Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-08

i Seward, passengers on the steamer
 Alaska, which will arrive in Seward Saturday also sent the following letter to Mr. Hannon, bearing on the matter of increased geological sur veys appropriation in Alaska
 Replying to your letter of the 1lth inst. the matter of increased appro- priations for geological surveys in Alaska will be presented to the next meeting of the Alaska committee early in August and doubtless they will recommend that the Chamber get behind the proposition, as we have for several years been urging that the pre-war sum of $150,000 be restored
 Tt is noted that copies of your letter have been sent to Portland and San Francisco and the principal | towns In Alaska We would thank soo lo aoNtSC us 1CSol ulho " AAoI Gt\ tion has been taken by any or all of them. This will have no effect upon our attitude but will be an addition al incentive for the support of this Chamber and the Washington delega- tion in Congress"
 MT. Flickenger, who occupied the presidents chair at the chamber meeting, due to the absence of Pres ident Charles Hinde, made the sug- gestion that a special meeting of the Chamber be called upon the arrival in Seward from the States of Major General Harry Taylor, chief of engi neers of the United States Army; Colonel Wilds P. Richardson, retir- ed, former sourdough army officer and at one time head of the Alaska Road Commission, and Colonel Jas. Gordon Steese, president of the Alas ka Road Commission. A committee of two was appointed by the chair to greet the visitors, consisting of Mayor L. V. Ray and T. ". Flaw kins. Announcement will be made at later date as to the form of en- tertainment to be given the officers, during their brief stay in Seward
 It was stated Col. Steese would be making late trip to Seward for the purpose of inspecting local har- bor facilities and to confer with To- cal citizens with respect to future improvements. Captain Johansen of the steamer Starr made the sugges- tion it would be advisable to take Col. Steese and his party, about the harbor on his ship, in order the vis- itors may obtain practical knowl- edge of local conditions.
 Regarding the trip to Seward by Major General Taylor, Col Steese in his communication to the Seward Chamber of Commerce says: Maj or-General Taylor is the man who passes upon all of our estimates for roads and rivers and harbors He has already approved my report upon the Lowell Creek control, and will later have before him our report up- on survey of Resurrection Bay with view to providing harbor of ref uge for the fishing fleet"
 The officers will arrive in Sew ard on the steamer Yukon, on Sat urday after next, departing for the Interior on Sunday. They contem- plate returning to the coast via the Richardson Highway.
 From the Department of Justice headquarters at Washington, D. O., John Marshall, assistant attorney general in communication to MT. Hannon, says he is in receipt of a letter from the Seward chamber in regard to the proposed change of court headquarters of the Third Judi cial Division of Alaska In reply to the missive, MT. Marshall advises that the Department will be glad to give due consideration to the state mems contained in the letter, and in event change is made in the head quarters now fixed for that Division.
 A. J. Davis of Ketchikan, writes the chamber he has been informed by several people that the canneries in this vicinity are in need of an airship. He states in his letter that he has at present a flying boat at