The Nome daily nugget., 1915-10-23

in some instances but in a general sense the road Is, next to the district, with its industries and products, of the greatest importance.
 In the case of Alaska, the running of stage without the opening up of road is practically out of the ques- ton except In a few particularly favored localities AS a general thing the country Is either too rough or too miry to afford open passage in any particular direction without cer- tain amount of effort being expended in bridging or road construction. This + particularly the case in the section where the Brooks Fairbanks stage winds its devious way. Before this stage could be run to the new camp on the Tolovana, It was necessary to build road. Not such very long road, for the distance between the two points is only about fifty miles, but, In order to cover 1t. the road must be built. And
 If was built for the reason that at it's |
 protected end was a district with de- lveloping resources and industries which promised to bring profit to those who
 ira licked in the things that men de- mand. Here was a new market, new avenue for commercial endeavor, with pro1ts to be reaped and rewards to he won by those who were willing to take advantage of the opportunity. So the road was built over which the Ietage now runs to the benefit and profit of Fairbanks and the new district. By
 whom. think you? By the road com mission? Nay, nay. Pauline. Not by tho road commission for that con-
 mendable institution is too nearly "on
 its uppers" to build fifty mile stretch, lof road at the present time out of the lmeager funds provided by close fist
 ed congress This road was built un- lder the direction of the road commits sion but it was in no sense upon the initiative of that institution. Where
 then did the necessary money come from Why, from the live, enterpris | ing and go ahead merchants and citi- zens of Fairbanks who were quick to realize that here was an opportunity 60 increase their business by supplying The district was new, undeveloped, but il was promising and had already DOT. duced a hundred thousand dollars or so when the work was started. This wasn't much, but there was a prospect that 1t might do better or as good for some years. So these wide awake citizens of Fairbanks got busy" They didn't set down and talk about it and wonder why the government did not do some thing but they put their hands down in their pockets and within a short period had raised the sum of five thou sand dollars All this to build road to a section that contained. as far as the indications then showed, not one fourth of the promise that our own great Kougarok section has shown for the past ten years. So the road was
 built on the money raised by the peo-
 pie of Fairbanks who were quick to realize that the best way to find the paystreak is to get out and look for it. lThe fund was turned over to the road
 commission, whom the citizens deemed
 were better equipped to accomplish the
 work than themselves through long
 experience in the work of road con- lstruction and nov both Fairbanks and
 sion of an avenue of commerce that
 will undoubtedly result in vast bene-
 fit to both places That the road ex-
 ists Is due entirely to the wide awake
 enterprise of the citizens of town
 that Is said to be on the down grade"
 but who were thoroughly awake to the
 fate that they could benefit themselves
 by getting out and doing little hust- ling for their own benefit All praise to lHcIH anu lO lue spiiit thoe PA
 them for they are sure on the job and
 are willing to help themselves. Would
 that We had a little of the same spirit
 here on Seward peninsula and could
 take unto ourselves the moral contain ed in the tale of the Brooks stage line. 
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