The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-29
MAIN ROADS In
ALASKA ADEQUATE
Defense PURPOSES

AyEs EMyE YUNPVykS
The main roads system in Alaska
will be able to meet any demands
made on it for defense purposes
Col. John r. Noyes, Commissioner
/ of the Alaska Road Commissioner
declared today after his return
from Washington, D. c., where he
has been en- matters of concern
to the road building program in
the territory.
Col. Noyes said there is a gen.
eral atmosphere of considerable SER
iousness in washington over the
international scene.
Push Road Work
The rcnds Commissioner en-
/ phasized however that the present
plans for construction and improve
ment Of roads should be pushed
vigorously.
The Seward Anchorage 126 mile
highway, scheduled to be completed
by the end of the working season
next year, probably in November,
1851, will provide the finest road
way in Alaska for handling heavy
trucking, Colonel Noyes said.
All but about 30 miles of the
highway is now open and this
stretch will be ready for traffic
before the end of the 1851 sea-
son.
The highway comprises the 10
miles Turnagain Arm road and the
IS miles Fcrest road through Kenai
Peninsula CT Homer.
Important Highway
Four contracts are to be let this
winter for improvements to the
Forest road Bids for work on one
section were opened in Juneau to-
day. When all work on the road is
completed the entire Highway will
be of finest constructed in the
territory and one of the most i'm
portant thoroughfares for defense
purposes in Alaska the road COM
missioner said. 1t will also give a
roadway from Anchorage to the
nearest south water point at Sc
ward.
1t is also of great Importance
to the territory in that it will
open one of the finest sections in
Alaska for economical and recre-
ational development the Kenai
Peninsula, Colonel Noyes declared.
FACE PROBLEMS
Col. Noyes said one of the most
serious problems confronting the
T road building program is the lack
of housing for personnel at various
points where projects are under
way. He said this is particularly
true in the interior
Another problem which must be
faced is the restriction which has
been placed on orders for steel, in
effect in the last two months, the
Commissioner said. There is plenty
CT material Col Moves said but or
GERS are held in reserve pending de-
tense program demands.
While in the states Col Noyes
made arrangements for additionsS
personnel for the road program to
open in the spring. He said he
found indications that it will be in
creasingly difficult to obtain quail
flied personnel because OF the draft
and demands for work in the states.
Funds For Construction
Col. Noyes will attend tie Dis
trict Engineers Conference pro-
gram to be held in Washington
next January 8-12 at which time
he said there should be a definite
indication of the amount of appro-
priations for future road work in
the territory.
Leaving Juneau October Col.
Noyes went to Washington and be-
side to Alaska Road Commission
matters and attending Bureau Of
the Budget meetings he was pres
emf at the Alaska Science Confer
ence in the capital, the National
Safety Congress in Chicago and
enroute to Juneau the Pacific
Northwest Trades Association meet
ing held in Seattle early this week
Gel. Noyes managed short leave
for an overdue vacation and with
+ Mrs. Moves visited in New York,
his home, and other points in the
east. Mrs. Moves plans to remain
in New York for the winter.
On the west coast Gel. Noyes
visited with his sons, Jack, a senior
at the University OF Washington
and Dan, Juneau High School grad
uate, Glass 40, who is freshman
at the University of Oregon.
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