The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-19

A-sss, ard e>s,@nsaufs. 81 coo
Considerable Sums for Alaska
appEOpr1z-Sons for Alaska aggregate for
saiaFses Sz.@s. dzvNsed as follows: Sal
AZ Tor governor. ss.aa: judge. s.. 90. a.
eor1aey. marshal and clerk. ss5s each. Eve
comm IS oners. ozae q w-1ora shall reside
n Kodak, IN the dsssrser OF Alaska 81 20
essh' SIX deputy rarsha1s. $50 each
For snccsoval and contingent expenses
q ne territory. Clerk h-re, Stationery.
aaslfss ard fuei. 20 De expended under me
o--sctzon OF the governor. s-as.
Insaer the acE OF June 70. 1875, an appro-
pfsAlon Of slS5sese annually was prov .des
Tor TIE pay Of the Indian pokce IN Alaska,
Tor the service OF officers al SIS per rsoncn
eacEi. and pr.vates, at SO per moara cash,
70 De employed IN mani aiming order. ana
prohibiting Illegal traffic IN liquor on TIE
seNsra& indian reservations. ana VIII
&ne territory OF Alaska. IN the discretion
CT She secretary Of the interior, for the
purchase Of equipments. and for the pur-
cI4se Of ra<loas for policemen al nom
rac0n agencies.
The secretary 90 the treasury asks all-
tkforlza1on 20 contract for building =
steamer for service n Alaska and the
A.eulan stands a. q cost or net TO exceed
s1-sgvo and requests an Sppro .zfzca OF
s1s.ss9 al this session.
An appnOpr aE.en is also asked for sup
pies for native Inhabitants of Alaska, and
clothing 70 the i've Enhaasrants on the
Islands OF 81. Paul and ST. George 20 the
amount Of SIS. 800; for p-otectscEl OF r.le sal
mon fisheries Of Alaska, $3.50: protecting
seal and salmon fisheries. s., 30; expenses
or the inspectors OF Isei2g.c seal skins.
$,o0e; ss.ar-es AID travelling expenses Of
agents al seal fisheries. 81. $50: for the en-
forcement OF the Chinese exclusion act
sl-5.oNs; for cont nla tAon Of coal and gold
aa.a. =
elementary education OF children in Alas
ka without reference 10 race. S3a. e0o. sup
port OF reindeer STATION at Port Clarence,
Alaska, and for the purchase and intro
duction Of reindeer from Siberia for do
Nestle purposes, Sl2.5aa.
Alaska Needs surveyor General
An appropriation CT $500 is also asked
for surveyor general IN Alaska. and the
secretary accoEp panies the estimate with
lengthy statement from the ONCE % g41a
marshal, VINO : ex-offioto surveyor gen
erai OF that territory. urging she lmpor-
tance pertaining 10 surveys there, which
IS sanctioned BY she secretary. The
Alaska Official says in his letter Which is
noE presented 10 congress. THE exam
nations OF de.d Noes. pats and calcula-
tons returned by the mineral and nom
mineral surveyors 10 This Office Involve a
great de2i of time and the closest ,Rspec-
--NAs as csflSAEtSa o. N4tG AVEcsNllAS IT tt9lL
for the past fiscal year. S4nce khe miner Al
fields of Alaska. especially the gosd belt
OF the southeastern portion, are known 10
be extensive. ard are becoming rapidly
developed. the work n this Office IS De
coming proporIg0Trstsly varied and extern
sive. and already demands AT the hands
OF con2r ess the creation OF the office OF
United States surveyor-gensral separate
from that of marshal. This Is a matter OF
,tff INN n =
office and 20 the department. but 10 the
general public, whose interest in the
prompt and systematic management OF
AL the official business pertaining 10 the
surveys OF mineral Gains, towns.tes and
locations for purposes Of trade and manu-
facture. is paramount. In this connection,
/ would beg leave TO urge the immediate
creation Of the Office OF surveyor general
for the district Of Alaska and the essab-
I.shment of an Office fitted Up with the
necessary instruments and furniture for
drafting purposes. the surveyor general
TO be provided with al least one chief
clerk capable OF performing the duties OF
secretary and craftsman. A liberal est1-
mate should be Included IN the bill TO be
presented TO congress for the proper es-
adjustment and maintenance of the Of
fee In order that the affairs OF the de-
partment n this district should be FUZZY
and satisfactorily administered. as well
as to properly preserve and arrange sta
tiStics and compile general maps or the
numerous surveys which have already
been executed in the fed and returned 10
the Office"
The secretary also asks for an additional
appr,oprs atlon of 81 coo for the Office ex-
penses and adds: The proprtety of max
ing proper provisions for the care OF the
valuable original archives pertaining 20
the surveys In Alaska Is manifest. ana
tr1Iss. that favorable action may be taken
by ongress.'
ALLAN p. SLAUSON.