The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-21
RAILWAYS FOR NORTH
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newly allied nations of this continent to consider plan of building trunk railway to span and serve Yukon and Alaska War opens new visions and new vistas.
 Alaskan newspapers are telling of the people of the Alaska coast petitioning Uncle Sam for ships for defenses for Alaskan seaports A vast shore line there is exposed and the country depends wholly on service by for connection with the older centers for the delivery of supplies needed in that vast rich and growing young Territory. Coast defenses should be provided At the same time it would be wise to also have a back door route of supply that will con con meet by alland highways with the heart Of the cont nent. At first thought this suggestion may seem toI some great undertaking to be but a dream But consider the conditions and what has been done elsewhere and the service that would be rendered and the project will not far-fetched improbable Alaska is building railway system today at al cost of $200Oo000 for the first estimate By the time it is completed it probably will cost twice that The sum may seem large to some, but it is not much to be compared to the magnitude of the Territory and the untold centuries for which the region which is being opened is to be made land Of homes productive to mankind
 Uncle Sam is spending twenty to thirty million dollars for single high class battleshp. If that much can go into vessel for coast defense-and defense which deeriorates and becomes obsolete in decade or less-surey the nation afford to spend that much ten times much to build another interior line to connect with the big network of railways in the heart of this continent. The rail way from Seward to the Yukon river will be only local second section to the Canadian boun- dary, little north of Dawson somewhere in the vicinity could be made another link in system to be constructed by the Canadian government from Dawson to the Grand Trunk Pacific system in British Colum- bia or some system in Alberta
 It may be claimed that such roads would stretch one to two thousand miles through country little known and sparsely settled On the other hand let interior Alaska Yukon railway would make it possible to the mineral wealth along these routes not now within range of development because of high of transportation under the privately-owned individual enterprises The trans Siberian system was built byI Russia for other purpose than develop the inter for and afford military connection and protection for it's Pacific holdings for fear the water routes has built since this began great railway sys- tenn north to the White Sea at big cost and for similar purposes The Capeto-Cairo railway pro- 1ected railways the globe might be cited whose creation sprang from similar desire.
 If trunk line be opened from the heart of this continent the home governments could carry military have them distributed by spur lines to the various coast points. and thus make them mpregnabe for all for centuries of Teutonc yellow other peris ever menacng this region The cost would be far less than the maintenance of even small fleet on the British Columbia and Alaskan coast
 With the coast lines centering in Yukon mobile defy any trsnsP Pacific powers in the North. With Russia now looming up as new and uncertain pow m er h ne honed Is h dI a h & a f m in the North Pacific
 With all these contingencies of defense in pros pect and with the great need of interior railway ser vice to develop this realm to the maximum. and with vast and rendering naught but the naval ser vice it surely seems logical that the nations will con- slider seriously the suggestion to as soon as possible look into the plan of building and maintaining through this region thorough upto-date railway system such as will give the manifold benefits indicated in the foregoing.
 Let the Federal governments investigate and they cannot but what tremendous benefit would come to them from such system.
 If it is true the Anchorage Times would have it's several hundred readers believe that people do not for politics to the extent of being interested in who will be Territorial Governor, why is it wasting so much white space in defence of Gov Strong This paper states that the Governors only crime against Democracy was in turning down his partys candidate and voting for the Republican nominee Just what oth reasons would the Governors Democracy to be questioned by the party predomnatng is not stated by this great political writer But it any the Wckersham of the Territory is the best of ments against his reappoinment(V Prospector)
 is not going to take long to convince anti-con scrptioniss and others that the United States is the poorest place in the world sin which to start trouble Indianapolis Star)
 Washington Dispatch that Yankee has invented terrible bomb What need most just now is several hundred thousand terrible Yankees Chicago Herad)
 With Congress squabbling the army bill no wonder the people are more and more in favor of letting Wilson manage the war-(Charleston News and Courer)
 It may be true that Charles of Austria is getting tired of Wilhelms domination, but he exceedingly careful not to let Wilhelm guess t(CharlestOn News and Courier)
 or the Government which is derogatory had better say it to yourself. Indianapolis Star)
 Perhaps American daredeviltry will develop an other Hobson to bottle up the UbOat in it's home har- bor.-( Baltimore American)
 you fool all the Teutons all the time-tAtlanta Journal)
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