The Alaska daily empire., 1915-03-15
NEED OF ROADS IN 1ST DIVISION
 IS DISGUISED

Witnesses were called peiofe the joint legislative committee on roads and highways in the Goldstein block this morning at a hearing to get at the actual needs of various sections Of Alaska. The meeting was neces- sitated owing to the fact that many sections have asked for slice of the s60.0OO derived from the sale of tim Der In the forest reserves Of the First division. for roads and schools,
 Senator o. P. Gaustad presided Senators Tanner and Hubbard. Of the Senate roads committee and Represen- tatives Holland (chairman1 Burns, Getchen. Daly and Tansey of the House committee were present
 Senator C. A. Sulzer. author of the first bii to appropriate part Of the moneys available, for extension of a road on Prince Of Wales island. Rep resentatves Shoup. Britt, Noon. Day and Held. and Road Superintendent J. e. Hayes. N. J. Svindseth of Wrang- ell. Mayor D. s. Harris Of KetchiSan, Mayor John Reck of Juneau c. J.. Skuse Of Mendenhall and Ed. C. Rus sell addressed the committee.
 Mir. Sulzer made an earnest plea for the Prince Of Wales island road Improvements. He declared that eight canneries. Che largest marble quarry on che Pacific Coast several towns. a half dozen Indian settle ments and various mines would be benefited greatly ig the Improvements were made He cited personal exper- fences in support or his statements that che road neaaad-thn -imnrovc- menus and needed them at once
 Senator Sulzer said that in bis be lief no temporary road building or bridge building should be attempted. ~We are here. we expect to live here, and we will probably die here. and we should look into the future. and build with an idea to permanency- he declared. He also urged that all roads asked for in his bilI receive sup port
 Representative Noon grilled the Road Commission. and said that the Federal appropriation every year was wasted on the Valdez-Fairbanks trail" Representative Burns remind ed Mir. Noon that the Valdez-Fairbanks trail was in such good condition that automobiles made the 400-mile trip in fifty and sixty hours.
 Mir. Skuse and Mir. Russell urged the Aiendenhall river bridge, which, they declared. would not only help Che chil- dren of that neighborhood in getting to school. but would open new field for farm production. Mir. Skuse said he had lost one team and two wag- ons. by fording the creek. but he said that he was not compaining; that it was the school he had in mind in ape bearing before the committee and urg- ing the construction of Q bridge.
 Mir. Hayes spoke of the lack of funds in the road commission. and gave his views Of the Prince of Wales island road extension. He said the improvements were sorely needed.
 Mir. Shoup pointed out that the First division was entitled to the sup port or the legislature. in it's plea for roads. "We pay S82.o00 into the road fund. from the license moneys collect- ed outside Of incorporated towns" he declared, "and We are entitled to your assistance in securing for our roads a part or the forest reserve moneys.
 In the Senate today a resolution was passed that the joint committee of the two houses meet to adjust ar road matters involving the distribution of funds derived through the sale of tim Der from the forest reserves. The res olution was introduced by Senator Willard