Wain wright To Greely; Via
GVEA Transmission Lines
Power is now being wheeled over the transmission lines of
Golden Valley Electric Association from Ft. Wainwright to Ft.
Greely, according to Robert L. Hufman, line superintendent of .
the company.
In addition to supplying additional power to Ft. Greely, some
of the kilowatt hours are being used by GVEA at points along the
Richardson Highway. This is by*
previous arrangement with the mili
tary for exchange of power.
“We have recently completed a
new 7500 KVA substation which is
located behind our building on Illi
nois Street.- ’ said Hufman.
“This substation will be the main
inter-connecting link between Ft.
Wainwright and the GVEA plant.
“Operating voltage of the unit is
69.000 volts.
Additional Lines
“Two additional trantnission
lines have been brought in from
Ester and Chatanika. which feeds
power to the United States Smelt
ing. Refining and Mining Co. to
supply power to the new substation.
“Our line now extends southward
seven miles below' Nenana for dis
tribution toward Clear. In addition
we have two outlying generation
stations in the Clear area—one at
Art Anderson's aiVo-division and
one at Leo Browns trailer court
near Rex on the Alaska Railroad.
“Plans are in effect to build any
additional lines consistent with area
development and our company ex
tension policy.
“At Big Delta the inner tie with
the military plant has been very
successful.
continuity of Service
“This tie-in has helped maintain
a continuity of service to all points
in the Big Delta area.
“The idea of ‘wheeling' power
back and forth between inter-con
necting plants is to increase oper
ating efficiencies — and to supply
power to all concerned at the cheap
est possible cost.
“Wheeling of power through lines
of GVEA makes possible the utiliza
tion of ‘dump’ power from larger
generating plants to the smaller
which may be over-taxed at certain
times.
“This fjso eliminates the immedi
ate expenditure of money to add
; r: ■ nal generation to the smaller
units, wnieh in the long run makes
for an overall saving to the tax
payer,” said Hufman.
The Luncheonette
Will Seat 58 In
Woolworth Store
Shoppers in the new Woolworth's
will find the store's Luncheonette a
delightful place to stop for light
refreshments or a complete meal.
The Luncheonette, with facilities
to seat 58, is a new-type unit, an
innovation with the Wool worth
Company. The Fairbanks installa
tion is the first in the company's
West Coast District.
The unit consists of the regulation
chair-type stools set at the counter
plus comfortable booths located in
the “see throu2h” window section at
the front of the store.
Here customers will be served
complete meals, hot grilled plate
lunches, sandwiches, a complete line j
of fountain items and dessert spe
cialties.
All food served in the Luncheon
ette is prepared in the store's stain
less-steel-equipped kitchen from
exacting recipes developed in the
company’s New York testing kitch
ens and laboratories.
Mrs. Opal Ritchie is in charge of
the Luncheonette operation.
SHOES FOUND
On March 23 a Fairbanks Police
Officer, found four pair of women's
shoes, still in their boxes, behind
Pete's Flace. while on a routine,
patrol. Several juveniles were later
picked up and admitted to stealing
a large number of shoes from local
merchants.
NEA Says Salary
Figures Mislead
The $7300 average annual salary
of a classroom teacher in Alaska is
the equivalent of $4964 in the Dis
trict of Columbia, the National
Education Association explained to
day in a letter to all members of
the Alaska Legislature. The differ
ential in living costs makes the dif
ference.
Each year when NEA publishes its
Estimates of School Statistics, Alas
ka teachers lead all others in actual
salaries paid and no amount of ex
planation by NEA seems to catch
up with that top dollar figure. When
allowance is made for the differ
ence in living costs. NEA said in its
letter to the legislators, Alaska
teachers rank. net. V‘.3t in 'i'.he
United States, but 29th.
Similarly, the average expenditure
for pupils in Alaska schools is given
at $598, but when adjustment is
made for living costs, this is trans
lated into the equivalent of $405 in
D. C. dollars, which would place
Alaska 23rd among the states.
Junt Is Manager
Of Wbolworth’s
Fairbanks Store
Frank J. Junt is manager of the
new Fairbanks Woolworth’s.
For the past 2'2 years prior to
coming to Fairbanks, he managed
the VVoolworth store in Klamath
Falls. Oregon.
He joined the Woolworth Com
pany as a trainee or ‘‘learner" in
Yakima, Washington, and. after
completing the company's manager
training course, worked in various
Woolworth stores throughout the
Pacific Northwest.
Junt pointed out that all Wool
worth executives must start at the
bottom and work their way up
through the ranks. The president of
the Woolworth Company today
started as a “learner" in a Wool
worth store in Provo, Utah.
Junt is married and has one child,
a baby girl, Mary Lyn. just two
months old, born the week before
her father left for Fairbanks.
His wife, Shirley, and the baby
arrived here several weeks ago and
the family is now residing at 2117
Airport Way.
LOST AND FOUND
On March 24 Kenneth Conner,
324 Eureka, reported to City Police
that someone had stolen a case of
bar whisky from the Moose Lodge.
The whisky was later discovered—
it had been left on the delivery
truck.
Total Alaska Highway passenger
traffic in 1960 was 111,792.
ALASKAN EXPORTS BOOMING
Alaska's foreign export trade is
currently bringing more than $14
million annually into the State, ac
cording to a recent survey prepared
by the* U.S. Dept, of Commerce.
The study, one in a series of Export
Origin Studies, was based on the
new census date.
According to the report, Alaska s
world famous fishing products con
tinue to lead the State's foreign ex
ports, but manufactured and semi
manufactured goods are becoming
an increasingly important segment
of these exports.
The proportionate share of U.S.
fisheries foreign exports from Alas
ka in 1960 came to more than $10
million, almost one quarter of the
entire U.S. fisheries exports.
At least 90 plants in Alaska pro
duced canned fish and by-products
valued at $83 million in 1960. These
plants produced the bulk of Alas
ka’s foreign exports of processed
food and kindred products estimated
at about $1.6 million in 1960.
Manufactured and semi-manufac
tured goods brought over $4 mil
lion to Alaska in 1960. The bulk of
this sum was derived from the sale
of paper and allied products. In
1960, $2.3 million worth of wood
pulp was exported.
The paper industry has become
increasingly important to Alaska
since the opening of the first pulp
mill in Ketchikan in 1954. The mill
has an annual capacity of 170,000
tons of pulp and employs some 503
workers. A second mill, even larger
than the Ketchikan plant, is now in
operation at Sitka.
The remainder of Alaska’s foreign
exports were made up of agricul
j tural products. In 1960 Alaska ex
i ported some $320,000 worth of such
| products, primarily field crops,
I livestock, and dairy products.
BILL PASSES
JUNEAU—The controversial De
partment of Highways supplemental
appropriation bill sailed through the
House of Representatives Friday by
a vote of 32 to 6 with two members
absent.
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