.a u t horizing appropriations for
roud.s, trails and other aids to
transportation serving lands and
facilities in Alaska under the jur
isdiction of the bureau of Indian
affairs.
^ This bill was passed over two
weeks ago when Congressman
Cunningham of Iowa objected to
the amount of money which might
be involved. His objection was
withdrawn when the bill was
amended to provide that not more
than $500,000 would be author
ized to be expended in any one
^ year to carry out the purposes of
the bill.
The department of the interior
has authority to spend road
money on lands under its juris
diction in the continental United
States, but no authorization exists
for such expenditure in the Ter
ritory.
PUBLIC LAND BILL
, PASSES HOUSE
The House approved legisla
tion designed to streamline pub
lic land procedure in Alaska.
The bill now before the Senate
requires that a settler notify the
proper district land office within
90 days that he has settled on cer
tain land. At the present time,
settlers record their action with
the respective U. S. Commission
er which, in many instances, re
sults in delay so that the district
land offices are unable to tell
prospective entrymen whether or
not the land interesting them is
already claimed by prior settle
ment.
The bill also carries a provision
that a person already on land at
the time the bill becomes effective
shall have 90 days within which
to file notice of location with the
district land office if he has not
already filed such a notice with
the commissioner and two years
if notice of the location has been
filed in the respective recording
district.
SHIPPING
The House has given its ap
j proval to a resolution extending
; until June 30, 1950, the authority
. of the maritime commission to
1 sell, charter and operate vessels
Earlier in the session Congress
I granted similar authority to last
until June 30 of this year, but it is
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Company
now desired to make an extension
yf an additional year.
Under the chartering authority
given it by Congress, the mari
time commission has made vessels
available to operators in the Alas
ka trade under a charter hire ar-j
rangement. Under the terms of
the resolution enacted earlier]
this year, the distribution of char-1
tered vessels as of April 15, as set
forth in the committee report on
the new resolution, is as follows:
Trade in which employed:
Puget Sound, Alaska, 8.
United States Pacific coast
ports, Alaska, 4.
United States coastwise, inter
coastal, 45.
The committee report on the
resolution seeking extension un*
l til Juno of next year states: “ . . .
it appears essential that the ves
sels now chartered to provide ade
quate service to Alaska and in the
coastwise and intercoastal trades
of the United States should be
continued, since the operators in
these trades do not at the present
time own sufficient vessels of
suitable types to successfully re
establish adequate operation and
service of privately owned vessels
in such trades.”
MILITARY AND NAVAL
CONSTRUCTION IN ALASKA
Congress this week received ■
legislation which would authorize j
expenditure of more than $130
millions for military and naval!
construction in Alaska.
The request is included in iden-,
tical bills dropped in the House:
and Senate hoppers by the chair
men of the armed services com
mittees of both Houses and cov
ers construction authorization for
installations botl> inside and out
side continental United States.
The Alaska projects would to-;
tal $130,075,500.
Authorization is sought in the
amount of $66,480,700 for army
construction in the Territory for
the following: Survey of Valdez
pipe line, $315,000; petroleum ter-;
minal storage at Eielson air force j
base, $6,800,000; ordnance shops,,
water intake, petroleum terminal!
storage and dock, design of 400-1
bed station hospital, water sup-j
ply. warehouses, heat and power]
plant, water treatment, enlisted
men's service club, outside utili
ties, bachelor officers quarters,
barracks, family housing and util
ities at Fort Richardson, $46,720,
000; and outside utilities, central
heat and power plant, composite,
bachelor housing, service and re- j
creation building at Whittier, S12,- ’
645,700.
The navy construction authori
zation totaling $25,16^,000 is
sought for Adak and Kodiyk. Per
manent communication facilities
and family quarters and utilities
at Adak would account for $22,-;
! 616,000 of the total, while $2,548,- j
000 would be authorized for the ]
naval operating base at Kodiak
for extension of the runway, fam
ily quarters and utilities.
The air force request for au
thorization totals $38,430,800 for: j
Warmup shelters for aircraft,!
$1,000,000; theater, maintenance
docks, utilities, telephone cx
c h ange, refrigeration building,
barracks, bachelor officers quar
ters, family quarters and utili
ties at Eielson air force base, $28,
156,200; telephone system, out
side utilities, warm storage for
vehicles at Elmendorf air force
base, Fort Richardson, $3,664,600;
and family quarters and utilities
at Ladd air force base, $5,610,000.
Appropriations to carry out the
requested program will not be
considered by Congress until the
authorization is granted through
passage of either one of the bills
mentioned.
FHA Expediter
To Visit Alaska
For “Look See”
<</}») Special Washington Service)
WASHINGTON, (>P) — Plans to
conduct an on-the-spot survey of
Alaskan housing needs were an
nounced Friday by federal hous
ing administrator Raymond M.
Foley.
A six-man group will leave for
the Territory this week to investi
gate means of expediting con
struction of new dwellings there
under the recently-enacted Alas
ka housing act.
Foley said the group will con
sult with Alaskan officials and
business interests to determine
how private builders and lenders
can best participate in the pro
gram. and how the act can be ef
fectively and economically admin
istered.
Under the act, Congress author
ized FHA to insure mortgages on
Alaskan housing up to one-third
more than permissible elsewhere
because of higher construction
costs in the Territory. It also set
up a $15,000,000 revolving fund
from which the Alaska Housing
Authority can make loans or
otherwise finance construction of
housing facilities.
Philip F. Smith, 82,
Alaska Old Timer,
Passes On
SEATTLE f/P)—Philip F. Smith.
82, who in his time knew the heat
and dust of the Chisholm Trail
and later the ice and avalanches
of Chilkoot Trail, died here Tues
day.
He was one of the last survivers
of the original Buffalo Bill Wild
West Show in which he rode at
the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893.
Later, lured by the news of the
Klondike gold strike, Smith came
to Seattle. He settled his family
here, went to Skagway and climb
ed Chilkoot in the days of ’98, and
spent many seasons in Alaska and
the Yukon. He was in Nome and
later in the Copper River country,
principally around Chitina.
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