Seward Seaport Record
Published each Tuesday and Friday
Seward. Alaska
John M. Coleman
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but some find it hard to take
about the first of the month
when the bitter so far exceeds
the sweet.
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to be loved and admired by
everyone in his home commun
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ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
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SCHEDULED SAILINGS
FROM SEWARD
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WALTER W. SIPPRELL. Gen. Agent - Phone Main 125
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By Mildred Kirkpatrick
People of Seward are still
shuddering over the fire at the
Sanatorium. Not of what actu
ally did happen, which was bad
enough, but at what could have
been. This old type army hos
pital building, of the usual
frame construction, finished
with celotex or some similar
dry material, went up like pa
per. If there had been a wind
blowing, if the ground was bare
instead of with the foot or more
of snow lying under the trees,
if there had been any lack of
water supply, or efficient fire
fighters and equipment had not
been immediately available;
(there are any number of possi
bilities of tragedy, of what could
| have been), then the country
I would have been shocked by
i another great hospital catas
| trophe.
Inis is one of the strongest
arguments for safer hospital
I buildings. We can look around
| us in any part of Alaska and
| see the possibility of tragic fire
| damage. Sewardites are more
I fire conscious as a group than
! any other community I have
ever seen. And we need to be.
The greater part of the city is
of j e r r y-b u i 11 construction,
rooms added here and there to
existing cabins, which at their
beginning were only shacks, the
only thought being for shelter
of some kind, and little if any
consideration for safety.
Most of us have to build and
add on as precarious financing
permits. High cost of materials
and labor have retarded correct
and safe building operations in
the past. Consequently our town,
and many other territorial com
munities have a helter-skelter,
run-down look to the visitors
from Outside, and a forbidding
appearance to the prospective
settler.
Times are changing, however.
Better times seem to be in the
near future for Seward. FHA
assistance is available with all
the restrictions and specifica
tions demanded by that agency.
One hears considerable com
plaint about those specifications,
but if you will examine them
closely, it can be readily seen
that they are for the builder's
own good. Proper insulation,
safe construction, fire proof
electric wiring, correct plumb
ing, all these restrictions are
enforced for the safety and eco
nomy of the tenants of the buil
ding. Folks grumble because
they have figured out a cheaper
way to build, but the cheapest,
is not always the best.
It seems to me that now is;
the time to formulate a set of
building codes to control the;
future home building in Sew-:
ard. Members of the building
trades, unions and contractors j
should formulate codes applying i
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Phone Madison 151
COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
Library Hours
Mon. and Wed.—3 to 5 p.m.
Tues. and Sat.—7 to 9 p.m.
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Well Baby Conference
Thursdays, 2-4 p.m., Methodist
Church basement.
Saturday, April 1
ST. PETERS GUILD BAKE
SALE.
Monday, April 3
REBEKAH LODGE No. 6-A
Wednesday, April 5
AMERICAN LEGION and AUX
ILIARY
Thursday, April 6
RAINBOW FOR GIRLS
[ EPISCOPAL GUILD
Saturday, April 8
P-TA BAKE SALE
Sunday, April 9
4TH OF JULY COMMITTEE
to each branch of construction,
check with existing national
codes, then submit their find
ings to the council for consider
ation and passage into law. In
j this way, we can have a better
looking town growing up around
us, a more sound economic and
tax structure, as well as a safer
city in which to live and raise
our children. Why not think
about it and plan for the future?
Wife Preservers
To clean a itrlass bottle, cut a lemon tn
small pieces and drop them into the bot
tle: then fill it half full of water and
shake well.
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