The Ketchikan miner., 1915-04-15
FROM MONDAYS DAILY LOOKS BAD FOR OUR ROAD

Jnneau combined vote of the Second Third and Fourth divisions in the Senate last Thursday took from the First and Third judicial divisions s6O,0O0 in forestry reserve funds and rut it into four parts, each judicial division getting one.four,h.
 Senator SulN. fought three solid hours against this action. He main sained under the organic act Alaska has four counties each judicial div ision being county, The law giv- | ing the forestry reserve fund tothe territory says it must be spent for schools. roads asd highways within the county f~em which it is collected, There Is S5i OOa collected from the Firs, and s6,0O0 collected from the Third judicial divisions.
 Senator Hubbard argued that the money was the property cf the en. tire territory,
 Previous to the passage of the Mill ard hill placing g per cent of the total fund into the territorial school fund and dividing the remaining 75 ner cent. between the four judicial ! divisions for road work. the bill of Senator Sulrer appropriating funds [ for the construction of roads at Ket- ehikan. Prince ot Wales island. Wrang- gell. and Sitka. and the Mendenhall bridge. was defeated by combined vote of the judicial divisions other ! than the First
 In the house similar battle waged i against the First division claim to the money collected in the First div. ision. but tke final action was de, iayed
 ! The threat was made in the Sen ate that the First division would ap- peal 10 the courts to keep the other
 divisions from unlawlv taking the money from where it rightfully be- longed.
 This is had news for Ketehikan. as the probabilities are it will prevent any work on the Charcoal Point and Portage roads at least for time. l Speaking of the matter Represen- tative Hickman in letter to the ] Miner says he is trying to bring the ! matter back to life. as seen in the following extract from his letter.
 Enclosed you will find a new bill introduced by me asking for an ap- ] propriation of s16000 for the Charcoal road. This matter is in such a shape now that it looks very much as though the money would all stay in the Treasury until such time as the l Court will decide who it belongs to. I was willing to make any kind of a sacrifice 50 long as could get money enough 10 complete the Charcoal road. am certainly very much disappoint- ei over the present outlook of things at this time"
 1 Mfr Heckman's Bill 1 In the House of Representatives by Mir Hickman; Territory of Alaska, Second Session.
 A bill:-For an act to provide for the construction of a wagon road from the town of Ketchikan to Char coal Point in the First Division of the Territory of Alaska. from monies derived from the sale of timber in the Tongass National Forest and making appropriation therefore,
 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Alaska: Section l. That there be and here by is appropriated from the Treas urv of the Territory of Alaska to be paid ont of the monies of the For est Reserve fund, derived from the sale of timber in the Tongass National Forest the sum of s16,00000, to be expended for the construction of a road from the city limits of the in- c9rpoFated town of Ketchikan to a point known and described as Char coal Point in the precinct of Char e5al Point.
 Section ? The said sum Of money shall not be expended nuder this act until 8 suitable and proper rights-of-
 way be granted by property owners free Of all charges to the territory of Alaska.
 :! Section 3. The construction of said road shall be performed under the dir. ection of the Governor of Alaska. and no monies shall be paid out under this let except upon the signed order of the Governor and countersigned by the Secretary of Alaska.
 Thus it will be seen that our Rep -esentatiye is making the best attempt possible to lut our road through, but 1t looks as though the probabilities are his efforts will be vain as far aa this year is concerned.