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A. E. C. Report Is Questioned
(Continued from pace 2)
Present freight and passenger business over Alaska Oor
ernraent Railroad:
Passenger revenue .f 91,935.65
Freight revenue 109,S89.J9
Dock revenue 23,0<2/4$
Miscellaneous revenue 115,SIS.00
Total, local revenue $339,635.79
Anticipated freight and passenger business probably to ba
diverted from the St. Michael and Skagway route*:
Passenger revenue, 5,000 at an average of $20 $100,000.00
Freight revenue, 25,000 tons, at an average of $20 per ton 500,000.00
Miscellaneous revenue 60,000.00
Total $650,000.00
Present annual re~enue $339,685.79
Prospective additional revenue 650,000.00
Grand total 989,685.79
The above figures do not include
estimates for any 'arse coal move
ment. such as heavy shipments by
I navy from Matanusak coal fields to
I tidewater.
I "It Is probably safe to predict that
! In the very near future there will be
1 available for shipment over the rail
road approximately 150,000 tons of
coal per year, whk-h at a rate of
J1 20 per ton would produce an ad
ditional revenue of $ ISO.000, mak
ing a grand total o! something over
$1,000,000 per year."
!Thus it can be seen that the slate
ments are credited to the Alaskan
engineering commission. As this Is
| the most remarkable document wa
! have yet read, emanating from that
1 body, it is worthy of particular at
j tentiou at this tim*. chiefly because
it was evidently prepared knowing
' lv with the sole purpose of fooling
' congress. It is so glaring that It
becomes almost pit'ful. In an effort
| to bolster up the possible earnings
! the commission '"us reached Into
1 thin air and picked up thousands of
| tons of freight and thousands of
I passengers which do not exist and
' can only exist In some future year
when a great big surface bonanza
; or gold mine boom shall have
' startled the Tanana valley into re
] newed activity. A*ide from disht-n
' esty and disloyalty of purpose tho.->a
: responsible for making such a re
port are guilty of the most unethical
| action Imaginable, but it is such
; things as these that have made the
' Alaskan Engineering commission
'odious in the eyes of many Alaskans,
i It will be noticed that in estimat
j lng the trattic of the future that this
commission has the nerve to state
: that "anticipated freignt and pus
J senger business probably to be di
i verted from the St. Michael and
j Skagway routes." This figures up
to the tidy sum of $650,000 vh:ch
l the authors of this report, whoever
tliev may be. propose to develop
j from a line that has been operating
• for decades but whose "dlvertahle"
I traffic does not read such figures,
j This is a deliberate attempt to fool
| every dignified member of congress
I and such members are entitled to
' have the facts. It is stated that
they are going to divert this bust
! ness from the White I'ass & Yukon
! Route. Let us take up the freight
I revenue which the commission
' claims as 25.000 tons. For the
I year 1921, the entire total tonnage
I moved to and from all Alaska points
ion the "American" Yukon and its
tributaries via Skagway or St. Ml
j chael. was but 7.023. distributed as
follows:
Place Tons
Tanana 404
| Lower Yukon 1.2S8
i Iditarod 5SS
j Koyukuk 5:f
.Fairbanks .. 1.474
Tanana river points 997
I'pper river 83;t
Alaskan Eng. Com., freight ..1,380
Total 7.023
After deducting Us own tonnage
of construction material the Alaskan
I Engineering commission has but
I 5.643 tons left to "divert" from the
ientire Yukon and tributaies in Al
j aska.
It is assumed that any congress
j man can understand that if the eu
I tire "American" Yukon handled on
this route but 5,643 tons in the cal
endar year 1931, now In the name
of all that Is sensible and Bane can
the Alaskan Engineering commis
sion In 1922, or '23, or '24 turn that
figure into 25,004 tons.
The total as-given above is for the
entire American river, where -the
White Pass & Yukon boats operated
last year. Even a congressman with
a limited knowledge of the gr#a!
length of the Yukon in Alaska mus' j
i know that It would be absolutely
impossible for this new railroad to
divert anything from Yukon river. I
either above or below tbe Tan ana,
I that is, of course, unless they spend
a few millions to put an some river
boats. But this js .entirely aside
from the question.
There are only certain points i
which cau be termed as tributary to
the terminus of the railroad At Fair- j
bunks. These points ape Tanana. i
Fairbanks and Intermediate Tanana
river points. What did those points
produce in tonuage during the yearj
1921? Tanana had -404 ton*. Bair-.
banks had 1,475 tons -and all other
Tanana river points had 937 tons, or i
a total of 2,875 tons. The Alaskan i
Engineering commission's own ton-1
nage is not included. Now the
White Pass & Yukon has withdrawn
from the Tanana river and it fol-'
lows that the Alaskan Engineering j
commission can. and will, divert this'
tonnage to its line, but instead of j
25,000 tons we have but 2,875 tons.1
They figure in their report earnings j
of the 25.000 tons at an average of
$20 per ton or $500,000. But the
correct figures whleh are-here pre-:
sented to congress, and assuming;
that there will be 2.875 tons divert- J
ed at the same average.of <20 per:
ton, will give earnings to-the rall-j
road of but $57,510. Quite-a dlf-'
ference from the statement that this
movement will give them an -sddi-'
tional $500,004. They cannot touch j
the Lower Yukon-Ruby to St. Ml- j
chaels. nor Iditarod. nor Koyukttk, j
nor the upper river from Eagle to 1
Kampnrt. Then the tonaage from;
the railroad itself last year -amoust
ed to 1.3S0 tons and eafde from that j
it should be remembered that a!
large amount of these official fig- j
ures, as above, represent tonnage
created by the railroad. In otherj
words the people of that section |
last year were largely living off the'
railroad and the minute construc- j
tion ceases they will move out, i all;
of which goes on to prove that tbej
moment construction crews,are dis-1
pensed with they cannot hope to j
have a rail tonnage equal to the!
1921 total, even if it could be pos-j
sible for them to divert-every ton j
of the Tanana rivtr freight.
We have given them the very, best j
of the comparison when in truth, as ,
every river man knows, the White]
Pass & Yukon will still be able to
hold its own at Tanana. as it will
stop at that point on its way up or
down river.
Now let us take the passenger
business they are going to divert i
from these two routes, St. Michael |
and Skugway, a total passenger rev-!
enue estimated at 5,000 passengers]
at an average fare of 420, or .a to
tal of $100,000. No words in thej
dictionary are adequate to explain;
to congress the enormity <jf this per-j
verted statement, tor it is nothing!
less than that. The official report of
all routes on the American Yukon!
for the year 1921 shows:
I
Passengers ;
Skagway to Lower River Points IBS
Whitehorse to Lower River Points .. 1®®
St. Michael to Lower River Points 68
Lower River Points to St. Michael 131
Lower River Points to Skagway
Total passengers "55
This is the grand total of all thru
passengers on the lower river and
the upper river between St. Michael
and the Canadian boundary. It
would be entirely unnecessary to
give all the local passenger move- j
raent between points either in Can-i
ada or Alaska. Suffice to say that
if the railroad succeeds in diverting
all of the 755 passengers at its sug
gested rate of $20 per passenger
through to Seward, it will only have
$15,100 as against its estimate of
5,000 or $100,000 vhicb it puts up
to congress. Again some of tliese
passengers were, last year, snored;
on account of railroad construction
and that lias ceased. Based on the
1921 earnings and passenger move-j
ments-the total Of which the com-!
mission might hope to divert would;
be some 200 passengers at $20.1
which is $4,000, instead of $100,-;
000.
It should also be remembered that
the present freight and paasenger
business over the railroad it bu«i-;
ness created • by the railroad itself.1
In its own estimate <Jf the present,
revenue, the largest individual Item
is Miscellaneous Seven**, amount*
)Bg to $115,318. This Is greater
than the freight or the passenger
revenue and calls for explanation. Is
It for mail, or sale ef stares, or elec
tric current, or rent of certain plac
«s in Anchorage, and from other
source* -which cantot help but de
cline In value or In revenue >rod*e
Ing capacity as soon as construction
ceases.
It will be noted, at the opening
of tfce report, that the commission
succeeds in getting 11.€62.010 to
make up the difference or loss In
operation during the next fiscal year.
We understand that the commis
aion has on hand quite a little money
for construction work. As this mon
ey is expended during the next year
It can be put In the report under the
head of construction. No matter
.where It may be expended, in main
tenance or train operations, it is
likely that it will be put in ss ron
■strnetion and this additional $1,
6€2,010 will also be used to carry
on the road. Just so long as there
is any money to expend on construc
tion of this railroad In Alaska a cer
tain number of people will lire off
that construction
Let that sink in J«et as deeply *s
is possible
There is ao traffic yet in sight to
be -derived -from *nv legitimate In
dustrial sources outside of the re
quirements of the railroad fortes
themselves and the limited popula
tion living in the Tan&na valley. By
the commission's own estimate the
first deficit is 11.662,610, but it is
reasonable to suppose that as the
road grows older and track main
tenance becomes more expensive this
figure will undoubtedly increase
very materially.
me repori aavs mm » is mis u>
predict In the near future that there
will be 160,000 long of coal per year
at a rate of $1.20 which will pro
duce an additional revenue of JISO.
000. As Lfaev cannot haul It for
*1.20. tbe more coal they haul the
greater the deficit.
Their estimate, of course, is en
tirely problematical and visionary,
for they have not begun to ihip the
coal yet and official approval by the
navv of the Motanuska coal is still
lacking, although the railroad has
been completed to tile coal fieWs for
four years The whole report proves
on Its face not ©iriy-that it ia In er
ror but it is an assumption of de
sired facta. For instance, it says It
is fair to assume that within a very
few years after the railroad Is ac
tually completed, business in the In
terior of Alaska will revive to an ex
tent, etc., etc. When adroitly pre
seated in a report to congress for
the purpose of getting a deficiency
appropriation of more than one and
a half million with which to operate
this railroad the assumption Is jot
only false, but is misleading, unfair
aud a complete juggling of all ftrts
Where is the revival coming fr.wti *
It is true that tbe railroad has
control of the business at r'ainanks.
and while in tbe above we have giv
en the railroad control of everything
on the Tanana river, the river b^at
ser\tce on that river is yet to be pro
vtded On March 25th appeared a
telegram in the local papers that tho
new Northern Commercial company
had secured a mail contract ou the
Xanana, but nothing was vii-1 about
freight service.
As long as the Yskon rltr flows
some dignified transportation cor
poration. whether it be Whin Pass
& Yukon or someone else, wjli jiv*
the river folk service and with a
knowledge of that vast semicircle
■served by the boats of today, rutb
leealy claimed as lerritory that will]
iKa mil r a»> this rnnnrt ia »i /> f
only false but It ia one Of the most'
ridiculous statements ever pat oat
by this bunch of inefficient amateurs
who.;for seven long years. have been
building this government railroad in
Alaska, the greatest national bland
er that «ver was thought of.
Now, when the railroad is com-j
pleted. all dressed op and nowhere
to go, its unethical sponsors have1
the effrontery to siv that the road
is going to derive a non-existant ton
nage and passenger movement from
these remote sections of the upper I
and lower Yukon, which for years to j
come will find It expedient to come,
to Seattle by way of St. Michael or I
Skagway.
This report is taken as it appears
In the press of March 6th. Probably
the Alaskan Engineering comtnis-|
aion and henchmen of the commis
sion will consider it a smart thing
to get another bit «f money from
congress, but there Is a day of reck
oning yet to come. The voice of the
public protest Is loud and far reach
ing and If the officials of the Alas
kan Engineering commission are as
inaccurate in estimating deficits as
they are in -estimating probable rev
enues from freight and passenger
sources. Heaven only knows what
the future actual deficit will be.
Of course there is always the pos
sibility that some great surface bon
anza or sensational gold strike may
be recorded, but why baild a J«0.
000,000 railroad on the Off chance of |
(Continued ob Pafs 4) 1
The p«I<1 I'M* wsrtn the be«rt a*
the cool man.
Some pw>pl* with wild o*t« are 'ate !
trtfh their sowing.
lMsaroament of whiter wo«U' appeal
to the oeiiDary fcouwfcol^T
DEPARTMENT OF THE IMWUUB
U. S. LAND office
at Junenn. A1aak a
April €. 1912.
NOTICE is hereby ft*«« that Bd
ward Hillenbricd. of Pleasant Camp
via Haines, Alaska, w'ao, on March
| 6, 1922. made HE, No 04020. foi
lata 1. 2 and 3 SV^NEVi. Settlor
14, Township 28 8, Rrnpe 53S
Copper Rlrer Meridian, has filed no
I tiee of intention to make S-yea>
t Proof, to establish elaim to the land
above described, before R. M i>dell
notary public, at Haines. Alaska
on the 2?th day of May. 1922.
Claimant names as witnesses' M
J. O'Connor, of Halites, Atnaka:
John Cryenman. et Halne*. Alaska
J. H Chisel. Of Hainea. Alaska Ar
I thor Jennings. of Haines. Alaska
FRANK A. BOYLE. Register I
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U. 8 LANL OFFICE
at Janeaa, Alaska
Aprii, 13. 1922 {
NOTICE is hereby given that Ml
cbael J. O'Connor, of Haines, Alas
ka, who, on April 13, 1922, mad»
HE, No. 4M*0S, for lots 1 and 2
Section 14; and lot 1. Section 23
Township 30 S.. Rvnge 58 E. Cop j
per River Meridian, has Bled notlc* I
of Intention to make three-yeai
Proof, to eauibllsh claim to th«
land above described, before R. M
Ode), at Ha nes. Alaska, on the 27th
day of May. 1922.
Claimant names as witnesses N
G. Hanson, of Haines, Alaska. Chas
Aoway, of Haines Alaska; Leon i
Ballard, of Haines Alaska
FRANK A. BOTLE, i
Register. j
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Being nnahle to rail on Pkar""'^ r nfroant of
my »arly mum to Washington P r . to miiirt
my dutiea &a Toor delegate. 1 tafc» this means to
thnnk the people of Skag*ay for their generoat
support, given me at the Primary Election April
JSth. and assure the people of t'»e Territory that
If I am re-elected In November I will o«e my b«rt
effort* to secure such legislation a* will be of ben
efit to the North.
A#a(o thanking yon. I remain
Toun r**pecfolly.
PAN A SUTHERLAND.
Delegate to Washington from Alaska
SMttU, May 10. ISM.