Northwest History. Alaska. Science. United States.

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1929
• Subjects: Alaska; Territorial Officials; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th Century; British Columbia; Canada; Pacific; Sutherland; Yukon
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/101917

U.S.-Alaska Road Urged U. S.-ALASKA ROAD URGED Bill Also Asks Survey of Project— Canada Would Help. WASHINGTON, Sept. 30. (AP)—A study of the feasibility of constructing a highway to connect the northwestern part of the United States with British Columbia, Yukon territory and Alaska, in cooperation with Canada, was proposed today in a bill introduced by Delegate Sutherland, Alaska. The measure would authorise the president to designate two special commisoners to cooperate with Canadian representatives in making a study of the proposal and to determine if it were economically practicable. The bill would authorize $25,000 for the survey.