The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-03-14
ANOTHER STEP IN FLEETWOOD
 DEVELOPMENT.

With the settlement of all questions concerning selection of final timber and waterpower sites in the negotiations between the United States Forest Service and private interests big step has been taken toward the beginning of the development of Alaska's pulp timber resources for the manufacture of pulp and newsprint. No better news has come to Juneau in many years than that brought by Asst. District Forest Henztleman to the effect that all of the problems have been cleared away and that the channels open for final action by the Cam eron-C Chandler and zellerbach interests
 To some Alaskans, perhaps to many of them there has seemed cause for wonderment that it has taken three years to conclude the preliminary explorations. Some people have expressed the idea that the companies following dilatory tactics that unnecessarily dragged out the proceedings. This, however has been far from true For instance the Juneau project in which the Cameron Chandler group is interested calls for the purchase of five billion feet of lumber. At the time the company bid that quantity three years ago. the in which it embraced had never been more than casually cruised And the cruises that had been made were carried out by Government employees In other words, the available data on timber stand was based on partially complete veys made by agents of the owners of the timber. It was not an indication of lack of confidence in either the Government its employees that the prospective purchasers felt necessary to make an independent survey of the areas and compile their figures the timber resources. It merely the precaution that any competent business man would take before investing his money in any enter prise old new Naturally the greater the invest ment the searching the investigation.
 It was more necessary for them to thor oughy investigate the waterpower resources Little authoritative information of any kind was available about stream flow storage capacity drainage areas sit f0r md ntba essentials in power development. To have pro- ceeded without having first making close study of both timber and waterpowers would have been ridiculous.
 The development of the entire project will entail the expenditure of millions of dollars. how many even now is not definitely known. The develop ment of a power system producing and distributing where needed 50,000 horsepower and the erection and equipment of a plant capable of turning out 800 tons daily of newsprint, is called for in the final evolution of the Juneau project, is of the first magnitude in country where material development has already occurred When that de- velopment occurs in pioneer country where even field conditions are largely an unknown quantity, there arise problems of the utmost gravity
 In the past three years there has been expended many thousands of dollars in studying all of the factors involved. The problems discovered have been solved. And their solution has been satis- factory, which is to the point, as is evidenced by the agreements announced by Mir Heinztleman The exploratory three-year period has been well spent, and the outlook visioned in MT Heintzle- mans interview recently in The Empire. and re- stated by him to the Chamber of Commerce Thurs day. is as encouraging anyone could desire
 MT. Heinzteman said he had the assurance of both companies that they will proceed with actual development within the time allowed them for in- frlrti In tfcm of Tho each company has shown in the preliminary work these assurances be relied upon to the fullest extent it seems very evident