New-York tribune., 1902-08-24
GREELY',S VIEW OF ALASKA.
OPINIONS ON FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
NEW TELEGRAPH LINE.
IsY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBUNE


Washington Aug o3.-GeneraI Greely. the chief
signal officer Of the army. who has recenuy re-
turned from extensive inspection tour OF AiaSh''
announces that practically all the Inhabited por-
tons OF the Territory will be in telegrapnlc con-
nection with Washington before the end Of this
year. In speaking Of his impressions OF Alaska
General Greedy said to-day:
believe that the great need Of AIaska is , lssla l
W ds strange as it may 6,dIar setm there s otai9 Is do
5e 70 aWs 81 ihe IN hed apply to that
except on What are Known certified lands II is
practically OF no effect because there are no oI
of'Sd Of vieW. 7S'''-S % any "'- ' '' r,..,
Corps as Wen as from other reliable information
gathered on my trip am Impressed WIN the pc be
fore her In travelling west passed through iarge
eo9sidered to be- absolutely worthless lands but
WHICH now producing crops & 70 the fnIs vaius oI
grazing lands for cattle by the tens Of Thousands
the Kenai Peninsula from which great aertoultural
deveiopments are sNPssted ID TINS tbese are
warm. the land is fertile and the possnl1ty 9l
Teeetsbles Of every Variety grow in the Copper
River Valley. and grass is hardy. ! saw many
four to six feet in height This affords much
cellent grazing. as vel as an opportunity for nay
making for the wintering OF stock
There is a strong feeling in the territory against
the laws which all trades and professions
and turns this money into the Treasury OF the
United Stat Perhaps Alaska is the only place
in the United States where the national govern
rnent requires bootblack to pay tax for the
privilege Of conducting his business. and what is
true Of the bootb.ack is also true Of every other
craft or profession. The people there believe tnat
the fees arising from this tax should De oeEoteu
largely toward the education of the children OF the
white popu ation of the Territory Ihls popuId duon
Is rapidIy increasing. The mistake seems 10 nave
been that Alaska has beeA view ed only as q eIed,
mining camp in the past. --s RUE. however
believe that Alaska is country only for rch men
While the gold deposits exceedingly rlch, they
This working can be done only by the most nm
proved machinery. OF course there are paftS. OF
Alaska which are barrer and unprohta pie, put III
this enormous region there are areas or the size L
many of this country's smaller states Hhl-iIi Al
ne NOT distant future. viii be inhabited WIN a
dense popula ton ~ . -, .tie co,,-
trv's smaller States which. in the not distant
fijt,Ire Will be inhabited with dense popn
THE telecra phic system, the completion OF Wh!cn
- was NV object hasten. Will De coinlISleu
,rtthin the coming year. This VIII Tor the IrSt
tirne make il possible fer intercommuncaton 10 DC
bad AZ small expense between those portions OF
Gould he had only by mail. and where letters ana
answers could not be exchange mo than tHle, % o.
three times in the year. It Is anticipated NC me-
Ixithn the next week or two valdez Alaska. " y,
he in re egraphc communication with the
,rorJd This line runs from Dawson through EgDeIi
eS,1 -riies long There is in operation IN tle
terT,.nry about eight hundred miles OF wire IN me
centrai and lower Yukon Valley rms VIII pc con on
r-acte6 with the Valdez system, Wt1ch VIII p.t'i5
- lower Yukon 81. Michaeis and Nome "lIiih
SaTv reach Of the rest of the world