The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-12-06

a minimum production of 15O,OOO tons a year should not exceed S5.5O ton at the mine
 In the matter Of a site for a coal ing station. the commission states that it made careful examinations of both the harbors of Knik arm. at Anchorage. and of Resurrection bay at Seward It eliminates Knik arm, oe- cause of ice jams in the months from October 10 April saying:
 Block ice shifts back and forth with the tidal currents and becomes thicker and thicker as winter ad vances. This floating ice Is caught in a jam at the Forelands, Cook in let, both at ebb and flood, and piles up there in way to make the passage Of vessels very difficult This. coupled with winter gales, fog, and what is worse than fog in Cook inlet--snOw- and the swift currents maNes the pilotage of Cook i1let in winter very distatestful to the most experienced and hardy nayigators. One dlaSOae,t to these waters from the sta0dp0.nr of Cook inlet, md especially of Knik arm, are heavily charged with glaCial silt, held In suspension, and the water is thus made much thicker than the Mississippi river water at its mud diest in freshet timC Consultation with several officers of steamers ply ing in Alaskan waters brot to light the fact that this circulation water had q tendency to choke cOndensers and would actually choke small-guage piping at turns If allowed to stand. The deposit of this silt is said to be cement-like in character"
 AT RAIL TERMINUS.
 In it's comments of Resurrection bay the ocean terminus Of the governent railroad the commission says;
 The commission made reconnais- on the western side of Resurrection bay, two miles south of Seward. The extension of the railroad from Seward to the naval reservation would be an easy problem in railroad construction The sOundings off the reservation are such as to lend facility to the construction of a pier on the north and south line, and the fiat land on the reservation is ample for all naval purposes %'' Tonsina creek, which bounds the naval reservation on the south. Is considered fully capable of furnishing water to the reservation, and 1t may be capable of furnishing some power. The water has been an alyzed, and is good for boiler use.
 The present facilities at Seward '"ill be sufficient for the coal traffic built around the shore of the naval reservation on Lowell point, where a pier should be constructed in a northeTly and southerly direction and fitted with 8 suitable coal-handling plant.
 AMPLE DOCK ROOM.
 Along the eastern shore of the town of Seward, the shore line tends north and south, and between the eastern end of the present commercial wharf and the wharf of the San Jaun cannery there Is over 1000 feet Of space available forthe COnstruction.of a suitable dock and coal handling plant with deep water front and ample maneuvering space for vessels ap preaching and leaving the dock.
 "+ The water front is now the property Of the United States and should a wharf be constructed at this point, the extension of the railroad to the site of the naval reservation would be unnecessary"
 Secretary Daniels has announced that he will promptly begin organiz- ing a party of naval coal operators and experts, who will go to the Mata- nuska district in the spring and begin operations.
 The naval commission submits a blueprint of coal bunkers and equip ment for the Resurrection bay site at cost Of s450,0O0 There is $1,O0O,- 900 available under the new naval appropriation bill for the building of the coal dock and the operations In the coal fields.