Seward daily gateway., 1924-06-14
PERSONNEL ALASKA ROAD COMMISSION
 GIVEN OUT BY STEESE
STEESE TO DIRECT ENGINEERING WORk-FIELD ORGANIZATION
 IS COMPLETE


 The organization of the Alaska Road commissions engineering and field forces to handle the increased actlVl- ties of the current season, during which approximately one million dol lars will be expended, has been per fected and was made public recently by Col. James G. Steese, president. sIt is composed mainly of men who have been connected with the Alaska road construction for many years and who are familiar with the conditions which they will encounter.
 Steese Heads Work
 For the current season Col. Steese will serve as President and Chief En- gineer and be in responsible charge of all activities of the Commission. Major Oliver will serve as Special In spector; upon his return flom visit ing all districts about the middle of the season, he will take over the du- ties of Chief Engineer. Later in the Fall he will relieve Col. Steese of re- sponsible activities in Alaska while the latter goes to Washington for more money.
 Captain Agney will continue as Sec retary and Disbursing Officer and al so as Superintendent of the South eastern District. The Bethal Sub dis trict and the Eagle Sub-distriCt are al so handled from the Juneau office. In Southeastern Alaska, R. J. Shepard is Assistant Superintendent of the Haines system, with Joe Mckenzie as General Foreman. Pete Trierschieid, custodian, Sitka National Monument is general foreElan a. Sitka. Fred Price is General Foreman at Eagle, which includes Eagle-SeventyMile and Eagle-Forty-Mile system as far as the Panama Crossing. Earle M. Forrest Superintendent, Bureau of Education serves as Inspector of the Lower kus- kokwim, which includes all Of the win tel trails south of Iditarod and as faI Fest as Nushagak.
 Taylor Filed Assistant
 Ike P. Taylor, Assistant Engineer will have field supervision over the Alaska Railroad Richardson Highway Loop, including the Anchorage, Nena na, Fairbanks, Chitina, and Valdez dis tricts, and the Chatanika sub district
 Hawley W Sterling is superinten- dent of the Anchorage District, witf Anton Eide as Asst. Superintendent at Seward, and G. J. Truitt, Junior Engineer at Mckinley Park. This dis trict includes all projects tributary to the Alaska railroad from Mile 34S south, alsoKodiak, Iliamna, Kanatak and other points on the Alaska pen insula. Mr. Eide is also Chairman anc Secretary of the Territorial Roao tLommission for the Third Division.
 H. G. Haslam is Superintendent o1 the Nenana District, which includes al projects tributary to the Alaska Rail road from Mile 34S, Mckinley Park Station, to Dunbar, Mile 432, also al projects tributary to the Tanana ane Yukon rivers between Nenana ano Holy Cross.
 NJ. C. Edmunds is Superintendent o1 the Fairbanks District, which includes the Chatanika Sub District. MT. Ed munds is also chairman and Secretary of the Territorial Road Commission of the Territorial Road Commission o1 the Fourth Division. This district in. cludes the Richardson highway and its tributaries north of Rapids, all pro- jects tributary to Fairbanks and the Chatanika branch of the Alaska Rail road, and all projects tributary to the Yukon River between Eagle and Fort Gibbon. Donald Macdonald is Assis' tant Superintendent; Abe McKinnor is General Foreman of the Chatanike Circle project.
 Frank Shipp is Superintendent of the Chitna District, which includes the Richardson Highway and its tributar- ies between Ptarmigan Drop Mile 32 and Rapids, Mile 233, and also the Chitina-Willow Creek Cutoff to the Copper River & Northwestern Rail road.
 T. Huddleson, is superintendent o1 the Valdez District, with Antone An derson, Jr. Engineer in local charge of the Nizina River Road and Bridge project. This District includes the Val dez-Ptarmigan Drop section of the Richardson highway and its tributar- ies and also roads and trails tributary to the Copper River and Northwestern Railroad north of Chitina.
 Ross J. Kinney is Assistant Super ;ntendent in charge of the Kuskokwim
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