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NOME. ALASKA. FEBRUARY, 19 1915.
DEFICIENCIES OF THE
ROAD COMMISSION.
The constant complaint of the trav
eling public concerning the deficient ies ,
in the work of the Alaska ltoad Com
mission finds a response in the bill in- i
troduced into the House of Represents -
lives December 17. last by Delegate I
Wh kersham under the title ’A Bill I
to provide for further construction and j
maintainance of military and post roads |
bridges and trails in Alaska, and forj
other purposes.." copy of which has
been received by tile Nugget lit the
letters which accompany the document
the Delegate throws some light on the
why and wherefore of Hie apparent
deficiencies or lack of thoroughness in
the work of tlte local branch of the
Alaska Board of Road Commissioners,
in reviewing the matter it is not de
sired to cast any reflection on the work
"f the local office for it is well under
stood that, while the outlying roads
are in an execrable condition and the
staking of winter trails is noticeable
principally because of its absence, the
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local office has labored under the dis
advantage of a lack of funds, the allow
ance granted this branch of the de
partment harely sufficing to maintain
In fair condition the roads already con
structed. Even at that, much good has
Peon accomplished in tin mnintninanee
nf the roads most traveled and in the
permanent staking of mail trails
The faults observable in this district
can hardly be charged to the local
office hut lie rather at the door of the
overlords of the department f..r falling
t.i secure a fund of sufficient size to
enable the work of the Road Commis
sion to he carried on in a thorough and
comprehensive manner Year after
year the work of opening up and mark
ing the trails of this section has contln- v
ued to languish in spite of the protests
of the public and the ever growing
necessity of transportation to the re
moter districts Each succeeding year
witnesses the producing areas of the
Interior compelled to linger In their
development for no other reason titan
that there are no open highways for the
rapid and economical transportation .
,,f supplies Travelers facing the be- ;
wilderlng blast of winter are compelled j
t.i grope their way through blinding;
storms as best they may and trust to |
blind Providence that they may find.
the way to their destinations And yet
withal the Hoard of Road Commis
sioners continue to ask for the samej
allowance year after year regardless nt ,
the necessities and with the long de
termined knowledge that the stun is not
sufficient by half at least With a full
and comprehensive knowledge of the
conditions the Commission lias contin
ued to ask with monotonous perslstance
for an upproplratlon of $125,000 and
the same sum. according to the state
ment of Delegate Wtckershum. is in
cluded in the War Department esti
mates as transmitted to the Committee
of Appropriations by the Secretary of
the Treasury together with the total
of the estimates of appropriations re
fiiiired fur the year ending June 30 1316
This bill of estimates Is based on
the estimates made by other depart
ments uf which the Alaska Road Com
mission is one It is the contention of
tne Delegate, that regardless of the
assertions to the contrary , the Oomtnis
s.on is. and has always received the
appropriation asked for and the present
lull which asks for an appropriation of
$750,000 Is Introduced for the two fold
but pose of securing much needed funds
I r the proper prosecution of the neces
s try improvements and at the same
time destroying ttie contention that the
government will not giant a sufficiency
of funds to enable the department to
carry on the work in a sufficient and
thorough manner. Regardless of the
contentions, it is apparent that some
thing is wrong somewhere The fact
that the Appropriation Committee has
in no way restricted the demands ofj
the Road Commission is apparent when
it is remembered that the Committee
lias always granted exactly what was
asked for by the Road Commission in
the estimates transmitted by them to
the War Department. Who is directly
responsible for tills state of affairs can
only tie conjeetued but it is clear that
the department, at least in so far ns
Seward Peninsula is concerned is guilty
of either gross deacrimination or of a
considerable laxity in the management
of its affairs as indicated by the con
stant application for the same sum
when that sum has been determined
as far from sufficient fur the desired
purpose. The need for the extension of
roads and trails is imperative through
out the whole territory and especially
in this district where ttie very essence
of prosperous development lies in the
opening of avenues >f transportation.
It is therefore to be earnestly hoped
that the bill introduced by Delegate
Wlckersham, which, in addition to the
allowance granted for the mnlntainanee
of roads and trails, also provides ba
the proper maintulnance of the schools
the care of the indigent and insane,
and the building of a pet-man* nt bridge
across Snake River, will «peedl> be
come a law and so relieve conditions
which are fast growing unbearable
ALASKA
NOTES
(From our Exchanges.)
ft C Emory, superintendent of the
Martin mine, who was In Seward re- j
eently said loss than lilt people were!
waiting around Knik to go to the
Broad Bass country when trail eondi
ttnns would allow
Robert Ashland, who paid *30,000 for
Seward suburban property some
months ago lias sold out at an advance
of *10,000
A shipment of 40 foxes, valued at
about *20.000, was made on the steamer
Mariposa at Cordova recently They
were from the Fundy Fox Company's
assembling station there, and wore a*
signed Si Johns. .V B, in charge of c
I> Colwell, superintendent of Hie local
station. Each fox occupies a separate
crate Thirty-seven are o£ the blue
variety and three are silver grav cross.
The anitnale go to replenish the heard
of the Fundy company's big propaga
tion farm.
Neill Maxwell, a former Alaskan has
disappeared from bis hotel in Seattle
and his friends are unable to find my
trace of him. The mysterious disap
pearance aroused the police and a
searching investigation was under
taken Maxwell had *7<H) on his person
at the time of his disappearance and it
is believed he has been fyiv dealt
w it h
An event of scientific mtejfe is re
lated by t'apt Cunningham, who is
well known about \’aldez.—^4 few*when
Louis Sager was prospecting on the
Dan McCarty properly on O'Connor
creek that he and his workmen dis
covered a log in a good state of preser
vation at a depth of about sixty feet.
The log was frozen
A United States revenue cutter to
cost*350,000 for the Pacific coast waters
and for Alaska has been authorized In
a bill favorably reported by the house
committee on commerce
The Pacific Coast Steamship com
pany has issued its bulletin of the ex
cursion to Alaska for the year of 1915.
Fifteen have been scheduled, starting
June 1 and ending August 25
The Petersburg Weekly Report was
launched December oth on the uncer
tain sea of journalism, by Lynn W.
Miller. He declares, with some reason,
that Petersburg it too much of a town
to he without n newspaper.
Whitehorse robbers are of a most j <
vigorous kind One recently entered a I
cafe by forcing the front door, breaking
the lock and splitting the side of the !
door. A few pounds of sugar and sev-|‘
era] cans of fruit were the sole reward
for his efforts.
When asked by Fairbanks citizens if
tie would work to have the capital of
Alaska transferred from Juneau to I •
Fairbanks Delegate Wlckersham dc
, la rod lie would oppose such a plan j .
He believed that the time would cornel.
In the life of some mnv living in Alaska | ,
when the territory would form four! ,
great states, one which would lie Sitka. I
with Juneau ns its capital: a second
Alaska embracing Southwestern Alaska]
with Valdez as Its capital: the state j
• if Seward, embracing the Seward pen
insula. and the fourth, probably be
Tnnann or Yukon, with Fairbanks as I
the capital.
Ketchikan must be a rapid town. A J
fellow got hurt down there playing ^
soccer.
Senator-elect Oh tries Sulzor, of Sul
zer Alaska, has Brunt' with his family to
spend the winter in the States
Supt l C Have*, of the Xlaskft Hoad
commission, has purchased an interest
in the Post Oftleo store at Juneau.
At a recent election several Knke
Indian* answered all the questions
asked hv the Unices and were allowed
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to vote
Seward has a brand new school house
ill ready for use excepting for one
little particular, and that Is that the
builders forint to put In a chimney.
:
Delegate Wlckersham is piloted by
the Fairbanks News-Miner of using the
following remark in a speech there two
days before election: I am an Alaskan
first of all and not taking orders from
the president of the T'nited States.
Vlaska needs immigrants from
northern countries who know how to
make the fnrm produce the most tinder
these climatic conditions Therefore, it
would seem that a special effort should
he made to advertise Alaska in Norway
and Sweden If the commercial club
i going to advertise in newpapers,
why not send an advertisement to some
Scandinavian newspaper, calling at
tention to the resources of this unde- I
vclnped country? Falrhank Citizen
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