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ALASKA NEEDS SHIPYARD
SAYS SECRETARY REDFIELD
WASHINGTON. .Inly 1!* *Kve»ry
inteuer-t in \la.-ka should have the
fostering care of tin* country, so that
its development may 1 e rounded and
not partial. ‘ Secretary Kedfleld de
dares in a letter to Governor Thomas
Kiggs. Jr. outlining important work
planned by the department ot com
merer for th** benefit of the territory.
An essential preliminary to th** de
velopment of Miiska. Secretary Red
, field said, is that Alaskan waters
should he mad** safe for navigation,
and In* pledged the continuous serv
ice of the (’oast and Geodetic Survey
to that end. The hope of Alaska to
have a coast dotted with fishing vil
lages is regardful with especial favor
by the department, which will lend
its efforts to bring this about. Mr.
Kedfleld also pointed out th** possi
bility of establishing a shipyard in
Maska, and said that it such an en
terprise were in operation now tin*
i government would be glad to have it
build two of tin* four launches needed
for tin* fisheries service
Intension of tin* facilities for carry
ing on tin* work of tin* mast survey,
bureau of lighthouses and bureau of
fisheries i planned by tin- depart
mem, including new vessels for each
A new district for tin* steamboat in
speetion service Ins hci n me.de neces
sai v by the growth of tin* work in tin
Northwest, and headquarters prob
ably will be opened at Portland or
Seattle. Plans arc* being made for
salmon culture* and for experiments
with neglected species of fish foods:
by establishing a fisheries experiment,
tation on Puget sound.
Fisheries Demonstrations
Secretary Redfield’s letter said:
“It will doubtless be* well to begin j
by saying that in view of your interest
in tin* work of demonstrating to the
people ot Alaska the best methods of
curing and packing and otherwise*
preparing for market the* invaluable!
fish food resources of that territory,
we have* determined to double the*'
number of expert demonstrators from!
tin* bureau of fisheries, sending four!
instead of two.
“Deeds speak louder than words, and
the earnest wish of the* department
of commerce to assist Alaska rests
upon definite performance in the pres
ent and the past rather than upon
promises for the future*.
The Roosevelt’s Good Work
“Three of the maritime services of
this department affect Alaska—the
lighthouse service, the (’oast and (leo
detic Survey, and the bureau of fish
eries The equipment of these serv
ices has long been inadequate for the
important and growing work that
Alaska requires. Therefore, in each
of the three, new vessels have been
specially designed for the Alaskan
service and constructed ot rise haw,
been purchased, so that in «ach of
(hose three 1 in *s «n effort ht best i
ship* tile department has throughout
the eii ire I’nited States are thost^
• ither stationed in or pe< iull> in
tend'd for tin* work in Alaska In
the iisheries service th ligVhouse
steamer Cedar is the largest we haw
The new surveying steano-r S.trvyor,
specially designed lor work up< n \lu*
• kali coasts, will be sent there soon
a th« exigencies oi w»r nl.r that
she < n 1m- spa red I r >m t he t \.. in
like manner the leaiuer Koosewlt
>>' the lishrries .-erwt, specially < 011
mu ti-d for i« » condition*, is n »t oiilv
peculiarly lilted fur Alaskan work. b ,t
h.i proved that titties* within recent
weeks by tin* re-cue of tin- ice-bound
‘ bin and crew s in R-' *-*l b;i \ *
W Inch > i!:: lr ».: era? . • ii •• |> .
paid he; t ntite cost .oui maiuteii.ir.ee
, up to date.
While on this particular theme it
should he added that appropriations
have just been made providing a
power lighter tor use between Alas
kan points and the Seal islands, in
the fisheries service; for a small new
, steamer to take tlie place of the Taku
'for surveying in Alaskati waters, and
| for wire drug launches for the Coast
| a*d Geodetic Survey, the first step to
ward an adequate provision of those
important little vessels to do in the
best and moat rapid way that kind
of surveying of which the Alaska coast
stands in peculiar need.
"At the same time provision is made
for extending the sea coast lights in
Alaska, and I hope before this letter
reaches you to learn that congress
lias provided a fund for $90,000 for
construction at Ketchikan of a mod
ern lighthouse depot, adequate for the
home station of that service for the
| entire Alaskan coast. I took pleasure
in personally appearing before the
j senate committee and asking that this
matter be expedited
“1 have recently caused Inquiries to
be made in Ketchikan as to whether
ih»* wooden strain lighter lor the fish
t ries service i mild he built at some
Maskan point, and regret to find that
ih«*re seems no yard adequate for the
purpose. Let me suggest that a good
boat building yard would seem to have
an excellent opportunity at some Alas
kan port There Is, I take it. abun
dant material, and the amount of la
bor would not he large. If such a
yard existed now we could give* it an
opportunity to bid upon four small
wooden vessels, and this Is, I think,
likely to recur from time to time. We
shall ask congress for four more J
launches in addition to the four now
granted, and of these two more could
he built in Alaska
■‘Furthermore, there are so many
fishing vessels ot moderate size along
the Alaskan shore that there must he
,i steady demand for boat repairs, and
it would seem that a moderate sized
yard could keep busy pretty steadily.
On the other hand, it would greatly
in ilitaf* the fisheries work in \laska
ii ihe fishermen were able to get boat
h pairs and possibly minor repairs on
v • ' *• • 1 s made promptly A small ship
railway \ouM be a valuable addition.
We would willingly encourage such a
yard by giving it sm<;i business as
we had
“As von know, tin* steamboat in
spection -ervi • district in which
Alaska i included rovers also the
entire I'acifjr coast ot the continental
I nited States, and Hawaii as well,
with headquarters at San Francisco.
I bis is m impossible situation which
we have long striven to change Legis
lation i now pending at our request I
which will put California and Hawaii
into one district and establish a new
one with headquarters at Portland or
Seattle, to include Alaska. The re
sult will be a mm h closer supervision
over matters within the review of this
service, through the ability to give
more detailed care to the work of the
local boards at St Michael and Ju- \
neau
‘Passing to matters of future pol- i
Icy. we intend to actively continue
the work of improving the physical
condition of streams so that spawning
salmon may find their way upward and
young salmon may pass downward. By
dynan^Ung obstructions a consider
able number of streams now alto
gether or partly devoid of salmon runs
may he made suitable for particular
species, and the production of sal
tnon in certain regions can be thereby
materially increased.
“The bureau of fisheries is now in
position to carry out for the first time
the special patrol of salmon streams,
a matter which has been advocated
from time to time bv people in Alaska.
This year about twentx of the prim i
pal streams will be under the constant
supervision of watchmen, to see that
the bshery laws are enforced and Tn
report on fishery conditions. Kaeh of
these patrols will have a motor boat
and the service will, if it proves satis
factory this season, be extended and
made permanent.
“The plans of tin- bureau of ! -her
ics for salmon culture in Alaska in
(llldc
"fa1 Vdditlomil hate lierics in tin■
regions of the most exhausting fish
cries.
"ill U quisitioll of tile present pli
v in liali fieri' - and the operation .is
i <>\eminent plains of those tliat are
aide 'a render good service.
"|c I’eifoclion 01 methods and '\
tension of rearing iaeilities so that
tlie !n,nil hali lied may Is reared to
a su tide age before release
i li.dleries servile i~ undrlak
i- year a special investigation
ni llie salmon resources id lie Yukon
and Copper rivers, with partii ular ret
oreluo to the conservation Of the sup
ply. There is also in progress a si i
entilie investigation of salmon looking
to the solution of some important
practical questions that have arisen
in the administration of the salmon
laws. This work is in charge of Dr.
Charles M Gilbert, who is the lead
ing authority on the Pacific salmons
"it Is the earnest hope of the de
partment to establish on the north
west coast of the United States a
fisheries experiment station to serve
the same function to the fishing in
dustry that an agricultural experi
ment station serves to agriculture, i
Such a station, if located on i'uget
sound, would be expected to meet in
large measure the immediate needs
of Alaska if, however, it were found
after experience that Alaska's interest
in this respect could be more ade
quately served by a station within her
own territory, the bureau of fisheries
would he ready to submit an estimate
for such an additional station to con
gress.
(Continued on Page Five)
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