The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-08-02
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE STARTS TO ALASKA TONIGHT.

| SEATTLE Aug. l.-lP)-A special despatch to the Seattle Times that i'll all probability Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane will be member o the party of congressman who going Alaska to make d trip o inspection the route o the Alaska ralIroad Ii that pending be ad usted so that he can get away. He planning get away from Washington night i'll order that he may be here III
 leave for Alaska with the party ot congressman next Thursday It is altogether certain that he can make the
 "trip but the despach says that he Is making every possible effort get away chiefly for the reason that he has received wires from practically every commercial organization and numerous prominent personages in Alaska, asking that he Inspect railroad conditions in the territory first hand ACCOMMODATIONS FOR 2+ WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-(P)-Major Dole agent the Alaskan Engineering commssion has been instructed accommodations for 24 persons for the trip o the siona inspection committee Alaska. according Announcement made from commission headquarters here The party plans to get away from Washington tomorrow might and reach Seattle i'll time leave the steamship Alaska for Seward and Anchorage Thursday The atoral delegation will be headed by Senator New o Indiana
 while number of other yet named will make iup its personnel
 CURRY BOOSTING BILL WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-(HJ Representative Curry, chairman of the house committee territories today spoke before the committee with regard to its consideration o the bill for the appropriation of SOOOOOO for finishing con- srucon work on the Alaskan railroad He urged that the conmee report unanimously in favor of the bill when the result of it's deliberations placed before the house. chiefly for the moral effect that will have Aaskans general land those who connected with railroad interests ill ticuIar He also further pointed out that if work was op ped the railroad many aborers would leave Alaska there by causing shortage of labor in all enterprises in the Irtory
 INVESTIGATION ON WASHINGTON, Aug 1.-(A)-The investigation of the Alaskan Engineering commission which has been deter mined upon by the house committee territories before makes it's final report the bill proving for the appropria / Alaskan railroad, is Numerous witnesses are being examined and questions relative to actual construction be- ing put them. The testimony taken however, is sere very uncertain che with regard to money construction work and lowered forces of aborer and it lis therefore thot probable that the committee will delay its
 final report until the of the congressional inspection |co1nmttee from Alaska
 EDES UNDER FIRE WASHINGTON Aug. l.-(4o- Chairman W. C. Edes Iot the Alaskan Engineering commission of those the stand today the of the investigation of the Ime, Questions of all kinds put to him by the bers of the Investigating committee, Representative DoWel asking him if he believed that the failure to two more had hndered construction work the Alaska railroad The question ordered struck by Chairman Curry on the ground that Mr. Edes expressed reluctance for the that his reply might be construed to mean that he critcisng apponve powers. In this Assistant Secretary of the Interior HaOWe pointed that there had been slowing up of the work the Alaska railroad until Mr. Edes suffered physical break IdOWn.
 TELLS ALASKAN SIDE That the slowing up of work the Alaskan railroad due in great part the failure of the appropriang CTS to understand conditions in Alaska the testimony offered today before the congressional Investigating commit tee by Col Frederick Mears formerly member of the AL askan Engineering commission but commanding reg ment of U S. engineers. He said that while he Der of the commssion that organization greatly hand capped going ahead with its work by the uncertainty of Appropriations It would help greatly, he said if the appro praons for railroad work could be made available Jan uary instead of July pointing that those at the head the great work would then know how much money could be expended during the months when practically all work of such a nature is done in Alaska ;. CONGRESSMAN PANS" EDES