The Cordova daily times., 1921-07-15

Following the signing of the army appropriation bill by Presidant Hard ing, Colonel James G. Steese. presi. dent of the Alaska Road Commis. sion issued a statement giving a com plete resume of the road constcuc. planned by the commission during tion and other operations program the present season. These involve the expenditure of approximately s6OO.OOO.
 The statement issued by Colonel Steese follows:
 The final agreement in congress and the signing by the president yes terday H the appropriation bill for the support of the army for the ifs. cal year endinng June 30, 1922, has released S450,00O of federal funds for the maintenance and construction of military and post roads, bridges and trails. Alaska, to be expended under the direction of the Alaska Road Com mission. This gives the Alaska Road Commission total resources for the present season of s600,000, includ- ing, in addition to the above war de. partment appropriation, S10O,000 of the Alaska fund and about $5O,00O ap- propriated by the last territorial leg islature
 There will later be available the two special appropriations made by the last territorial legislature. first $25,O00 for the construction of the Nizina River bridge and second, $3O.- GOO for the purchase of the Seward Peninsula Railroad. but these two items will probably not be expended until after the close of the present working season.
 s65O,oOO SPENT IN 1920
 During the rical year just closing, the Alaska Road commission has ex- pended a total of about $G5O. .ooo from the including 2&5O,O00 from the war department appropriation of June !. '192o; $2oo,OOo from the Alaska fund, land &loo,ooo from tho territory Of the $60OO00 available for the current season, il will he necessary to re. chase and freiEhtin"taOinctaoi .snryc about $l00.000 for the purchase land froightinE in of supplies this winter and for the initiation of active field operations as soon as weather permits in the spring and before the Appropriations for 1923 will become available
 fore, has now been allotted for this reasons operations, making total
 About $5OOO0o additional there, of about S35.oO for southeastern Al. acka, $75,0OO for the Seward Penin. sula. S17O.OOO for the Valdez district, $9O.000 for the Seward district. $l35,. 900, for the Yukon district, $4O,OOO for the Kuskokwim district and about .$2O,O00 in miscellaneous small amounts. These allotments are sub iect to redistribution and adjust. ment. depending upon developments and emergency conditions to be met with during the season.
 IN SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA
 Tn southeastern Alaska work is in progress on the Haines Pleasant Camp project. on the Sitka Sawmill Bay pro- ject. on the Juneau-Thane, Juneau Perseverance and Juneau Eagle Riv- CT projects. Negotiations are in pro- gress upon several smaller projects upon cooperative basis. Most of the former projects of the Alaska Road Commission in southeastern Alaska have been turned over to the forest service for construction and maintenance in cooperation with the territory of Alaska, thereby releasing Alaska Road Commission funds for expenditure to the westward. The general program of road and trail work for the entire territory has been worked out by the Alaska Road Com mission. the forest service and the territorial board in conference so as to distribute the total funds from all sources to the best advantage of the territory as a whole.
 NOME WORK STARTED
 "On Seward Peninsula work Is now in progress on the Nome local roads, on the Nome Council through route. at Dime Creek, upon tha Dav- idsons Landing Kougarok project.