The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1921-08-20

Che HIr N.IfU. MNI.t IINNNNNn N' hc Panama r.ycr a m.enincnt pane ouma of Che snow aapncd mmm.t' of Che Aasu Range is obtained. Then Che route c,orls Che Panama
 by crp1 ab0yo thc month of Che Bir Dcm and continues mp Che right OF cast bank Of chat stream in a .ou.hcrly direction to Che summit Of ho Alaska Range through Isabella paa at am elevation of over 5000 loet
 Donnelly Cu-OG
 F.fy-nIuo miles from Fairbanks. n winter cutoG leaves Che summer routc and. crossing ho Tanaua at Wshbun moulb ol Che Little uol- al runs in a aoutbeas.orly direction arroa a low swamp, country im- practicable for traffic except whom irolcu. Go a point ou Che Bis peIu about 85 mile. from Ita mouth where It crosses and roIoIus thc main mm- mcr route The saving m distance by u.s cutol for Ono winter mail .s about l3 miles. lta principal ad- auarc are due io its lcgol char ac,er and to thc fact that it pasa through a section protected from thc winter storms It hee beau Che ci- tor. of tbo Commission to have Che winter and summer routes coincide as far as possible
 Copper River Valley
 Continuing from Isabella Pass tac route do.ouds to Ono holdwator O. be Gulmun ryor and runs along tho valley and IJc hI'a to tho cast- wrd of chat stream and along a .w.c. Of beautiful n.os iu % gone .uI sou,h0Iy direction Go thc cone Iuonoo of the GulIaua and Copper rtcr Along ha section ou a ..oar day. one may see oI to Che eastward long line oI 1ow-eapnoi mountains including Che moNur como Of Nt Wraueel nm active voi- oauo.
 Crossing Che OuI.aua near it uouth Che route follows Che right or west bank Of h. Copper Hycr
 gradually dvare.ne rom It and crossing Che Tarma Kuun and Imam uvcu At Willow Creek the route divide. tha shorter branch going down Che Copper River vaiiW o chuua The longer branch cone uma into Che valley af Che To.khoL turns westerly hrourl a broken and ueeoI country and gradually .- .ud. thc THNeu nI Ta.ua r.For eoreo to tae summit Of Che Chuearh or Coast Range. at Thompson pa at am elevation of ahau 215O ioct Prom here it descent. thc valley ot Che Lowe ryor through Keystone Canyon then turns oI across Che Valdez Glacier dcn to valdez From Gulkma to Valdez much of Che old Abereromb.c rHl a followed.
 A Tnnscontiuental Route
 Tbe highway crosses two moun- tain ranges as woI as several .lb- Hdwy divides numerous rivers and maI streams and embraces m iu eo1ro practically an Che various problems Of construction Go be dealt wh m Che Territory An streams ar importance have boon briisod cN- op, ho salcba and Panama rivers which are crossed by luy
 Coudidon-sprug of 1920
 Tbo total expenditures of Che Commission for construction and maintenance of hc Richardson Highway GI0 miles ol wagon road and 55 miles ol winter sled road up Go June 80. 1920. worc sa750O00. or s5.gl5 DOT milo including l5 years maintenance. Originally de- signed as a good country highway or wagon road tlo rapidly growing automobile traffic soon led Go a de- demand for moro extensive type of construction Tho Commission has nuw prolessci to build hard sure u..I bou.erards. nor would ang considerable expenditure for such purpose have been iuauuablo In view ot Che limited funds aud Che urgent needs n so many localities Prior to Che war; Che work Of place me gravel surface on sections most needing it was begun but uo gone uaI project for miacIns an roada can be carried to completion mio. much larger Appropriations arc pro- Ndcd or assured.
 Lean Appropriations During War
 Due to che extremely small apnro- puauous of tho two war years it was impracucabIe to repair damage between mile $ and l1 caused by extreme high water in Lowe r.ycr No attempt was made therefore to boep che Valdoz-Wulow Creek aoc- uon open E1orls were concen- uatcd ou Ono Cmrna-Fa.rbauh aec- uon By tbo end ot Che fiscal year about tvo-,hrds of ths SIS mile route had received a gravel surface and in alriv summer Of 1920. an an.