The Alaska daily empire., 1922-01-10
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extends north to and includes South eastern Alaska so that this section of the Territory is bound to share at some time in the general industrial growth of the Pacific Coast but the information to date on water power in this locality has been of a general nature only and if industrial develop ment here is to keep Gs closely in pace with the Pacific Coast states as comparative resources and economic conditions will permit rather than to lag behind until attention is forced on it's water powers it is necessary to have specific, not general informa- tion to present to financiers and en- gineers who wish to compare the possibilities of the various well pow cred regions before deciding on plant locations.
 Future In Pulp
 "The manufacture of pulp and pa per appears to be the best chance this region has for sharing in the Industrial growth of the United States in tho near future. The sup ply of suitable timber for newsprint paper is nearing depletion in the present paper manufacturing locali- ties of the country and the industry is shifting to new celtcrs of raw material more distant from the large markets and of these new centers manufacturers will obviously favor those having the most advantages. Southeastern Alaska is entitled to consideration because of an all-oceaD haul for the product direct from the mill dock an immense supply of cheap timber. low logging costs and cheaply developed water powers
 Two Variable Factors
 "The cost of developing water pow ar and the cost of wood at the mill are the two great variG ble factors ip the cost of Daper manufacture and in order to present clearly the claims of 'Southea stern Alaska to the estab- lishment of this industry good infor: mation should be available on these two subjects
 "This has led to the detailed in vestigations now in progress of the water power sites in Southeastern Alaska. The work is being done by the Forest Service with the co-opera- tion of the Geological Survey and the Federal Power Commission. The national Forests here have the great inrr power and timber, and as the Forest Service administers these politically owned lands it is the proper agency to take the lead in encouraging the development of the industry and this includes seeing that accurate data of this character is made available.
 Conditions Are Favorable
 "This region has great many power sites and most of them possess two features highly important to pulp and paper mills which are very heavy consumers of power. The first is low unit cost of development It is believed that power can be produced here more cheaply than in any other puln manufacturing region with the possible exception of Norway.
 "The second feature has to do with the capacities of the power sites They are of such sizes that an in dustrial orerator has a wide field for choice and after making a selection can finance the/power development as a part of his plant investment and have the exclusive use of the power from that site. Most of the un developed powers in the Pacific Coast states are very large and require such enormous investments that they must be financed by the Federal government, the states or large pub lv utility concerns and industria plants must await these 1eyalop ments and then purchase the power required.
 "The aim in the investigations i' to collect specific engineering dats wb'rh will show the possibilities O. each power site particularly for pull and paper manufacture.
 "The investigations follow twt