The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-15
MUCH WORK IS PLANNED HERE
 BY PAPER MEN
Field Work for Paper Pro- jects Will Be Pushed
 Throughout Year

Plans of the Cameron-C Chandler interests and the Zellerbach Pape. Company for their field work and intensive investigations during the current year are progressing very satisfactorily and the situa- tion is encouraging for an early start, according to Asst. Forester B. F. Heintzleman who returned yesterday from San Francisco where he conferred with both in terests. The work to be done this year constitutes the ground work of their paper making pro jects. he pointed out.
 1 Pending the completion of these activities. no definite and detailed construction program can be de- termined as many of the factors affecting it are included in the surveys and investigations to be made this year. Seattle reports received here this week should not be taken to mean that all du tails have been settled or that the program of either company has progressed to point where plant construction plans can be formulated, MT. Heintzleman made clear.
 Outlines Current Work
 As announced in the Associated Press dispatches to The Empire Monday. both groups of capital will launch field activities on Il substantial scale here and in the Ivicinitys of Ketchikan as soon as condltions will permit crews tp flake fife nefd. They will be kept busy throughout the remainder of the year and it is hoped 10 com plete field investigations by the end of the year, MT. Heintzleman said.
 1 R. A. Kinzie will have cha.gs of the water power investigations for both organizations. He in tends to place an engineering party in the Juneau district and lanother in the Ketchikan area on April l. He will accompany the parties north and remain until the work gets under way, returning | then to San Francisco. These crews will map the power lakes, uncover and study rock forma- tions at the dam sites, and survey the routes for tunnels, condu,ts land power transmission lines. Don Meldrum. highly capable and experienced pulpwood logging ,engineer. who is now here, has been retained by the companies jointly to block out the timber areas which are to constitute the source of pulpwood supply. It is understood to be his present in- tention to place his parties in the field next month.
 Referi:ng to the recent an nouncement made from the Se- attle Chamber of Commerce, Nil
 Heintzleman said: I am not aware that the development plans for the two concerns have been perfected at this time to inc point indicated by recent press dispatches. apparently originating with the Seattle Chamber of Com merce. Paper making plants of l the size and type we all hope to get in Alaska entail huge invest ment and necessarily an orderly and detailed study of the many factors involved must be made before a beginning of construction .l work can be looked for. These studies require much time and o'ir | projects are still in this invest. gation stage.
 "The preliminary studies, which i included reconnaissance of water 1 power resources and timber sup plies, both of which were made Hast summer. the stream invests- gations now being conducted, l am informed, have been entirely satisfactory and indicated tha. the projects contemplated are practical. Because they were en- couraging to the two interested |groups, the intensive and con- plete surveys of resources anf studies of all the more important factors involved in carrying out tn eprojects as announced, will he made this year"
 I MT. Heintzeiman spent a week in San Francisco in conference with MT. Kenzie. representing the Cameron-Chandler interests. and J. D. and | Zellerbach and E. M. Mills. of the Zellerbach Company. MT. George T. Cameron. who IS now in Europe. will return to San
 Francisco in May and plans to come to Juueau h June.