The Alaska daily empire., 1922-11-23
TOTAL FUND FOR
ROAD and TRAIL
WORK s1,13S,167
Combined Expenditures Last
Season Total Well Above
Million Dollars.

A Na,al of al1proX. mately lbs, l61
was allceeed by Federal and Terri
torial authorities for road construs:-
ton in A.lska during the season just
closing and virtually all OF il either
expended in work accomplished or
which VIII be accomplished when ex-
istinS contracts are completed before
the beginning of the season of 1928.
according to estimates furnished by
the organizations responsible for the
work With this money 67 miles
Of new road We're provided. 100 miles
Of sled road, $50 miles CT common
trail and go miles OF forest and scenic
trails.
or the total road funds. the Forest
Service contributed $462 400. which
was matched by $12,O25 Of Terri
torial funds, the combined amount
being expended in tic First and
Third Diyisions; the Alaska Road
Commission expended s63S. 1445
combined A. r. C. and Territorial
funds and Divisional Chairman of
the Territorial Road Bureau in the
THIRD and Fourth Divisions expend-
cd $4,000
Division of Funds
Tie expenditure in the First,
Third and Fourth Divisions were vir-
tualy equal. Exact figures on the
amount expended by Division are no.
av1Eahfe ewing 10 ncompleteneas OF
reports at the present time. In each OF
! the three Divisions mentioned above,
! however, betwctn $4,000 and $780,
900 were expended from all sources,
the remainder sqf the total expcndi-
lures being in the Second Division
In the First Division virtually 81
per cent elf the money expended
| came from Fore Service sources for
both rold and trail work. Tile major
| portion of the work WAS done by
! the Bureau OF Plsblic Roads, which
! had listed 10 projects on which eX-
penditures were made as compared to
one major project and two or three
! minor ones handled by the Alaska
Road Commission. This was made
| possible, as was pointed out by both
| the Alaska Road Commission and
the Bureau of Public Roads. b. the
Forest Fund allotments made to Al
aska forestry regions by the Secre
tay of Agriculture under the provi
sions of the Federal Highway Act
| Benefits Other Districts
| Tile extension OF this Federal aid
/ to the forestry divisions resulted in
| similar benefits being received by
other sections of the Territory. Com
menting on this. Col. James G
Steeso. president of tho Alaska Road
! Commission, SAID:
/ Until May l OF this year the
4 Alaska Road Commission has assist
| ed in the maintenance OF projects
/ partment Of Agriculture funds avail
] able since 1919, having been made
quate to support the projects in the
/ forest areas before that date en-
! tirely supported by the Alaska Road
Commission and the Territory. For
this year moro funds were available
for the forests than for the remain
ing 50 per ccEt of the Territory
thence the Forest Service has, since
last May, assumed responsibility for
all projects Within the National For
ests.
This has released funds Of The
Alaska Road Commission for expendi-
tire in the kusl1okwim and other
outlying districts heretofore receiving
! ffttle or NJ relief in the way of
road and trail development The
Government Railroad area still needs
! substantial sums to provide highway
feeders to actual producing districts.
| The results Of this construction ara
| twOfold: firat, it results in the de-
velnDment of new areas, and. second.
It provides business for the railroad
and cuts down its operating deficit.
About 40 per cent of the Alaska
Road Commissions resources for the
past three seasons have been ex-
pended within about 100 miles OF
the Government Railroad"
Colonel Steese outlined the ex.
pend1ture OF his organization by
project as follows:N
FIRST DIVISION
Haines-Pleasant Camp, Porcu-
pine Branch. Haines Mud
t Bay. Strawberry Point, and
Sitka-Cemetery. Total al
l0ied ,.,.,.-......,...-...,.. 1855
SECOND DIVISION
All projects in this. Division
are supported by co-opera-
tive funds Total allotted. 5000
- THIRD DIVISION
Iafkeetna-Cachc Creek. Rainy
lass Trail, Anchorage Eagle
Rver-Whitney Total al
looted ......--..-..,,,........-........., s9.15o
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