Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 229, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1914 — LINES TO DEVELOP ALASKA [ARTICLE]

LINES TO DEVELOP ALASKA

Construction of Two Railroads to Be " Begun At Once —Territory Through Which They Will Pass. The immediate construction of two railroad lines, one running from Cordova to Fairbanks and the other frqm Seward through Susitna to the Kuskokwim river, with several branch lines to coal fields, has been recommended by the commission appointed to determine the best location for the railroads in Alaska, authorized by the recent act of congress. This act gives the president authority to build not more than 1,000 miles of railroads connecting ports on the southern coast with navigable waters and coal fields of the interior, the cost of which is not to exceed $35,000,000. A network of railroads' to develop the district south of the Yukon' river and touching that river at three points has been proposed, but some of these lines have been found on investigation to be impracticable on account of the mountainous nature of the country. The two lines now proposed will reach a section rich in agricultural and mineral resources. —Popular Mechanics.