Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-07-26
To DICK
POSTSCRIPT
IS WICKED
UNTRUTH
President Taft Sends Special
Message to Congress Today
Explaining Controller Bay
Affair.
DOCUMENTS, REPORTS
AND MAPS SUBMITTED
Chief Executive Shoulders Re-
sponsibility for Opening of
Chugach National Forest in
Alaska.

Chugach National Forest in
Alaska.
thy Evening Iieraia 4. y. Lrsncd Wire,
Washington. luly 20 President
iatt sent special message to the
'enatP today shoulderlng mll respon.
sihllltN tor opening Tor settlement and
development $500 acres OF the Chu.
zach national forest reserve in Alas.
ha-an incident which has become 10
nc known as the Controller RaV Ar.
ldl ln concluding he brands the
nov famous Dick 70 Dick post.
script as wicked fabrication" and
saws that Charles = Tart, whose name
appeared in the alleged postcript,
has no interest in Alaska never had.
ana knows nothing of the circum.
stances connected with this transac.
iion. Moreover the president adds.
his brother does not even remember
mat he ever met Richard 5 Ryan
representing the Controller Railway
A. Navigation company.
As for eliminating the land in uues.
ton from the reserve the president
says that there is no danger of the
Controller Railway A. Navigation com.
pany or any other iniesests monopoliz.
ing the field, and nothing to show thai
this company Is Ia ans way connected
with the Morgan n-Guggenheim inter.
ests Hence. he believes that in elm
mating the land he has acted for the
best interests ol the nation
u wish TO be as specific as possibIe
upon this point SAYS the president
a.
alone am responsible for the enlarge.
mthi oi The proposed elimination from
a2N acres 10 l2,s0O acres, and that
proposed the change and stated my
reasons therefor The thing which
the territory OF Alaska needs il De.
Nelopnent and whore rights and fran.
chises can bee properly granted 10 en-.
courage investment aud construct
railroad without comforting exclusive
privileges, | believe it 10 be- In ac.
cordancc with good policy TO grant
them
Accompanying the presidents mes.
sate are documents, reports and mans
bearing on the case, as requested from
hlW bN senate resolution OF Iuna
2'th mst y deem 10 wise" SAYS
the message. no accompanying the
submission OF 'hese documents with
"a statement ia narrative form of the
action ot the administration with the
reasons therefor Here follows a
description oi Controller BAY and on
virons and a map shOwr>~ the effect
oi Withdrawing the much mooted ~.
Npo acres from the reserve The pres.
idcn' then takes mp the thread of his
narrative rs concerns tha events that
ptecipiiatod the controversy
He relates how RYAN represcnt1ng
the Controller Railway and Naviga-
'ioD COMPANY. applied n 1909 for the
elimination ol tract To enable TINS
company to secure railroad termln-
ais c't I'm, application vas refer
red tu me forestry bureau and then
tn thc navy department with view
tnat pei. .uaps the navy desired To use
unirulle. BAY as a reservation The
forestry interests found no objection
.u ihc elimination OF the tract mdi.
Gated, or indeed as tAe president
writes. 10 tbe elimination OF $4,000
.DI"s iu the northwest shore OF Con
Uullp Bay
the navy departments answer was
negative. SAYS the president and
aiial lhr matter had been considered
.N 'hc secretary ut agriculture, ay tina
secretary uf the interior. and the gen
eral land ONCE. a recommendation
was made iu h'u that l2u acres with
H tfoutaEo pt 1850 rods on The north.
west shuu of Controller nay he
thrown omen iurmai order 10 this
cn,C Was finally submitted 20 him Ia
Oct1'D. 1910 nut when The matter
ga u' aolore the cabinet late in that
month hD ioUud objection 10 Il It's
reasons i1r taking this stand he ex.
plain. In his message In part as Iol.
lows.
Expressed dissatisfaction with
th, order because it purportod on las
iu,. lu make the elimination for the
benefit of 70 railroad company of a
tract of land which the company
could not hN lawful entry secure, FOR
% was tract 3sp acres in one hody.
Nhcn ouIy 1860 acres could thus be- ar-
duircd IN the second place. / pre-
itrred 60 make much larger olin-
inatiun of tract facing the euflre
chunrol and With sufficient room for
70 terminal railway town. | wis wlll-
ing to do This because / found the
restrictions in the law sufficient Ia
prevent the possibility of any nfbnnp-
OILS uf either the upland or the harbor
or channel Oy The Controiler Railway
aud Navigation company or any other
persons or company. necause OK a
& tCOntiuuQd on pace Eour fsol ThraaA