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or Livengood to mouth of Tanana
river, to be extended along the north
side of the Yukon river to Ruby.
(i) A wagon road from Fairbanks
to Circle district.
(j) A wagon road from the Yukon
river into KoyukUk and Chandalar
districts.
(k) The extension of Eagle-O’
Brien creek road into Forty-mile dis
trict, later to be built through to the
Tanana river.
(l) The extension of Hot Springs
wagon road to Rampart district.
(m) The extension of Ruby-Long
Creek wagon road to McGrath.
(n) A wagon road from the north
bank of Yukon at Ruby to Nome.
(o) A wagon road from Nome to
Candle and Kiw'alik.
(p) A w^agon road from Iliamna
bay (Cook Inlet) to Iliamna Lake, to
be eventually extended to Lake Clark.
6. Congress to be asked to make
an annual appropriation of not less
than a million dollars for the con
struction and maintenance of wragon
roads and trails in Alaska.
MINING INDUSTRY
The committee finds that there are
large undeveloped mineral resources
in Alaska; that the advance of the
mining industry is dependent chiefly
on (1) cheaper transportation, and
(2) construction of wagon roads and
trails, but that there is also need of
investigations and reports on certain
of its features. The committee recom
mends that:
1. The bureau of mines make a re
port on the feasibility of smelting
Alaska copper ores within the terri
tory. This wmrk to be done in co
operation with the geological survey
so far as may be necessary.
2. The bureau of mines make an
investigation and report on methods
and costs of placer mining in Alaska.
This to be specially directed toward
the development of methods of ex
ploiting the large bodies of auriferous
gravels of low gold content.
The committee finds that the de
velopment of coal and oil fields is of
first importanct to the territory. It
therefore reccommends that:
1. Every encouragement be given
to coal and oil development, especial
ly by making the terms of leases as
liberal as the lawr allows.
2. The necessary underground ex
plorations in the Matanuska coal
field be prosecuted with vigor by the
government.
3. The companies engaged in pros
pecting the Bering River coal field
be given every encouragement to de
velop coal and to the building of rail
roads necessary to its marketing.
4. The inter-departmental commit
tee give immediate and earnest con
sideration to the desirability of the
establishment of a coaling station for
commercial and naval uses at a port
in the Aleutian Islands most suitably
located to serve trans-Pacific ship
ping and if possible the cannery in
dustry of southwestern Alaska.
The committee furthermore recom
mends that congress be asked:
1. To increase the appropriation
for the investigation of the mineral
resources of Alaska, as being one of
the most important steps to further
mining development in the territory
and the development of tonnage for
the railroad.
2. To modify the Alaska coal leas
ing law allowing a prospecting period
of 4 years before a lease is signed.
The committee finds that while the
Alaska petroleum law is liberal for de
veloped fields, for those where there
are some surface indications of pe
troleum, and for those that are read
ily accessible, its terms do not en
courage the search for oil in inacces
sible wild-cat territory The committee
believes for example that to induce
capital to explore for oil in the Arc
tic coast region of Alaska, where
there are some indications of its
presence, a more generous law must
be enacted. It recommends that this
matter be taken under advisement
and that appropriate legislation be
asked for.
LUMBER AND WOOD PULP
Wood pulp ana print paper furnish
cne of the greatest immediate oppor
tunities for the profitable employment
of labor and capital in Alaska. The
forest service estimates an ultimate
possible annual production of about
2,000*000, cords of pulpwood from
Alaska timber, yielding a newsprint
product equal to one-third of our
present annual consumption. The Ton
gas national forest (Southeastern
Alaska) affords the best opportunity
for immediate development, and the
committee is informed that one bid
for 100,000,000 feet of pulp timber in
this district has been received. To
encourage and hasten the develop
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fnent of Alaska timber lands the com
mittee recommends that:
1. An intensive campaign be made
for the development of Alaska pulp
wood by laying before the pulp and
paper manufacturers and consumers
the possibilities of the immediate de
velopment of an industry in the ter
ritory.
2. The surveys of the pulp-wood
timber and wrater powers of the coast
region be extended.
3. A reconnaissance be made by the
forest service of timber resources of
the interior, especially with a view of
determining whether they have value
for pulp.
4. The export of birch and Sitka
spruce timber be encouraged in every
way.
’ &. The forest service investigate
the possibilities of reforestation of the
burnt-over lands of the interior of
Alaska.
WATER POWER
The committee finds that there are
extensive water powers in Alaska;
that the exact information about them
is exceedingly meager. These water
powers are important to the develop
ment of the mining, cannery and pulp
wTood industries. The only investiga
tions made of the water power are
carried on by small allotments made
from the appropriations for the inves
tigations of the mineral resources of
Alaska, thereby decreasing the funds
available for other important surveys
of mineral wealth.
The committee therefore recom
mends that congress be asked for an
appropriation of $40,000 to investigate
the water resources of Alaska with
reference to their use to mining, wood
pulp and other industries.
FISHERIES
The data collected by the committee
relating to the fisheries clearly indi
cate that there is urgent need of legis
lation to protect the salmon industry
of Alaska so as to prevent the deple
tion of the fisheries. Also that the
halibut fisheries of Alaska and adja
cent international waters are seriously
threatened with exhaustion unless
steps be taken looking to their con
servation.
The committee therefore endorses
the general plans of the department
of commerce looking to the consrva
tion of the salmon and halibut fish
eries.
The facts in hand indicate the neces
sity of an extension of the investi
gations of the commercial fisheries of
Alaska, notably along Alaska penin
sula, Aleutian islands, and in Bering
sea. The committee recommends that
these investigations be vigorously ad
vanced by the bureau of fisheries and
that additional appropriations be
asked for if needed to carry out this
plan.
AGRICULTURE AND GRAZING
The committee finds that there are
in Alaska (a) large areas of farming
land, (b) some stock ranges, and (c)
extensive reindeer pastures; also that
the most promising present field for
homesteaders is the region tributary
to the Alaska railroad. The commit
tee recommends that:
1. The department of agriculture
appoint a sub-agent, qualified by
Alaska experience, to be in charge of
agricultural investigations in the Su
sitna, Tanana and Yukon valleys, who
is to have general supervision of the
Matanuska and Fairbanks stations,
and to be provided with the necessary
assistants and facilities so that he
may carry on personal investigations
(1) of the needs of the homesteaders,
and (2) of the undeveloped agricultu
ral resources of inland Alaska; also
that he work in close co-operation with
the land and industrial department of
the Alaska engineering commission.
2. The agricultural department
make an investigation and report on
the commercial possibilities of devel
oping a sugar beet industry in Alaska
and, if this be practical, present a plan
for bringing this about.
3. The agricultural department
make an investigation of the commer
cial possibilities of stock raising on
the Alaska peninsula and on Kodiak
and the islands of southwestern
Alaska and, if this be practical, rec
ommend means by which such an in
dustry can be developed.
4. All Alaska ocean, river and land
transportation lines be requested to
grant special passenger rates to farm
settlers, and special freight rates on
household good, farm implements,
breeding stock and fertilizer for use
of farm settlers.
5. The subdirisional surveys be ex
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