Show Alaska Highway to Open Dec 1 Months oni s Ahead ea o of Schedule WASHINGTON Sept 24 Iff The jp-The The Alaska highway will be bedY bedy Jay dY for use about December 1 Secretary Stimson announced and traffic is expected to move steadily over its 1600 S Jaw es until spring thaws make it impassable in April and May Ti t. t only is the highway being months ahead of sched sched- stimson said but instead of J ii u he contemplated rough pioneer oid d the Alcan Alvan highway as it p oV rn slow w being constructed by the of engineers is a well grad well gradwell grad grad- drained truck road for d i well well drained Tactically radically its entire length and JJ dij afford way two-way traffic over long stretches ny nY said that muskeg the moss that was exPected to hoC bog g five jve Ife the highway an Unsteady base over lon long stretches and provide ogle onie i e of the worst problems of the had proved to be a an poor n nor or consideration that the l nie e engineers report greats of muskeg proved wholly unfounded said his announcement announce announce- ment sent Most of it has been suc- suc L skirted and that which was vas unavoidable has been overcome overcome over over- come with corduroy roads In one particular section of 60 miles in reported to tb consist illy of muskeg only four four- miles four miles of f it were encountered I I The highway beginning at Dawson Dawson Dawson Daw- Daw son Creek B. B C. C runs northwest to Whitehorse Yukon Territory and then crosses the Alaskan boundary terminating at Fair Fair- banks It connects with the rail and highway systems of southern Canada and the United States at Dawson Creek and not only provides provides provides pro pro- vides a motor highway to Alaska but serves also as a feeder route for various military air fields which previously had to depend on air transport alone for all supplies sup sup- plies I March Construction began in March Crews and equipment were transported transported transported trans trans- ported to several locations along the route before thaws made the trails impassable and work was started simultaneously at various points After aerial surveys and ground reconnaissance on foot bulldozers tractors and other heavy equipment were put to work on the actual road building This Type o of Machine I Is Used on Vital Road 1 1 Fh it iti S 4 i A v r rh h f 4 t r I G A w A y tj fir s e A s m. m AssocIated Press Photo ARMY ENGINEERS UTILIZE TIllS THIS ALL ALL' CARRY ALL TO FINISH NEEDED LINK Modern machinery makes possible road c completion far ahead of expected time |