The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1911-09-16
AUTOMOBILE ROAD TO FAIRBANKS.


The Tanana Valley newspapers have begun aggressive
fight for all overland mail from Corova Fairbanks
and convincing arguments the change
Since the opening of navigation June 20 follow
ing fifty days but mails have been received the
terror metropolis while during the length of time
winter seventeen dispatched from here and reached
destination within comparatively short time This has
caused the Times to adopt its slogan eight Days the
Staes Under the caption of To Conserve the Lifetime
Alaskans'' that paper says editorally:
From Fairbanks to Puget Sound by way of Cordova
transportation established the present
the distance approximately 1850 miles, Of this distance
52O miles extend salt paths between Corova and
Puget Sound From Cordova to Chitna distance of 3C
miles, railway trains first class guage railway
as frequently business warrants The remaining distance
approximately 800 miles, is covered by the government trail
greater part of the distance and by wohore the
greater part of the distance and by twoorse
of the way at an average speed of 30 miles dav is the
weak link in eight day route to the states.
within few days, Walter L. Fisher secretary of the
interior will be coming to Alaska He will travel the
water and the rails to Chtina distance of 1850 miles,
will do it in six days if he travels straight through but
will not be able to to Fairbanks only 800 miles further
because it would take him ten days from Cna get
If the Chtna Fairbanks were improved to make
it disable for automobiles he would be able reach Fair
banks in two days from Chna with and time spare
and he would undoubtedly make the trip
Because of this link of sand the people &C Fairbanks and
the Tanana must travel by boat westward to the longitude
Hawaii and then southeast $500 miles in length
that eats three to four weeks of mans lifetime Or he
stream by boat to the Arctic and through
Canadian territory, $500 miles; but because he
buck the Yukon greater part of the
distance he will gain little time this route
The shortest route in this instance is the route
and only singular indifference want of concerted effort
the part of Alaskans has left it unfinished Grant that
there only 1000 TEAMMATES who travel between Fairbanks
and the states number far below the actual
fgure-an eghday route such would be brought about
by automobile road to Chtna would weeks for
each traveller That amounts to IA 900 days in year.
forty of persons lifetime When you figure
it out the waste of lifetime in Alaska because trans
poration is appalling 1t is time to make virile effort
apply conservation to this human lifetime which
liable than all natural resources
The Fairbanks Alaskan Citizen is also strong
Cordova and boosting automobile road from Chtna
the subject
'Ihe movement for automobile road Chitna is
OF the most commendabe enterprises that has been
dertaken in Fairbanks 1t is only the part of wisdom and
for the government to make this road for will
have to do with the development of the Tanana Valley
than other thing that could possibly be done except
to build railroad The automobile road possibility and
at the time it that railroad
and with railroad the automobile would he
paying investment because it would certainly operate
balance wheel in the protection Of the rights people of
and we have doubt that by long strong pull al
together that land that road quicker than people
would admit is possible to be DONE
Wouldn't it be funny if Clifford Pinchot's Alaska shark