The Nome nugget., 1927-04-23

extra expense and changed conditions that have developed since that time, just explained.
 SEN FLETCHER. How much do you est mate it will cost to complete the Richardson High way?
 COL sTEEsE Two the same basis this year. something like s2oo,ooo for one road. and about s4z5ooo for this other dndicating)
 SEN JONES. Out of the s1 100000 how much would you construction?
 COL sTEEsE No projects at all
 SEN JONES. do projects. mean new construction.
 COL. STEESE. In catching up the program on the Chatanika-Crcle Road, that would be- of course, construction. That would add mile ge the system. The money spend the Richardson Highway does not increase the mileage of the system at all it brings it all to the same standard.
 SEN JONES You would begin to gravel little more:
 COL sTEEsE Yes, sir. would begin to gravel little more and I would put in a few bridges and in some places where still down On the river beach, would get up the hillside. There very little of that but will take two more seasons on properly balanced program complete that.
 sEN JONEo ADOuL the oHIS new coHstruc- tion that you might call "new construction" would be done that Chatanka- Circle Road? COL srEEsE That is the biggest job would hope to advance few miles the Chesto- china Road; on the Mccarthy Roard on the Solo mon River Road the Candle Road down to Iditarod a great number of small projects; mile here three miles there: complete two three miles on another that started last It is i'm possible reduce it to miles, because do not build complete mile. We travel all the way to Circle in the winter time Then bring it all up simultaneously, in successive sections, to full standard Meanwhile we get winter service of it.
 SEN JONES With the s2 .ooO GOO that understand you recommended for year. will you point and tell what you will do with that? First, it would be a matter of maintenance What would you maintain?
 COL. STEESE. l would main the entire estimated ss5o,ooo maintenance complete program.
 SEN. FLETCHER You have done all the survey and preliminary work that2
 COL. sTEEsE. A large part of it. The re- eonnaissanee work has been done This work has
 
 SEN FLETCHER. You would have to do good deal of that to locate your road?
 COL, sTEEsE. We make the reconnaissance first, and pick the controlling points; what pass We have to through: which side of the river will go and then the actual detail survey does not come until actually ready begin con- struction. That is projected first through all way and then as We come along We improve it, As We open the ground will find that some pectedly into rock and We make a new line and go aronnd that, in order reduce expense
 With s2.oOOOOo I would start on some new work up in the koyukuk. where was last sum mer; in the Chandalar; down in the Me carthy district would speed up the program considerably on these unfinished roads like the Ruby and the Chestochna might say taking out ss50ooo for maintenance leaves s1 15o 900 for new work. Two-thirds of that would be speeding up work already under way and about onethird of it would be starting work the projects that have been held up for five or six years and We have not bene able touch them on account of made quate iuhds They are listed by in the port there. but have given it in general terms
 For instance, take in Cache Creek we have got a wagon road 22 miles, then they have to switch to pack horses sleds. If they could go through the AZ miles without breaking loads it would cut their costs in two.
 SEN JONES. You have covered those here in your statement in the House hearings!
 COL. sTEEsE Yes. rir gave detailed statement of all the exact figures