The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-18
EXHAUSTIVE REPORT MADE BY ROAD COMMISSIONER; LARGE
 EXPENDITURES THIS DIVISION

 built at cost of $500 each. Parts of this road had several hundreds cords of wood hauled over 1t and freight to supply the miners. The average cost for graveling. grading and ditching was $194.46 per mile. Route No. 5.-Gilmore Creek Road tc
 Head of Creek, 6Ls Miles.
 The road up the creek was little more than a trail until 1915 when the Territory graded 21a miles. This year the road was widened and raised over the part that had been graded and side hill grade made to the head of the creek. The cost of re grading and ditching averag ed $118.00 per mile.
 Route No. 6.-Fox-oines Road, 1o
 Miles.
 The work on this road consisted in repairing washouts, repairing old pole bridges. ditching and hauling gravel on some of the worst places The average cost of the repairs was $33.27 per mile.
 Route. No. 7.-vauit Creek Road, 3Ia
 Miles.
 The most of the work on this road was on the first mile from the sum. init. About 200 feet of corduroy was laid at cost of 75 cents per linear foot. Some ditching and scraping was done on other parts of the road. The average cost per mile for the re- pairs, including the corduroy, being s61.71 per mile. A total of s216.OO was expended upon this road. Route No. s.-Ester Road 11H Miles. This road is from the town of Fair banks to Ester creek and leads past the Government Farm and site of the Agricultural College. The Alaska Road Commission had an appropria. ton of $1O,O00 for the road from Fairbanks to the Government Farm, and the Territory repaired the road from that place to Ester distance of 5k miles. The road was graded from the Government Farm to Ester Siding, distance of about 5000 feet, and the road regarded lightly be- tween miles and 10, also some ditch Ing and general repairs. Seven box were put in at an average cost of $500 each. and one 2O-foot bridge was re.decked with 3-inch plank at a cost of $2O0 per linear 'oot. The total amount expended on his route was $839.35. The average expenditure on the 5k miles repair ,d by the Territory being $152.61 per nile.
 Route No. e.-Ester Road, 3 Mile
 Post to Birch Hill, 3 Miles.
 There was nothing done on this inc this year other than some re. as to the best place build the road. This road should be built next year, as it is needed by the farmers all along the side of Birch Hill for several miles. Owing to the ow character of the ground the cost will be relatively high-about $3,000 per mile.
 Route No. 1o-Fox Road to Meridian
 Hill, 2 Miles.
 A road grading machine was used on this road and a new road was made for the first mile along the loot of the hill and ditching, clearing md repairing on the rest of the road. This road is of benefit to several farmers and is used in hauling their crops to market. There is probably m average of two vehicles a day over this road, with about 75 tons per year of freight. The total amount expended on the road was $41000, an average of $205.00 per mile. Route No. 11.-Fox Road to Steel
 Creek, '16 Miles
 This road leads to the tungsten mines at the head of Steel creek Some labor was contributed by the mine owners and the Territory took charge of the work and expended b95.00 in addition to the contributed labor. The work consisted in repair Ing an old road and removing stumps and filling washouts. The road was made into a passable condition for About 150 tons of freight was hauled over the road this year.
 UPPER PANAMA DISTRICT.