Show BUILD RAILROADS IN ALASKA president urges government governa ent assistance in developing great country count ry washington alanskas resources roes can best be brought within reach of the thew world orid in the opinion of president tatt taft by construction with government assistance of 0 two railway lines from the alaskan coast to the interior or ownership of which shall bo be vested d in tho the gove government rement but which shull ahall be operated by private parties under rease lease in a special message the president on thursday strongly urged legislation along alone those lines asking that the government either guarantee the principal and interest int orest of bonds necessary to build the roads or construct them 1 11 I am very much opposed to government operation but I 1 believe that thai gov ownership with private operation under lease Is tho the proper solution wrote the president |