The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-11
JONES MAKES ANNUAL REPORT
 FOR PAST YEAR
Advocates Extensive Work Tn Alaska Purchase of Dutch
 Harbor Recommended.
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ment, which has vessels carrying oa patrol duty in the waters adjacent to Dutch Harbor during number ol months of each year.
 "The- government vessels in the past have managed to get along ia an uncertain and at times expensive way, but if this property were ac. quired they would immediately feel the beneficial effects of the purchase Many tons of fuel are used by gov ernment vessels in this section. in- cluding both coal and oil, the latter coming into moro general use each year, and the prices that have been charged by private-owne1 companies have been out of all reason. With the opening of the coal and oil fields in Alaska, shipments could be made frequently and at small cost to Dutch Harbor, so as to insure an adequate and cheap supply to government veg sells the year round. l recommend that consideration be given to this matter. as it is a long step toward conducting the operations of the yes sels of the Department of Commerce and other departments of the govern ment in a moro economical and busi- | ness-like manner.
 Southeastern Alaska
 Steamer Routes, Southeastern AL aska.-In Southeastern Alaska the 1 first and most obvious need is to complete tho wrc-drag work Most of these waters have been sounded, so that only dragging is necessary to complete the survey This drag work should be taken ID in the order of it's importance, beginning with the main steamer route through the region and then taking up the va rious tributary waters leading to areas of commercial importance. For some years past parties have been actively engaged in dragging fha main steamer routes, and this work is now about 75 Der cent complete.
 "At the end of the fiscal year a party was engaged in wire-drag oper- ations in Lynn Canal, which work is to be extended as far as possible during tho season through Cross Sound and Icy Straits to Cape Snen- ccr.
 "The Outside Coast Waters of the Islands Bordering on the Open Pa cific. These and their connecting channels are largely unsurveyad and should. be navigated with great eau. ton. A navigator seaing the chart on which the shore line is sketched- no soundings. several rocks and shoal J banks, notes as to rocks and break
 CTS reported. and a statement on the chart to the effect that the area Is
 unsurveyed-is. to say the least. un
 able to proceed with confidence. and
 this situation is by no means un
 usual. The same pressing need ol
 such regions is a complete hydro
 graphic survey followed later in
 places by wire-drag work The rap
 idly increasing commercial import
 ance of this region and the excep tlonally dangerous character of the
 waters through which traffic must . pass render surveys in the near fn l. ture imperative. Work on the oute,
 coast is now in progress northward
 from Dixon Entrance. Surveys were also in progress in Clarence Strai 5 and Ernest Sound.
 Safety for Vessels
 "Cross Sound to Prince William l Sound Prom Cross Sound. thc
 northernmost channel from the insia {. waters to the see. to Prince William .. Sound the coast has few features O
 present or prospective importance
 There is. however, urgent need fo,
 surveys to insure tho safety of yes |. lsels approaching and passing thi! coast. In this region the charts ar,
 very defective in the manner O
 showing soundings and prominen
 coastal mountain peaks and head
 lands that would enable the naviga
 tor 10 obtain his position on ap
 proaching from seaward.
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