The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-04-12
SECRETARY WALLACE APPROVES
FOREST SERVICE PROGRAM FOR
1923; $4,000 FOR LOCAL PROJECT
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Fgory. These are, the Ketchikan-
Wards Cove work, Petersburg -Scow
Bay. Seward-Kenai, Yakutat, and
Wrangell Two of the jobs-at
Wrangell and Yakutat-were taken
over bv the Forest Service from the
Alaska Road Commission.
To Start Work Soon
It is the intention of the Bureau
of Public Roads to launch the sea
sons work as soon as possible, SAID
Supervisor C. w Cheatham, under
whose supervision the program Will
he carried out. Bids on two of the
Jobs, Glacier Highway and the Ketch-
Iikan-Wards Cove project, are now
being called for. These will be
opened here before May l ana IL
contract is awarded, work will be
started by the successful bidder with
ont DELAY. If the bids are excessive,
said Mr.. Cheatham, the Bureau or
Public Roads will do the work by
dav labor. 1t is equipped, he addeT
IN go ahead with this work without
arv delay. It's motor equipment mas
inst been overhauled and is IN shape
for a strenuous season.
Tw, additional engineers are no"
on route to Juneau from Seattle 10
I. 4gAE
augment the Bureaus technical stall
These are Wilson Bradley and X. D
Graves. who are passengers on the
steamer Queen. After their ARRIVAL
here. an engineering party Will be
sont ont to stake out the right-of-way
between AUX Bay and Tee hafpor
and have everything in readiness Tor
tha construction crews to be put TO
work It is estimated that about
200 men will be employed on the TO-
cal work during the season.
To Plan Future Work
If is the purpose of the Forest
Service and the Bureau OF Puphc
Roads to assemble data during the
season just beginning for the 1873
season Tentative plans covering IA
rart of their activities for that sea
son have been made, it was stated
hut there are a large number OF
projects under consideration on
which there is no data available
i Funds for investigating these are IN
cluded in the program just approved
bv Secretary Wallace.
Make Tentative AIlotments
A few tentative allotmcnts for 1929
have been made. and. as announced
by Mr. Flory several months ago
have been submitted to the Forester
for consideration. These include the
following:
Cordova-Eyak Lake road Ito
completely -....-....--.-----....---....-.$ fo'oo'
Tongass Highway (south from
Ketchikan) ..--..--.----....-------.-..-- 50,00c
Fish Creek road connecting
mines with the Salmon Riv-
or road, commandments. $4,000
Naintonanca ................. 10000
Total @ZUA,Vo'
If this work is undertaken there
will remain from the available fund.-
at that time approximately 100000
! This will be available for emergen
cies during 1922 and 1923 and fo
construction work on projects yet t.
, he examined. In this connection, Mr.
, Flcry's announcement quoted JUS
, above. which appeared in The Empir
of January IL. last, said:
| among the projects which will b
considered for construction wit
S such remaining funds are the TO
/. lowing, the total estimated cost o
:. which is a little over $1.25O,00O:
o Quartz Creek-Russian River road
s 10 miles.
e Resurrection River, 80 miles.
:, "Unuk River, 26 miles.
d Texas Creek (from Salmon Rive
t to mining regon), 4 miles.
Hope. from Turnagain Arm
mine, miles.
eel Nido mine, mile
"Maybeso Creek (Kasaan Bay
u mines), miles.
'"raku River. Is miles.
" Game Creek, Hoonah to rancho
II 3i2 miles.
e portage, miles.
l. Extending Tongass Highway,
J. miles.
Ig Extending Glacier Highway.
he miles.
ir "In addition to the tentative pr
gram as outlined above. request