Seward daily gateway., 1932-11-08
ALASKA ITEMS IF INTEREST kT THE
 NATIONAL. CAPITAL.

certain expenditures for the light house service in Alaska will be made in very short time. To complete the new station to a point back of the crumbling cliffs at Cape Hinchinbrook the sum of $48,OOO has been set aside and will be all that will be necessary to complete the work. It is expected, however, that the winter weather will cause some delay and the station will not be completed until next summer. The big expenditure will be S285 GOO for a new lighthouse tender to re- place the Fern. It is expected that some building company on the Pa cific coast will secure the contract. For the construction of a buoy shed at Ketchikan and other small work $12,OO0 has been set aside. But it must be understood that under the economy law the amounts deSig- mated for each project will be cut 10 pc rcent.
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 Some employees of the Alaska Railroad are desirouS of purchasing the houses and lots which they have been occupying and which were built by the government. Del egate Wickersham has taken the matter up with the General Land Office and is informed that under the ruls governing the sale of lots in Anchorage, on which houses have been built by the Alaska En- gineering Commission, provision is made that the lots shall be ap- praised by the superintendent of sales for the railway toWnsites in Alaska, who now is James A. Ram sey, and the houses by the general manager of the Alaska Railroad. The lots and houses may be offered at public sale by MT. Ramsey. Of the amount to be paid, one-fifth must be paid in cash at the time of sale, the balance payable in month ly inStallmentS. The regulations provide that the property must be offered at public sale before becom- ing subject to private sale.
 A wire recently sent from Seat tie as follows: "A dispatch receiv- ed here, and confirmed from Wash ington, says the Treasury Depart ment has approved of border i'm igration station at Ketchikan." An inquiry at the Delegates office is made as to just what this means. The Labor Department states that the erection of an immigration sta tion is not contemplated at Ketch- ikan, and that only two or three rooms are necessary to accommo- date the requirements at Ketchi- kan. The Treasury Department further adds that the only building selected for Ketchikan is the $400,- 900 allocation that will house the post office, court officials, such of fices as are needed by Immigra- tion officials, and any other selec- tionS.
 Alaska is one of the localities where Federal officials do some times resign, at least postmasters. One of the latest is Samuel G. Da- wis, who has been postmaster at Hydaburg, First division, for only a few months and now wishes to be relieved. Mrs. Amy D. Larson was appointed postmaster at Taylor, in the Second division, last summer, and now declines the appointment.
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 The Interior Department has re- quested Governor George A. Parks, Superintendent Ike Taylor of the Alaska Road Commission, and Bur ton H. Barndollar, examiner of ac- counts of the Alaska Railroad, to report by November 16 It is desired to have them in Washington in connection with appropriations for various department activities.
 
 Delegate Wickersham's office has been informed by the Treasury Department that several private firms have sought to become archi- tects for the new federal building at Ketchikan. It is further stated th@' annocncement will not be made until after November 10 whether the various public build ings to be erected under the Relief act will have the government su- pervising architect to do the arch