The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-04
ANCHORAGE IS OPPOSED TO
 NEW CAPITAL

Anchorage. through it's Chamber of Commerce, is opposing the erection of a capitol building at Juneau, for which an appropriation has already been made.
 It is held by Anchorage that the construction of the capitol building would permanently anchor the capital at Juneau, which, it is maintained, is not centrally located, and, therefore, not the best location for the seat of government.
 Seeking the endorsement of it's plan to delay the construction of the gov ernment building until such a time as the voters of the Territory shall have had an opportunity to express their desires as to where the capital of the Territory shall be located the 1 Anchorage Chamber of Commerce has sent out the following letter to the l Chambers of Commerce of the sev. eral towns of central and western 1 Alaska:
 Recently an editorial was pub lished in the Juneau paper regarding certain appropriation that had been passed by the U. s. Congress about twelve years ago and amounting to | S2OO,O0O, which was to have been used for the purpose of purchasing a de- sirable location for and construction of Federal buildings and offices of the Territorial capitol.
 "The article called attention to the fact of this appropriation something like s35,O00 had been expended for this purpose, thus leaving an unex- pended balance of somewhere around $165 ,000.
 "The editorial went on to state that the City of Juneau must get to- gether in a body and urge the au- thorization of the expenditure of this i balance and have a good, fire-proo1 | Federal building erected in Juneau stressing the point that was consider able and widespread feeling in many Alaska towns against this very thing, and that if they did not act promptly the capital might not long stay at Jul neau. The inference to be gained from the editorial is that if Juneau would solidly support Delegate Suth- erland in getting this money, and thus ] obtain the erection of costly Fed eral building, it would be the death knell of the movement to change the capital of Alaska for time at least.
 "The article also went on to state that John w. Langley, chairman Of the House of Public Buildings and Grounds Committee, had approved the idea and stated that in his opinion the money would soon be made avail able for this purpose.
 "Considering the fact that as a capi- tai, Juneau is far removed from the biggest part of the Territory, the largest recommending industries being located far to the North and westward, especially contiguous to the Government railroad, between Seward and Fairbanks, the large cop per mines in the Prince William Sound, the biggest part of the canning industry located there and all along the coast to the extreme west, as well as the coming oil possibilities of this part of Alaska. the best coal de- posits and the most arabic land being located in this section of Alaska, the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce, at a special meeting held December 26, and ask that the same be held over until such time as the voters of Alas ka shall decide where they want the capitol permanently located.
 "There is a widespread sentiment in Alaska for a change of the location of the capital to a place more cen trally located than Juneau. Juneau is far removed from the center of population and is not in the district likely to see great future development and until the people of Alaska decide by ballot where they wish the capital, we think it wise that Congress does not authorize the expenditure of such a large sum as $165 ,OO0, or there abouts, in a city that is so poorly To- cated for capital as Juneau.
 Some city on the line of the Gov ernment railroad and in the center of ] the coming deYelopment area would