The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-06-29
CAM { RON SAYS.
MILL PLANS ARE
BEING CROWDED
Engineering Work on Paper
Mills Being Pressed as
Fast as Practicable.
ALASKA'S FIELD
AHEAD OF CANADA'S
San Francisco Chronicle
Publisher Thinks Alaska
Paper Possibilities Great

*George T. Cameron, publisher
OF the San Francisco Chronicle.
WHO is in Juneau with Col. D. c.
9Aekling, } inspecting the Thann
properties. is accompanied by Jake
Baum. business manager. ana
Frank Pfaffinger, treasurer. of the
Los Angeles Times, representing
Harry Chandler, publisher of thar
paper which is jointly interested
with the San Francisco Chronicle
IL the new paper mill project. Mr.
Fimeron stated that progress for
the construction of a plant was
making headway. That in eonnee-
@'on with the zellerbach interests,
'Thich was awarded timber and
power at Ketchikan a joint III
vestigatiou is under way under
the supervision of Robert A. Kin
z:e, for many years a resident Of
Gastineau Channel, and former
Superintendent of the Alaska
Treadwell Gold Mining company
lfifes on Douglas Island. Mr
Kinzie's investigations cover all
questions involving The water
power sites and nydro-eleetrie de-
velopment. And K. o. Fosse. OF
the zelierbach Paper Company
has charge of the Investigations
Of ahe pulpwood umber.
Mr. Cameron said that there is
no question both as to the quality
and quantity and availability -
sufficient timber for newsprint
manufacture in large quantities a.
both Juneau and Ketchikan, but
that the amount of power avail.
able was not definitely known.
The possibilities of manufacturing
at these two locations were frorl
500 TO $50 tons each, daily. and
as it required in excess of 10,0G0
horse power for each 100 tons
OF paper, daily manufacture, ii
was essential that both the pres
ent and future installations Of
power must be correctly worked
out from the first installations tc
the final ones. Not only was this
the economical and proper way
10 build this industry to its full
development, but the Government
would insist that the power sub
ject be worked out correctly ana
in an orderly manner The Gov
ernment has made readings TO.
many years on some but not all
Of these powers, and has in hand
accurate data respecting the power
w4Ach can be developed at the
more important and accessible
power sites. There, however, is
little or no data available as to
the costs of installing the neces-
sary dams and equipment together
with power lines to bring this
electrical energy to the mill sites
The winter conditions on tn,
higher attitudes constitute a prob
lem for the maintenance of powel
lines as the sleet and ice gather
on these lines and break then
down. AS paper mills are in con
slant operation 365 days in tn.
year, there must be no interrup
tion of power service, and to thi'
end power lines and plants must
be so routed and constructed as
to afford minimum of power
interruption. Mr.. Kinzie has TAX
en- over the personnel at tn,
various water power sites and
should be able to report by nexi
spring what the minimum winter
stream flows were during the
coming winter.
THE conditions in the paper
business at this time are unsatis
factory from the manufacturers
standpoint" said Mr.. Cameron
The new construction which has
been undertaken In Canada in the
past few years has created E
surplus of newsprint paper. These
mills have been built by establish
ed companies, who have had tc
remove their plants from United
States territory as the areas Of
forest have been largely cut on