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mcgrath, alaska. dec. 3, a921
Northern Division of
R. R. Passes, Wages
of Interior Reduced
Nenana News.
With the merging of the Northern
division of the Government railroad
with that of the southern, the wages
and salaries.of employes of the Alaskan
Engineering Commission along t he in
terior end of the Government raiiroad
take a general reduction to conform to
the seale in force on the Anchorage
®nd. The reduction ranges from a few
seats an hour, in the case of day labor
ers; to $80 per month; in the case of
some of-the beads of departments. As
an offset to the wage reduction, board
at the Commission mess bouse is re
* duced to $1.50 per day and commissary
supplies are cut materially.
The combining of the two divisions
is explained in the following Genera!
Yhfculaf'ilNo. 53, -issued at Anchorage
over the signature of Chai/man Meat's,
on October 25;
1. Due fo the completion of a large
part of the grading, bridge work and
tracklaying, the uorthern and southern
divisions of the Alaskan engineering
Commissions are hereby abolished, as
3uch, and effective November 21, 1921,
all remaining construction work, as
well as railroad maintenance and oper
ation will be carried on under the fol
lowing general organization, supersed
ing all departmental and divisional or
ganizations now in effect:
[a] General headquarters office. An
chorage.
F.MOa-rs,-chairman and chief en
gineer.
Charles L. Mason, chief clerk.
V
Max Simel
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F. H. Chapin, bridge engineer.
D. D. Vint, chief draftsman.
[b] Maintenance of way department.
F. A. Hansen, engineer maintenance
and construction.
[e] Transportation department. J.
T. Cunningham, trainmaster.
[d] Mechanical department. F. C.
Ferrell, master mechanic.
[ej Accounting and disbursing de
partment. 13. H. Barndollar. examiner
of accounts.
[f] Supply department. H. P. War
ren, general storekeeper.
[kl Mining department. Sumner S.
Smith, supervisor of coal mining.
L*v] Hospital department. Dr. J. 13.
Beeson, chief surgeon. ,
['] Purchasing department. C. LC.
Dole, general purchasing agent.
2. The present wage scale of »he
j^mrtrhern-dmsion wllL be made appli
cable to the new organisation. Board
will be chffged for at the rate of $1.50
per day at ail camps where railroad
messes are maintained. Commissary
prices will be uniform throughout the
line. and. in general, the old southern
division price lists will be made the
standard.
Effective November 1. 1021 ‘ Mr.
Win. Gerig and Mr. Fred’k D. Browne
are assigned to special duty as mem
bers of board to investigate and report
upon proposed new schedule of freight
and passenger rates for the Govern
ment railroad in Alaska.
Dan Sutherland Suits Old-Timers
Valdez Minor.
A number of papers throughout the
Territory are attempting to convey the
impression that Dan Sutherland’s in
cnmbency as Delegate from Alaska
has been-unsatisfactorv to the people
at large, which is far from the truth.
Mr. Sutherland hat? been one of the
most efficient delegates the Territory
has ever sent to Congress. He has at
all times been on the job, and his ef
forts in behalf of the prospector, the
miner, the farmer and the fisherman
have resulted in-great good for those
industries. It is said that an effort is
being made by his opponents to nullify
his work by spreading broadcast state
ments that the bills introduced in Con
gress were not framed by him. but by
others.
While Mr. Sutherland is far from ■
being the polished parliamentarian or
orator that some of his predecessors
ha.’e been, his earnest work for Alas
kans, irrespective of partv, and his
straightforward dealings have won
Alaska many friends in Congress, and
to retire him at. a time when his work>
is boaring ' fruit would be suicidal,
when the'good of the Territory is con
sidered.
Much of the opposition to Mr. Snth
erland arises from tne fact that he did
not get in and tear his shirt for rival
! candidates'for Governor, both of whom
were Republicans, and both excellent
men for the place. By holding aloof
and allowing the Administration to
pick and choose the chief executive
has caused the friends of both candi
! dates to knife him.
No matter whom he endorsed nor
| what attitude he took od the endorse
ment, it now appears that Dan is be
t veeD the devil and the deep sea.
The Miner believes that Dan Suther
7aod stands head and shoulders above
many ofihis predecessors and that any
effort to retire him on accaunt of his
political likes and dislikes would be in
imical to the upi'Jbilding of Alaska.
Mr. Sutherland has that rare virtue
of being loyal to his friends, and of
working with his opponents on ques
tions affecting Alaska. He has been a
prospectors miner, fisherman and poli
tician. and Knows the Territory and its
people as no other moan is capable of
knowing them.
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McGrath’s Popular Resort
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Prop.
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