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* PROGRESS JOF ’ffiHltmmY, AS
• SHOtVN IN'REPORT OP GOV.
‘ PARKS >TO INTERIOR DEI*T.
< (Continued from -thst Issue.)
Recommendations.
The Governor of Alaska makes the
• following recommendations:
The1 existing laws and the treaty
■ with Canada are not comprehensive
* enough, to permit the-..Bureau of
v Fisheries to achieve the desired re
* suits. - A survey of the waters of Ber
- ing Se*. and 'the Pacific -Ocean in the
viciraty of .the Aleutian Islands to
■> determine the extent of the holibut
• fisheries ^accompanied by recom
* * • meitdations -for legislation designed
’ > to rawed ythe situation, have been
; Submitted. to beth governments. Early
* * consideration of these reports is most
/ }. essential- to the industry in the Ter
ritory.
The.investigation c^f the herring:
fisheries;by the Bureau of Fisheries,
. should^be completed as soon as pos-;
• sible.
Antatmlostrial school in Southeast-!
, V ern Athska and hospitals for the care i
* » .of tubercular natives in the First and
.. Third judicial divisions are most nec- j
. essary.
Several- agencies are engagea in i
t the wifofivcjnent of-the criminal laws;!
these*.should be combined and placed
.. in the iiepartment of Justice.
> ;Tho* Territory is-spending $15,000
r each year in an ecort' to control the'
,v advance tof-1 wolves and ■ coyotes, but
i the funds are not sufficient to finance
.-t an adequate-program, and the Fed
oral, government should, appropriate
i mom-yottn-assist in the work.
The revenue cutter that is stationed
in Southeastern Alaska during the
j year -renders most efficient and nec !
i essar-v service, but it cannot extend
aid tbtheowgion tributary to Prince
* William «ound and the Alaska Penir*
«ala.-v Another cutter should be as
114-ned to .those waters during the
. enure ymur.
• Ther«~are two systems of com
> municati/ n now -in the Territory The
1. SStgaaV. Corps of-the United States
. Armyoperates the cable between Se
j attlo.wcna Alaska and maintains a
uetwark 1 of wireless telegraph sta
tions which extend to nearly every
j part, of > the Territory. This is an ex
<.. ceUtrrtvBystem and it is most effieient
. ly managed. The United States Navy
main tains ‘-several wireless stations
• . and radio-compass stations along the
coast, 'lhse stations alsq transact
v commercial business. These ■ latter
* stations may b necessary to naval op
■ • fixations, and the cost of operations
justified, for this reason, but from an
- economic standpoint there seems to
i be aioeaeason why they should nob be
placed -in charge of the Signal Corps,
. and-dbis could be dene at much less
- expense . than under the present ar
rangement.
Aviation -has assumed an important
places in. the transportation field of
<■, the .'t“erritpry and -.iaska occupies a
strategic^ position- on the proposed air
. routes-between Asia and America.
; The.'.-United; States Army should es
u tabiish- airports and station a squad
: roiv-of planes in- the -interior of the
-Territbry and the United States Navy
should-establish a base- for naval
planea^onnthe -coast.
The^ aerial survey- work that for
two reasons.(toas been in charge of an
expeditionn detailed by the United
r'States Navy:*as. photographed prac
tically all of Southeastern Alaska.
This work should be extended to in
i '.Clude the eoastal regions as far west
as Unimak Island, and the expedition
should be sent to Alaska each year
■until all of these areas have been pho
tographed.
Many sections of the coast line and
adjacent waters along the Alaska Pe
ninsula have not been surveyed by the
■Coast and Ueodetoc Survey. Each
year many more boats ply tdese
waters, dnd accurate charts and aids
to navigation are necessary. Early
■ completion of this work is recom
mended.
The Federal buildings in Ketchikan
> ftrw< Fairbanks are old and entirely
inadequate forpresent .^requiremerits.
They should be replaced, with fire
proof structures with sufficient floor
space to provide offices fos all Federal
activities.
For some years the Federal. Court
has held terms At stated periods in
Anchorage; the building now used for
ciurt sessions is inadequate. A new
building with court room and office
for the United States commissioner
should be provided.
Alaska Railroad.
in January, 1925, an estimate was
prsented to Congress covering a com
prehensive program of work neces
sary for tae completion ol xne Alaska
Railroad and for providing modern
equipment throughout the system.
The progra mfqr improvement and
completion of the roadbed and struct
ure of the railroad was prosecuted
; continuously during t?he fiscal year
| 192y, althoough at times the work
j was slightly hampered by shortage of
' labor.
! While snow conditions were difficult
. during the spring months of 19211, the
| total expense of removing snow, ice,
j and sand during the year decreased
*6,130.38, or 5.3 per cent.
I The hydroelectric plant, Which has
been under construction at Eklutna by
I the Anchorage Light & Power Com
ipany, is expected to be in operation
, by September 1, 1929, and will reduce
the expenses of the railroad through
the closing of the power plant and
the reduced coat of electric lighting
an,d power at Anchorage. There will
also be a reduction in revenues to the
extent ol the electric current hereto
fore sold at Anchorage by the rail
| road.
Since January 15, .1929, a branch
office has been maintained by the rail
road in Chicago, at room 219, Monad
nock Building, for the purpose of de
veloping traffic . and answering in
quiries relating to tourist travel and
immigration to points on the railroad.
Passenger revenue from rail opera
tion amounted to $810,994.8(v a de
crease of $10,372.91, ore 4.7 per cent.
Kail-line revenue passengers car
ried were 53,177, an increase of
1,699, or ).l per cent. The increase
was due to 1,147 more passengers
carried between Fairbanks and Col
legt and 1,380 more between Anchor
ag eand Ekiutna; there was a de
crease of 937 in othere pasengers.
The number of rail-line passengers
* was-62,648,, an increase of 1,288, or
2.1 per cent.
Freight revenue, rail line, amounted
to $669,356,76, a decrease oof $205,
941.30, or 24 per cent.
The increase pi freight revenue
was due principally to the Fairbanks
Exploration Company having no
construction work in the Fairbanks
district. This year, how additional
dredges have been qrdered anid are
new tn route fyo mCalifornia to Fnir
han*.s.
Kail line commercial freight, ex
clu ive of coal amounted to 37,275
t ns, a decrease of 10,561 tons, or 22
per cent.
Coal tonnage -was 56,848 tons, an
increase of 7,707 tons, or 16 per cent.
The increase in tonnage of coal was
mainly in the amount shipped to the
Fairbanks Exploration Company for
their power plant at Fairbanks.
Ttotal commercial tonnage was 94,
123 tons, a decrease of 2,754 tons, or
2.9 per cent.
Total of all tonnage, including
freight for the railroad, decreased
21,257 tons, or 10.1 per cent.
Kail revenue from all sources was
11,166,910.50, a decrease of *189,
028.94, or 14 per cent.
Passenger revenue from river-boat
operation for the fiscal year amount
ed to *19,556.30, an increase over the
I previous year oof *877.80, or 4.7 per
! cent.
Freight revenue f roun river-boat
operation fcr the fiscal year amount
ed to *52,967.07, an increase of
*321.59, or 0.6 per cent.
AH revenue from river-boat opera
tion amounted to *100,140.6b, an in
crease over the previous year of *3,
345.46, or 3.5 per cent.
Revenue from all sources, includ
i ing nonoperating income, .was *1,269,
634.07, a decrease of f 180,19149**'or>
12.4 per cent.
Kail-line expenses for operation
including ordinary maintenance
amounted to 82,084,673.11, a.decrease
of $4,828.62, or 0.23 per cent; includ
ing replacements of bridges, operat
ing expenses decreased 8*8,004.85, or
3.5 per cent.
Operating ratio increased from
159,32 in 6928 to 179.28 in 1929„
Kiver-boat expense was 890*028.78,
an increase of 85/125.09, or 6.3 per
cent.
’lota I expense for rail and- rive.r,
boats were 82,220,345.81, a decrease/
of 3/2,2.19.76 ,or 3.2 per cent.
Deficit for. rail, operation was 8958.
414.53, an increase oi 8111*024.09. or,
13.1 per cent.
The river boats-were, operated at.a.J
profit of 84,119.88, as against a profit
of 86,49941 in ,1928.
! Total deficit, all expenses except
i charges to capital account, was 8950,|
j 711.74, a nincrease of 8107,910.12, oi*
12.8 per cent. ^
j Corresponding dficit for the- yeaij
1928, 8842,80142.
Total deficit for all expenditures,
including charges to capital account, |
amounted to 81,269.561.34, an in- j
crease of 841,029.65, or 3.6 per cent, j
Transportation .revenue received, by '
i the rail line amounted to 8934,559, a
decrease of 8217.164.86, or 18.9 -per
cent.
Tourist traffic over the road, shows.
! a steady groowth, the volume thereof
| being greater than in . past , years, i
j The indications are that, a decided, in-1
crease next year may .be expected. ■
! T’racticaUy all of the conducted tour
ist parties traveling over the road
stop at Mount McKinley National
Park, whish, together with the in
creased number of other tourists vis
iting the park, indicates that this is
one of the most popular side trips to
be made in the Territory.
Some Supposition.
“This is.a cold day for July.'”
“This isn’t July. What’s, wrong
with ya ? ’’
“1 know it, ffiut supposing it was it
would he pretty cold.”
Getting On.
Mrs. Plainsmith—Have the l>e
Styles recognized you yet?
Mrs. Newgilt—Not yet, but ULc*.
i)e Style stopped on the street to ad
mir emy dog.
Back in the old days in England
they hanged men for lesser offenses
than varnishing a corncob pipe before
putting it on sale.—Detroit News.
Palling in Hove is recommende l in
cases .of threatened nervos break
down. A oynicdl*correspondent says
♦ hat a far less dangerous remedy i*
to fall m front of a doouble-docker
bus.—-Passing Show.
A professor declares there are t'vo
hundred d afficts in the United-States.
But tre dollar apeaks them, all --j
Louisv lie Courier-Journal.
TABLE OF DISTANCE* BE
TWEEN NENANA AND FLAT
Miles
Nenaita .. 00
I Tavern Soadhoose .-. 17ft
Knight’s Roadhouse ...». 28ft
Nineteen-Mile Roadhouse.58 _
Diamond Roadhouse.-.78
Roosevelt . -. 80
Lake Minchumina.115
■ Trappers’ Cfcbin ... 182
Lone Star Roadhouse .— 158
Telida Roadhouse . 189ft
Slow Fork Roadhouse. 187
East Fork Roadhouse .-.) 808
Berry's Landing Roadhouse. 227ft
Big River Roadhouse...241
McGrath ... 888
i Takotna . 280
Bill Goss’ Roadhouso .. 391
Ophir......*...-.300
McCafferty .808
Brown Creek shelter cabin.818
Fritz shelter cabin . 338
First Chance shelter cabin — 848
Schermeyer B. H. __ 880
Iditarod. —.878
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Crooked Creek shelter cabin, 19
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