The Alaska citizen., 1915-01-18
.B|C FUND IS BEING ASKED
 FGR BRIDGES
DELEGATE WANTS $780, 900 FOR IMPROVING ALASKA
 ROADS.

ROAOS.
 i Delegate Wickersham has intro duced a bill in congress providing | for special appropriation of $75O, | 900 for the construction of bridges | and other road and trail improve ments in Alaska. This amount is asked in addition to the regular ap propration of about $l25.000 which | has been asked for by the Alaska road commissi ion, and is to be used it is understood, for construction work and not for repairs. The bill provides for the appropriation of S25,000 for the construction of a 1 bridge across the Cinema slough at d rbanks
 In letter received few days ago from Delegate Wickersham by the Fairbanks Commercial club, d copy of the bill was enclosed. In this letter MT. Wickersham states that the people of Fairbanks and vicinity will never get a bridge across the slough until the Northern Commercial company tells Colonel Richardson to build one. He also asks the people to note if Colonel Ric, ardson opposes the Wickersham bill
 The following, taken from the bill, shows for what purposes the money is tn be used:
 NAMES IMPROVEMENTS. Provided, That the said board of road commissioners, out of the said appropriation, shall construct per manent bridge across the Cinema river where the present military and post road reaches the same. and connecting the said road from the north end of Cushman street, Fair banks, Alaska, with tie said road H;. the opposite bank, at cost not exceeding s25,000; the said board shall construct a permanent bridge across the Snake river at Nome Alaska, in place of that destroyed by storm, to connect the military md post roads, at a cost not ex ceeding $25,000, that the said board shall complete the military post road from Ruby, Alaska known as the Ruby-Long creek road route thirty eight, at a cost not exceeding $25,000; said board shall complete the military and post road from Hope, Alaska. via Sunrise to its Intersection with the Alaska Central railway; route twelve, at cost not exceeding s25,00O; said board shall construct military and post road from Skagway. Alaska. to the in ternational boundary line along tie survey made by or under it's au-
 hcrity in nineteen hundred and fourteen. at cost not exceeding s2500O: said board shall construct , permanent bridge across the tide flats and shallow waters of Gastineal Hhannel from the most available po'nt about opposite the mouth of Gold creek, at Juneau, Alaska, so as to connect the Juneau Ea gle river military and post road, route two, with the Douglas -Gastineau channel road, route forty, at a cost not ex-
 eoding s25 900:
 Provided further That all work
 n the actual construction. repair, and maintenance of roads, bridges, and trails done or performed under the provisions of this act, or any former act to which this is amen 1atory or supplemental shall be done by contract; the contract for the work shall be let by the said board of road commissioners to the lowest responsible bidder after due notice, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the secretary of var; the board may reject any bid
 they deem the same unreasonably high or if they find there is com bination among the bidders a good and sufficient bond for the perform ance of the contract shall be re- luired And provided furtt CT, That nothing herein shall be held to limit the board in surveying and engineer ing work necessary to locate, con struct, and maintain roads, trails, and bridges constructed under this and former acts as fully as they nave heretofore done such work un-
 eI said laws.
 WANTS REGULAR FUND.
 Sec. ?. That on and after July
 irst, nineteen hundred and sixteen
 Il moneys derived from and collect
 I for liquor licenses. occupation or trade licenses outside of incorpor-
 
 shall be deposited in the treasury of the Territory of Alaska to be wholly devoted to the purposes herein fer stated in said territory: One half of said fund shall be devoted Q the establishment and maintenance f public schools in said Territory
 en per centum of said fund, or so much thereof as may be necessary shall be expended for the relief of persons in Alaska who are indigent
 nd incapacitated through homage.
 Id age, sickness, or accident; and all the residue of said fund shall ae devoted to the construction and maintenance of wagon roads, bridges, md trails in said Territory; that the Territory of Alaska is hereby authorized to expend the said funds for the uses designated herein by general laws passed by the legisla- ture and the said Territory; that the Territory of Alaska is hereby authorized to expend the said funds
 CT the uses designated herein by general laws passed by the legis- lature, and the said Territory is authorized to exercise legislative control over the expenditure of all license funds collected both within and without incorporated towns in said Territory and in so far as