The Washington times., 1911-04-20
DEMANDS FACTS
q. ON GU.GGENHE|MS'
ALASKA HOLDINGS
Senate Passes Resolution In
Producing Attack on Taft
, and Ballinger.
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forest reserve the desired 800 acres of
land, another Washington LOBBYIST Her
rlck- by name. appeared on the scene.
ana protected vigorously that interests
winch he represented on Controller bay
would be seriously injured If the exclu-
siVe privilege Of taking up this available
terminal iand were given to the Con-
pany.
As a result of his protests It was
nnally proposed to open a much larger
area. SO that there will be room for
all corners to enter and appropriate
what ever terminal land they might
According to officers of the Forest
service. most unusual situation de-
Neloped at this point. It having been
determined to eliminate certain of
these lands from the Chugach national
forest, the form Of an Executive order
directed such elimination was pre-
pared at the Forest Service.
This order went up to Secretary
Balllnger and became the subject of
consideration between him and Presi-
dent Taft:
Eliminates I2,Soo Acres.
The result was that the entire mat
ter was stricken out of the discretion
of the Forest Servcie, the order as
prepared by the Forest Service was
entirely rewritten. and when it was
issue issue aon October % last it was
FOUND to provide for eliminating from
me reserve not the 320 acres which
Ryan had first asked. but a trfanenIsr
tract embracing 1880 acres
Al the office of the Forest Service
ponay, after these facts had become
KNOWN mays were shown presenting
Lne entire sttuatio nat Controller bav'
Coroova bay, and in the Bering river
ao, ano Matanusta coal fields. Director
they recollected il, Ryan claimed 70
represent Cincinnati and Pittsburg cap-
Land Never Surveyed.
When his application for elimination
~ ne tidal lands was first filed it was
referred to w. A Langflle, the dis
ty7ct forest supervisor, in charge in
that section. Langille reported that the
lands were low and entirely useless for
forest purposes.
The Forest Service was not very keen
about recommending the elimination,
because the lands had never been sur-
veyed, and II was difficult to deter
mine the exact metes and bounds fnat
should be set down in order So in
histent was Mr.. Ryan on getting the
he took a trip to Alaska for the ex-
press purpose Of having SURVEYS made
IN order that an exact statement would
be possible concerning the lands to be
eliminated.
At that time tile policy Of eliminating
from forest reserves those lands which
could not possible be useful for forest
purposes had been definitely laid down
by President Taft, and under that pol
icy there have been withdrawn from
forest reserves and opened to entry
about 6,000.00o acres.
Only Application Granted.
A number of applications have been
made for other eltminations of land
from the Alaska forests but the only
case in which such an application has
= been granted is this one involving the
Controller bav tidal regions
James Wickersham, delegate from
Alaska, who throughout his service in
Congress has been a vigorous and in.
sistent opponent of the Guggenheim in
terests. Is responsible for the first pub
hcity of the fact that these lands on
? Controller bay have been withdrawn.
a. No publicity was given to the fact
that an Executive order had been
issued last October. and If anybody
understood the real significance Of the
limited circulation that despite the
widespread public interest in every
thing relating to Alaska coal affairs.
the public never did learn. until now.
the facts about this remarkable case.
President Taft had given his assur-
ance that he would be personally re-
sponsible for a just and legal settle
rrient of the Cunningham claims
80 The La Toilette resolution. which
passed the Senate this afternoon. is
expected to be the entering wedge
that will open up the entire situation
and develop a good many facts which
are not now available
Delegate Wickersham said today
that Ryan might be described as a
promoting lobbyist in connection with
= various Alaska matters who has lat
terly been pa rticularly Interested in
the region about Cordova bay. He has
been In Washington throughout the
present winter
Mr.. Wfckersham said he did not
know absolutely what interests Ryan
represented. but expressed the con-
f7dent. belief that there was a very
intimate relationship between Ryan's
Controller Railway and Navigation
Company and the Guggenh eims Cop
per River and Northwestern railway