The Alaska daily empire., 1921-11-15
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the feeders extend from rail to otl- CT sections, he said.
 Importance Recognized The importance Of building wagon road feeder lines to the railroad said Colonel Steese, twas early recognized by the Alaska Road Com mission. During it's 10 years of op- erations prior to the selection Of route and the initiation of construc- ton on the railroad project, the Commission had done work on the following transportation routes in the area now contiguous to the railroad:
 Seward-Ke Lake.
 Mile 29-Moose Pass. Mile 34-Hope.
 Kern Creek-Knik.
 Knik-Rainy Pass.
 Knik- Willow Creek.
 Fairbanks system
 The Fairbanks system of trails reached from Fairbanks to practic- ally all inhabited parts of Alaska.
 Concentrates on Railroad "As soon as the route for the rail, road was determined, interest cen tered in that region and more and more attention and funds were de- voted to highway feeders to the prospective railroad. However the area within 100 miles of the Govern ment Railroad on both sides con al nhn aska in area or population. Con gress was already committed to the general development of Alaska by the provision of system of roads and trails covering all sections. To abandon the other afiye-sixths of Al would in effect turn the railroad into a direct liability instead of a prospective asset. To date Congress has declined to authorize special re lief for the railroad and adheres tc it's general development policy.
 Many Feeders Proposed "Howeyer, using it's existing sys tenn as a nucleus, the Alaska Road Commission using it's own and Ter ritorial funds, has to date provided feeders to the Government Railroad covering, in fact, all known areas of possible development Not all o these routes are completed, but thf 10-year program contemplates theil completion as well as the completion of additional projects that may de velop during the next 10 years These feeders are:
 ''Seward-Kenai Lake.
 'iSeward-Radio.
 ''Seward-Nash.
 "Kenai Lake-Kenai.
 Mile 29-Moose Pass.
 .'Mile 34-Sunrise-Hope.
 ''Girdwood4Crow Creek.
 "Anchorage-Eagle River.
 Interchangeable Spenard.
 "Anchorage-Whitney R. H.
 "Matanuska-Palmer.
 "Matanuska-T Trunk Line.
 "Matanuska- -Wasilla.
 "Palmer-Matanuska River.
 "Palmer-Moose Creek.
 "Palmer-Springer.
 Moose Creek Grade.
 "WasillaKnik.
 "Wasilla-Finger Lake.
 asilla-Fishhook.
 Mile 26R-Palmer.
 "Archangel Extension.
 Willow Creek Extension
 "Nancy-Susitna-Ra Pass.
 'sTalkeetnaCache Creek.
 ''TalkeetnaIron Creek.
 "Chulitna Ferry.
 Jack RiverValdez Creek.
 'Lignites-Kantishna
 Moose Creek Spur.
 "Nenana-Knight's R. H.
 "Dunbar-Ft. Gibbon-Nome.
 "Dunbar-Brooks
 "Fairbanks-McCarty.
 "Fairbanks-Chena Hot Springs. Fairbanks Ester.
 Fairbanks -Chatanika.
 "Fox-Olness.
 ''Summit-Fairbanks Creek.
 "Olness-Livengood.
 Farmers Birch Hill Road,
 "Chatanika- Circle.
 Gndtdnlkd-bedNerAn nduudidE.
 Essential to System
 "In the above list are include only those projects which direct tie into the railroad from immet ately tributary areas. The existil and proposed extensions of the routes to all other parts of the Te ritory are also an essential part : transportation system based up' the Government Railroad.
 Reasonable Sum Needed
 ITO complete the above projec in 10 years would require abo Sl,OOO, 900, including maintenance portions completed, or s400,000 p year-allowing an additional $l.00 900 for developments in 10 years, annual expenditure of $5o0,OOo wou mske. reasonable progress. As t railroId iS operating at deficit speedier program would be mo