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Takotna, Alaska, March 15, 1930.
FACIFIC-YUKON HIGHWAY
PROJECT GETS BIG BOOST AT
HEARING IN WASHINGTON
Appointment of a commission to
meet with representatives of the Ca
nadian government for a study of the
construction of the proposed highway
Ito link Seattle and Fairbanks, as
provided for in H. R. 8368, was urged
mpon tne House lommittee on roads
recently by representatives of the
War Department, Alaska, and the Pa
cific coast chambers of commerce.
The committee oxtered the bill re
ported favorably, after adopting an
amendment to authorize an appro
priation of |2S,000 to pay the ex
penses of the commission.
Arguments for Project.
Captain Howard M. Yost, Corps of
jArmy Engineers, representing the
Ateparfemeot of War, read to the com
mittee a report from Major Malcolm
AlUiott, presMtjht of the Hoang of
.ttoad Commh$foners for Alaska, and
m letter from the Secretary of War
Savoring the measure. He said a
commission should be appointed, as
army engineers could not take up the
work informally with representatives
cf the Canadian government. He
pointed out that as such a matter
was international in scope, officers of
the uniteu States army would have
aq authority to enter a foreign coun
try in oir o...cial capacity .n peace
time.
CapL Yost advised the committee
that the proposed highway would
connect with the main highway sys
tem of Cental Alaska. Climatic con-1
4itions along the proposed route are
similar to those in the Middle West,
lie said, and in the opinion of those
igmiliar with the country that the
goad coula be kept open during the
winter months.
The manager of the Alaska Rail
.road has talked with the prime min
ister of British Columbia and Mac
.Kenzie King, prime minister of the
.Dominion of Canada, about the con
ntruction of the proposed highway,
nad reporta both officials as favorable
toward the project, Capt. Yost stated.
In ita present condition the pro
posed highway is already complete
from Seattle to Hezelton, he said, it
would he necessary to construct ap
proximately 800 miles of road along
one of the proposed routes in Canada,
and approximately 250 m..es of road
in. Alaska.
hirst-grade roadbed would not be
necessary to start with, as it is the
opinion of highway engineers that
gpaxoL would do. There art, however,
ne estimates available as to the ap
proximate coat of a gravel road, Capt.
Vest sale.
Dan A. Sutherland, Delegate to
Congress from Alaska, said the pro
posed highway would be approxi
mately 1,400 miles by the interior
route, and Approximately 1,000 miles
by the coast route. Ha said the peo
(‘pla of Xtestui preferred the coast
route. The great advantage of the
highway Would lie in the fact that it
would permit tourists to viait Alaska1
Iqp automobile from any part of the j
>»dtnd Htafi. Beales It would permit (
homesteaders to travel to Alaska by
automobile, Mr. Sutherland said. The
Alaska Kauroad, which is pushing
colonization plana, had received nu
merous letters, he said, requesting in
' formation about highways from
| points in the United States to
j Alaska.
I An official estimate made by Don
ald McDonald, Canadian highway en
gineer, places the approximate cost
of constructing the highway at $12,
UOO.OOO. Mr. Sutherland pointed out
that the cost to the United States
would be nominal, since there were
only 250 miles of road to be built in
Alaska.
i Doth Mr. Sutherland and Captain
l ost told the committee the Budget
Board favored the proposed legisla
tion as long as no appropriation was
j asked. Such approval, they said,
! would indicate that the President also
j approved.
Mr. Sutherland reiterated that
| there was no intention on the part of
| anyone favoring the measure to peti
tion Congress at a later date for a
large appropriation to aid the Cana
dian government in the constrution
work. The cost of building the 250
miles of road in Alaska, he said,
would be between $1,000,000 and $2,
000,000.
I Since the Canadians have no road
i connecting British Columbia with th.>
j Yukon territory, they strongly favor
! the proposed highway. Although the
population of the Yukon Territory is
not great, the highway is needed to
aid in development of rich minnes in
that region, Mr. Sutherland said.
In conclusion, Mr. Sutherland point*
ed out that an immense country in
Alaska would be opened up by the
i proposed highway. The road would
traverse a level fertile region which
| is capab.e of producing all kinds of
1 vegetables, wheat, cattle and rein
deer, he said,
Adam &. ^Uopdner, highway engi
neer, representing the Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce, f&ld he had
the authority of all the chambers of
commerce on the West edast to en
dorse the JbUl. He pointed out that
the bulk of the territory in Alaska
was south of Norway and other Su*
ropean countries, and declared that
isolation, and not climate, waa the
deterring factor in the development
of the country.
Carl J. Loraen of Nome, advoeat
ing favorable action, said that inhab
itant- of the far North were shut off
from the rest of the world for seven
mo. its* in the year. AU the citizens
in his section of Alaska favor the
proposed h'ighway, he said.
Declaring the constructlou of the
highway was important to th* future
development of Alaska, B. H. Bam
, dollar, representing the Almulu Rail
road, said the tourist tralhe alone
woo 1*1 bring great benefits lie said
the expense to the United States
i would be email compared with the
sise of the project.
Representative Dowell (Rep.), of:
Des Moines, Iowa, chairman of the
committee, Vised a letter from Secre
tary of the Ihterior Ray Lyman Wil
! bur, supporting the bill.
DO YOU KNOW KNOW THESE?
Inquiries have been received con
cerning the following persona:
Charles McCodick Daniels, about 58
years of age now; 6 feet 7 or 8 inches
tall; ruddy complexion; fox-like eyes;
sloping shoulders.
Agnes McCodick Daniels—About
43 years gf age now; 6 feet 2 or 8
inches tall; coal black hair; dark
complexion; scar on forehead between
eyelashes.
Fred Irving—About 48 years of
age now; auburn hair; 8 feet 10
! inches tall; was cook for some gov
ernment surveyors, but tstsr was
doing some prospecting.
Laura Yd, whose maiden name
was Laura Erickson, formerly Of Jka
toris, Oregon; is suppoaodtte be for
fsrming in Alaska. ,
Send any information of:tbe«above
parties to the Uovernor2s-0«*eeK Je
neau, Alaska.
louni Of Aii'LALS R£V£R8£S
FINDINGS IN WALBRIDGB CASE
(Fairbanks Newp-Miner.)
A wire baa been received by Harry
K. Pratt stating that the United
States court of appeals,* Ninth circuit,
has reversed the judgment in the case
of Lester Walbridge versus the New
Yoork-Alaska .Gold Dredging Com
pany, first decided in favpr of the
' plaint Jt by a jury in the District
Court here on an instructed verdict.
ual bridge sued the compeny for a
large sum—in the neighborhood of
<140,000—claiming tiie amount was
i due him in unpaid wages. ’ The basis
of the plaintiff’s contention was a
resolution adopted by the board of di
rectors 01 the cqmpaijy, which he ©r
„an.zJd, to employ him aa manager
at a salary of $L2Q0 annually until
such time as the .resolution was re
scinded.
The company claimed that he
worked one year under the- terms of
the resolutio nand was fully paid. It
was contended by the defendant that
v» atbndge remained in New York the
second year and performed no aer
,vices for the firm, e.fact which he
admitted, and that the next .year he
asked to he allowed to come to Alaska
without salary because of hie stock
interest in the mining, concern, it
was further cun tanned by the .com>
pany that a ne wcon tract was mada
in lyzb whereby Walbridge was to re
ceive a monthly salary of |300-and
an equal amount contingent upon n
dividend psyng basis being estab
lished.
This igreement was lived up to,
the company stated, but Walbridge
was not paid the additional 9300
• monthly because the Company showed,
a deficit of several, hundred thousand
dollars.
The plaintiff said there-had never
1 been a formal resolution entered on
the corporation's boons -rescinding,;the
original resolution by which he was
employed, and while the defense
showed oral agreement between Wal
bridge and members af the board tha
District (Jour took the position that
the only manner in which Walbridgo’s
salary could he changed ness ky a. for
mal rescinding resolution by the;
board of directors, and~as this-.wan
not done Wal bridge was entitled to
the full salary whethar-he worked ar;
not. j
The Mew York-Alaska-.Geld, Min-<
ing company was represented by
Harry b. Pratt aad R. ■£. Robertson
of Juneau, and Walbridge by John.A. ]
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The towniute of fUawtik, on the,
west coast of Prince of Wafas island,
has boon sarveyed by F. Q.J(tfa ca
dastral engineer of the tllaited. States
public survey. Ha ww>m .tfa; Job
throe months With him wove L. A.
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OUX Kortt, at thnaace of GO, won
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In 1808 F.Jl. McCarthy, St. boyla.
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