Construction Around Alaska
ASPHALT CONTRACT AWARDED ,
The Purchasing and Contracting
Office at Fort Wainwright an
nounces that as a result of Invita
tion for Bid ASK-95-517-62-88 for
asphalt, the award was made to
Paving Products Inc., of Fairbanks.
The amount of the contract is
$6,600.
, LOCAL FIRM AWARDED
Gov. Wm. A. Egan was advised
by the Alaska District Army En
gineers Office of acceptance of two
bids totaling $115,717 for work at
two Air Force stations in Alaska.
Largest of the projects—a dormi
tory addition and installation of two
£0,000 gallon diesel fuel tanks at
Campion Air Force Station—went
to Pruhs and Fivery Inc., Fairbanks,
cn its bid of S108,.358.
Northern Roofing and Sheet Me
tal, Anchorage, was awarded a con
tract for modifications to heating,
heavy equipment shop and Building
108 at the Tin City Air Force Sta
tion on its bid of $7,359.
FAIRBANKS CONCERN WINS
Bids were received on two State
highway projects and were opened
publicly at the offices of the High
way Department at Douglas Thurs
day.
The apparent low bid of $369,076
for grading and drainage of 1.75
miles of the North Yakutat Road.
State Project No. S-0940<2>, was
entered by the S. S. Mullen Co., 1
Inc., of- Seattle.
The second project on which bids
were opened consisted of bank pro
tection on Big Gerstle River, near
Fairbanks, 1.19 miles in length. The
apparent low bid of $69,810 was sub
mitted by Fred Nygren, Inc., of
Fairbanks.
WIN TWO C ONTRACTS
The Department of Highways has '
awarded the following contracts:
Alaska Project F-062-3(6) amount- i
ing to $695,384.00 for grading and
surfacing 9.16 miles on the Richard- j
son Highway between the Tanana
River and Delta Junction has been j
awarded to Rivers Construction Co.,
Inc., of Fairbanks.
Alaska Project S-145K3) amount
ing to $611.436.00' for grading and
drainage of 9.91 miles of the Nome
Kougarok Road, from Coffee Creek
to Kougarok River, awarded to
Rivers Construction Co., Inc., of
Fairbanks.
The Richardson Highway project
construction will be under the
supervision of the Fairbanks Dis
trict Engineer, H. W. Johansen, and
the Nome-Kougarok job will be
supervised by Obert Hyde, district
engineer at Nome.
LOW BIDDER
Chris Berg, Inc., Seattle, is the !
apparent low bidder for construc
tion of an equipment shop at Barter
Island, with a bid of $746,300. Five
sealed bids were opened on the pro
ject by the U.S. Army Engineer
District, Alaska. The government .
estimated costs for the proosed work
at $764,723.
FUEL TRANSPORT
The Purchasing and Contracting
Office at Fort Wainwright has an
nounced Invitation for Bid ASK
95-517-62-107 is open to all interested
contractors.
The bid is to “Furnish all plant,
labor, equipment and material nec
essary to transport gasoline and
fuel oil from government storage
tanks as specified by the Purchas
ing and Contracting Office at Fort
Wainwright.”
Bids will be received in that of
lice until 10 p.m. AST June 19, 1962
and at that time publicly opened.
PACKING & STORAGE BIDS
The Purchasing and Contracting
Office at Fort Wainwright has an
nounced Invitation for Bid ASK
95-517-62-106 is open to all inter
ested contractors.
Bids will be accepted in that of
fice until 2 p.m. AST, June 22, 1962.
At that time they will be opened for
the following services.
“To furnish packing, crating,
drayage, loading and storage of
household goods for a period of one
year at Fort Wainwright, Alaska.”
Complete information will be ob
tained at the Office of Purchasing
and Contracting at Fort Wainwright.
LIGHTING BID
The Purchasing and Contracting
Office at Fort Wainwright has an
nounced Invitation for Bid ASK
95-517-62-129 is open to prospective
contractors.
Bids will be accepted in that of
fice until 10 a.m. AST June 27, 1962,
and at that time publicly opened
for the following service.
To furnish all plant, labor, mater
ial and equipment to install new
fluorescent lighting in Communica
tions Section of Bldg. No. 1541. Fort
Wainwright, Alaska, in accordance
with specifications of the Purchas
ing and Contracting Department,
Fort Wainwright.
MURPHY DOME PROJECT
A road repair project with an es
timated value of S75.000 at Murphy
Dome, Air Force Station, is open for
bids. Bids will be received until
June 27 and then opened by the
U.S. Army Engineer District.
HEARING IMPROVED
Fred Pope, of Dennis Manor, big
general merchandise store on
Badger Road, who went outside for
special hearing treatment, is re
ported to be well on the road to
recovery. Pope’s hearing became
faulty following an accident some
time ago.
This is the same baseball stal
wart who, a decade or two ago.
starred on local baseball teams as
a top-notch pitcher and heavy hit
ter.
TASK FORCE SLATES PROBE
Public meetings will be held in
many towns anl cities in Alaska in
June by the Task Force appointed
by Secretary of the Interior Stew
art Udall to examine the policies
and operations of the Bureau of In
dian Affairs in Alaska.
Meetings in the Interior area are
scheduled as follows:
June 13, Bethel—10 a.m. in Na
tional Guard Armory; June 15. Una
lakleet—2 p.m. in Bureau School;
June 18, Nome—9 a.m. in Court
Room of Federal Bldg.; June 19,
Kotzebue—7 p.m. in Bureau School;
and June 20, Noatak—7 p.m. in Bu
reau School.
June 21. Pt. Hope—8 p.m. in Bu
I reau School; June 22. Barrow—8
p.m. in Bureau School; June 23.
Fort Yukon—3 p.m. in National
Guard Armory; and June 25. Tanana
|—10 a.m. in the Community Hail.
The Task Force consists of W. W.
Keeler of Bartlesville, Oklahoma,
oil company executive and Princi
, pal Chief of the Cherokee tribal or
ganization; Hugh J. Wade, Secre
tary of State for Alaska; and James
E. Officer, Associate Commissioner
of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Washington, D.C.
It will be concerned with prob
; lems of the Native people on land
rights, fisheries, education, and
; others related to the programs of
the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
The Task Force will be accom
panied by Robert Bennett, area di
rector for the bureau in Alaska;
Burke Riley, chairman of the Alas
ka Field Committee, Dept. ; of In
terior; and Mrs. Ruth Biake, secre
tary.
Ail interested Native residents of
communities where meetings are
scheduled, and interested residents
of neighboring towns, are invited to
attend and discuss problems of con
cern to them which pertain to the
Bureau of Indian Affairs.
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Officer Graduates
From FBI School
Lt. Robert J. Sundberg of the
Fairbanks City Police Department
was among the 80 “students" who
graduated from the 69th session of
the FBI National Academy June 6.
Joseph A. Sullivan, special agent
in charge of the Anchorage office
of the FBI commended Sundberg
and said people of this area should
be justifiably proud of his accom
plishments.
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