The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-05-16
MADE ) HIGHWAY HEAD,
 ENGINEER DIV.
International Highway As sociation Is Pushing Pre-
 liminary Program

International Highway Association and has accepted the offer. it was made known today This organi- zation was recently incorporated at Fairbanks for the purpose of promoting the projected highway from Alaska through Yukon Terri tory and British Columbia to Seal | tie.
 Prominent officials and former Road Commission members have been asked to serve in an advis- ory capacity. They include Gov George A. Parks, Delegate Dan Sutherland, Col O. F. Ohlson, Gen. eral Manager of the Alaska Rail- road R. J. Sommers, Territorial Highway Engineer, and General Wilds P. Richardson and James c Steese, former presidents of thf Alaska Road Commission.
 Trustees In Fairbanks
 A board of trustees was elected composed entirely of residents ot Fairbanks. It was considered ad- visable to limit the directorate tc !, that town in order that it might be able to function successfully.
 Members of the board are P. J Rickert, former member of the Alaska Legislature and Grand Pres ident of the Pioneers of Alaska Donald Mcdonald, engineer of the Alaska Road Commission and origi- nator of tie project; E. B. Collins another former Alaska Legislator and now assistant United States Attorney at Fairbanks; Dr. J. A Sutherland, Deputy Health Commis- sioner for the Fourth Division; J c. Rivers, Secretary of the Asso- citation; Capt. A. E. Lathrop, Re publican National Committeeman for Alaska; pr. C. E. Bunnell, Pres ident of the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines; Dr r. DeLavergne, Mayor of Fair 1 banks; and E. H. Stroecker, Cashier of the First National Bank of Fair | banks.
 The Fairbanks Commercial Clut is using letterheads and other sta tionery on the back of which ap- pears a map of the proposed h. ternational Highway. It is a re- production of the map prepared here by Donald Mcdonald and first circulated in this city
 PA. Union Interested
 The American Union has ex- pressed an interest in the project according to Major Elliott. A let ter has been received from Dr. L s. Rowe, Director General of the Union, answering a communica- tion from Major Elliott, saying his organization was deeply interested Major Elliott suggested that the Union consider the Alaska Canada Seattle project in connection with any Pan-American route it might have under consideration.
 Canada, Dr. Rowe said, is not 8 member of the Union Owing to | that fact, he was inclined to be- lieve that the Union would not con sider any continental route that did not lie wholly within the scope | of the confederation. However the executive committee of the Union was to have met early this month and Dr. Rowe promised te lay the project before it for fina, action.
 Funds Are Available
 Funds for advertising the. ad- vantages of the International High way, such as proposed by the As sociation, were made available ir the sum of $500 by the recent Alaska Legislature. This was turn ed over to the Alaska Road Com mission to be expended at it's dis cretion.
 Major Elliott said it would re- quire considerable investigation ano consideration before a progra n could be adopted for expending this fund in manner that will be pro- ductive of the best results.
 In adopting local road projects he said, the Alaska Road Commis- sion keeps constantly in mind the proposed highway and desires te lay out it's work in such way that when the highway is completed, the work done will fit into the com pleted route to the best possible advantage. The road into the Chistochina Nabesna- hisa ma re- zion, now being surveyed, will ex- tend almost to the Canadian border from where a connection could be made to Whitehorse without much difficulty and would form a link in the international project Later should sufficient traffic develop te justify it, more direct route coulc be constructed up the Tanans River, thence to Whitehorse, mater ially shortening the distance.
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