PACIFIC FLEET
WANTS USE OF
ALASKA COAL
ANCHORAGE, May 20 (Special to
the Times)—Pacific coal is needed for
the Pacific fleet, and fuel will be taken
from the Matanuska field, thirty-five
miles from Anchorage, if the bitumin
ous areas, in the course of develop
ment, meet the present expectations
of the commission appointed by the
secretary of the navy to investigate
Alaska beds with a view to obtaining
steaming supplies for warships. The
Matanuska field, controlled by the
government and subject to reserva
tion for its exclusive use, close to
tidewater and connected with federal
wharfage sites by a government rail
road, offers to the navy advantages it
cannot acquire elsewhere.
Assurance of the high-grade quality
of the coal, confidence in the large
quantity of the deposits and approval
of the idea to devote part of the field
to the use of the navy were expressed,
following an investigation, by mem
bers of the naval commission.
The commission consists of Captain
S. E. W. Kittele, Captain L. E. Greg
ory and Lieutenant L. Aikman, United
States naval officers from the Puget
Sound navy yard, Bremerton, Wash.;
Sumner S. Smith, head of the coal
mining department of the Alaskan
Engineering Commission, and Theo
dore Chapin, of the United States geo
logical survey, both of whom have
their headquarters in Anchorage.
At the instance of the navy depart
ment, congress two years ago passed
a bill appropriating $1,000,000 for in
vestigating and developing in a pre
liminary way, for naval purposes,
coal deposits in Alaska, but the bill
was repealed before any of the funds
were put to use. The department
plans that another bill carrying a sim
ilar appropriation shall be introduced
at the special session of congress.
The wording of the bill is that
“$1,000,000 or so much thereof as may
be necessary, in the discretion of the
secretary of the navy, may be used by
him in mining coal or contracting for
the same in Alaska, in transporting
the same and in providing the neces
sary docks for use in supplying ships
therewith; and the secretary of wtfta. -1
navy is hereby authorized to select
from the public coal lands of Alaska
such areas as may be necessary for
use by him for the purpose stated
herein.’’
“The navy wants coal,” said Captain
Kittelle, chairman of the commission,
in explaining the coal land investiga
tion by him and his associates. “The
navy wants coal in the Pacific. The
navy wants Pacific coal in the Pa
cific. Everybody knows from press re
ports that the Pacific fleet is to be
re-established, and re-established on
a much larger scale than heretofore.
It probably will, if press reports are
correct, be a strong fleet of all types
of war vessels, from dreadnaughts to
submarine chasers. Vessels of this
fleet may be operating in Alaska
L waters annually; therefore, the neces
? sity for an adequate naval coal supply
can be readily realized.
“The naval commission is charged
with the duty of ascertaining, insofar
as possible, the detailed facts relative
♦ rt tVi« rmanHtv r»f cnnl tiYiKtinp- in thp
Matanuska beds, the transportation
facilities from the place of production
to tidewater, the pier and water fa
cilities, and the availability of labor.
“We shall make our report to the
navy department, which, in turn, will
decide upon a plan and probably then
submit its recommendations to con
gress. I have no hesitancy in saying
tests of Matanuska coal have shown
it possesses the necessary steaming
qualities. The commission has visited
the field and personally I am in
clined to believe the beds can be de
veloped to produce adequate quanti
ties for navy use. Certainly the navy
hopes the field will prove to be lim
itless.
“In view of the tact that congress
has once made a generous appropria
tion for the purpose of developing the
' Matanuska coal field, it seems reason
able to suppose, because of the con
tinuing need of the navy, that the ap
| proprlatlon will be renewed."
I Captain Gregory hopes the develop
| ment of the Matanuska field by the
i navy will necessitate his return to
Alaska. I
“I am encouraged to believe," he
[ said, “that the naval commission’s
| visit to the Matanuska field will lead
to practical benefits to the navy, and
one of - its results, I sincerely hope,
will be to occasion another trip by
me to Alaska in the future.”
(The great benefit that would accrue
to Alaska incidentally to the, opera
| tion of units in the Matanuska field
by the navy is emphasized by Mr.
Smith.
“The normal output of the Alaskan
Engineering Commission’s coal mine
at Eska under present conditions,”
declared Mr. Smith, “is about 6,000
tons a month, which means a monthly
payroll of about $25,000. I am in
formed the coal consumption of a
battleship on active cruising service
is about 7,000 tons a month. One can
easily imagine the benefits that would
accrue to Alaska if the fuel supply
for the Pacific fleeet should be taken
from the Matanuska field.”
FAIRBANKS MAn’hAS NARROW
ESCAPE FROM DROWNING
Last week Joe Downs had a narrow
escape from drowning in the Chena
river and but for the timely assist
ance rendered him would have gone
under the ice, says the Fairbanks
Alaska Citizen.
Downs attempted to cross the river
from the Garden island side a short
distance above the inlet of Noyes’
slough. The ice at this point was
honey-combed and worn thin. When
but few feet from shore the rotten
ice gave way with him, precipitating
him into the water which at this
place is many feet deep. Fortunate
ly he spread his arms out in front of
him, the ice being strong enough to
sustain his weight. Some men hear
ing his shouts for help investigated
and found him in a precarious posi
tion. Long poles and pieces of wood
were employed in rescuing him and
but for timely aid he would have been
drowned as he was thorughly chilled
and on the point of collapse.
The ice on the Chena and Tanana
rivers has become dangerous, to travel
on and mushers are warned by those
who have recently had occasion to
travel on the ice to keep off as the
ice is thoroughly rotted.
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WILL COMMENCE WORK
Frank Kernan, who arrived in town
on the steamship Admiral Farragut,
states that his company will start
work immediately upon the property
of the Valdez Mining Company, on
the glacier opposite the Ramsay
Rutherford. This property has had
considerable work done on it, and
much rich ore was found. A tunnel
is being driven in to the vein.—Valdez
Miner.
George Ashby, a precocious Valdez
youngster, passed a kitten the other
svening, which arched its back and
;®at at him when he attempted to pet
t. He turned to his companion and
ixclaimed, “It’s blowing its nose, ain’t
t?”
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