REMARKABLE EXPANSION OF A.R.C.
ACTIVITIES SINCE 1920 SHOWN
IN FIGURES ISSUED BY STEESE
Phenomenal expansion in the ac
tivities of the Alaska Hoad Com
mission and the scope of jurisdiction
of members of the board is shown
in a review of its work in the Ter
ritory since 1920 made public today
by Col. James O. Stecse. President.
The Commission expended directly
during the fiscal year ending June
30th, last a total of $761,227.61,
supervised the expenditure of an ad
ditional $1,641,163.67, as compared
to the direct expenditure of $358.
601.25 in 1920.
During the latter year the Com
mission was reorganized and steps
were at once initiated looking to
on increase in Federal appropria
tions and a consolidation of en
gineering activities in Alaska. The
success of these steps is revealed in
the figures quoted by Col. Stoese's
statement. A further indication of
it is sfhown by the fact that the
members of the Commission now
control the activities of six differ
ent bureaus operating in the Terri
tory under the direct it; n of four
executive departments.
Record of Growth.
The rate of growtli Is indicated
by figures for each of the four
years in the period mentioned. In
1920, the Commission expended
$257,416.69 of Federal funds and
$101,184.56 of Territorial funds.
Tlie following year it disbursed
$669,117.10 In Federal allotments
end $97,611.98 of Tcritorial money
In 1922 it expended Federal fund
rggngatlBg $604,158.62, Territorial
funds totaling $77,206.29 and $1.
833.77 contributed by the National
Park Service, the towns of Wrangell
Sitka end Valdez and the Alpine
Club of Ski.gwiy. In the fiscal year
jut closed It disbursed $618,869.62
Federal money, $119,833.33 Terri
torial allotments and $1,379.64 con
tributed funds from Juneau and Val
dez. All of tills money went into
the construction, maintenance or re
pi ir of roads, bridges and trails.
Collateral Expcnditurss,
In 1920 the duties and expendi
ture- of the Commission were con
fined entirely to road building ac
tivities. In the other throe years of
tiic period It disbursed directly a
tr .il rf $70,251.08 on various Riv
ers smd Harbors projects, including
$51,954.26 on the Nomo harbor im
provement, the remainder of the to
tal being dlvidod on surveys of
Wrangell harbor, Wrangell Narrows,
pon tammies investigations, pre
liminary examinations of the TjIo
vana River, Yukon-Kuskokwim
portage, English Hay, and Gas
tine,■ iu Channel and adjacent waters.
In 1920 the Commission super
vised the expenditure of no addi
tional money and only $750 in 1921
which was expended on a bridge
over the Ktiskulana River from Ter
ritorial fiends. In 1922, the expen
diture of $29,177.19 Territorial
money was supervised in the Third
and Fourth Divisions and to the
end of the last ilBcal year had sup
ervised the expenditure of $50,
582.48 from the sumo source. It
had alro assumed control of expen
diture made for engineering work
by the Quartermaster's Department
of the Army' and reconstructed the
water supply system of the army
post at llaines.
Takes Over Railroad.
Transfer of the Alaska Railroad
under the jurisdiction of the mem
ber: of the Commission last March
brought with it control of the expen
diture cf millions of dollars. Since
that time in handling the Federal
government railway in Alaska it
has expended a total to $1,590,-,
570.09 for the following purposes: j
emi t ruction and operations, $113,
210.48; construction and equipment.!
$850,008.31; maintenance and op
eration, $543,946.49 and special de
posit revenue account, $83,396.77.
This brought the total of direct ex
p< nditures and supervised funds ex
pended since the present board was
organied to $4,192,554.3 6.
Analyzes Read Program.
In his statement Col. Steeso an
alyzed the Commission’s road build
ing program and activities of the
1,- t fiscal year, showing expendi
ture:! by Division. Total expendi
tures for roads and trails ending
June 30th, last, were $740,082.49
of which the Territory contributed
$119,833.33, Including $20,000 for
EASTMAN
KODAKS
and
ANSCO
CAMERAS
We do developing.
BUTLER-MAURO
DRUG CO.
| the Nlzlna River bridge and $7,
300 for rlielter cabins.
The co-operative funds were dis
tributed by Division as follow.-:
First Diviticn.
A. R. C. Territory Total
‘ $ 11,739.89 $ 23,997.50 $ 35,737.45
Second Division.
28,925.06 33,655.50 62,680.56
Third Division.
84.223.95 42,338.82 126,662.72
Fourth Division.
37,513.05 21,220.99 58,734.04
j $162,401.90 $121,212.87 $283,614.77
In addition, the Chairman of the
Third Divisional Commission ex
pended $10,855.72, and tiie Chair
man of the Fourth Divional Com
mission expended $16,717.11, on
loeal Territorial projects.
For tiie current fiscal year, allot
ments have been made to date ag
gregating $792,950. including con
tributions from the Territory and
other.-, amounting to $83,000. In
addition, the Chairman of the Third
I Divisional Commission has been al
lotted $16,000 and the Chairman of
'the Fourth Divisional Commission
$20,000.
Tire following cooperative pro
jects were Included:
First Division:
llaine PI"mt Camp, Porcupine
Branch. Holm -Mud Ray, Strawber
ry Point, Sitka Cemi scry, and Doub
les Island.
I Second Division:
All projects in this division are
upported by cooperative funds.
Third Division.
Talkeotna-Cache Creek. Valdez
Mlncral Creek. Strelna-Kuskulana,
and Anchcragc-Hagle Itiver-Whit
ncy.
Fourth Division:
Dunbar-I ogjam, Ruby-I.ong-Ophir,
j Kantishna, Ophir-Treotna. Goodnews
Bay, Iditrrod, and Hot Springs
I Rampart.
I Operations reports showing in de
tail the work performed indicate
that work line progressed substan
tially in accordance with the pro
gram proposed, Eaid Col. Steese. In
most cases work war performed well
within the estimates and in some
cases proposed work was cancelled
in favor of more pressing needs else
; where. In a few cases, conditions
j on the ground were found to have
changed since tiie previous year, so
that some allotments had to be in
i creased to take care of additional
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Program Is Flexible.
“Each year's experience," he said,
I "demons!rates more clearly the ira
1 possibility of fixing the exact pro
gram in advance with the limited
funds available. With less than
$100 per mile available and with the
varying climatic conditions to be
met, our program must be suffi
ciently flexible to meet emergencies
as they arise. Repairs in a single
mile may aggregate several thousand
dollars which can only be obtained
by robbing many less urgent miles
elr: where. Where glacial streams
must be fought, conditions in suc
cessive years are never the same.
"Until May 1st, 1922, the Alaska
Road Commission assisted in the
maintenance of projects within the
National Forests, the Department of
Agriculture funds available since1
1919, having been inadequate to
support the projects in the forest
areas before that date entirely sup
ported by the Alaska Road Com
mission and the Territory. For this
year more funds were available for
the forests than for the remaining
95 per cent of the Territory, hence
the Fore3t Service has, since last
May 1, assumed responsibiliy for all
projects within the National forests.
"This has released funds of the
Alaska Road Commission for expen
diture in the Kuskokwim and other
outlying districts heretofore receiv
ing little or no relief in the way of
road and trail development. The
Government Railroad area still needs
substantial sums to provide high
EARLY PHOTOGRAPHS OF PRESIDENT AND MRS. COOLIDGE.
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Here are a group of early phrtographs of President and Mrs. Ci
Cl.icf Magistrate of the United State* when he was a senior at Amli
uated. Mrs. Ccolidge, who before her marriage to the struggling y
Goodhue, is shown as a girl of 8, as a graduate of Vermon Unlvereit
rr v a student cfficer in the M litary Training Corps at Camp Dev
way feeders to actual producing dis
tricts. The results of this construc
tion are two-fold: 1st, it results
In the development of new areas,
and, 2d, it provides business for the
railroad and cuts down its operat
ing deficit. About 40 per cent of
the Alaska Road Commission's re
sources for the past foltr seasons
have been expended within about
one hundred miles of the Govern
ment Railroad.
Compre’ncniivc Trail System.
"The system of winter mall trails!
regularly maintained now extends
from Fairbanks or Dunbar down the
Yukon to Nome and Cape Rrlncc
of Wales, and from Kobi on the
railroad to McGrath, the Iditirod
and Holy Crops. Cross routes reach
as far to the southwest as Good
news Bay, 200 miles south of Bethel
on the Kuskokwim estuary, west-j
ward to the mouth of the Yukon I
and n01 -thward beyond Kotzebue as|
far as the Kivalina River. From
Fairbanks and Fort Gibbon, trails
also extend to Eagle, Circle, the'
Chandalar, the Tolovana and the
Koyukuk. From Kotzebue, a trail
extends 200 miles up the Kobuk
River to Shungnak. Trails or roads t
tip into the Government Railroad at j
2k different points. During the past;
year work was performed on 1.16 2
miles of wagon roads, f>44 miles ofi
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Fled roads, .1,57 6 mUes of trails, am
6.16 miles of flagg«<f trails, a tola
of G.918 miles.
“A comprehensive Bystom has beer
worked out, based upon provldint
the minimum thatlthe existing 01
Immediately prbspef i Ive traffic Jus
titter and affording some roief to al
communities, rather than more ex
pensive construction for n few fav
ored sections. In the sparsely Fet
lied regions of the far west, flag!
on tripods across the treeless tundra
to prevent ir^velyrc from getting
lost in bud -wdieliniiti^e all that it
ltecesFary or can be afforded. Around
the producing camps there must bt
wagon roads for cummer and bob
pled roads for winter. For sum
mer travel in the far regions, cable
ways cr ferries acrots the dangerou
streams give added security and arc
of great Importance. For wintar
travel clear water streams must hs
abridgd. Many Isolated tramways
ferries, and bridges, therefore, are
constructed and maintained in addi
tion to roads and trails."
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VISITORS FROM SEATTLE
James Barragar entertained with a
dancing party last night at his
home on Gold Belt Avenue, compli
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| are requested to attend the regu
| lar meeting Wednesday night,
1 Aug. 22. Important
I business.
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The Junction Store
7. M. SALOUM
Ivin Coolldge, allowing the new
erst College and when ho grad
rung lawyer was Miss Gi^ace
Y and wth her first baby, John,
ens, Mass.
i mentary to Parker Collliis, Fred
Nims, Rill Kimball and Earl Doyl,;
[University of Washington students,1
who left Juneau this morning on the j
\ Princess Alice for Seattle, having |
spent the summer her. Twenty-four j
guests were present.
P. A. F. HAS TOTAL
PACK 110,000 CASES!
The Pacific American Fisheries has j
|a total salmon pack of 110.000 cases I
•at the two plants in this district, ac
cording to F. II. Bailey, superintend-:
■ cnt, who is in Juneau on business. I
The plant at Excursion Inlet has a
I pack of 60,000 cases and the Gambler
1 Ray plant has 50,000 cases.
The salmon run has slacked ofT at
i the present time and a large run
I again this season Is not anticipated
l Mr. Bailey said. It Is expected that
| possibly another 1,000 cases will be
packed at each cannery before the
close of the season.
Mr. Bailey came to Juneau on the
Forester from Excursion Inlet and Is
i on his way to Gambler Bay.
DR. DAGGETT LEAVING
Dr. and Mrs. Charles Daggett,
pioneers of Seward and residents
at different times of that place, Cor
dova and Anchorage, will leave short
ly to locate in the States. Dr. Dag
gett has been one of the leading
dentists of the Territory, and recently
1 sold his Anchorage clinic and busl
j ness to Dr. C. A. Pollard. Dr. Dag
gett will practice his profession in
Seattle.
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GOV. BONE WILL
SAIL TOMORROW
ON SHORT TRIP
To Attend Fish Commission
Meeting at Seward — Is
Accompanied by Family.
On a combined official business and
vacation trip. Gov. Scott C. Bone j
will leave here tomorrow morning on
the steamer Alameda for a two weeks'
visit to westward hnd Interior points.
He will be accompanied by Mrs.
Bone and their daughter Miss Mar
guerite.
A meeting of the Alaska Fish and
Game Commlsison has been called by'
the Governor to be held at Seward!
on the arrival there of the Alameda.;
It will be attended by the Governor, |
Vice-Chairman J. R. Heckman of i
Ketchikan, Calvin C. Hazelet, ror-!~
dova, and H. E. Ellsworth of Seward, i;
Locally there Is considerable inter- a
est In the coming meeting owing to
the recent announcement that its a
members will be named by Secretary k
Hoover to sit on the Advisory Fish- r
eries Board he proposes to establish c
in Alaska to co-operate with the De- c
partment of Commerce in handling 1
the salmon fisheries of the Territory, t
Although no developments have taken s
place in this matter since the tragic
death of President Harding, Gov.
Bone feels confident that the policy -
definitely announced by Secretary .
Hoover and which was so completely
adopted In the late President's Se
attle address will be put Into effect
without change. In order to name the
Advisory Board, Mr. Hoover indi
cated he would ask Executive au
thority and it Is believed that this
will be readily extended by Presi
dent Coolldge.
Pending the appointment of the
members of the Territorial Commis
sion to the Advisory Board, it is vir
tually certain they will not adopt any
program but It Is believed they will
JITNEY DANCE
A. B. HALL
TOMORROW
NIGHT
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Lower Temperature is
Reported Today;
87 Degrees Yesterday
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A drop of ten degrees in
temperature below yesterday's
high record was reported from
the Weather Bureau office to
day by K. C. Mize, who took
over the duties of meteorolo
gist In charge relieving M. B.
Summers who leaves for Seat
tle tomorrow. At 2 p. m. to
day the Weather Bureau sta
tion's thermometer registered
77°.
Yesterday's sun, unrelieved
by any tempering and cool
ing breeze, boosted the mercury
column to the 87° mark which
is the highest point ever record
ed locaTly during the month of
August in 30 years of official
records. This was but two de
grees below the extreme hot
weather record, made In July,
1915, and equalled In the same
month in 1920.
i
iformally discuss the entire situation
t the Sewaril meeting.
Following that meeting, Gov. Bone
nd his family will go over the Alas
a Railroad to Fairbanks. On their
eturn trip to the coast, if weather
snditions are favorable, the will
jmc by the Richardson Highway,
he Governor expects to return on
le next southbound trip of the
teamer Alaska.
Old papers for sale at The Empire.
Is September 20, 21
and 22.
Start Planning Your
Exhibit—NOW
Southeastern Alaska Fair
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Juneau Chautauqua
August 26, 27, 28, 29.
Four Nights and One Afternoon.
FIRST DAY (Sunday) 8 P. M.
EVENING
Announcement* . Superintendent
Concelt Eiler-Willoughby Ladies' Orchestra
Recital .Claude Schell, Noted Tenor
Lecture—"Real Faith” .Franklin Babb
Admission, $1.25
SECOND DAY (Monday) 8 P. M.
EVENING
Entertainment .Swiss Alpine Yodlers
‘ The Clown” .w»»
Admission, $1.25
THIRD DAY (Tuesday) 8 P. M.
EVENING
Prelude .Swiss Alpine Yodlers
Lecture—"The 100 Per Cent Man!’ J. Franklin Babb
Admission, $125
FOURTH DAY (Wednesday) 3 P. M.
afternoon
Prelude .Eiler-Willoughby Ladies' Orchestra
Reeital.Claude Schell, Noted Tenor
Admission, $1.00
WEDNESDAY, 8 P. M.
EVENING
Concert .Eiler-Willoughby Ladies’ Orchestra
Recital.Claude Schell, Noted Tenor
Entertainment ..Swiss Alpine Yodlers
Entertainment—"The Best in Magic” .Richard Davis
Admission, $1.25
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