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old power lines thd previously ended at
Copper Center on the Richardson Highway
and at Fisher's Garage on the Glenn High
way. Your electric Co-operative now ser
vices rural subscribers with electricity
along 133 miles of highways in this vast
Copper River Basin,
At the generating plant, big improve
ments are also nearing completion. To pro
duce the total amount of electricity now
required, a new generator is being instal
led and will be "on the line" about the
middle of March, The new engine is a Fair
banks-Morse 5 cylinder opposed piston en
gine, rated at 798 brake horsepower. By
opposed piston we mean that each of the 5
cylinders have 2 pistons that work in op
posed position to each other. This power
ful engine is rated as one of the best
diesel engines ever manufactured by the
Fairbanks-Morse Coc The new generator
attached to the engine will produce 564
Kilowatts of power under full load. Mem
bers of the Co-op will be able to draw a
breath of relief when the new generator
begins manufacturing electricity because
it will take the present generating sys
tem off it's "Peaked" condition.
Y/atch closely for the announcement of
Open House at the Power Plant to see this
new power generator in action. e want
to hold off until it is completely instal
led and running, and we have splc and
spanned your power houser Me respectfully
ask all of you not to visit us yet be
cause even we try to stay out of the way
of Mr- McDaniel's (Fairbanks-Morse Co.)
hard working installation crew so that he
may finish on time.,
CVEA is presently working out the de
tails :.r. connection with the Section 5
loan lands and will announce the details
in the next release, Section 5 funds are
U*S, Government monies administered by
your co-op to members for the purchase of
electrical appliances, house wiring, etc,,
on an installment basis at low interest
rates
New faces at the Plant include our new
family, the Claytons, A1 and his wife
Martine arrived on January 21sta A1 is a
Power Plant Operator who was formerly with
Chugach Electric Association in Anchorage,
but who decided that the Glennallen area
was a good place to dig the family roots
into, A1 and Martine have 4 children;
Maraley age 7? Jeanette, age 5j Shirley,
age 4 (on Jan, 22nd) and Alfred, age 8
months with 1 new tooth. We certainly
welcome A1 and his family into our CO-OP
and know that they will be soon acquainted
with all members in this vicinity.
Also in January; Bill Millard joined
the CVEA staff in managerial and admini
strative capacityr
REMEMBER ! Our telephone number is 3372
when you want electric service hook up.
Also REMEMBER - GOOD SERVICE TO YOU IS
OUR ONLY SATISFACTION i
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age where he works and can only come home
every other week-end.
Some old notes from Chitina: O.A. Nel
son^ son, Adrian, published a newspaper
and staged a show when he was thirteen
years old. He had Al Taylor and some
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other hoys helping on the paper. The show
was in the Pioneer Hall. The paper sold
for 50y show for 100
The kids also had dances in the hall
and had a good time until someone spiked
the punch with bootleg whiskey. The
mothers stopped the children from having
punch.
A1 Taylor lived at 5 mile on a fox farm,
i He and his sister commuted to school by
dog sled in winter. Supplies came in from
Cordova by rail and were hauled by pack
i train to other points of Alaska as far
| away as Fairbanks. The pack train stops
! were the old roadhouses. There was no
road to Anchorage. A pack train ran from
Gakona across country to Slate Creek and
■ Nabesna. No roads were maintained in
! those days. The only way to travel in
winter was by dog team or one stayed put
for the winter! Big Carl had a snow jenny
| and hauled mail from Copper Center to
t Chitina. Harold Gilliam brought the mail
from Cordova by plane, after the train
stopped running for the winter.
A1 Taylor’s father and brother will be
visiting the Basin and will probably not
know the place now.
Chitina was the main road commission
camp. Horses, Fresno scrapers, and a
75 Bess and Holt tractor provided road
maintenance and repairs.
Do You Have A Sweet Tooth?
V/HY NOT STOP AT
For a Delicious Piece of Pie!
Or a BIG Malted Shake!
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SERVICE
Open 24 hours a Day
STEAKS AND CHOPS
SANDWICHES * COFFEE* HOMEMADE BREADS
SUNDAES * MALTS * SHAKES
Bill and Elnor
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"At the Glennallen Junction"