Show ALASKANS TO USE ALASKA COAL First Commercial Order for Black Diamonds From Anchorage l District Anchorage Alaska Jul July 27 n An or order order or- or der tier for tons given gl to the Little Sua- Sua ma Coal company by a n coal company at Juneau marks the time first commercial order for Anchorage e district coal placed place outside Of f the communities on the government gov gor- railroad line The Little SuSitna Su Su- company's mine Is 18 at Houston sixty miles north of ot Anchorage o. o The order is the tho result o of the policy o of the land and Industrial department of ot the Aln Alaska en engineering commission and Governor GO Thomas jr for promotion of or Alaska Industries b by eno en- en o u raging raging- th their lr support In a tra trade e and business wa way by re residents l of ot the ter ten ml 11 to tor r This shipment of or Anchorage o coal to Juneau said l E. E T. T Linden acting head hend of the tho land and In Industrial department is an Important event ent In the coal mining min mm- ing development of the thc territory Practically all aU coal use used in iii Alaska with the exception of ot tho the Cook Inlet Susitna re region lon has been Imported from irom Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington Inston and British Columbia these Imports imports Im im- im ports In 1916 amounting to tons Several small shipments o of coal conI have lu been made to Howard from tro the Bluff BluffPoint Point mine mimic on Kachemak bay bar of Cook Inlet but the tho Juneau order will be bo the time first shipment of or any ammy Importance to tonn nn any place other than Anchorage The use of or Anchorage e district coal In Alaska towns leaves lei In Iii the states and British Columbia fuel tuel that Is needed neede th there re and amid IJ by lessening coal shipments to Alaska materially lI relieves relle congested water transportation to the lie northland The rhe water freight rate te on coal coal- Anchorage Anchorage An An- 1 to Juneau is 2 U 75 jG a ton |