Seward daily gateway., 1925-06-15
Colonel Steese Announces 2 Miles of Road Construc- tion to Start Immediate Future.
FROM BEACH TO MILL
Three New Projects Under Way This Season Under Joint Appropriations. H. W. Sterling, Supt.

1 The Nuka bay fOaQ Will De con structed within the next two months,
 Colonel Jams Gordon Steese, head of
 the Alaska Road Commission, stated
 to the Seward Gateway yesterday,
 while enroute through this city on his way to the Juneau office. The road will be approximately two miles in length, running up the canyon from the beach to point just below the mill. Considerable heavy rock work will be necessary to put in the trail, the Colonel stated. Hawley Sterling Superintendent of the commission S activities in the Anchorage district
 of the Territory, who is at present at Mckinley park, overseeing the pro- gress of the splendid park road, upon his return from the Interior in about a week, will come to Seward and leave for Nuka Bay to start work immedi- ately on the new road. Some of the crew will be picked from Seward. Col SICCoC SQId IC UCllCfCu IL WOulu ldhS from six to eight weeks to complete the road
 New Work Under Way
 Together with the Nuka Bay pro- ject the Kodiak and Katchemak Bay road construction is considered new work by the department. The work at Kodiak is a two year project with One-half of it at least, to be accom- plished this season. If it is possible to complete the entire road this sea- son, this will be done.
 At Katchemak Bay a farmers road about nine miles in length, sort of
 "Yshaped" road. is we'll under way, The construction will be light and will amply serve the scattered and community of the entire dis trict. All roads lead to the school house, forming a connecting link be- tween the two settlements on the bay. Like the Nuka Bay project, with joint financial cooperation with the Terri torial Board and the Alaska Road Commission, this work is being accom- plished.
 Twetve-Miie Portage
 Timbers for the bridge construction along the Emile portage, now being cleared away between Illiamna Bay and Illiamna Lake, were taken out last winter and are going into the bridges rapidly. Much grading is necessary along the portage, but completed, wonderful shortcut to the Bristol Bay region will be at hand. l Colonel Steese said this work came to l a halt during the world war, and not | until last year was work on the pro- ]ect begun again. With the inau. 1 of the new mail contract next year, it is stated that mail leav- ing Seward will arrive in the Bristol l Bay and Kotzebue Sound districts, week or ten days in advance over the l former route.
 Work on the trail from Kenai Lake | to Kenai village, started two years ago, will be completed this fall, Col l onel Steese continued. This will be 3 first class sled road. Funds for the project are being supplied jointly by the Territorial Board and the com 
 General Taylor Coming
 For the first time in the history of -he Territory, chief of Engineers. 0r head of the civil works of the War Department, will pay a visit to Alas ha this year. Major General Harry Taylor will arrive in Juneau from Washington, D. C., probably about the middle of next month. Major Gen. eral Taylor is the man who approves pr dlsapproves of all projects before they are presented to Congress, Col onel Steese remarked, and generally | us suggestions are looked upon with | LaVor. In respect to the local Lowell l. creek project, Major General Taylor aas stamped it with his mark of ap- proval, it is reported The General