Seward Seaport Record
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday of each week.
Seward, Alaska
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John M Coleman Editor and Publisher
Mildred Kirkpatrick . -Managing Editor
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By Mildred Kirkpatrick
It is within the powers of the
Common Council of any first
class city to regulate the regis
tration of its voters. Seward, op
erating under an old ordinance,
requires registration every cal
lendar year.
This annual registration is the
cause of much confusion among
voters, both new and old. It
might be wise to investigate
some other method. Some states
and cities require registration
only once in four years. Others
require an initial registration
which becomes automatic if the
registrant votes in regular elec
tion, and must be renewed only
if the person fails to cast a bal
lot.
On the other hand—the an
nual registration of electors may
be a wise procedure in communi
ties which have a rapid turnover
in population. It is a question
open to debate, but one which
should be discussed and settled
one way or another.
A surprising number of busi
ness people signed petitions for
candidates to file for office last
week. Of the signers, an amazing
number were found not to be
legal electors because they had
not registered since January 1,
1951. Many thought they were
registered, but their names did
not appear on the book in the
City Hall.
It behooves every voter to
make sure that his or her name
is on the new registration book.
The book will be open Thursday
and Friday from 10 a.m. to 3
p.m , and Saturday from 10 a.m.
until noon. Friday and Satur
day nights the registration book
will be open for the public from
7 to 10 o’clock, in addition to the
regular hours.
Personalized Stationery
Made to Order
CORPS OF ENGINEERS
ENLISTS EIDDING INTEREST
AMONG CONTRACTORS
Anchorage—Enlisting bidding
interest among new-blood con
tractors lor Corps of Engineers
construction contratcs in Alaska
is the purpose of Gil Pearson,
technical information officer, at
the Alaska District Office lure.
“Proposed construction plans
for the 1952-1953 season soon to
be revealed in detail are suffi
ciently broad in scope to interest
most types of contractors, here
and throughout the States,”
Pearson said today.
“Stateside contractors should
understand that most construc
tion problems, peculiar to Alaska
by reason of climatic conditions,
have been solved during the past
four years of the current build
ing program. Many facilities to
contractors are available on the
Alaskan Corps of Engineer pro
jects. These and other illuminat
ing details appear in the 1952
1953 prospectus of construction,
now being prepared for release.”
The technical information of
fice of the Alaska District En
gineer was activated last April
for the purpose of bringing il
1 minating facts on Alaskan con
struction to the attention of con
tractors, engineers and archi
tects.
The TIO method of reaching
prospective bidders is To dissem
inate last minute construction in
formation through 18 Alaskan
newspapers, 8 Alaskan radio sta
tions. 4 Seattle newspapers, The
United Press. The Associated
Press and 63 contractor and en
gineer Stateside magazines. Lo
cally, latest Alaskan Corps of
Engineer news is featured daily
over Radio Station KENI in An
chorage on the program Daily
Construction News each week
day morning at 7:25.
“Fifty-one contractors are cur
rently engaged in contracts
here,” Pearson pointed up.
“They are employing .7,885
men on our projects throughout
the Territory. There are 1,184
civilians and officers, working
for the district and its resident
engineers. It is estimated that
1,800 engineers were employed
on the 65 design contracts.”
Pearson has just concluded a
field trip through most of the
construction projects in the Ter
ritory for the purpose of devel
oping copy for Stateside publica
tion. At cJose hand he analyzed
multiple construction at Whit
tier, Ladd and Eielson Air Force
Bases, Fort Richardson and El
mendorf AFB. He was escorting
Douglas Macrae, field photowrit
er for the Pacific Builder and
Engineer, a construction maga
zine with nationwide readership.
Macrae will author a scries of
articles illustrating design and
method. Of the trip, Macrae said:
“This recent on-the-ground ob
servation of construction meth
ods and working conditions
clearly indicates that contractors
in Alaska are not confronted
with unsurmountable construc
tion problems. It is obvious that
early obstacles have been admir
ably overcome and that the fa
cilities now available to the con
tractor are sufficient to assure
him that completing a cor
in Alaska is no more of a
than it is in the States.”
The technical ipformatio
ficer states that the Alaska
trict of the Corps of Engi
seeks new contractors to b
1952-1953 projects of the
gest construction progran
Alaska.
Invitations to bid on a
variety of contracts are
scheduled and will be rcl
through routine channels,
vidual requests for details i
be promptly serviced.
$1,000 TO MOST valua:
PLAYER FOR PHILADEL1
Philadelphia (/P)—Richie
burn, center fielder for the
adelphia Phillies, was aw;
a $1,000 check last night
cash prize that goes witl
election as Philadelphia’s ‘
valuable” Major League
player.
Ashburn, selected in a
conducted by the Philade
Bulletin, won by more thai
000 votes over his closest
petitor, Ferris Fain, of the I
delphia Athletics, the Ame
League’s leading hitter.
Ashburn ranks second ir
ting in the National Le
leads the circuit in total hit
is second in stolen bases.
The award was mad(
Frnak Yeutter, of the Bui
president of the Baseball
ers Association, at a cere
preceding the game with
New York Giants. I
Burning the candle at
ends makes an awful drip.
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