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HlBTflnuSKH VALLEY.FRR01ERS
VCL. 13 Palmer, Alaska
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IIEUil STEHfll LI HE
SERVICE
last Saturday afternoon the new
steam line was put into use supply
ing heat for the Dormitory and Staff
houses from the main boiler room.
This move eliminates the use of the
Lormitory boiler which pr<viously
supplied the need. Kanager V/ilson
stated that this completes the over
all plan begun more than a year ago
and will save many hundreds of dol- j
lars annually over the old system.
The first step of the program was
the installation of the tv/o larger i
boilers in the Power House capable j
of handling ‘all the needs of the
Co-op. The second step was to hook j
up the new boilers to the electric ;
generator in such a way that the
high pressure steam going into the ■
generator created 50 KW of electri
city and is exhausted into the low
pressure heat lines to be used in
the various units. The third step ,
was to build the line to connect
with the Dormitory system.
An agreement has been entered into j
v;ith the M.F.A. in which power gen- j
erated by the Co-op is purchased at j
their regular cost. The Cc-op in
turn purchases its entire need from i
I .E.A. even though it may be genor- j
ating most of it. In this way both j
associations ere benefited. The M.E.j
A. gets this power with no line loss
and resells it. This helps to re
lievo the winter shortage of power, i
T'e Co-op benefits by being able to ;
use equipment that otherwise would ;
be idle and by using the exhausted j
steam in its heat lines to reduce j
the cost of heating.
!; rticularly happy are the folks .in !
the dorm who have lived amid clang- :
ing pipes and stifling coal smoke;
and who have shaved in cold water
off and on the past year (when room |
temperatures permitted shaving).
zom CTION: JUW.
CO-Of AITUAL Meeting will be on
Friday February 24th. Don't forget.!
LIGHTS FOR THE
P PI L ill E R AIRPORT
The Falmer Airport \ ill have bound
ary and obstruction lights as soon
as someone can be obtained to proper
ly install them. The airport Asso
ciation has received sixty lights on
a loan basis from the CAA with a
license to operate the same. This
will enable the use of the Airport
at night as well as in the day.Here
tofore, it has been necessary in
case of emergency landings at night
to circle the field with car lights.
This was done at one time when a
Helicopter brought in a victim of an
accident to the Valley Hospital.
AHA MEETING MONDAY
EVENING
Glen Mlder, General Manager of the
.ALaska Housing authority, will' be
in Palmer on Monday, February6, at
8 p.n. to explain the Alaska Hous
ing Authority program to the people
of the Valley who are interested in
obtaining aid in building construc
tion, whether for themselves or an ,
a Community project. The meeting
will be held in the School Lunch
Room. Mr. -ilder will explain how
a corporation can be formed to take
advantage of this assistance. All
interested parties are urged to
attend.'
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS
TONIGHT
A Democratic Caucus will be held in
Carpenters’ Hall on Friday night of
this week February 3. All persons
interested in the welfare of the
Democratic Party^11® welcome to at
tend this meeting.
FILES FOR L EGLSL AT UR.E
Betty Hears of Pslmer filed for a
seat in the House of Representatives
of ^laska Territorial Legislature
this last v/eelc. Letty Wears will
be.a candidate on the Democratic
ticket in the 2rimary election.