The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-12-04
OF
 S387,000 MADE
 FOR ROAD WORK
Three Glacier Highway Projects Are Included
 in New Road Program

A Forest Highway program for 1881 involving the expenditure in Alaska of S387,0O0 Federal funds and $15,000 Territorial money has been approved by the Secretary of Agriculture, it was announced to- day by M L. Merritt, Assistant Regional Forester. This is sup plementary to programs already approved and which are now pend- ing.
 Of the total new funds allotted, there is an aggregate of $70,000 for three projects on Glacier High way. Other Southeast Alaska pro- jects were allotted $255,000, and Seward Highway $45,000.
 Glacier Highway Work
 The most important Glacier High way project is the installation of a new bridge across Mendenhall River to replace the present lower river structure. While definite plans have not been approved for the bridge, it is expected to be of steel and to be 20 feet wide. l. will entail widening and realigning approaches
 A second project on the highway for which funds were allotted is the reconstruction of the section from the bridge sjust south of Switzer's Dairy to a point near the top of the hill north of the dairy. It is planned to straighten out that stretch of road. The estimated cost is $25 1000.
 This work will be done at the same time the bridge south of Switzer's is replaced Ten thousand dollars has already been set up for that work, which makes the total for the entire job $35,000
 To reconstruct a spur from the highway to the summer home col- ony at Lena Point, distance Of about one mile, S10,000 was allotted Surveys have been made of all these projects and work will start early next Spring, or possibly be- fore the end of the winter, it was announced.
 Skagway Gets Bridge
 An item of $60,000 for a new bridge across the Skagway River north of Skagway was included in the program. This will replace the present structure that was built prior to 1920 and is now unsafe for use, 1t was said.
 To extend Tongass Highway, Ket- chikan, from the present southern Terminus to the New England pow CT plant, which will involve one bridge and about three quarters of a mile of new road, the sum of $50,000 was allotted.
 Forty thousand dollars was set up for reconstruction of a threemile section of Wrangell Highway. For short roads at Klawock and Craig, sections of the West Coast High way, a total of $3O0O0 was ap- proved, $20,000 at Klawock and $l0,0OO at Craig.
 Petersburg Creek Road
 The program also listed 5000 Forest Fund money for three-mile road in the vicinity of Petersburg, but across the narrows from the town. The Territory has set up sl5,- 000 to cooperate in this project, the total estimated cost of which is $90,000
 For constructing new bridge | across Resurrection River, the sum of S45,000 was allotted.
 For location surveys on number of Southeast Alaska projects, the Secretary approved the allotment of $17,000. Included in these proj- ects are: Mud Bay-Loring Section 1 of Tongass Highway, 12 miles, Sl2,- 900; Lemin Creek Loop to Glacier three miles, S3,0O0; Indian Park section of the Sitka Highway, one mile, S1 900; 1 West Coast Highway, Tydaburg Village, one mile, $1 ,000
 Mir and Mrs Fl T. Arnold are |