the con
■f'-uction cf a concrete sidewalk on
‘he east side of Front street between
Dock and Grant streets In said City.!
n accordance with specifications on’
file with the city Clerk. All bids to
be accompanied with a certified check:
rer 10 percent of the amount of bid
and such bid to specify the length of
time the work is guaranteed. Bids
must be in the hands of the City
Clerk on or before April 2nd, 1919.
S. A PLUMLEY.
City Clerk.
uast pub'ication April 2d, 1919.
NU BONE CORSETS
Fancy Hand Sewing, Corset Alter
ing. Bungolow Aprons a Specialty
All style buttons made to order
Cal] and let us show you!
Mrs. D. Cooper and Mrs. O. Basse
Rooms 1 and 2 Tongass Building
Open from 9 a. m. till 5 p. m. Phone 206
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12 1939 will be disposed of according
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Pvj Wilfred Anderson
Nikola Bojanlch
William Cleveland
Mrs. Grace Collins
Mrs, F, Cubin
Christ Christiansen
O Christlnson
Hans M. Hansen
J, Infantz
Joe Johnson
Joe P. Johnson
J, F, Lane
Ethel Mose
Sam Nils an ^
kOaar Olsen
Henfy Rudland
Ole Johnson Selnas. (2)
Tom Smitr
P, S, Thorstrand.
J. F. Warder, Postmaster.
J. H. Davies
Jno. R. Beegle
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NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE AGENTS
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BONDS OF ALL KINDS
CUSTOMS HOUSE LIABILITY
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Office Next Door to Customs Hou-e Phone 143. Ni«ht 25
Acme Sterling £e|a 1
““Engines of Quality—
For the finest boats that f! >at
For Sale by
H. R. THOMPSON
4vO.
John Davis & Son
Pioneer Boat Builders
Designers and Builders of Seine
! and Trailing Boats, All work Guar
anteed. Let us figure with you for
your new boat.
Place your order early to avoid rush
( an make quick delivery on new or repair work
John Davis & Son
Metlakatla, Alaska
FOR SALE SCOW ELLIOTT
. 75 by 20 feet— 43 Tons-.
Home on Scow ....18 by 62
Suitable for Saltery
All In good condition Inquire of W.
A. Bryant, at Heckman Co.
KETCHIKAN CLEANING
& PRESSING WORKS
Suits Sponged and pressed, Dry or
Steam Cleaned. All kinds of La
dies uarments. uioves, snoes
spats, wool sturts a. Sweaters
All Work Guaranteed; Phone 222
3R0WN & KUMER, Props.
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