The Cordova daily times., 1918-12-16
NENANA SAYS SHELTER ISA
 POSSIBILITY


 mercial Club smoker Saturday night, | Frederick D. Brown, engineer in charge of the Fairbanks division Of the Alaskan engineering commission made mention of the possibilities of Nenana distrisct for the establishing of q large smelter to serve the needs )f q very large section of interior Alaska. Fuel in abundance, as well as the other necessary material for the successful operation of shelter, js readily obtainable in the Nenana and adjacent mining districts, and he thought that steps should be taken !lnmediately to bring the matter to the attention of the proper autlori- ties at Washington and early action urged. Nenana, MT Browne thought, | was the proper place for the estab- 1 l's. ment of the shelter
 The advantages to be gained for Nenana and the whole of the Interior mining districts by securing the shelter are incalculable, he said. and would be a sure and certain means of the rapid development of the mineral : resources of Interior Alaska on scale ! hitherto undreamed of. Coincident | with the building of the smelter here. | the building of branch railroad lines | to the Ore-producing districts will be 1 n uprpGsity piyipp ntDvpnpt n great many men, who will later be- 1 come permanent residents and help in | the development of Alaska Nr. | Browne has kept in close touch with i the mining situation, and said that full advantage should be taken of the 1 fact that Nenana is the divisional | headquarters for the government rail | road and is also situated in the heart | of a highly mineralzed belt, embrac- | ing the Kantishna. Totalanika, Hot i Springs. Panama. Kuskokwim and ! other districts. and that full advan- . tagc should be taken of this also to . boost for the shelter. With the es- .
 
 portant industries of permanent . character are bound to spring up, in | surfing Nenana's future greatness. | Concerted action was the keynote of | Mir. Browne's remarks. and action, he | said, should not be delayed moment. | Nenana's opportunity is at hand. "If | hn hnnctnr h. knocker," said Mir. Browne. SahoseI whole-hearted support in any project with the development of the coun- trys resources as the object in view, can always be counted on.
 IL is the intention of the govern ment, Mir. Browne said, to control pub lie utilities for the public welfare, and the way they have administered the 1 affairs of such public utilities in the States as the railroads. telegraph. ca, ble and radio service, etc. has demon. stratcd the fact that the public who are affected by these utilities are much better served and derive more | benefit from them. A government. owned or government controlled Smelter would be the proper thing ! for the Interior, he said. and q square deal in the matter of rates can then be calculated on. The present admin. istration is very friendly to Alaska. and the country has no greater friend ! tEan Secretary of the Interior Lane who is ever ready to listen to any reasonable proposition that would benefit the Northland.
 Coal. lime. silica and the other ma terlaiS that are needed for the sue oo3sful operation of a shelter can fe obtained in abundance in this dis trict, and in the nearby mining dis trlcts, and it is up to the progressive spirits here to dig up the evidence of his and lay it before the proper all 'horities at Washington, with n re quest for smcltcr, and good is bound to result
 Powerful opposition from the big in tcrcst' will he encountered, he said and the effort put forth by Ncnana- ;tos must bc steady and persistent Temporary set.backs, failures and dis appointments should not be allowed 10 interfere with the efforts put forth These things may be disheartening, but they are not insurmountable and, he thought, the Commercial Club, with a united Nenana to back it's effort. should be able eventually to secure government smclter. the establish ing of which will herald the dawn of big things for Interior Alaska in gen eral and Ncnana in particular.-N nma News.