The Nome nugget., 1926-07-03
ACTIVITIES 0F THE ALASKA ROAD COM,
 IN THIS SECTION

In an interview with Alaska Road Commission officials the following activities were learned The emer- sency landing fields al solomon. Moses Point and l'nalaklkeet are now completed The landing field at Nome which is q credit In any place ten times the size af Nome has also been completed and VII her vanes have been installed on Ill fields Work tx In commence on emergency landing fields al Keews- Iik and Goloyin imme,iiatey
 Frank " Redwood. foreman with his crew. is now established al Solomon. and will do considerable work on he road from Solomon to the Casa de paga hill. The crew in this section are equipped with buck et conveyor loader, dump truck caterpillar with wagnns and grad rr. and with this new mptodate equipment much progress is anti cipaied oyer Inc old motIed, ef road construction
 | h the present tim" road crews ne engaged ill road cou9iiut tinn activities on the lb"xt,.r road th ( ape Nome Be sir Glarier and Salt marine ru1dMays and tl" plans fol beirrr road work thr. y.ar .Neetl anything eyer heretofore dau,. in this section.
 Superintendent Ross ] Kinney of the Alaska Road Commission for Seward Peninsula, left sestct Deering and Koewalik emergency landing field and will lav oui plan for the construction of bridges af Keewalik and Candle.
 Active road work is now prorres sing on repairs being made to the Dime Creek corduroy road in tha' Isection and considerable work ha, been arranged for the road from Davldson's Landing to Tnvlor Crock in he Kougarok section.
 The work of erecting suspension bridges on he kaltae Portage i rrptiun uf 12 mile crossing. mhicl- will he completed on or before Oct 18th
 A new ferry has been placed q Safety by the Commission. with Cha Dahlquist in charge of same Peter lturran will have charge of tho operation of the ferry at Honanza Solomon and he lagoon. thi4 will accomodate travellers mp and down the coast from EmT A new ferry boat has been placed at Cripple Riy CT and another boat is to he placed lat Tissue River at an early date
 A railroad crew With G; A. Pax ton in charge. will look after the Igeneral maiutendnc" uf ih. road from Nome to shelton. At prrsrut the crew is doing some needed work near the Nome River bridge, hui most of the work ihis summer will be done between Iron Greek and | shelton, the crew will probably camp in cars provided by the com mission and in. gear and outilt will be carried on other cars.
 With the arrival of large quan ltity of lumber on the freight"r Tanana. work was started on the 400 foot of revctment on the Ncril lside of Snake river harbor. Thr Iconstruction work Is In charge of Table assistants. Much time aid money was saved the commissi 4 by landing the lumber In the river on barges direct from the stearnai fnd in shot time the re5i3ehts "f First avenue West will moi need .n have any fear of their homes beint washed out to sea in times of storm. The revetment will join the revet- ment at the Municipal dock and con ttnue up stream distance of 400 feet. It may be found necessary later on to continue the revetment clear to Dry Creek in order to get away from the action of the water washing out at the end of the revet- ment.