INFORMATION FOR CONSttiSRS './HOSE ELECTRONIC
EQUIPI-iENT. PLACES SEVERE TECHNICAL 03MAHDS
ON C.'/.E.A. *S ENERGIZED LINES!
...anchorage, ulaska
November 4, 1963
Dear Sir: i"
I have just received the frequency recording
I put on your syste.ro ...at-the--Federal Aviation
Station at Gulkana on October 20, 1963* In
reviewing this recordihg and from my obser
vation of your operation of the utility, it
is my opinion that the frequency control is
very good and well within requirements of any
electronic equipment that you might have on
the system at this time.
The electronic equipment now being operated
by the Federal Avation Agency that is most
critical to frequency fluctuations is the
VoRTAC navigational ai.cL.. The manufacturers4 "
power requirements for this equipment is the
frequency.be maintained within .6 plus or
minus of 60 cycle; as the frequency recording
show, the .utility is well within these ‘limits
Before I departed Glennallen on October 20,
I was informed the Air Force TACAN install
ation was experiencing . trouble--due to voltage
fluctuations, on the system. I suggest that if
this be the case, you contact the technician
in charge of this facility and through mutual
arrangements place a voltage recorder on the
incoming power supply. If the recordings in
dicate the Voltage is fluctuating X believe
this.can be corrected by minor adjustments
pn,the- voltage regulators and possibly more
careful operating procedures.
Hy inspection of the Woodward governors on
the generating unite indicate the governors
are in good condition and operating satis
factorily. Minor adjustments ware, made on the
j 600 K.W. unit for faster recovery under
changing load conditions.
Observations made at your plant indicate the
plant is being maintained and operated in
a very efficient manner.
If at any time in the future I may be of
assistance to your association, please feel_
free to call upon me.
Sincerely,
Ernest McCullough .T '
Anchorage, Alaska
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T?1 Cajon,
California, has announced plans to construct
Travelodge motels along the- -1,527 rails Alaska
Highway, and in every majon-'Alaskan city. ,
--r*. ocotw iwing, founder of the world wide
network, announced that the first Travelodge
installation will bo a downtown Anchorage
location.
The ^536,000 Anchorage Travelodge installation:
will’ be a 60-unit, two-story building -with
central heating, telephones and television ir
each room. A cocktail lounge and restaurant
will be located on the premises. According
to ir. King, two special units will be in
stalled to accommodate handicapped persons
confined tp wheelchairs.
nt therpresent time the Travelodge chain
operates motels in Edmonton, Kamloops,
Nanaimo, Vernon, Victoria, Dorval, and Prince
George, British Columbia.. Construction is un-“
den-ray Tor a' Travelodge unit Dawson Creek.
No date has been announced for the construct
, Pil ihfL Anchorage>_ facility.
TRANSPORTATION, K3Y TO ALASKA'S FUTUR3
The new Alaska Itarine Highway System is in
Lfull operation, opening up all of Southeast
Alaska to easy transport of passengers and
vehicles loaded with freight. Ferry service
has been inaugurated between Valdez and
Cordova. A new ferry- will begin operations in
1964 from Kodiak Island to the mainland.
There are growing indications the German
airline Lufthansa will soon swell the ranks
of Air France, SAS, Japan Airlines, Kill and
other international carriers stopping in
Alaska on their trans-polar runs. Internation
al airports at Anchorage and Fairbanks and
several hundred modern airports or bush strin<
make convenient air transport available to
all areas of the state.
‘Improvements and additions are continually
being made on the more than 6000 miles of
primary and secondary roads in the state. More
than ^70 million in construction work was
unaer contract this past summer with a like
amount.planned for 1964. Alaska's rapidlv
improving transportation is certain to play
an important part in industrialization of it