The Wrangell sentinel., 1956-08-24
STIKINE RIVER ROAD. FERRY SYSTEMS NO DREAM, SAYS GREELEY

@A Otid uON II lIG oIlhiut IllN CT from the potentially rich mineral area of northern British Columbia to tidewater and connecting car ferries plying between the towns of Southeast Alaska is no longer a dream, Alaska Regional Forester A. W. Greeley said in an address at the Chamber of Commerce dinner meeting here Tuesday night.
 The recent enactment by Con gress of the Federal aid highway act, making available to Alaska approximately 12 million dollars in the next 10 years on a Territorial fund matching basis moves such proposed projects as the Stikine road and car ferry systems into the realm of real possibilities, the Regional Forester said. Under the program which makes the Terri torial Road Board the key in desig- mating routes and facilities it is expected that Territorial matching funds will be appropriated by the A@S5 Iolulult anu cal illdl htu lOI SuNl projects, he pointed out. He ex- plained that the Bureau of Public noads long delegated to build roads only within the forest areas, will be the overall construction agency.
 Touching on the recent years extension granted Pacific Northern Timber company for construction of a lumber plant and pulp mill at Shoemaker Bay, six miles south of Wrangen, the Forester said the Forest Service had gone along with the request of PINT for more time because of difficulty encountered by the timber company ill arrang- ing it's financing but with the as surance that the terms of PNT's contract with the Forest Service would be carried out as outlined under the 50-year contract for tim Der in this area totaling from three to four and a half billion board feet and encompassing 339,OOO acres of timber land ill the Wran- gell-Petersburg district
 He explained there was d hesi- tancy on the part of capital in this election year that had a bearing on new construction projects gener- ally.
 Referring to other proposei tim Der development projects il the Southeast. Greeley said it w4s eX- pected the Alaska Lumber and Pulp Company. which operates the Wrangell sawmill under lease, would break ground for it's pulp mill at Sitka next spring. Much of it's preliminary work has been done and its financing arranged.
 Georgia Pacific P1ywood con- panys plans for a paper mill in the Juneau area is dormant at the pre- sent time, he reported, largely be- cause the firm is installing a large new pulp mill at Toleda. Ore, where it already has one of the largest sawmills on the Pacific Coast.
 Recreation areas. such as local park. originally set up by the For est Service under the old eco pro- gram. may again come under the Forest Service jurisdiction, he re- ported. He said consideration is be- ing given to a plan of authorizing the Service to again establish camp grounds and recreation areas Pre- sently, the recreation of the Bureau der the jurisdiction oi the Bureau of Land Management which has no funds for maintenance.
 Looking to the future, the For ester said his agency is continuing a comprehensive study of forest areas and cutting control to assure a sustained yield He said it was being proven that taking out tim Der in section lots, rather than a tree lere and there, was better for reforesctation because it permitted sunlight with the result that seed lings sprout and develop fast CT.
 Greeley flew down from his Jun eau headquarters Tuesday after noon as a special guests of the Chamber, returning Wednesday.