The daily progressive-miner., 1919-04-03
,Centinusd from vesterdarl
Nenana Terminals

The serminal improvements at Ne mana are imposing.-long wharves line the river bank, upon which stand great warehouses: adjoining are shops. mils, roundhouses, tanks, miles Of switches and wards. Administration buildings. storeroomS. hotels, dorEni- tories. residences tor otficiais.-ter- minal fsc ies fiji for the New York Csntral. md but th1es a,:.es ot main line track constructed II four years! \ beautiful townsite in . wide and fertile valley, graded streets. wide con crete walks. school and municipal buildings. city water and light plants. gymnasium and Q splendid Govern meut hospital. constructed at the ex- pense Of the railroad fund-and but three miles of main line track con strac.ed in four years \ Govern meHt town controlled by rules and reg ulations promulgated by the Secretary Of the Interior. presided over by Of flcials paid from the railrad fund; ex- traordinary election laws fixing the qualifications Of voters. and elections held under orders of the Alaska Engi- aeering Commission. in violation of the laws provided by Congress for incorporation of municipalities in Al aska.-and but three miles Of main line track constructed in four years 4 perfectly organized bureau for the Gov erument Ownership and Operation Of the Alaska Railroad. with high priced officials in every position. presided over by a drunken Engineer-in-Chief and an innocent Commissioner, all paid cut Of the Railroad Fund. . per cent overhead and 5 percent work and but three miles of main line track constructed in four years
 That is MT Rigs record as a rail- road constructor at Nenana. Mir Sec r=7ary. and you are responsible for il, You knew he was hopelessIy incompet- ent when you sent him there. Simil- ar conditions of incompetency and waste exist al other places On the line, but they are now known 10 you. 9 those mentioned may stand as types.
 Transportation Control in Alaska
 The Alaska Railroad bill was iu- troduced in Congress-in the Senate br Senator Chamberlain. and in the House by myself. On April [, 1919. Thereafter. in May. 1913, the Senate Committee on the Territories held public hearings on the bill at which the Delegate from Alaska managed the producton Of evidence in support Of the Dill. while the officials and representa- tiTes Of The White Pass Company. and the Alaska Syndicate. conducted The opposition. Hearings on the bill were held before the House Committee on the Territories in July. 1913. where The same interests appeared in opposl- tion- Al this testimony is in printed form you are familiar with it. and with the public opposition of both the Alaska Syndicate and their ally. the White Pass Company, to the Alaska Railroad. Anyone as familiar with that contest as you are will know that those two interests will do anything within their power to defeat the con- lstruction of the Government Railroad over the Broad Pass into the Yukon watershed
 Upon the passage of the bill and it's apDrovil by President Wilson On Mar F, 1914. these Alaska transportation interests began active preparation 10 render it's construction and operation failure. Of course. the easiest way 10 do that was 10 get next to those having charge of construction, thus making profit out of il while aiding il its destruction. That simple sys- ten was followed. as the facts plain ly demonstrate.
 On April 2, 1914, less than month after the approval of the Act, the Alaska transportation companies do ing business on the Yukon and Tanana Rivers entered into written contract of combination for warfare against it. That contract was signed by the White Pass & Yukon Railroad Co, whose president, Mr. o. L. Dickeson, appeared before the Senate Commit lee and earnestly opposed building any Goyerprnent Railroad to the Yu- kon interior. because, he said, it would interfere with the projected scheme Of his company to enter the trade in interior Alaska. The White Pass & Yukon Ky. Co. Ltd. is an Eng fish Corporation, and it's several sub sidiarT corporation. organized to hold aerniral 0gnership Of sections Of it's lines in Alaska, British Columbia and Yukon Territory, signed that unlawful rontract as parties Of the first part, %hssa fhe N0yr-tern (tferrrnercfaI ffc.xn