The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-05-31
WILL KEEP SHIPS OPERATING
BLURRED INTEREST IN ALASKA FOUND
 BY E. HEINTzLEMAN
Regional Forester Reports on Prospective Indus
 trial Developments

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 Numerous prospective industrial developments in Southeast Alaska were listed today by Regional For ester B. Frank Heintzleman. just returned to his headquartesr here after being in the Pacific North west since the first part of May
 On his arrival in the South, MT Heintzleman represented the Ju- neau Chamber of Commerce at the meeting of the Pacific Northwest Trade Association held in Victoria B. c. The meeting was two-day affair and the group attending rep resented all the principal commun- ities of British Columbia. Wash ington, Oregon, Idaho and Western Montana At the request of the Juneau Chamber, Heintzleman ad- dressed the meeting on the subject of the desirability of an auto-ferry and passenger service along the In- side Passage from Seattle, Van couver and Prince Rupert, B. C., serving Ketchikan. Wrangell. Peters burg and Juneau, and connecting with the "Chilkat Gateway" at Haines to serve the Interior of Alaska and Whitehorse.
 
 Coming To Alaska
 Much of the remainder of MT Heintzleman's stay in the North west was spent in discussion of in- dustrial enterprises in Alaska with firms showing interest. The tire mendous shortage of lumber for housing is leading many lumber companies to consider establishing in Southeast Alaska" he stated One of the firms with which he had dealings has already gone into Wrangell and purchased the lumber mill there. Primarily a lumber exporting firm, that company is the American Asiatic Export Co. Its Alaska subsidiary is known as the Alaska-Asiatic Lumber Go. The Wrangell mill has Eeen cutting about 25,000 feet, b. m., of lumber per day. The new owners are ex- banding it's capacity to 9o,000 f. b. m. per day = the same size as the Juneau Lumber Mills.
 Four or five other concerns, Heintzleman said, now either have men in Southeast Alaska or intend to send them up soon to inyesti- gate other prospective lumber or plywood production enterprises,
 Limestoine Development
 The Regional Forester also dis closed that he had had more ex- tensive dealings with the Alcoa Mining Co.,, subsidiary of the Aluminium Corporation of America, which is putting in large lime- stone quarry at Edna Bay on Kos ciusko Island and has purchased the former Alaska Spruce Program camp there from the Forest Ser vice. About l50 men are to Ee em- ployed on the Alaska end of the operation and 9,0o00 tons Ca full ship load) of limestone will be shipped out every 10 days in ships purchased and especially recondi- ticned for the purpose.
 The limestone will go to various Pacific Northwest points for sale for many purposes, but primary use will be for reduction at the com pany's Portland, Ore, plant of a certain type of aluminium ore found in the Willamette valley.
 While south, MT. Heintzleman also studied new methods that have been devised for the extraction and bailing of peat. One of the larg- est producers of peat on the North west coast will, he said. investi- gate Alaska peat deposits in the vicinity of Petersburg during the mOnLn Ol June.
 Tourist Resorts
 Other angles occupying Heintzle- mans attention were: Contacts with numher of firms studying tourist resort possibilities in Southeast Alaska; furnishing great deal of information to concerns which are investigating prospects of railway car-ferry service to Prince Ru- pert from Southeast Alaska towns.
 In line with the Regional For est Service offices program of con- tinuing to press for early develop ment of 8 pulp and paper industry in Alaska, Heintzleman discussed the matter with several of the large producers in the Pacific Northwest and also with large users of paper and paper products.
 Tn view of the world shortage of pulp products, all are showing much interest in Alaska prospects, ' he declared, but there is nothing definite to report in the way of prospective installations at this