Douglas Island news., 1920-07-16

"""N. """ NN." "" "N HN IT" "N." N'N out Of Alaska ond they are mol going back In any such numbers as they ought
 "Iyo been pounding ovay at Che problem Soon after | came hero ]
 appointed commission. with COG operation of Che Post OnIcc Depart
 mcnt thc Department of Agr.cul-
 mrc. and tho Shipping Board Go
 study conditions They've been out m Semitic. One thing I've suggested . la that lt may bo advisable to ostob- . .ush a direct limo Of steamers rune lining between Seattle and Seward, Alaska. The way ships now go. Che distance is 3.200 miles. but a straight Grip would be only 1.loo miles
 "Wc want to encourage people to ro to Alosku and to r,ay there lts a great country The railroad tho government Is building ought to do a lot Go open it mp and encourage settlement lt is already built and I'm operation for 25G miles running due north from Seward. Then there Is brcak. unfinished. for ninety miles, and following that a com- plctcd stretch Of about a hundred and Gfy mllcs to Fairbanka on Che Panama river which is tributary |of tbo Yukon
 "Thcrc ls supposed Go bo great .dal Of on In Alaska. but chat is not a matter of certainty as yct We ! do know hat Che territory has .m- mouse resources of coal and we are 'saruue to get it out The Mata- Iuuska Gclds In south-Central Alas |ka. offer forty-oIght square miles Of possible coaL bitumnous. but tho ! formation is Irregular tho beds coy- cred by gravel and exposed only on suoam-bauh. so chat mo cti.matc |cau be ycnturcd ot Che quantity Invaluable
 Mucb Che same description ap- |pHc Go tho Boring fields. near thc aoast and east or Che mouth Of Copper |rvcr They can ba reached by con- |suucuug a branch from the cxist- ! ne Copper River railroad. which was |buI, to develop very Important cop- per deposits near Che hoadwaters of | |hat stream.
 "Vc arc starting iu to develop tho Mauuuska fields for Che navy. Up ! To now thc coal needed for our war- ships ou Che Pacific coast has been carried across Che continent by rai. |but before long an adequate supply win be obtained from Alaska
 Speaking of ucl one of tho most Interesting Of new projects relating | to our national development is what ] |is called Che supcr-power plan ! which contomplatce thc combining of power plants at coal mines and on |rvcm into one grcat system for ocon- omy In power production on vastly
 augmented scale. Under tha plan The whole region from Portland Maine. to Washington. D. C.. win bc-
 como single electrical aroa.
 "Thc schomc ie to intorconncct tho electric power systems of this groal
 roriou and put them within reach 8f tho cheapest sources of etcom and wtor power; thIa Go Doc accompanied .by general olcctr.acation Of Ono railroads Existing power companies and mUroadr already electrified win
 form a nucleus for thc contemplated
 system CoaL for Che production of power. win be burned as near the .mno as possible. and water powers win be developed whenever this can bo donc to advantage
 "A fundamental object is to save
 coaI and Go relieve Che railroads of tho burden Of hauling coal for their own uec and for power purposes .hIs hamaec being over onc-thIrd of their total ra0.c.
 "It Is suggested that thcro shall .bo a main 250.000-yolt limo extend ling au Che way from Washington Co
 Boston. fcd by tap lines from a
 group Of large power stations at thC nearest soft cool fields and from an. othor group at Che hard coal Acids supplemented by auxiliary water
 powers developed on tho Delaware and susouohanna rivers Tho tar lime from Che roft coal fields to thC .mam line at Philadelphia win bD |I5O miles Iong and a second tap lno win connect New York with tht .hard coal fields Possibly a thIrd !. tap Iuo might bring electricity 200 .muc from Cedar Rapids. on Che st Lawrence River Go hc point where .tho men line crosses thc Hudson
 "Tho great base load of Che super. power system win be carried by larg. steam and hydro-oloctric plants Groups of small steam powers. or watcr powers. win bc connected with .ho nearest distributing systems and