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Tust 20th, 1P23, at the pustotfiee at'
’Tokotna. Alaska, under the Act of j
•March :i, 1S7H.
Takotna, Alaska, January 5, I*J2H.
6 PROJECTS RECEIVE FAVOR
ABLE CONSIDERATION BY THE
-ALASK A ROAD COMMISSION !
loi'f ton mile, (jacked by horses at a.
< sost of about S.) per ton mile, or by1
< logsledsat a cost of about 86.50 per!
'ton mile. With suitable sled, wagonj
< or auto truck roads, these freight i
i rates can be and have been reduced to
1 from SO.60 to §1.30 per ton mile.
Maintenance Cost Increases.
The large mileage on which con- -
1 struction has been completed makes J
inecessary a large annual expenditure, j
This has resulted in a material pro
) portion of the annual appropriations
• in the past few years being spent for
• maintenance. Hifwever, as it was
noted by Major Elliott, there has a!- \
vays been a fair-sized balance avail-j
able for new construction.
“But all of t^he needs of the Terri- !
*orv for -addiional l'oads have not I
• been.met,’' Major Elliott added. The1
‘Commission ha£ endeavored to keep in '
• close touch with the situation and has j
'• studied the existing conditions with a '
'.view of undertaking the most badly j
i needed projects whenever it has suffi
icient funds.
Sixteen such projects, either wholly j
mew or new extensions to existing
-routes, have been put in this class.
While they have been favorably con
sidered, it is not possible to definitely
program them for initial construction
i pending appropriations therefor.
On Upper Yukon.
<One such route is that connecting
iEagle, on the Upper Yukon river,
‘with the Fortymile district, where a
summer freight route is needed to
■ link the river with the placer mining
jprojects. This region is now served
’by a winter sled road and summer
trails. Prospecting, dredging and
‘and hydraulic mining operations are
in progress there in the vicinity of
-Dome and Chicken creeks.
Another route is that between Gul
ikana and Christoehena and its its fu
ture extension to Shisana. This is a
■ highly mineralized area containing
.known deposits of silver, lead, copper
:and gold. Operations there are now
greatly handicapped by lack of trans
portation facilities. But, in spite of
’•the difficulties encountered in trans
portation, considerable money is being
: spent'in development. And in case of
future construction of a road that
■will connect the Nebesna region with
nipper Lynn canal, either at Skagway
<or Haines, this would be an .impost
;ant link in the system.
Open Copper Area.
A road opening up the Kotsina area
•and connecting it with the Copper
River & Northwestern Railroad has
been considered with favor. It would
tie to the railroad at Btrelna. This
.district contains numerous copper
prospects upon which considerable de
velopment has been done, Major El
iliott said. The annual traffic now
amounts to about 150 tons.
The development of new copper
g"T
•am
' prospects, he added, especially those
'within reasonable distances of rail-{
road linos, is considered very ihiport- j
ant to the industrial life and future!
welfare of Alaska.
i In the Fairbanks-Nenana district)
I the Steese highway is nearly com
pleted, only surfacing remaining to
i he done. U is already in use and in
dications are that it will become a
very popular route.
Another project of importance is
■ the connection of Ruby with the
Long-Poorman districts, in which
there are important mineral resources
■ to be exploited. This road may es'ent
uaity be extended south to Ophir and
1’ditarod, which is now very poorly •
i served from a transportation stand- •’
i point. This area has a very large'
! amount of placer ground which could 1
j he worked profitably if transo > .tion
j tan he provided for the necessary i.vi
| chinery, supplies and fuel. *
, The Fairbanks-Chena Hot Springs
1 route has been reeonnoitered and is*
i considered favorably for future de-;
] velopment when the Commission has
available the necessary financial re-1
! sources Several developments are
now in progress there. If such :i
i road were constructed, it would be in
! direct line with the Eagle-Fortymile
i district.
in Southwestern Alaska.
In the Southwestern section of
Alaska serious consideration has been
given to a road from Iliamna Bay to
Lake Iliamna. It is needed for the
development of mineralized regions
around the north shore of Lake Ili
amna and in the Lake Clark region.
The proposed road would shorten the
present line of supply from Seward
by about 1,000 miles, and the Commis
sion’s attitude toward construction is
favorable. Major Elliott said, when
ever sufficient funds are available.
A reasonable extension of the Ko
diak Island road system seems to be
justified, he added. It is needed to
serve the activities of. the Depart
ment of Agriculture and various
farming interests located on
island.
the'
\ Cache Creek Extension.
In the Talked’la region, there is
said o be need for a short extension
of the Cache creek road in order to
reach mining property in the vicinity
of Peters creek.
The road system in the Willow
Creek-Matanuska-Wasilla district is
in need of a reasonable extension to
reach new mining property now being
developed.
On Seward Peninoula, it is hoped
by he Commission t’hst some exten
sion may be made to the Nome-Shel
ton tramroad. In the Kougarok coun
try there are a number of hydraulic
operations that are working under a
disadvantage from the transportation
standpoint.
In Southeastern Alaska.
In Southeastern Alaska most of the
roads are in national forest areas and
are built and maintained by the U. S.
Bureu of Public Roads, However, the
Commission has a short system radi-|
ating from Haines. The Haines- i
Pleasant Camp road requires only an-!
nual maintenance. A new project is I
under consideration for the construe- j
tion of a short road to Chilkoot, in |
which area there are very promising
agricultural projects. A number of
homesteaders have taken up land here
and there remains additional area for
similar development.
•'At Strawberry Point there is need
for a few miles of road. This is an
area very well adapted to- livestock
growing, and there are already a
number of ranchers in that district
engagfed in that industry and raising
garden truck.
On the Kuskokwim.
In the Bethel district there is a
productive placer area in the vicinity
of Bear creek which would be benefit-1
ed by a road connecting it wih the
Tuluksak river.
A route is also needed .to connect
Takotna with Nixon Forks. They are
now connected by water, but great |
difficulty is encountered above Nixon
Fork eurpt daring the highest stages
of the river.
Spread Work Out.
Work oti these several projects will
be spread out over a number of years,
it was indicated by Major Elliott, who
said: «It is now believed that all
these projects cannot be undertaken
within thp resources that probably
will be made available, and the pro
gram for next year cannot be made
until it. is known how much money
will be available. Maintenance work
will be done on all routes included in
the system over which there is any
traffic at all.”
REI\ BRITTON FINDS EU
ROPE FULL OF DECEIT
NEW YORK.—Returning from a
trip abroad in the midst of heated
discussion over the Anglo-French na
val agreement, Fred A. Britten mr
val agreement, Representative Fred
A. Britten af Illinois, member of the
iFlouse naval affairs commitee, issued
a caustic criticism of European diplo
macy today.
“The Europeans are always talking
peace And constantly . preparing for
war," Britten said. “European diplo
macy is still based fundamentally
upon deceit.
“There are more men under arms
in Europe today than in 1914, before
the war,” Briten said. “The Kellogg
peace pac, recently signed.by most of
the important powers, may be a great
step forward in the prevention of fu
ture wars, but it will have to he tried
out in animosity before-I.will believe
in the honesty of purpose of Euro
pean diplomats.”
Britten said peace in Central Eu
rope could be insured best -by three
moves; The removal of troops from
the Rhine, tearing up the Versailles
treaty and rewriting it under peace
ful condiions, and establishment of
definite reparations payments for
Germany.,
Loafing Does'll.
Senator .Reed Sim>ot,..a.a Washing
ton lunct.e.'was corJv jnning the
communistic propagaride; made by the
bolsheviks.
“Their propaganda teafches, if it
teaches anything,” be said, “that the
poor caD bring about the millenium if
they act like the farm 'hand.
"The boss farmer, in the middle of
he afternoon, found this farm hand
lying under a tree smoking; a cigar
ette
" ‘What ye doin’ thaT, Sam?’ said
the farmej-. ‘Restin'?’
“‘Nope,’ said Sam, .‘not .perzackly
restin’, Tor I hain’t tired. I’m jest
waitin’ fer the sun-to go down, so’s I
kin qui work.’” w
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