The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-14
SEEKS SS00,000 ROADS
 FUND FOR 1892
A. R. C. Head in Washing ton After Attending
 Highway Meet
Special Correspondsnce)

Especial Correspondence)
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 29.-
 Major Malcom Elliot, president ol the Alaska Road Commission, arri- ved in Washington this week and expects to remain two months or longer, He will assist in the effort to have the Bureau accept for the fiscal year of 1882 the same appro- priation of s8O0000 that was acc orded the Commission for the present year.
 Roads and trails are very essen tial to the further development of the Territory and the War Depart ment will have the cordial assis- tance of Delegate Wickersham in trying to secure from the Budget and Congress the appropriation that is necessary for the Commission to carry out it's progam for the coming year. Major Elliott, as a member of the joint United States and Canada International High way Commission, attended meet ing of the Commission at Victoria on Oct. 10th, and was greatly en- couraged because of the generally expressed opinion that the route from Hazelton, British Columbia, to Fairbanks, was feasible and econo- mically advantageous. It is eXpec ted that another meeting of the joint Commission will be held in Washington early in January next. Mrs. R. w. Ferguson of Fairbanks, accompanied by her young daug- hter, spent a few days in Wash ingotn last week with her friend Miss Henrietta A. Mirick, who taught school in Fairbanks ten years ago. Mrs. Ferguson is en- toying her first trip out from the North in the past 30 years, and went to California with her daugh- ter who was seriously i'll, but who has almost fully recovered and will return with her mother to Fair banks in the Spring.
 The Postoffice Department has suggested to the Delegate that he submit the name of a suitable per- son to serve as Postmaster at Wrangell, the advanced age of the present incumbent making him ineligible for the office. The name of B. Y. Grant, young and capa- ble man who was highly recom- mended by the patrons of the of flee, has been submitted, and it is expected that he will shortly re- ceive the appointment The post mistress at Kodiak, Mrs. Lillian H. White, has resigned her position and is anxious to retire from the office. It is expected that Mrs. Lydia Noble will be appointed as her successor. Applications have been received for the reestablish- ment of postoffices at Ugashik Aniak and Woodchopper. The De- partment is looking into the ne- cessity for offices at these loca- tions.
 In answer to request made by the Delegate he has been advised by the Postmaster General that an investigation has been made as to the desirability of having the mail service to Dillingham; carried from Anchorage instead of from Kama talk The change of base is prac- ticable and the contractor, the Alaskan Airways, Inc, has been granted permission to provide the service. from Anchorage, effective November 1.
 Some people interested in eff cient work in the Territorial Legis- lature have written the Delegate saying that it is doubtful whether competent assistance can be sec- ured in the next session unless the per diem compensation of the Sec retary of the Senate, the Chief Clerk of the House, and their chief assistants, is increased. At present the compensation is but $8 and $5 per day.
 Delegate Wickersham sat in" on PRINTING AN