The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-16

in the early days of the roads con s struction, but 1 am sure that the work is being efficiently done now , and is being pushed forward under great handicaps. 1 saw powerful tractors pushing enormous loads of supplies and materials, four and six horse teams likewise loaded, all dragging their loads through muck and mire while the engineers are rushing things as if they were en gagged in building road on which the successful completion of some important military operation depend ed on their efforts. By this time the erection of the bridge across Hurricane Gulch should be about
 completed and as soon as this is done the end of steel will be showed northward for some seven miles Contractors are everywhere on the gap between the north and south di- visions and the engineers are seeing that they do not slack. In fact where a contractor does not make a sufti aient showing the commission re serves the right to cut off a portion of his job and throw another con tractor into the gap to carry it for ward The railway builders are do ing a real job,' he declared.
 Anchorage Supply Center
 q met people who could see no future for Anchorage after the con struction of the railroad is complet ed, but I believe that it will become the wholesale supply center for the Interior districts in the progress of their development" said MT. Tripp It is located logically for such a cen ter and has an assured future. IL is also the gateway for the Mata nuska farming district and the coa. mines of that section, he said. MT Tripp heard considerable talk of the Girdwood mining district on Turn again Arm, but was unable to visit that section.
 kennecott a Great Mine
 Among the outstanding features of his visit to the Prince William Sound country was a visit to the Kennecott copper mines. His admiration for the big Guggenheim copper holdings there was unbounded. Eastern in terests, formerly unable to see any thing in copper outside of Michigan are more and more interested in the Guggenheim's Alaska interests and the permanency of the kennecott mine, the richness of it's ore, is do inc n at f Territory as almost any other single thing, he said The status of the Kennecott mine, he said, is reflect ed in the improvements being made by the Guggenheims in the Copper River & Northwestern Railroad Trestles are being eliminated and the roadbed is being ballasted, every thing being done with an idea of per manency.
 A. R. c. Makes Coco
 Comment was made by MT. Tripp on the manner in which the Alaska Road Commission is making good : with the people of the districts where their activity is greatest. At Eagle, he saw Colonel J. c. Gotwals as he was about to start across from Eagle to Gulkana. Old-timers there were confident that his trip would result in the location of proper trails and their construction. At Fairbanks, where the Alaska Road Commission was assembling much road building machinery and equipment, for use not only on its own projects, but also for Territor ial projects, there was a general feeling, he said, that road construc No Discouragement Seen "In all my stops I saw no one who !. was not eating regularly" said MT . Tripp. "I saw no one who was : yearning to make cleanup so he . could leave Alaska and make his : home outside. I believe those who : are in the country now are all per manent residents of the country. Al : of them are anxious for conditions tC improve, but there is no signs of dis : couragement and everyone is work ing to bring back better times rather than sitting down and waiting fo them to come"
 Only One Drawback
 Except for a single drawback, thu 5 Interior country. he said, would b. : the finest in the world. The excep tion, he said, is the swarms of mos . quitos to be encountered everywhere "The climate is the finest in tn . world. I never saw one weakly, frai = looking woman. The children ar, . the huskiest I ever saw. Clear S sunny days and crisp balmy ai : makes it a desirable place to live
 but for those pests-the mosquitoes. Fine Farms Seen
 The result of the weather. con
 bined with productive soil, he sait
 was reflected in the wonderful crop
 he saw in the Panama Valley. Cl
 cumbers surpassing anything he ha
 ever seen, tomatoes, and other proc
 uce were had in abundance. On
 standing on a hill commanding
 view of the valley around Fairbanks lN ba eaid wnuld in, pipa ha was lOOI