ork Started
On Inland Road
,'A War Department official
d today that the need to sup
(a route to air bases was the
ncipal factor in the decision to
l! iate the Alaska Highway in
id instead of near the coast,
Jtfhen asked about the Alaska
iway Commission’s descrip*
id of the route as “a tragic
,||, under”, he said “of course we
jn’t think it s a tragic blunder^
I factors were considered caie
||y before the choics was made.”
A Missouri engineer with a di
record in the United
stes Army, Col. William M.
DgRwill boss the construction
Army engineers said that
oops under him already have
tired at Dawson Creek and
ive established the first main
ise to build a pioneer road that
ill be finished by the Public
ads Administration which will
old a crushed rock motor high
ly 24 feet wide
^An officer said: “The pioneer
will be passable but not
ichelse.lt is essential, bow
er, to make possible the move
rat of heavy equipment needed
the construction of the high
l
Public Works Minister Brubn
Id a Seattle Chamber of Corn
tree delegation that the Pro
rial Government lacks funds
ith which to build a road which
luld link with the Provinical
id system with the Alaska
iway. He estimated the cost
ippioximatelv $3,000,000.
No Danger Of
Schools Closing
There is no immediate danger
of schools in Alaska closing be
cause of lack of funds or teach
ers, Dr. James C. Ryan, Terr
itorial Commissioner of Educat
ion, told members of Juneau
Chamber of Commerce in an
address at a meeting.
Dr. Ryan said that many ru
mors have came to his office, to
the effect that because of higher
wages offered elsewhere, not
enough teachers will be available
to keep the schools running and
that many schools consequently
would be closed. He said that he
believed a way would be found
to raise the salaries of the teach
ers.
The Seattle organization had
gone on record as opposing the
construction of the highway via
the inland route instead of the
coast, because most of the
Alaska population is concentrat
ed in the Southeast Alaska
section.
New Report Issued
Copies of the Annual Report
of the Governor of Alaska to the
Secretary of the Interior for the
fiscal year ending June. 1941, are
now ready and may be obtained
from the U.S.Government Printing
Office, Washington, D.C. for 15
cents each. The booklet contains
statistics and information on the
work of different governmental
agencies during the period.
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