The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-05
APPLICATIONS FACT ROCKY ROAD PRIOR TO GOVT. APPROVAL
Public Works Projelfs Are Thoroughly Screened,
 Chamber Is Told

Applications for Federal aid in Municipal projects under the Pub lie Works Bill for Alaska will travel a rocky road before final approval.
 This was brought out in a talk given before the Chamber of Com merce at noon today by John Ar getsinger, district engineer. for the Community Facilities Service.
 Although he was scheduled to speak on the progress made under the bill, he chose to confine his talk to the problems faced before such progress is made.
 Applications must be approved by the Governor of Alaska, he sad The Governor considers the need for the project and the ability oi the applying community to pay ar average of 50 percent of the cost.
 After his approval is given, the application goes to Kenneth Kadow, chief of the Department of h. terior's Alaska Field Committee, who determines whether the pro- ject applied for comes under the requirements set up cy the Con- gressional legislation. He forwards his approval to the Secretary oi the Interiors office in Washing ton, DC.
 In the meantime, Community Facilities Service men in Alaska study the application to see that the project, as planned, fits it's standards, Argetsinger said.
 The Community Facilities Agency requires that CD the project must fit into a long-range plan for the community and CD it must it standards set up by appropriate Territorial departments. This means. he explained, that the pro- ject will be of permanent good in a permanent community and, if it is a school, can fit the standards set up by the Territorial Depart ment of Education.
 NOT MUCH RED TAPE
 This necessary red tape takes place only if planning for the pro- ject has reached that stage where it is ready for letting out to a contractor, he said.
 The library project for Juneau, application for which will be pre- sented to the service Saturday along with application for other projects in the city, will be pro- cesscd immediately, he declared.
 Detailed plans for the library have been drawn up, site is avail able, and the community share ot the cost is on hand.
 Incomplete plans are returned to the applicants, who can make further application when the re- quirements are met.
 After local approval, which fol- lows investigation of the legality of deeds and financial feasibility of the project, as well as archi- tects' and engineers approval, final approval of the projects comes from the chief of the Community Facilities Service in Washington.
 Under active consideration at pre- sent at s1,2O5c00 worth of com munity projects, he said. But s54,- oo0000 worth of projects are ex- pected to be applied for before the end of the five-years covered ~ the Alaska Public Works bin
 BOOCHEVER INSTALLED
 Robert Boochever was installed as President of the Chamber at the meeting today. He takes the place of Fred Eastaugh, whose admins tration of Chamber affairs during 1949 he praised.
 A letter from the Alaska De- velopment Board informed Cham Ter members of a special Alaska supplement of the trade publlca- tion Travel Agent" which will go to travel agents in the United States in February.
 R. c. Morgan, publisher of the magazine will meet with Southeast Alaska travel agents and hotel men at the Baranof Hotel Janu- ary "A, the letter said.