Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-14
INSPECTION OF.
 B.P. R. PROJECTS
 UNDER WAY HERE
PORTLAND OFFICIAL AND ALAS kA ENGINEER MAKING TOUR ABOUT THE DISTRICT
WILLIAMS FIRST TRIP NORTH
Successor of Cheatham Is from Utah Been With Bureau for
 Many Years.

On a trip about the Territory in- specting the road projects under way by the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads, J. A. Elliott of Portland, Ore. as- sistant district engineer for the bu reau, arrived in Seward a few day ago, accompanied by Mrs. Elliott and by M D. Williams, assistant district engineer with headquarters at Jul neau. The engineers and J. B. Re her, engineer in charge of this dis trict's road activities for the bu reau, departed yesterday morning on a trip of inspection over the local projects, namely, Moose Pass, Sun rise and Girdwood. Upon their re- turn next Saturday, Mr Elliott leaves direct for Seattle en route to tie Portland office.
 Projects under way in Southeast ern Alaska have already been inspect ed, MT. Elliott said, and the inspec- ton in this locality will complete his work in the Territory this sea- son. Speaking of progress being made by the bureau, Mir. Elliot- said the work looks better each succeed ing year, that the department is con- stantly endeavoring to raise it's stan- dards and that the first road work done is always more or less develop ment work. In the surfacirg and maintenance of the roads, is where the higher standard Of work is pro- noted.
 Two bids have just been opened by MT. Williams for contracts in projects to be carried out during the next fiscal year in which is involved the expenditure of approximately $100,OOO. One of these is in the Seward area and the other at Wrangell.
 For reconstruction of 2.7 miles on the Seward-Kenai Lake road on the river section, only one bid was received, Seims and Carlson bidding $65,35150. This bid has been ap- proved and it's acceptance recom- mended to the Portland and Wash ington offices.
 For constructing the cemetery Shoemaker Bay section of Wrangen Highway, two bids were received. Seims & Corlson bid $33,2S5 and ". H. Burlington, of Wrangen, $33,67905. Both bids were for warded by telegraph and the accept ance of the lower bid offer recom- mended by Mr. Williams.
 7 It is expected that the bids recom- mended will De accepted and that work on both projects will be under way by July 15
 Work on the Cordova-Eyak Lake extension, for which bids were op- ened and award made several days ago, has been launched, MT. Will jams said. The successful bidder was the Alaska Transportation Co.
 Bids for the construction of the Sunrise road, of approximately eight miles, in section three, will be open ed July g, this month. In this con- nection Iver Anderson, in charge of road construction in Alaska for the Seims & Carlson company is accom- panying the officials on their trip to Sunrise and will make a survey of the project with the view of sub- hitting a bid.
 Enigneer Williams is making his first tirp to this district, more in the sense of getting the topography of the region fixed in his mind and to note the progress made to date. Mr. Williams is from Ogden, Utah, where he has been associated with the Bureaus work for a number of years. He relieved c. W. Cheatham, former assistant engineer for Alas ka, at Juneau, May 5, MT. Cheat ham being transferred to the Port land office. Upon receiving instruc- tions to prepare taking over a road building program in the Hawaiian is- lands, which was not to his liking. MT. Cheatham decided to resign from the service, which he did a short time ago. MT. and Mrs. Cheatham are now making their home in Seat tie.