The Alaska daily empire., 1921-12-15
IMPROVEMENT ON TRIANGLE ROUTE
 IS NOW ASSURED
Elwell Says Gov. Bone Should Have Announcement to
 Make Tn Short Time.

The matter of improvement of the triangle. Juneau-Sitka-Skagw mai service is regarded as Governor Bones baby" and the Governor vii probably have an announcement tC make in this regard, said Homer A Elwell, representative of the U. S. Railway Mail Service, at the noon luncheon meeting of the Juneau Com mercial Association today. The pres ent administration has indicated that 1t is concerned with more than mere ly the carrying of mails and desires to arrange for such mail service so that contractors may give other ia cilities desired, declared MT Elwell.
 Big Single Industry
 MT Elwell commented briefly on the postal department as a business. It is the biggest industry in the whole world, he said, and one that employs 360000 persons in it's serv- ice He mentioned the restoration of the mail contract system to Alaska and described it's operations. He also expressed the desire of the de- partment to cooperate with other departments and commissions in the development of the Territory and between it and the Alaska Road Com mission in opening new mail routes in the Interior.
 Data Is Gathered
 MT Elwell said that data had been gathered on the Sitka route and that Governor Bone He asked that all available information on the i'm provements desired be furnished him in order that it might be submitted to the department with his report.
 MT Elwell and the executive com mittee of the association and V. A. Paine met in the office of MT Paine after today's meeting had adjourned and went over charts of the triangle route and also the Cape Fanshaw route. MT. Paine had urged that the Fanshaw route be extended as far as Cape Ommaney and Cape Alexander, which was also taken up by the as- sociation some time ago.
 Captain James Davis, of the Este beth offered the association alf data gathered on the triangle service dur ing the past two years and said that he would like to be given an oppor- tunity to furnish bids to the depart ment on the basis of using a larger ship than the Estebeth if such a ship was considered desirable
 Fish Tariff Discussed
 Some discussion of the petition to Congress for a tariff on fresh and frozen fish arriving in the United States from or through foreign ports was had. The petition was read and referred to the legislative committee and it's report made a special order of business for the next regular meeting. Charles Goldstein brought the matter up and stated that he un- derstood that local fishermen were opposed to the proposition, believing that it would deprive them of a com petitive market. MT. Goldstein said that he was convinced that such fears were groundless and the i'm position of the duty proposed would result in Canadian buyers being forced to establish themselves in Alaska to secure their supplies.
 Closer Cooperation
 It is the desire of the Ketchikan Commercial Club, as expressed by it's president, c. J Barber, to become more closely associated with the To- cal association and affiliate with it said George F. Forrest. chairman Of the special committee on cooperation appointed several weeks ago by Pres ident Shattuck. MT. Forrest said that at a meeting of the Ketchikar