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Valdez Daily Prospector
Valdez, Alaska
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In the U.S. Senate, Oregon Senator Chamberlain advocated for the Alaska railroad bill, citing coal needs for Pacific fleets. Iowa Senator Cummins interrupted, urging a government steamship line from Alaska to Pacific cities and navy stations. Chamberlain noted a related bill is being drafted. Alaskans show interest in the debate.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.--Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon, continued today his speech on the Alaska railroad bill, which he introduced in the Senate, and stated that the amount of coal needed for the large fleet now gathered on the North Pacific and the big fleet of warships to be kept in the Pacific when the Panama canal is completed more than justified the construction by the government of the railroads which the Chamberlain bill calls for.
Senator Cummins, of Iowa, then interrupted the Oregon senator by demanding that the government also buy and operate a line of steamers from the coal port on the Alaska coast to the cities of the Pacific states and to the navy coaling stations in the Pacific ocean.
Senator Chamberlain then replied that a bill for that purpose was now being drafted and would soon be introduced in both houses of congress, as the necessity for a government owned line of steamers was apparent.
Considerable interest is being taken in the debate in the Senate on the Alaska railroad bill and many Alaskans are constantly in the gallery of the upper House.
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Jan. 14
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Senator Chamberlain continued his speech on the Alaska railroad bill, justifying government construction due to coal needs for Pacific fleets. Senator Cummins interrupted, demanding a government steamship line from Alaska coal ports to Pacific cities and navy stations. Chamberlain replied that a bill for the steamship line is being drafted for introduction in Congress. Interest in the debate is high among Alaskans.