The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-07-15
STEESE GIVES
DATA ON WORK
OF PAST YEAR
Total of $1,2l7,l66 Ex-
pended on Territorial
System During Year

During the fiscal year ending
June 80, last, the Alaska Road
Commission expended $1,217 1853
on its road and trail system in
the Territory, according to state
ment made public today by Col.
James G. Steese, President. OF
this amount, $709, ,792.46 was ex-
pended for construction and $780,
974.43 was for maintenance activ-
tiles.
The aggregate of all expendi-
lures made by the Commission
since it began operations in the
Territory up to the end of the
last fiscal year was $12,O2SSS9. AZ,
Col. Steese said. This sum was
derived from the following sources:
Federal appropriations, $7900,000;
Alaska Fund, $3.30s,443.98; and
$S19,9S5.44 from Territorial appro-
priations and contributions.
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"The roads and trails constructed
by the Commission have not only
opened up to development nearly
all sections of the Territory, but
have effected large savings IN
freight charges" said the state.
ment. "The major portion of this
freight could not have been tran
sported without the roads, and the
direct loss which would have
been occasioned by the restriction
on the output and development II
the roads did not exist cannot be
estimated"
The total mileage of roads .and
trails constructed or maintained
by the Commission aggregates
1O.4461h miles, consisting of L.
4871s miles of wagon road, 100
miles of tramway. 1,221A miles
of sled road. 6.92515 miles q
permanent trail, and 712 miles OF
temporary tagged trail. Work was
performed upon 7,725 3-4 miles oi
this system during the past fisca!
year.
Activities of 1o26-27
"The work in the past fiscal
year was largely directed to ex
tending the general rehabilitation
to trails and roads in remote sec
tions of the Territory, begun in
1920. This gradual rehabilitation
starting upon the more important
projects, has now reached trails
extending to all inhabited parts OF
the Territory.
Additional mileage of all classes
of projects was Incorporated mt
the system during the last fisca
year. The Commission construcfe
76 miles of new wagon road, l3'
miles of additional sled road
3S7b miles of trails, TAO lineal
feet of bridges of 60-foot span d
more. 16 new airplane landins
fields and 10 shelter, or relief
| cabins.
There were material improve
ments made to the existing system
A total of 96 miles of wagon roa'
was reconstructed; 100 miles o
wagon road graveled; 10 miles o
the Shelton tramroad raise'
TO the standard of 8-ton loads
and innumerable small bridge
and culverts built.
The maintenance program wa
extensive. This class of work wa
| done of 1867 miles Of WACO
road. SIS miles of tramroad, 1857
miles of sled road, 4,692h mile
of permanent trail, 313 miles 0
temporary, tagged trail, 400 mile
of telephone lines, four airplan'
landing fields and 25 shelter cab
ins.
The total for all classes OF worI
performed during the year wa
7,725A miles. consisting of: l,3391s
miles of wagon road. 100 miles o
tramroad, S93h miles of sled road
5.O79% miles of permanent trai
and 313 miles of temporary, flags
ed trail.
In All Districts
Work was carried on in al
regions of the Territory. The mor'
important roads upon which new
1
construction work was perform1'
were: Haines-Pleasant Camp, u
Southeastern Alaska, Mccarthy
| Nizina and Gulkana-Chistochen;
in central Alaska, Long-Poorma'
| in the lower Yukon River sec
tion, Ophir-Tacotna in the KuskoH
win section. Wiseman-Hammon'
and Wiseman-Nolan in the Koyu
kuk River district. Kodiak-Abbert
on Kodiak Island, Homer Spit u