The Alaska daily empire., 1920-05-14
BOARD ALL0TS
FUNDS TO PUSH
ROAD BUILDING
Juneau-Eagle River Road
Gets Substantial Sum; Ex-
tension Work This Year
FEDERAL AID SECURED
First and Third Divisions Get
Material Funds From De-
partment of Agriculture

Estimates of expenditures to be
made on projects recommended by
Divisional Road Commissioners of
the four judicial divisions of Alaska
and approved by the Territorial Road
Bureau show that approximately
100000 will be used during the
present season for the building of
roads in Alaska exclusive OF the
money which will be expended by
the Alaska Road Commission on
purely Federal projects, with which
the Territorial Road Bureau and Dl-
visional commissioners are not in
any way connected. Notification
of the allotments on the several pro-
jects has already been made to the
commissioners of the four districts
by r. j Sommers, Secretary of the
Territorial Bureau and where early
operations are possible work is al
ready being launched
First Division
All of the work scheduled for this
division during the present season
will for the greater part be carried
out under Federal supervision under
cooperative agreements and with
combined Federal and Territorial
funds. Approximately $135, 900 are
available out of which $127,5 500
has been allotted on approved pro-
jects, leaving a small balance sub
ject to disbursement by Divisional
{ Commissioner Perry J. Wiley.
Work on the Juneau-Eagle River
road will be resumed. For this pur-
pose a total of 100000 has been
allotted of which amount S22,500
is for extension of the road from
the vicinity of AUX Bay toward
Amalga on Eagle River. The Hyder
district has been allotted a total of
$4,000 for work on the Salmon
River road Thirty-two thousand
dollars has been allotted for the Ket-
chikan-Ward Cove district. Most
of the funds to be expended have
been made available under cooper
ative agreements made possible by
the new Alaska road law.
Second Division
All of the work in the Second
Division will be carried out under
the terms of the Alaska Cooperative
Road Act that was passed by the
last Territorial Legislature under
agreement with and in charge of the
Alaska Road Commission officials in
that district. They will be respon-
sible for the work and select the
will be made.
Third Division
In the Third Division total OF
$157.977 will be expended. OF this
amount Territorial funds to the ex-
tent of $49,977.50 will be used,
the balance of the money being pro-
yided by the Department of Agri-
culture and the Alaska Road Com
mission. The largest undertaking
attempted wilf be the Quartz Creek
Russian River Road for which $780,
600 has been allotted. On the Cache
Creek route, extending from Tai
keetna on the government railroad
into the Cache Creek district an al
lotment of $4,000 has been made
of which the Territorial Bureau has
provided $4,000 and the Alaska
Road Commission $4,000 with the
Z agreement that an additional pro-
vision will be made by the Federal
Commission when the funds shall be-
come available. In the Third Dl-
vision alfotments have been made
for work by the Divisional Road
Commission in the sum OF Sl9,-
377.50.
Fourth Division
In the Fourth Division as in the
others, the recommendations of the
Divisional Road Commissioner have
been closely followed. With the ex-
ception of possibly one project. all
the work there will be carried out
by r. E. Sheldon. Divisional Com
missioner who has been allotted $780,
600 for maintenance and new con
struction.
Recognizing the increasing i'm
pcrtance of the agricultural indus