LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION
At a special meeting of the Com
mon Council of the City of Sew
ard held at the City Hall Nov. 22,
1948, it was decided to call for a
Special Election Dec. 20, 1948, be
tween 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., for
the purpose of voting General Ob
ligation Bonds up to $125,000.00,
said money to be used to put an
addition to the present school
building. Outside class room space
is being hired to hold school in at
the present time.
Dated at Seward, Alaska, this
23rd day of November, 1948.
TROY BOGARD,
City Clerk.
Nov. 24,30-Dec. 7,14/48
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Salisbury Would Abandon
Sewad Rail Line
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“Both roads should be hard-sur
faced and many of the grades and
curves modified beyond that which
is now contemplated.” Right now
only a "sturdy” jeep and maybe a
mountain goat can travel the road,
he quipped.
What he has fh mind for a feeder
system is a bus and truck schedule
(probably on alternate days) to
each of the Kenai’s southern ter
mini at Homer and Seward.
A subsidy is necessary. Judging
by the volume of freight, express,
passenger and mail service, Salis
bury was convinced that you
couldn’t offer even a modest
schedule and make money, oper
ating entirely in the Kenai Penin
sula. That’s why he said the sub
sidy was vital.
But who would furnish a sub
sidy? This was his recommenda
tion: “. . . the railroad could well
1 afford to provide (a subsidy) i'i
J the form of rolling stock and
' supervision since the loss in the
| operation of this feeder line would
] only be a small portion of that
| which now accrues through the
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Seward division of the Railroad.”
With a road network replacing
the railroad, service stops, supply
points and lodges must be set up.
These points would serve double
duty: they could supply the trav
eler, and they’d be the core for a
potential community of home
steaders who Salisbury decided
will settle in the Southwest Kenai.
He envisioned some natural con
flicts. For example, roads wili pro
vide easy access for hunters and
fishermen, increasing the burdens
of the Fish and Wildlife Service in
the Kenai.
More farmers will come in, but
you can't have both new farms
and new hunting areas in the
same locality. One won’t survive.
Salisbury calculated equipment
required tor tiro feeder line. He
1 said that five prime movers and
ten trader units would be plenty I
at first.
Five combination passenger and
express mail buses would supple
ment freight trucks. Passenger-ex
! press buses would run on, say
! Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Freight carriers would then roll on
Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
The two carriers could consolidate
their cargoes at Portage with a
shuttle' service hustling into An
chorage and back each day.
i
Terminals with passenger and
freight-loading facilities would be
required at both Anchorage and
Seward. There would be need for j
a small service terminal at Homer j
and a junction at Portage, he pre- ,
j dieted.
i Between nhe four main points—
I Seward. Homer, Portage, and An- j
| chorage—service points should be
| set up about every 30 miles. They'd
I be run by private citizens.
1 A million dollars would cover
the total investment, he was eon
j fident. This was peanuts compared
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Bank of '
Seward
with the $12,000,000 to rehabilitate
the Seward section of the railroad I
and $4000 per mile per year to
maintop the section, according to
Salisbury’s figures.
Hire Kenai residents to run the j
feeder line, Salisbury advised. I
They know the country and would
be a more stable labor force.
A feeder system running a tight
schedule would spur development
of the Kenai. But Salisbury was
obviously skeptical of the ability
of private enterprise to run the
business profitably—at least at
first. "Such a program (subsidized)
would accelerate the development
of the whole countryside and 1
avoid the confusion and lack of
dependable service which would
undoubtedly result if private indi- j
viduals undertook this service
in its early stages,” he wrote. '
Later, he said, it might be a good ,
idea to enfranchise an independent i
operator to run the service when a ;
profit seemed assured and a
ioutine set-up molded.
A Kenai feeder system could
serve as the pattern for other
areas such as the proposed Cant- \
well highway system, the Mata
nuska Valley, and perhaps the
Fort Yukon area. In fact, "such a
feeder might be advanced to
counter tlie perennial pressure to
extend the railroad to Rampart,
Nome, etc.” Salisbury maintained. 1
A trick tiie Army picked up
would be useful. This is the use of
interchangeable equipment.
First, select equipment very care- I
fully, Salisbury reasoned. (The
Army and some civilian operators |
have picked up the know-how in
operating wheeled transportation
in the Far North. Profit by their
experience, tie said.)
With interchangeable parts* and
equipment, the operators could cut
down on maintenance and repair
bills. * m
One more suggestion was offered
by the consulting engineer. He ad
vised the appointment of a Com
missioner of Transportation in
Alaska. ’
Although Jack Werner has pur
chased Walker’s Cold Storage j
Locker Service, Bert Walker was j
still doing business at the old
stand yesterday. Walker was cut- !
ting up moose meat for the lucky '
hunters preparatory to storing it. 1
Walker said he had no idea how ■
many moose he has cut since tak- j
ing over the business a couple ot j
years ago, but thinks the total
number would be around a hun- ■
dred and fifty.
Airport Conference
To Be Wed., Dec. 15
Gentry W. Shuster, representing
the Seward Airport Committee^
will meet with Major General
Joseph H. Atkinson at Elmendorf
Field tomorrow. Shuster said the
meeting date set for last week had
to be postponed due to the ab
sence of General Atkinson from
Elmendorf Field on official busi
ness.
It is understood that^ the airport
committee is asking for engineer
ing advice on the problem of en
larging the present airport on the
plans so far submitted by the com
mittee, or on any other plan the
general might see fit to suggest
from his wide experience in this
type of work.
Tiie meeting with the general is
scheduled to take place at 11 a.m.,
Wednesday, Dec. 15, and on his
return Shuster- will make a full re
port to the airport committee for
publication.
Meteor Skipper
Commands Boat
Out of Water
The cook and the crew and the
captain, too, of the Meteor are liv
ing aboard their boat while it is
high out of water on the Seward
Marine Ways. All facilities such as
water and lights are furnished by
the Marine Ways while repair
work is going on.
The Meteor was pulled up on the
ways in a double pull with the
Army boat T-205. which is also un
dergoing repairs. The boats on the
ways present a very interesting
-peetacle at night when they are
flooded with lights.
The steel barge which is there at
present is not there for repairs, but
will be used to help take an all
steel oil barge off the beach at
Thumbs Cove. This barge, with an
other like it, will be brought to the
local ways for a complete over
haul. The warehouse space at the
Marine Ways is now being used by
Lytle & Green and Munter-Phil
The Seward Memorial Church
will offer a special Christmas pro
gram on Sunday evening at 7:30
at the Church. The Rev. Paul Irwin
announced today that the program
will feature special Christmas
music with continuity written and
directed .by Miss Leichliter and
Miss Calnan.
American Lesion
Christmas Party
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THURSDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 23 1
Turkey with All the Trimmings Served
— BUFFET STYLE —
Open House at the 3
LEGION LOG HUT
10 P.M. to MIDNIGHT
for
All Legionnaires and Their Friends