The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-06-16

AL the regular monthly meeting of the Tanana Valley Agricultural As
 sociation last night at the Armory
 H. H. Ross, representing the Divi-
 sional Road commission. appeared with telegrams addressed to Commis- sioner Sheldon outlining proposed changes in road construction work in this division. and explained to those | present that the changes were to be made under the new Alaska road act
 He read portions of the new law and showed just how cooperative work
 war arranged for between the divi- sional commissioners and the Alaska Road commission.
 According to the telegrams which
 were presented to the meeting last evening. the article recently appear | ing in The Citizen regarding future road work in the interior was sub | stantially correct and the statement
 made at that time that such work would be under the control of the
 federal commissioners is borne out
 in every respect.
 It is now certain that the Terri | toral Road Commission created by the last Legislature. consisting of the | governor. treasurer and surveyor | general. has agreed to combine at least part of the Fourth division road money with Alaska Road com. mission funds and place the combined l fund and the work it will cover un- der blanket control of the latter or ganiZatiOn In substantiation of this view Road Commissioner Sheldon yesterday received message from Surveyor General Davidson which | follows:
 Juneau, Alaska. June "A.
 R. F. Sheldon. Fairbanks.
 The territorial board of road con- missioners have this day entered in
 to cooperative agreements with the | Alaska Road commission to the eX. | tent of fifteen thousand dollars. GOV ering the following projects: Fair banks local system: Ruby Eagle. Cir
 cle, Hot Springs. Iditarod. Koyulluk. | Fairbanks-FOrt Gibbon. Rampant,
 Chatanika, Birch creek Fort Gibbon-
 Koyukuk, Kantishna, Fort Gibbon-
 Kaltag, and the Chandlar. but it does
 not consider that any amount of the
 money should be expended on the
 Log Jam road as tramway already serving purpose. According to terms
 of law please send in contemplated
 projects for approval If possible CO., operate to greatest extent with Alas
 ka Road commission. See Captain Zug regarding recommendations Alas ka Road commission If you have any | comments to make please do so by wire.
 (Signed) DAVIDSON. This message does not state how much of the Alaska Road commits sion's money was allotted to go along with the $15.0O0 of territorial money | thus assigned to the federal commis- sion, but MT. Ross stated at the meet
 ing that he understood from Capt. Zug that it only had s5O0O at this | Under the provisions of the new road law, as explained by MT. Ross, if the l agreements stick and no other pro- visions are made only the $15O00 mentioned and whatever money the
 Alaska Road commission allots can be expended on all the projects men
 toned. The exact amount of this sum cannot be stated, but it IS much less than had been provided for by Commissioner Sheldon during thc coming season.
 MT. Ross also read the reply sent by Mr. Sheldon to the Territorial board. It follows:
 Fairbanks. Alaska, June II.
 Davidson, Juneau.
 Work started and partially com pleted by the divisional board and following amounts authorized to be expended: Iditarod $3,OOO: Kuskok- vim, $4,OOO; Ruby $5,OOO; Tolovana $3.OOO; Kantishna s1,OOO; Fairbanks local. $15O0O; miscellaneous $1.000: salary and office expense will take balance after $15,OOO is deducted for Alaska Road commission. Part of work, especially Ruby and Tolovana, was very necessary to be done be-