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City Assumes Power
(Continued from Page 1)
are installed by the company,
but the user must have the meter
socket installed by an electri
cian. All users of electric water
heaters have been notified of the
change-over, and reminders
were sent out again this week.
If users will assist the city elec
tric system over this critical
period of at least six weeks, or
until such time as the complete
change-over can be made, it will
help materially in conserving
our short power supply which
might be very badly needed in
case of emergency.
By noon Thursday, all ATEC
power, domestic customers had
been taken over by the city ex
cept about 47, which were ex
pected to be supplied by night.
The dock and railroad offices,
which operated Thursday by
lamp light, will be supplied
by their own emergency genera
ting plant until other arrange
ments can be made.
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Buxom Babes
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A capacity crowd filled the gym
and everyone left happy.
Editor's note:
Only the power failure which
caused a 24-hour delay in pub
lication, has enabled us to in
clude the game in this paper.
We are grateful to the manage
ment of the city plant for our
speedy return to business.
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Must be Prepared
(Continued from Page 1)
set out in buffet style and there
was plenty of food for seconds.
Railroads
Capt. Oberholtzer stated that
good railroads are paramount,
to the defense of Alaska, as the
railroad is the only means of
transportation offering such
flexibility of movement of sup
plies.
Mayor Loussac stated that the
people of Anchorage are anxious
for the continued operation of
the Seward end of the line, so
ns In bring the people of the
two cities into closer relation
ship than has been possible in
the past. He payed glowing trib
ute to Col. J. P. Johnson when
he said that “Johnson was the
first manager of The Alaska
Railroad who has tried to man
age the railroad as it should
have been managed.” Loussac
also stated that Johnson had
not only been a manager, he had
been a salesman as well, in
order to sell the rehabilitation
plan to Congress.
Musi Handle Cargo
Col. Glore, Chief of Transpor
tation, U. S. Army of Alaska,
stated that the problem before
the people in 1951-52. is not so
much, “Is the railroad to be
continued,” but “How are you
going to handle the cargo before
you?”
The problem is not particular
ly one of transportation, accord
ing to Col. Glore; that can be
handled by professional trans
oortation men. It is rather the
IVS LINE
SEWARD - HOMER
NEW REDUCED FARES — 5c PER PASSENGER MILE
LEAVING SEWARD: Monday & Thursday
ARRIVING HOMER — 5:30 P.M.
9:00 A.M.
One Way
Fare Tax Total
Round Trip
Fare Tax Total
Moose Pass
Cooper Landing
Henton's Lodge
Kenai
Kasilof
Ninilchik
Homer
1.50
2.50
2.90
5.50
7.00
8.50
.23
.38
.43
.83
1.05
1.28
1.73
2.88
3.33
6.33
8.05
9.78
10.00 1.50 11.50
2.25
3.75
4.35
8.25
10.50
12.75
15.00
.34
.56
.65
1.24
1.58
1.91
2.25
2.59
4.31
5.00
9.49
12.08
14.66
17.25
LEAVING HOMER: TUESDAY & FRIDAY — 9:00 A.M.
ARRIVE SEWARD — 5:30 P.M.
One Way
Ninilchik
Kenai
Henton's Lodge
Moose Pass
Seward
Fare
2.00
4.50
7.10
8.05
10.00
Tax
.30
.68
1.07
1.21
1.50
Total
2.30
5 18
8.17
9.26
11.50
Round Trip
Fare Tax Total
3.00
6.75
10.65
13.03
15.00
.45
1.01
1.60
1.80
2.25
3.45
7.76
12.25
13.83
17.25
Express Rates:
Seward to Kenai: lc per lb. or $1 per 100 lbs.; min. 50c
Seward to Ilomer: 2c per lb. or $2 per 100 lbs.; min. 75c
Seward to Ninichik: lVfec per lb. or $1.50 per 100; min. 75c
IRENE R. GAGE. Owner
CAROL E. GAGE. Manager
Milk from Your Local Doirv
REGULAR DELIVERIES or AT YOUR GROCER'S
SEWARD DAIRY
Phone GARFIELD 50
transferring of cargo from ship
to rail. He mentioned a figure of
80,000 measurement tons — per
week, month, or year was not
stated. Seward must be able to
provide the manpower to do the
job, according to the Colonel.
Seward Rehabilitated—If!
Col. J. P. Johnson, general;
manager ARR, in his talk on re
habilitating the southern end of
the railroad, took a somewhat
different tone than in the past.
The general purport being that
the Portage Seward link will be
continued—if!
He used a chart prepared to
show cost of maintenance, ex
penditures, and comparison of
costs between Seward and the
port of "Whittier. There “are
three major problems on this
end of the road,” he said.
1.) Heavy maintenance costs,
snow removal, etc. 2.) Competi
tion from trucking companies.
3.) Increasing labor costs.
Mr. Johnson laid heavy stress
on the cost of snow removal, as
sumed by the railroad as against
the lesser cost to freight truck
ing when the highway is main
tained by territorial or federal
to keep warm
this way
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funds.
Competition by trucks is a
real threat, according to John
son, who said that all the high
tariff traffic into Matanuska Val
ley now is carried by trucks.
"Freight moves rapidly once we
get it,” he said, “but it is only
by handling a volume of tonnage
that the railroad can continue to
compete.”
With the Seward-Anchorage
highway nearing completion,
competition on this end is liable
to grow to considerable propor
tions. He hopes to hold freight
rates to their present scale and
that it will not be necessary to
ask for an increase.
One hundred thousand dol
lars is to be spent on the Sew
ard dock which will only amount
to a “patching job.” One and a
half million has been appropri
ated to replace bridges and re
habilitate the line during the
next season, but it would require
upward of $15 million to put it
in the same condition as the
line from Portage to Fairbanks.
“It was only by the strong sup
port of the military that we
were able to get the appropria
tion for the present work.”
What is of most importance
now. Johnson said in reiteration
of other speakers, is to develop
a labor cushion in Seward to ab
sorb the additional longshore
work which is to come. He said
that in Valdez, when there is a
sudden demand, merchants close
their doors up and down the
street, and all turn out to unload
the ships. He thinks that it
should be feasible to set up some
sort of plan here to provide
standby labor for emergencies.
Line
OFFERING SCHEDULED FREIGHT SERVICE BETV/EEN
CALIFORNIA—OREGON—WASHINGTON—ALASKA
SS NORTH BEACON
Lv. Seattle .Nov. 17
Ar. Seward . Nov. 24
SS SEAFAIR
Lv. Long Beach . Nov. 22
Lv. San Francisco Nov. 30
Lv. Seattle . Dec. 5
Ar. Seward . Dec. 10
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Lv. Long Beach . Dec. 7
Lv. San Francisco Dec. 10
Lv. Portland . Dec. 15
Lv. Seattle . Dec. 20
Ar. Seward . Dec. 25
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pjer A Pier 40 Basin Terminals
SEATTLE 6 708 Lewis Bldg.
ANCHORAGE Pier- Ames Ter. Beacon 7301
223 Central Bldg. 3200 26th Ave- S.W. SEWARD
P.O. Box 592 FAIRBANKS ARR Freight Depot
Ph. 3-4401 M. J. (Bill) Wilcox Main 164
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WHAT MAKES A COUNTRY GROW?
Roads • Communications
i Peninsula HAS Roads
The Kenai
But FEW Telephones
Telephone Requirements
Estimated Present
Number
Telephones
Presently Operating
2300
.. 500
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SEWARD. MOOSE ~ ' HOMER. AND
KENAI. kasilof. NINILCHIK. h
cfldovia should BE. a-.d
in communication
WILL
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