The Alaska daily empire., 1917-05-16

pany, operating at Port Walter, was present and stated that his com pany is making a business of catch ing and impending herring which are supplied to the halibut boats for bait alive. He also informed the meeting that the city of Juneau could secure bait there at all times nec- essary. although a good bait supply could also be secured from Seymour Canal and other nearby points if de- sired In part he said:
 Boats engaged in the halibut business require six barrels of bait" he said. for the bory boats, and from that up to 225 to 75O barrels and San Juan.
 "The halibut business is constant ly moving westward and now the most of it is caught outside Cape Spencer and some as far off as Ko- diak Island. Juneau is closer to the banks than any other city, and if proper facilities are provided for the handling of the business there is no reason why the business should not come here.
 Favor Dredging the Bar
 E. P. Pond, chairman of the bar dredging committed, stated that the matter had been taken up with Gov. J. F. A. Strong and Secretary c. F. Davidson. and that surveys of the bar had already been made.
 MT. Davidson then stated that a preliminary survey had been made and that a cut of ten feet at the top. approximately S,400 feet in length and by the removal of approximate ly 100000 cubic feet of dirt could be made for about $20,000. He stated that his figures had not been check ed up as yet but that a report would be made out and handed to the con- mittee at a later date. He also stated that the money could be used by the road commissioners for the First Division if they saw fit and that action should be taken by the organization to get them to do so.
 Foremr Senator H. T. Tripp out lined the good the cut in the bar would do and told of the immense amount of traffic which passes over the bar at every high tide and the immense saving it would make for the fishing and cannery boats of this section. The committee was instruc- ed to continue their work on the bar derdging.
 Mir Trpp called the attention of those present to the need of rip raping the cut after dredging which willadd to the cost of the project.
 George F. Forrest then brought up the question of a suitable boat to carry the mail from Juneau to out lying districts and provide ample fa- cilities for handling tho passenger and freight business.
 Need Passenger and Freight Boat
 Capt Thomas was again called up on and stated that his company was paying $30 a month to small gas boat to run to their place from Pet ersburg and that nearly a dozen small camps in the southern Chath, am Straits section were doing the same If you can form company here, get decent boat on the run, my company will take stock in the company, pay $60 a month the year around, and also pay for all freight and passenger business done for us" he said.
 "This proposition is entirely sell fish on my part" he continued. Il can get anything I want in Juneau and that is not true of Petersburg. have made three trips in here with my boat at a cost of $60 per day to me, besides the loss of time this spring and will be forced to make several more.
 Praises Juneau Merchants
 'If boat which could handle the traffic were on the run l would be saved this expense. You fellows here can supply me. I haven't found anything yet that I wanted that did not get in Juneau, with the ex- ception of one piece of machinery and that was got through the Cas- tineau Company at Thane, local mer- chants handling the transaction. Put your boat on and it will not only be a money-maker, but will bring a surprising amount of business to Ju- neau," he concluded.
 ) A committee consisting of Allen Shattuck. Arthur J. Ficken and Elm met J. McKanna was appointed to investigate the possibilities of the boat business and the possibilities of securing a mail contract if suit able boat is found for the run. The meeting was presided over by l President Charles Goldstein, and in 7 addition to the speakers mentioned, Emmet J. McKanna, E. P. Pond, George F. Forrest, w. A. Paine, and John B. Marshall spoke in favor of getting a boat to run between Jul neau and other points in Southeast ern Alaska. and other phases of the l matters discussed.
 Seventy-Five Foot Channel Charles E. Davidson stated this 7 afternoon that figures compiled from the preliminary survey indicate that the amount of dirt to be moved will approximate 150.000 cubic yards. This will allow for channel 75 feet in