The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1912-01-06
TO INSTRUCT CORDOVA DELEGATES.

meeting of citizens has been called for Saturday after
at city hail. to voice the sentiments of the community
to the requirements of the territory that the Cordova
delegates to the nonparsan convention at Valdez
rety set forth the views of this section The committee
lays particular stress upon declaration for home rule That
has almost ceased to be Alaska practically the
entire territory united in desire have
enacted by Congress that will self
We doubt if there will be objection to voiced the
public meeting at the Valdez convention.
Cordova is particularly concerned in securing federal
building and the appointment of certain court officials in this
town. revenue cutter to be stationed Prince William
Sound fixed aids to navigation; liberal appropriations for
roads, trails and bridges in the Kotsina Chtna Nzna mining
belt and for route between Chna and Fairbanks
the early opening of the coal fields and the construction
railroads thereto establishing land office in this judicial
district with headquarters at Valdez also in minor
quirements.
The important action be taken at Valdez will be con-
corning coal and railroads There will be unanmty of opn
ion concerning the need of BOTH There may be differ
of opinion the methods that should be adopted
opening the Boring and Maanuska fields and the construc
ton of railroads to those fields and into the interior Seward
naturally fvor the expressed policy of Secretary Fisher that
the itself should open up and operate portion
of the Matanuska COAL build and operate railroad thereto
and to establish naval coang station Resurrection bay
Neither Valdez Cordova will object particularly any
penditure of this nature the part of the But
Valdez wants the railroad to be built from that into the
Matanuska coal fields while Cordova thinks that the
logical and economical route would be from Chitna and
bring the coal under traffic arrangements with the Copper
River Northwestern railway, into Cordova where there
splendid opportunity for the establishing of naval coang
station E,
One of the important considerations upon the part of
will be the method of securing desired results in the
of opening up the coal and bringing it to tide water Many
Congressman will oppose the idea of ownership
and operation of railroads. But at the time they will
favor guaranteeing the bonds company otherwise lend
ing assistance where such companies desire push railroad
construction routes acceptable to the government The
people of Cordova also vitality interested in the building
of railroad to the Boring river fields and the opening up
the coal deposits there This win only be of incidental
to Valdez and Seward and it behooves delegates
that the matter is overlooked in the adoption resou
tons looking to the needed development of the territory
may be that agreeing the important demands of the
members of the convention will have to make concessions
Our delegates be instructed in general way public
meeting but they will have to exercise WISDOM discretion and
diplomacy when they against like L. Ray Ed
mund Smith, e. e. Rtche and Others who particularly
in demanding those things that they think will of
particular advantage to their respective communities