The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-08-04
CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT TEE STARTS TO ALASKA TONIGHT

SEATTLE Aug 1.-QP)-A special despatch to the Seattle Times announces that in all probability Secretary of the Interior Franklin K Lane will be member of the party of congressman who going Alaska to make "trip of inspection the route of the Alaska raroad certain matters that pending be adjusted that he get away He is planning to get away from Washington night in order that he may be here in time to leave for Alaska with the party of congressman next Thursday It altogether certain that he make the trip but the despach says that he is making every possible efor get away chiefly for the that he has received wires from practically every commercial organization and prominent personages in Alaska asking that he inspect railroad conditions in the territory at first hand ACCOMMODATIONS FOR "A
 WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-QP) Major Dole, agent of the Alaskan Engineering comsso has been instructed accommodations for "A persons for the trip of the congressional inspection committee Alaska according announcement made from commission headquarters here The party plans to get away from Washington tomorrow night and to reach Seattle in time leave the steamship Alaska for Seward and Anchorage Thursday The aoria delegation will be headed by Senator New of Indiana while number of other senators yet named will make |up its personnel
 CURRY BOOSTING BILL WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-(P)-Representative Curry chairman of the house committee territories, today spoke before the committee with regard to its consideration of the bill for the appropriation of $17OOOOO0 for finishing stucon work the Alaskan railroad He urged that the committee report unanimously in favor of the bill when the result of its deliberations placed before the house, chiefly for the moral effect that will have Alaskans in general and those who are connected with railroad interests par cuar He also further pointed that if work stop ped the railroad many aborers would leave Alaska there by causing shortage of labor in all enterprises in the lritory
 INVESTIGATION ON WASHINGTON, Aug 1.-(P)-The investigation of the Alaskan Engineering commission which has been deter mined upon by the house committee territories before it makes its final report the bill proving for the appropra
 on of $7 100000 for finishing construction work the Alaskan railroad, is Numerous witnesses being examined and questions relative actual construction be- ing put them. The testimony taken however, is sdered very uncertain chiefly with regard money construction work and lowered forces of aborer and lis therefore thOt probable that the committee will delay its
 final report until the of the congressional inspection committee from Alaska
 EDES UNDER FIRE WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-H9-C Chairman w. C. Edes of the Alaskan Engineering commission of those
 the stand today the of the investigation of the me, Questions of all kinds put to him by the bers of the Investigating committee Representative Dowel asking him if he believed that the failure two had hndered construction work the Alaska railroad The question ordered struck out by Chairman Curry the ground that Mr. Edes expressed reluctance for the that his reply might be construed mean that he crtcsng appointve powers In this necon 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 down.
 | TELLS ALASKAN SIDE
 That the slowing up of work the Alaskan railroad due in great part to the failure of the approprang pow understand conditions Alaska, the testimony offered today before the congressional Investigating commit ee by Col Frederick Mears formerly member of the AL askan Engineering commssion but commanding reg ment of U S. engineers He said that while he