Show THROUGH ALASKA TO IO ASIA SI J. In lii 11 hl his last annual message PresIdent Roosevelt recommended thai hint government govern govern- uncut ment aid be to the building of railway lines hues Jnes in iii Alaska a. a and the war var dp department ha has submitted a definite scheme prepared by M Major Majo Richardson at tIme the head hea of time the miltan mill mill- mil mil- tar tan road commission of oC that lint terii tO tory tory- The grounds roun s upon which government guy gov JO aid is ul urged ed are ale the lie great mineral resources of Alaska the prospective pros pros- growth of oC population and the lie present expensiveness of porta- porta ll tIn n. n U It I is urged that subsidized lines should connect with wih that to be bull buill bui by private capital from an open baroor bar har- har Dor to the headwaters of the he Tanana the tue system of or small smal roads already li lu II operation on the tho tt Seward peninsula the lie Yukon at Rampart City Cir and ant the Fairbanks mining district If H a railway Is ever to he be operated operate front from m f America to lo Asia and Europe II it I of Alaska and amid Bering must be lC by wn way Hlll strait Geography has settled that point point The great railway Russia has built hult across northern Asia will wi be bc n a f la leading factor in the thc case though i lit its eastern terminals will wi ill be farther north ather than was Intended An unusual stir str I is reported report ell at Vladivostok and ani several strong strong European syn syndicates are trying to tn persua persuade e Russia Rusia to give them important im railroad grants Co lot for a large lam consideration Husla may prefer to retain direct control of the workings and antI development of Us its Is railways but bul the empire will wi c certainly not nc neglect lect the in the lie east east The largo large international clement in the question of or Alaskan railroads is not included in iii the lie arguments presente to congress hut but II it I is one of the lie bl big I facts worth considering The first tran transcontinental lines hues In iii lie tho States Stales were welo aided by the lie government and eventually paid back hack the tho bon bonds s si i issued principal and Intel esL Congress Congress Con Con- gress res ought lo to o give i c the lie question fueston of oC railway aid in Alaska laska a speedy speed and nd careful hearing Globe Globe Globe |