Accounting, division of, 36, 65.
Activities, of Railroad Commis-
sion, 10-II; of Alaskan En-
gineering Commission, 45-58;
classification of, 76-78.
Alaska Central Railway Co., 6, 8.
Alaska Home Railroad, 9.
Alaska Northern Railroad, con-
dition of, 15; evaluation and
purchase of, 17, 26-27; reha-
bilitation of, 48; operation of,
49.
Alaska Steamship Co., 36.
Alaskan Railroad Record, 32, 79.
Anchorage, construction begun
from, 18, 25; receiving and
forwarding department at, 21,
54; distribution of supplies to
and from, 22-23; divisions es-
tablished, 25; first townsite es-
tablished at, 31; divisions com-
bined with Seward division, 36;
telephone system at, 48; ter-
minal district organized in
1916, 50; dock operations at,
53; sale of lots at, 56; expendi-
tures in, by Commission, 57-
58.
Annual reports, 79-80.
Appropriations, 34, 39-43, 56-58,
97-98.
Assistant Engineer of Mainte-
nance and Construction, 64.
Assistant Superintendent of Con-
struction, 64.
Assistant Superintendent
Auditor of Station Agents, 65.
43; on foreign relations, 2; on
territories, hearings of, on rail-
road construction, in Alaska, 8;
on appropriations for Commis-
sion, 34-35, 42.
Congress, bill introduced in, for
railroad project, 2; refuses to
grant franchises, 5; enacts gen-
eral law for railroad construc-
tion, 5; hearings in, on govern-
mental aid to railroads, 7; bills
introduced on Alaska in 62nd
session of, 10; authorizes con-
struction, 12; action of, on ap-
propriations, 34-35; effect of
delay in appropriations by, 39-
43; authorizes expenditures for
coal cleaning plant, 43.
Conservation movement, 10.
Construction, of private rail-
roads, 5-13; of government
railroad, 18-44; activities of,
46-48.
Copper River and Northwestern
R. R., 15.
Cost, estimates of, obtained by
Commission, 17; of publication
of Railroad Record, 132; of
Alaska Northern, 48; of Tan-
ana Valley Railroad, 48-49; of
construction, 35, 38-39, 42; of
coal production, 52; of main-
tenance estimated, 54.
Costs, of transportation, effect of
early railroad construction,
upon, 5-6; per capita in placer
districts, 1909, 9; importance
of, in construction costs, 21;
saving effected in, 21-22.
Cox, Leonard M., 10.
"Crook," arrangements made with
War Dept. for operation of,
opinion of, on slow progress of
railroad construction, 6; sug-
gestion of, on regulation of
railways, 7; appointment of in-
vestigating commission urged
by, 9.
Hearings, see Congress and Com-
mittee.
Homestead Act, effect of, on
railroad construction, 6.
Hospitals, 54, 64.
Ingersoll, Calvin M., 10.
Interior, Department of, bill re-
ferred to, 2; work of construc-
tion placed under supervision
of, 18; represented by manager
of Land and Industrial Dept.,
27-28.
Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion, evaluation of Alaskan
Northern R. R. verified by, 26;
reports to, 50.
Klondike, effect of discovery of
gold in, 4-5.
Land and Industrial Department,
creation of, 27; duties of, 27-
32, 55.
Land Office, 20, 28, 30.
Laws relating to Alaskan Engi-
neering Commission, 84-90; in-
dex to, 81-84.
Letters, of President to Secretary
and of Secretary to Commis-
sion, 90-96.
Lots, appraisal and sale of, 29-30,
56-58.
Maintenance, 54-55; division of,
63-64.
Matanuska, 56-58.
Mears, Lieut. Frederick F., 13,
18, 32, 35, 41-42, 43, 61.
Mechanical department, 64.
Mines, Bureau of, 28.
Mining Department, 64.
Morrow, Maj. Jay J., 10.
Northern Division, establishment
of, 36; organization of, 64-65.
Operation, of railroad, 37, 49-51;
of coal mines, 51-53; of docks,
53; of power plants, 53; of
miscellaneous services, 54-55.
Organization, 59-75.
Pacific Steamship Co., 36.
Panama, supplies for govern-
ment railroad obtained from,
18-19.
Personnel, 66-75.
Population, effect of, on railroad
development, 2, 4.
President of the United States,
authority under Act of 1914, 12,
29, 40, 59, 62; selection of
route for railroad by, 17; di-
rects Commission to begin
work, 17; withdraws tracts
of public domain, 29; issues
regulations for sale of lots, etc.,
29-30; letters of, to Secretary
of Interior, 90-96.
Publications, 79-80.
Purchase, of Alaska Northern
Railroad, 26-27; office for, es-
tablished, 19, 37; duties of en-
gineering representative trans-
ferred to division of, 20; du-
ties of division of, 66.
Railroad Commission, appoint-
ment of, urged by Governor of
Alaska, 9; appointment of, for
investigation, 10; report of, II;
investigations of, utilized by
Alaskan Engineering Commis-
sion, 16.
Railroad Operating Division, 64.
Railroads, causes for construc-
tion of, 4; commission to in-
vestigate questions of, 10; con-
struction of, under act of 1898,
5-9; earning possibilities of,
43-44; construction of, by gov-
ernment, 18-44; effect of con-
servation movement upon, 10;
effect of war upon, 32-33; fail-
ure of private construction of,
7, 9-10; history of, 1-13; first
period, 2-5; period of private
construction, 5-9; period of
agitation for government rail-
road, 9-13; necessity for gov-
ernment construction of, I, II-
12; obstacles to construction
of, 3, 6, 7-9, 18, 32-33, 38-43;
progress of, after Homestead
Act, 6-7; report of railroad
commission on, II; Report of
Alaskan Engineering Commis-
sion upon routes for, 17; situa-
tion of, prior to creation of
commission, 1-13; survey of
routes for, by commission, 13-
17.
Rates, 9, II, 15, 50.
Receiving and Forwarding De-
partment, establishment of, 21.
Reorganization, 35-36, 55.
Resident Mining Engineer, 64.
Riggs, Thomas Jr., 13, 18, 32, 61.
Saw mills, 20, 54.
Secretary of the Interior, di-
rected to proceed with survey,
13; to purchase Alaska North-
ern and supervise construction,
17-18, 59, 62; to make land res-
ervations, 29; order of, relat-
ing to schools, 31; to designate
Chairman of Commission, 60;
letters of and to, 90-96.
Secretary of the Treasury, 57.
Southern Division, establishment
of, 36; organization of, 63-64.
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