NWA Chamber
Has Excellent
Turnout
Last evening the Northwestern
Alaska Chamber of Commerce
held a special meeting in order to
hear about road and rail activities
for the coming season.
John D. Hudert, Superintendent
^temporarily) of this district for
the Alaska Road Commission,
spoke on the A.R.C. program, say
ing that there will not be much
change from the activities of the
past few years, due to the war, but
that a few projects are planned
for the season.
The Dexter Road will be grav
eled; the railroad to the Kougarok
will be repaired; the Taylor road
from the end of the railroad will
be opened, early enough to permit
mining this season.
Mr. Hudert advises the public
not to use the Dexter or Snake
River roads until notified by the
A.R.C. that they are in passable
condition.
The status of the Nome-Little
Creek section of the railroad is!
still unsettled, as the Army re
fuses fat present! to place it in
useable condition.
Col. Walgren, representing the
military authorities at Nome,
stated under present circumstanc
es the railroad passes through a
military reservation and for se
curity reasons passage could not
be permitted, but that the railway
might be re-routed outside the
present military area.
Superintendent Hudert then
said he would write to Ike Taylor,
head of the A.R.C., at Juneau,
Alaska, and request that the rail
road between Nome and Little
Creek be put in usable condition.
It was moved, seconded, and the
motion carried that the Secretary
of the Chamber write to the Ter-1
ritorial Highway Engineer, Leon-’
ard Smith, for a concerted effort
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on his part in the rehabilitation of
the Nome-Little Creek section of
he railroad.
Rev. O’Connor, of Kotzebue, j
chairman of the Alaska Commit
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tee on National Housing was not
present, but the President ex
plained that O’Connor was in favor
of the project for Nome, as there
is great need here for low-cost
housing. It was also noted that the I
request for the housing must come ^
from the city authorities who must i
certify to the need.
Captain F. G. Dominick, Intelli
gence Officer, gave a short dis
sertation on the paper balloons'
which the Japanese are suppos-'
edly loosing from the Tokyo area.
A. Polet, 2nd Division member
of the Alaska Development Board,
made further explanation to the
Chamber of the activiies of his
Board, and the need for concerted
planning of a program for the re
gion. and the necessity for the es
tablishment of a Development
Board regional office here with a
paid secretary to gather and com
pile data necessary for efficient
dissemination of information to
persons wishing to settle in this
part of the country.
G. R. Jackson spoke on the val
ues of mining claims and proper
ties, saying that the mining in
dustry, which is the mainstay of
the Division should be built up,
and the properties proven. When
good properties are located, the
A.R.C. will surely cooperate and
build roads to the areas where
they are most needed, and do the
most good.
Speaking on the condition of
the railroad, Mr. Jackson said that
the main reason for the terrible
condition was lack on control of
load limits on the rails, and sug
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