The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-08

| | present at one of the meetings | It was at this meeting that it was | determined to ask for an appl opri- alton of enc million dollars per year for period of five years | On his way out to Cordova. Mir | Barry stopped long enough at Chit ina to tell the people there of what We were dCing for the road in ! Fairbanks He so enthused his ! listeners that they got together and formed the Chitina Conner | cial club, whose principal aim is i the fuItherance of the automobile road project On request from 1 MT. Nelson. of Chitina. l forwarded him a copy of the bylaws of this club as basis for the Chitina clubs organization
 The editor of Motor. the largest automobile publication in America has promised to print in the Jan. uary number of the magazine copy of the letter sent to the con 1 gressmen.
 It is with great satisfaction that | l report that every answer re ceived from those solicited fer help in the road project has been encouraging, and that there has been no suggestion from anyone | to the effect that our request for large appropriation for better roads in Alaska is unreasonable. I firmly believe that the work done by the club will result at least in a very much larger appropriation l for roads being made this year by | the congress.
 Among other matters that have been taken up by the club was | the detention hospital question. A | protest against the hospital being l built on top of the jail was sent to the attorney-general, accompan- jed by petition signed by 927 residents of the city This pro test achieved the desired result and this summer will unquestion- ably witness the erection of suitable detention hospital on de sireable site.
 When Walter l.. Fisher, secre- l tary of the interior, was visiting Alaska. he was invited by the club to continue his journey from Chit | ina to Fail banks. The difficult ties presented by the trail preclud- ed the idea of MT Fisher coming to see us, but there is little doubt that he had forcibly impressed up- on him, by means of the invitation. the necessity for some means to shorten the time of travel between he two places.
 The question of the advisabilitY Of asking for an appropriation for the building of permanent bridge across the Cinema slough has been l discussed, but the consensus of opinion in the club is to the eff feet that this would be better de- ferIed until such time as the road matter is disposed of
 At meeting of the club held on November 16, it was decided to help the tOwnspeople of Ruby in their efforts to get a postoffice. To that end telegram was sent to the postmaster general on Mo- vember "A, and immediate action was secured, the fourth assistant postmaster general having advised the club few days ago to the eff feet that four days after our re- quest was forwarded it was grant ed
 Felicitous relations have been established with the Alaska Bur eau of the New Seattle Chamber of Commerce, and we, in answer to correspondence sent regarding our own efforts, have been assured that
 
 the bureau will act strictly in ac- cordance with our wishes.
 Since December 1 the salary of the secretary has been cut to S1OO per month, with the proviso that he is permitted to engage in other work. This brings us to the fin ancial standing of the club.
 There has been collected from dues. the only source of income the sum of s2,7O5, and there is still owing for dues the sum of $155, of which we can undoubtedly collect $10O, making a total of $2,SO5.
 The expenditures have amounted to s2,27l .32, only about $35O of this amount having been spent out side of the city. The club, there fore, is entirely out of debt, and has today, s533 in the bank In addition there is owned by the club office furniture and usable stationery to the value of $95, as we'll as 800 pamphlets, 100 quartz editions, and about 4,OOO of the Golden Heart seals. So that the club has assets of more than $500, with m liabilities I would racall