Report to the Secretary of the InteriorU.S. Government Printing Office, 1926 |
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... pass Kotlik , and very often they are delayed for many hours waiting for favorable weather and tides . Frequently boats are stranded on the mud flats at the mouth of the Yukon , and when there was a telegraph station at Kotlik help ...
... pass Kotlik , and very often they are delayed for many hours waiting for favorable weather and tides . Frequently boats are stranded on the mud flats at the mouth of the Yukon , and when there was a telegraph station at Kotlik help ...
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... Pass . - A short spur track was constructed at Moose Pass . This was made necessary by the increased activities due to the min- ing developments in the Moose Pass and Sunrise districts . Tunnel . - A small gravity coal station was ...
... Pass . - A short spur track was constructed at Moose Pass . This was made necessary by the increased activities due to the min- ing developments in the Moose Pass and Sunrise districts . Tunnel . - A small gravity coal station was ...
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... passes over the Alaska Railroad . The work of com- pletion that has already been done has allowed of some decrease in this cost , but a large amount of work will have to be done before the cost of maintenance can be materially reduced ...
... passes over the Alaska Railroad . The work of com- pletion that has already been done has allowed of some decrease in this cost , but a large amount of work will have to be done before the cost of maintenance can be materially reduced ...
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... Pass ) . The indications are that for this season there will be more than double the number of tourists reaching our line at Nenana by this route than in the previous season . A small tourist travel is also developing in the opposite ...
... Pass ) . The indications are that for this season there will be more than double the number of tourists reaching our line at Nenana by this route than in the previous season . A small tourist travel is also developing in the opposite ...
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... passing . Modern dredges of high efficiency are being employed . This improved method requires large capital expenditures for the construction of the dredges and for providing an adequate supply of water for sluicing and thawing of ...
... passing . Modern dredges of high efficiency are being employed . This improved method requires large capital expenditures for the construction of the dredges and for providing an adequate supply of water for sluicing and thawing of ...
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Page 141 - That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to perform any and all acts and to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this act into full force and effect.
Page 132 - Its employees and their families. Its officers, agents, surgeons, physicians, and attorneys at law ; to ministers of religion, traveling secretaries of railroad Young Men's Christian Associations, Inmates of hospitals and charitable and eleemosynary institutions, and persons exclusively engaged In charitable and eleemosynary work...
Page 132 - An Act to authorize the President of the United States to locate, construct, and operate railroads in the Territory of Alaska, and for other purposes", approved March 12, 1914 (38 Stat.
Page 132 - Associations, inmates of hospitals and charitable and eleemosynary institutions and persons exclusively engaged in charitable and eleemosynary work, to indigent, destitute and homeless persons, and to such persons when transported by charitable societies or hospitals, and the necessary agents employed in such transportation; to inmates of the National Homes or State Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and of Soldiers
Page 131 - Provided, That the Commissioner of Education is authorized to sell such of the male reindeer belonging to the Government as he may deem advisable and to use the proceeds in the purchase of female reindeer belonging to missions and in the distribution of reindeer to natives in those portions of Alaska in which reindeer have not yet been placed and which are adapted to the reindeer industry. Protection of game in Alaska: For carrying out the act approved May 11, 1908, entitled " An act for the protection...
Page 132 - Provided, That this provision shall not be construed to prohibit the interchange of passes for the officers, agents, and employees of common carriers and their families; nor to prohibit any common carrier from carrying passengers free with the object of providing relief in cases of general epidemic, pestilence, or other calamitous visitation.
Page 141 - The use and occupation of parts of leased areas for the taking, preparing, manufacturing, or storing of fish or fish products, or the utilization of the lands for purposes of trade or business, to the extent and in the manner provided by law, and as authorized by the State Director.
Page 37 - These figures represent the value of the manufactured product. It is estimated that the value of the catch to the fishermen was approximately $9,860,000.
Page 141 - Provided, That where leases are given hereunder for islands or lands within the same such lease may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, be for an area not to exceed thirty square miles : Provided further, 'That nothing herein contained shall prevent the prospecting, locating, development, entering, leasing, or patenting of the mineral resources of any lands so leased under laws applicable thereto : And provided further...
Page 137 - SEC. 2. (a) The work of preparing designs and other drawings, estimates, specifications, and awarding of contracts, as well as the supervision of the work authorized under the provisions of this act, shall be performed by the Office of the Supervising Architect, Treasury Department...