Valdez daily prospector., 1912-04-06


 Chamber of Commerce was helt last evening and considerable business was transacted.
 It was learned by the chamber that Senator Lee $. Ovcrman, Ol North Carolina, and Representa- tive Driscoll, of New York, were opposing the dyke appropriation and it was decided to communi- cate with those gentlemen and to bring influence to bear upon them to support the measure The matter was left 10 the dyke committed, who will immediately enter into communication with the gentlemen.
 It was also decided to com municaic with Gov. Clark and Secretary Fisher, asking those officials to lend their aid in hav- ing the dyke measure pass con gross. During Secretary Fishers visit here last summer he cX- pressed himself as willing to aid lhe town in securing government aid for the purpose of control ing the glacial waters.
 The subject of the effort io harc the headquarters of the military telegraph removed from Valdez 10 Cordova was taken up and discussed at length. The fol- lowing article from the COrdOva Alaskan formed Inc text of the discussions:
 "lt now seems probable that inc headquarters of the United Stat"s Signal Corps will soon be transferred from Valdez to Cor doVa. This move has been con icmplatcd for some lime, and it. was for that reason that $25, ,OOO was appropriated for tho con Structi0n of building at Cor tlnVa. Before work was started shc appropriation lapscd and it. will now be necessary to secure another appropriation. That the government is in earnest in it's intent to bring headquarters here IS evidenced from the fact that Major Carr'S assistants in the Seattle office have directed that bids be received for the c0nSlruc- Zion of telegraph line of go miles from Chitina io Willow creek. IL is in hr a lWO-wirr line. and al Willow creek will connect with inc Through line Io the Tan ana valley, that now stariS at Valdez. IL is the intention In use inc poles of Inc Copper River and Northwestern railway between EnrInva and ChiIina. \ telephone line iS now maintained by the railroad company between these points. When Inc new cunnrci- ing line is ronlplrIrd it iS rx- prrird that the headquarters of Inc signal corps will br removed tO CnrdOva and that all through Business will be routed IEis way. One of the contemplated inn DrONpmrntS is q new cable tO run direct from the south to EOrdOva. And all this will be very welcome tO inc residents of COrdOva. With the government mail, passenger and freight traffic all passing through this port to interior Alaska, il only SrcnIS reasonable that wire communication should likewise go the same way
 IL was brought OuI that at Inc lime Captain LrNOirr was in command of ihiS division \. M. T. L., the same question was taken up by the Washington au- thOriics, through the efforts of Senator simon Guggcnhcim, but was reported adversely by the local officer in charge. This year inc War department has not con suited with Lieut.. prOsscr, but is apparently working over his head. Quite recently an effort was made to push matters and tU let contract out to have the poles cut and delivered along the line between Willow creek and Chiiina, before inc snow disap- pcarcd, hut for some unknown,