Show ALASKAN ALASKAN RAILROAD II I I TO BE BUILT BY GOVERNMENT ll By United Press j WA WASHINGTON April 10 President 10 President Wilson this aft afternoon announced tho the route of oC the Governments Government's Alaska railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road the tho methods method to be pur pursued In building It and the fact that operations will wll start at once The route in is to be from Seward on Resurrection bay bar to Fairbanks s on the Tanana river The announcement answers widely ml- ml statements that the government would bu buy the tho Morgan Guggenheim Copper River Rl Northwestern railroad since purchase of or tho lino line out of Seward Seward Seward Se- Se ward the tho Alaskan Northern Is hI s given gIvena a as part Of f the thc governments government's purpose The price In Is given Iven as t of ot which will be paid July 1 and ond the re remainder ro- ro a year cr later The contract to this effect was signed by Secretary of ot the Interior Lane today to- to day cU d. The price according to the formal formal for- for mal mul announcement announcements s rs less than the physical valuation of ot jHo st e line lInc as made h by the Alaska en engineering Int commission and Interstate commerce commission engineers Cost to Be Enormous Tho The cost COit of building from Seward to the th Interior metropolis Is fixed at 6 6 Tho The work worl will bo be directed d by the tho A Alaska Il engineering commission headed b by W C. C Edes the other othea members mem mem- bers beIng belne Lieutenant Frederic Nears Hears f form former r superintendent 0 of tho the Panama railroad and Thomas Jr The commission is directed to proceed to Alaska at once des F-des will e have headquarters headquarters head head- quarters at Seward Lieutenant Mears Nears at Ship Creek and Riggs In Sn tho the Broad Pass re region lon The first work win will be the building of a wharf at Ship Creek and th the dredging of a a. more adequate channel I From rom this point the road will bo be built buill northward to the coal field It Is 18 expected that not more than fort forty forty for for- t ty miles will be built hullt this year e r owing to tho the limited appropriations appropriation Tho The work nork this summer will trill be bo done b by men who will make mal direct contracts with the tho commission for work on the distant units If at nt the tha end of or the season season sea sea- son the tho system has proved itself it will bo be adopted for the thin remainder of tho the road load Only a t small mall force will be bo employed b by the commission these all I. I being experienced engineers hays hayo been withdrawn b by bythe bytho I tho the Interior department at Ship Creek I Junction In the rich alle valley one days day's Journey journe of Broad ond Pa Pass Pars and ond another on the Tanana river Opens New Territory Tho The route adopted by the president will a t ter territory r- r Lane s l said l Secretary open opell not now served el b by an any railroad i iline line lino and two of the tho great cO coal ll fields of ot Alaska on the with Ith high grade bituminous coal acceptable to the nn navy and tho the other tho the Tanana Tanana Ta Ta- nana field near tho the Tanana river with high grade lignite which will serve tho the Alaskan Interior I have ha received word o of a threatened threat threat- threatened en ened d stampede to Alaska this year ar The government work does Joes not Justify such Buch a 1 rush The government will employ employ em em- plo ploy few men and these of a high order order or or- der of cr railroad engineering experience There Is little opportunity for tor employment employment employ employ- ment in that country at this time An order signed b by President Wilson today reads I charge tho the commission particularly particular particular- I ly with the preparation and maintenance maintenance nance of at such Buch arrangements aa as Inn may be I required for fOI the tho health of the men engaged engaged en en- Ja In the work o of construction and andI I instruct you ou to prepare and adopt a proper s system of compensation for ac accidents accidents accidents ac- ac which ma may occur on the work orl orlIn In general on tho lines of the system now In force foice In the construction of the Isthmian canal but such system shall bo be so o framed that its benefits shall Leal be Le applicable al not o only lib to those who are arc directly In th service er of the commission commission commission commis commis- sion upon salary but also to those who ann may by contract with tho the commission bo be actually engaged ed In the tho work of oC construction in ht Alaska |