The Nenana daily news., 1919-04-26

Key, peer ana wines Tn the room at all times, and drank liquor very largely and offered me some of it to drink. The liquor was there the same time MT. Riggs was, and he knew of it, without doubt. Bailey also frequently entertained notorious women there, and the general char acter of the rooms was bad. Mir. James Hagen, deputy marshal, also occupied bed in the room when Rigss was not there.
 Respectfully,
 J. C. ROGERS"
 When in Nenana in September last, many citizens complained to me about Bailey's drunkeness and other disreputable public actions there. His general habits in the matters suggested in the foregoing letter were well known to the peo- pie in Nenana and Fairbanks-and certainly Riggs was not unaware of the facts. Drunkenness, Mir. Secre tary, in headquarters at Nenana. publicly Haunted in Mr. Riggs face, cost the government railroad funds loss of millions of dollars. and years loss of time, and the end of the appropriations, and brought failure to the enterprise. If MT. Riggs had been a railroad man competent to perform S10,O00 value in railroad service per annum. he would not have permitted a drunken incompetent to ruin the enterprise.
 Nenana Terminals
 The terminal improvements at Nenana line the river bank. upon which stand great warehouses: ad- joining are shops, mills, roundhouses, tanks, miles of switches and wards. administration buildings, storerooms. hotels, dormitories, residences for terminal facilities fit for the New York Central, and but three miles of main track constructed In four years. A beautiful town site in wide fertile valley, graded streets, wide concrete walks, school and municipal buildings, city water and light plants, gymnasium and splendid government hospital, con- structed at the expense of the rail- road funds, and but three miles of main line track constructed in four years. A government town controlled by rules and regulations promulgated by the secretary of the interior, presided over by officials paid from the railroad fund; extra ordinary election laws fixing the qualifications of voters, and cleo tons held under orders of the Alas kan Engineering commission. in vio- iaton of the laws provided by Con- gress for the incorporation of muni- clpalities in Alaska, and but three miles of main line track constructed ln four years! 4 perfectly organized bureau for the government owner. ship 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 out of the railroad fund, 75 per cent overhead and 25 per cent work. and but three miles of main line track constructed in four years. :~ ~.
 That is Mir: Riggs record as a railroad constructor at Nenana, MT. Secretary, and you are responsible for 1t. You knew he was hope lessiy incompetent when you sent him there. Similar conditions of lncoompetency and waste exist at other places on the line, but they are now known to yor. so thoSa mentioned may stand as types.
 Transportation Control In Alaska
 The Alaska railroad bill was in- troduced in Congress-in the Senate by Senator Chamberlain, and in the House by myself, on April T, 1913.