Show URGE SAfEGUARD FOR DANGEROUS COASTS IN I N L A-L LASKA A AS K A W ASHINGTON Dec Det Heavy loss of life among travelers rs caused aused by pi pinnacle aclo fOrI in southeastern Alaskan waters led Secretary of the department of commerce today t to send a communication to S aker er Clark urging an appropriation to I gu guard rd the thc Alaskan coalt The importance or of this safeguarding safeguard safeguard- ing at the tho earliest possible wrote S Secretary Redfield is is groat It is an act of justic jU not only to the people o 0 that territory but to the commerce of the Pacific northwest which has so much at stake and already has suffered l so orely set for lack of 91 protection to a coast on which the dangers of navi ali n n nar ar are of or ap usual character S Secretary ary a j joint int letter from the heads of Alaskan steam ship p companies calling attention to the great to ors ships and an cargoes and the necessity of locating lo- lo eating cating t tile e hidden rocks Toe The letter Jetter pointed out tb that t the steamship Califor nia sustained a loss of two lives by striking a r rack ck in Gambier bay bar n where hero the chart indicated nty five feet of riter tor the steamship Ohio Obio struck an u 1 rock in narrows north of where charts showed the steamship steamship steam steam- ship Mariposa struck a rock off Point Baker in Sumner straits whore where the charts showed sixty six feet The last two ye vessels escaped serious damage The he narrows narrows- and the the- Sumner straits straits' straits have been by ships i ce Alaskan trade hade began In addition the hc secretary tarr cIted the loss of the steamship Caracas anul ald the lighthouse tender lender Armeria Armena and saId that the cost of the tender in necessary safeguards probably would ha have hae e saved a all 11 tIle the losses rn men men- n. n Liberal congressional action is urged on pending I c estimates for 01 new vessels for surveys S off sh shore rc wire e dra parties a li and other aids to navigation |