The Alaska daily empire., 1920-07-03
FARFLuNC NETWORK OF TRAILS
 AND ROADS PLANNED FOR NORTH
 BY COMMITTEE IN FULL REPORT

Ia branch connecting with the Fort, Mile road at the Panama River. The location of the first portion O such a route will be made this sea son and it is probable that con struction will also be started, ac cording to Col Gotwals This vii cover from either Paxson or Meters Roadhouse, on the Richardson High way, into the Slate Creek country for the purpose of opening up fol development placer ground of knowr value upon which considerable ex ploration and development work has already been carried out. This stretch of the road will be about 3C miles long From there, through the Chisana district, going across the Forty Mile-Tanana road, to the White River is approximately 18( miles, making the total length of trail approximately 210 miles.
 Eventually forming a branch of this road is another project of the Committee, "The extension of the ] Eagle-O Brien Creek road into the l Forty Mile district, later to be built through to the Panama River | The route proposed would be about the same as the old Eagle Ketchum. stock-Gulkana trail, but instead of continuing on to the Richardson Highway at Gulkana. would tap the Slate Creek project and would con meet up with the Valdez trail through that route. This route would be approximately 200 miles long and open up a large section of practically virgin ground for development and give the Forty Mile people an al, American route for the shipment of supplies through American territor and ports.
 Three Fairbanks Projects \ | Three projects proposed by the Committee have a common center at Fairbanks. One of these, "A wagon road from Fairbanks into the Tolo. vana Livingood) district, to be ex. tended to the Yukon and connecting i with the Koyukuk road" There wae constructed during the past winter winter road connecting Fairbanks and Dunbars' Station on the Alaska Railroad to the Tolovana country l It is proposed to make this an all year route, thus effecting lowering of transportation costs to the miners already operating there and who are | greatly handicapped by present rates l ion, af tlo ,e 55 miles long. The proposed ex | tension approximately 40 miles north and a little west, would connect il with the Yukon River near or al | Beaver On the north side of the | Yukon, opposite this route, the Com. mittee proposed "A wagon road from the Yukon River into the Roy ulluk and Chandelar districts, one branch going almost north crossing | Dall River. the headwaters of the | Hodzana River and between the middle and west forks of the Chan delar River The other branching off to the northwest near the DaT River would cross the south fork and, striking the middle fork of the Koyukuk River northeast of Bettles, follow it north beyond Coldfoot and into the headwaters This route would be about 130 miles long.
 The second of the routes our of Fairbanks as proposed is "A wagon road from Fairbanks or Livingood to the mouth of the Panama River, to be extended along the north side of the Yukon to Ruby" This would transform the present winter trail between Fairbanks and Panama to a year-round road and affect the present Tanana-Ruby trail in a like manner. The total length of such a road from Fairbanks to Ruby would be 220 miles.
 The third Fairbanks project is, "A wagon road from Fairbanks to the Circle district. This would be about 70 miles long and would con. meet Fairbanks with the country be. yOnd the Chatanika River and over the Eagle Summit through to Eagle Creek at which point road has already been constructed from Cir. cle by the Alaska Road Commission
 Other Lower River Work
 The extension of the Hot Springs road to Rampant is also proposed by the Committee. making it a feed CT to the Fairbanks-Tanana route and being about 8 miles long.
 The extension of the Ruby-Lone Creek Road to McGrath is also rec commended as a specific undertaking T From the present end of that road te Ophir, on the OphirTacotna road is about 40 miles, and to McGratl : is approximately 30 miles.
 !: One of the boldest projects named in the recommendation is "A wagol road from the north bank of tn, Yukon River to Nome" The rout, proposed almost parallels the rive as far down as the Koyukuk Rive
 which it crosses, continues acros
 the Olsasa River. to and across tn, | Gnghak River east of Norton Pay