The Alaska daily empire., 1922-01-10
B.P R, PREPARING ESTIMATES FOR
 COMING SEASON
Biggest Road Construction Year in Alaska Is Soon
 to Be Launched.
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Anticipating a year of greatly ane- mented work. the Bureau of Puonc Roads is now busily engaged F. working up plans and estimates GOV ering the coming seasons road con struction in and adjacent to the Na tional Forests in the Territory, ac- cording to statement made today by C. w. Cheatham, who is in charge of the B P. k. activities in Alaska. By the opening of the season MT. Chatham will be prepared 10 launch the biggest years construction cam paign the Bureau of Public Road has ever undertaken in the North.
 Anticipated Appropriations
 Anticipating the passage of the Federal Highway Act by Congress, under which the Department of Agri culture was given substantial ap propriation for much needed roads in Alaska National Forests" said NIT. Cheatham the Bureau of Public Roads made location surveys last season and is now considering plans and estimates which will cover all of the funds available for the coming season"
 Instrument of Forest Service
 MT. Cheatham also explained the relation between the Forest Service and the Bureau of Public Roads, say ing that the latter was but the instru- ment with which the roads and trails selected for construction by the for mer were brought into existence. "In other words" he said. the Secretary of Agriculture allots specific sums to the District Forester in Alaska for expenditure on roads and trails.I in National Forest sections. The Dis trct Forester then. with the approval of the U s. Forester studies the development needs of the National Forests and of the communities de pendent on the development of these forests for their prosperity. and de cides where and how much money will be expended on the various prof ects and the several localities. This constitutes the National Forest road program which is turned over to the Bureau of Public Roads t0 carry out
 Tentative Program Submitted
 "A tentative program has already been submitted to me by the Forest Service which provides for construc ton work which will benefit virtually every community within or adjacent to the National Forests. This pro gram is based on the allotments ! | by the Department of Agriculture.
 Highways Are Needed
 "A careful study of the resources of Southeastern ari Southwestern i Alaska" said Mr Cheatham, "eM- phasizes the needs for permanent | highways. Large sections of agri- i cultural lands, mining districts and ! large bodies Of timber suitable for lumber and paper pulp will be made ! more accessible by the construction ! of highways, the plans for which are i now under way.
 Money Not Sufficient
 "While the moneys appropriated | by Congress is inadequate to the | needs of these districts, yet it makes | it possible for the Forest Service and | the Bureau of Public Roads to enter i into a well defined plan of highway ! development which can be extended i from year to year as additional pro- ! grams are made by Congress.
 Will Be No Delay
 "The Bureau of Public Roads has an organization of highway engineers of wide experience and is able to | cope with any situation which might i arise. Our work is progressive in . such a manner that all plans and es- inmates will be completed in suffi- cient time to advertise. let contracts i