FlflHL TRIP 1
On Monday morning of this week George Balt
izor wheeled his little wooden cart to the local
post office, loaded in the "just arrived" news
papers and magazines and then pushed the little
cart back to the store. For twenty years now Mr,.
Baltazor has been doing this same task-, tyibwfevery
this particular trip was a little different from
the others for Monday narked the final run for the
"paper" cart4 •
Nov;, since the -.Balt8Zor store has changed
hands, since Mr*'"BaliaZor will soon be leaving
Seldovia and since the Bond’s, new owners, will ‘no
longer handle newspapers and magazines the little
cart has served the purpose for which it was built
and as it is with all things which have funfilled
their purpose the little cart wi&l no doubt be
used rarely instead of regularly.
To break a habit that has been a part of your
life for twenty’years is spmetimes difficult and
few of us do so •'•dthout at leUst a trace, of.
regret. . So it is with George Baltazor. Cill it
sentimentality* loyality oi whatever you will, it
.is still understandable.
This little cart has been a familiar sight on
the boardwalk for many a year now, and a good num
ber of us here in Seldovia have, at sometine or,
another borrowed the Baltazor cart for various
reasons. It served the family O'Brien for moving
purposes and for hauling firewood on numerous .
occasions and when moving some ,object or heavy
load it seemed the natural thing to say "we'll
get Baltazor's cart". Mr. Baltazor has been gen-,
erous in the loaning of his little cart and he
has never asked 'for or expected more than a
mere "thank you".
The history of the little cart is in itself
interesting for it began its service in "the old
days", when Seldovia was first groYring into the
town it is today, and if little carts had the pow
er of speech I imagine this one of !!r. Baltazors
could tell us quite a,story.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA
The two iron wheels
were bought from the old
herring saltry which op
perated many years ago
~acrossN .the . Bay* and the. -
•hart itself vtyas made by1
one of ’ hhe old timmers
here, one San Cronnefs by
name* '• *
Time was when .the
little cart and others of
its kind were: the main
node of transportation
here, as a matter of fact
you might say they were
-the only means of trans
portation.
Thefe were no gas
oline powered vehicles
sttch as grace our board
walk tdday4 Bttt even
with the advent of pow
ered equipment* ‘the' Balt- "
azor cart continues to do
its duty and maintain its
respect as a dependable
conveyance.