Valley frontiersman., 1952-01-03


 tons for both civilian and mili- tary programs in Alaska was reached this week when a final determination was made by the Department Of Defense on alloca- ton of military public work funds for Alaska for the 1852 fiscal year.
 Alaskan Appropriations
 The total represents civilian appropriations of Sll5,093.873 granted by Congress this year for federal activities in the Territory, plus Sl55 979,400 for Army, Navy and Air Force construction. Au- thorization for the military pub lie works program for the Terri tory was granted during the first session of the 82nd Congress in the amount of S3377l7430 and the money made available to car " out the authorization repre- sents a sum just short of half the authorization with additional money to be sought in future ifs cal years.
 The Navy program amounts to $15,9l4,300 with $2,8l0,000 to be spent at the Naval Station at Adak, $6,977,800 at the Naval Op- erating Base at Kodiak, $l,936,- 500 at the Naval Air Station, Ko- diak, and $7 million at the Naval Communication Station, Kodiak. The Air Force contemplates the expenditure of $10l, ,429,000 in AL aska, the largest segment going to Elmendorf Air Force Base in the amount of $47,081.000, with $29,496,O00 earmarked for Eiel- son Air Force Base, $39,202,0OO for Ladd Air Force Base. $2,45O,- 900 each for Shemya and Thorn brough Gold Bay) Air Force bases and $750,000 for the Nak- nek Air Force Auxiliary Field. Delegate Bartlett has been in- formed that the Army expects to have approximately $38,636, 100 available for Army projects, in- cluding funds for Big Delta, Ladd Air Force Base, Fort Richardson and an oil pipeline from Halnes to Ladd. A breakdown is not yet available of the separate Army allocations.
 The Interior Department re- ceived the greatest amount ot money from the total $l15,O98,873 allowed for civilian projects in the sum of $52,079,070, with the Commerce Department allotted $22,414,664. Activities of the US. Treasury Department came third with $6,670,000 and the rest of the total figure was divided among the Agriculture Department, $5,- 292,81O; the Post Office Depart ment, $6,1O4, ,0O0; the Defense De- partment, $6,O52,200; the Public Health Service, $l,2l1,l29; and supplemental appropriations to- talling $15,275,000.
 The $52,O79,070 appropriation for the Interior Department in cludes $688,165 for the Bureau of Land Management; $6,004,40 for the Bureau of Reclamation, of which $5,761,400 is to be applied to the Eklutna hydroelectric pro- ject; $2,181,3O0 for the Geological Survey; $377,040 for the Bureau of Mines; $1,791, ,668 for the Fish and Wildlife Service; $268,509 for the National Park Service; $8,- 268,473 for the Bureau of Indian Affairs; $9,194 for the Alaska ac tivities of the Office of the Sec retary of the Interior; $2O million for road construction; S2 million for Alaska Railroad construction; $7 million for the Alaska public works program; S2,900000 for the maintenance of roads; S88.180 for the Governors office and S502, Al for the care and custody of Alaska's insane.
 The road funds contemplate construction andI Tor surfacing on the Eagle-40-Mile-Alaska High way road, Richardson Highway, Alaska Highway, the Richardson Highway Mt. Mckinley Road and the Tok Cutoff with recon struction funds for the Tok Cut