Seward Seaport Record
Published each Tuesday and Friday
Seward, Alaska
John M. Coleman . Editor and Publisher1
Mildred Kirkpatrick ..Managing Editor
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UTILITY BOARD REPORTS
PURCHASE OF NEW DIESEL
To the People of Seward:
The Seward Public Utility
Board has been extremely busy
selecting equipment for the city
power plant extension. After
careful study of the expected fu
ture demands, it was decided to
purchase an 800 kw diesel gen
erating unit.
Of the various model engines
in the existing plant none are
built in large enough sizes for
the plant extension. Since it was
found necessary to purchase a
larger bore and stroke engine
which regardless of make, would
not have interchangeable parts
with tlie existing equipment, the
Board considered equipment pro
duced by various manufacturers.
After analyzing the original
cost, cost of installation, cost for
fuel oil, cost of lube oil, cost of
maintenance, etc., it was decided
to purchase a Cooper-Bessemcr
slow speed unit. The unit decid
Expert
WATCH REPAIR
and
ENGRAVING
C. c. Orfanetsr
i
Jeweler
Established 1910
A 2 '>■*■
I Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Jonas arc
; parents of a little daughter born
in Seward General Hospital,
Tuesday, Jan. 23. The baby
weighed li pounds, 5 ounces.
Mnr nnmn i c- PovaI
Don Carlos Brownell has re
turned to his home after several
days in Seward General Hos
pital.
ed upon has been well proven
and accepted by the REA, mu
nicipalities, and industry over a
period of years. It is a six-cylin
der unit. The same model en
gine is produced in eight. twelve
and sixteen cylinders, so any fu
i tore additions can be made with
standardized equipment.
In the past, equipment has
been purchased that would take
care of only the existing require
ments. The Board feels by se
lecting equipment with an eye
on expected future requirements
the city can look forward to be
ing served in an efficient and
satisfactory manner and many
of the problems of the past will
be overcome.
SEWARD PUBLIC
UTILITY BOARD,
H. J. Amend, Chairman
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tv, Seward: Tues., Things., Sat.
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Van Gilder Hotei, Seward, and all way points.
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MADISON 93
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he New Seward Hotel
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Osccsr Dahl, owner
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FROM SEWARD
SS BARANOF
Feb. 1 lor
Sitka Ketchikan
Juneau Seattle
SS DFNALI
Feb. 8 for
Valdez Wrangell
Juneau Ketchikan
Petersburg Seattle
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Feb. 15 for
Sitka Ketchikan
Juneau Seattle
SS DENALI
Feb. 22 for
Cordova Wrangell
Juneau Ketchikan
Petersburg Seattle
Freighter Sailings from Seattle
Nadina .Jan. 27 Susitna .
Coastal Rambler -Feb. 1 Nadina .
•Feb. 8
Feb. 13
WALTER W. SIPPRELL. Gen. Agent • Phone Main 125
The
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By Mildred Kirkpatrick
Many Alaskans listened at
tentalivcly to broadcasts of Gov
ernor Gruening’s address to the!
Legislature yesterday. He wast
ed no time in flowery speeches
or grandiloquent language, but
cut straight to the heart of Alas
ka problems facing this session.
He cut party lines in asking
for the revamping and streamlin-l
ing of Territorial government to1
conform with Federal changes!
and proposals contained in the1
Hoover Plan. Among other spe
cific requests was that the Legis
lature relieve the governor from
responsibility on 20 different j
boards, to allow that executive:
more lime for administrative!
duties.
j At seemccl to me that in mak
ing his request for changes he
paved tlie way i'or a bill to re
store the election of central com
mittees to the ballot. This bill
will undoubtedly be presented.
Governor Gruening wants an
Alaska Mining Commission to
assist in the search and develop
ment of gold and strategic met
als. He seems to feel that the
property tax, now outlawed by
the Ninth District Court, may
stand in a higher court.
It is not necessary to go on,
' you all heard the speech. Regard
less of my personal politics, I
feel that if this Legislature can
get down to work without too
much bickering and take fair
consideration of the Governor’s
main proposals, the members
will have done a good job. The
controversial issues, which Mr.
Gruening sidestepped, will be in
the hopper anyway, and can be
ironed out in due course.
All in all, I found the Gover
nor’s address simple, earnest and
beautifully diplomatic. I liked it.
K. T. Porter, conductor on
The Alaska Railroad, is in Sew
ard General Hospital for a few
days treatment.
UNIVERSITY OF SEWARD
Seward, Alaska
College Instruction
In Most Lines.
Dr. Galen Hunt (Dean)
Box 946. Seward, Alaska
j Letters to the Editor:
These are the ideas I have for
the equitable administration of
fish traps. These would be that
the distance be increased from
the present minimum of one
mile between traps to a mini-;
mum of five miles and then there 1
would be no closed areas. Leave
the minimum distance from fish
streams as it is. But there would
not be any closed coast line
where only small sections were
open to traps.
With these regulations, no
company or corporations with
three traps would be eligible for
more locations in the areas made j
available through opening coast
line now closed. No individual I
or partnership who retained one1
trap after the adjustment would*
be eligible for more locations.!
This would make it fair to)
everyone. I
r\ ho SPOnnH nnc\A/r»r tirrmlrl 1 I
for the Territorial Government
to enact legislation requiring a
■ minimum residence requirement
of ten months each year to be
j able to obtain a license to fish a
j trap. This last, I believe to be:
absolutely fair. If a man or com-!
pany enjoys a privilege denied i
: to others, he should not object to 1
' making Alaska his home. j
If the operators or government j
decline to effect a cure for this
present lopsided and unfair op-1
oration, then the only answer is |
the complete elimination of traps j
as a means of taking fish for'
commercial purposes.
I believe these adjustments j
should be made at once not five j
years from now or ten years
irom now. but now. Remember
these people have had a com
plete monopoly on fish traps!
now for twenty-three years. Thatj
is long enough.
This can be changed at once if j
not by the government or the j
operators, then the people of J
Alaska themselves can do it at
once and I will show how it can
be done and assist in every way
possible. We here in Alaska can
change this unfair trap deal any j
time we wish, without assistance'
of any kind.
Yours truly,
Edmund Bob Lane 1 j
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Pedesti :ahs can be classified I
two ways—the quick and the |
injured. | j
If you don’t believe in signs.' I
don't try to operate an automo-! j
bile.
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Alaska Railroad
Winter Train Service
NOW IN EFFECT
Seward - Anchorage
TUESDAY - SATURDAY MONDAY - FRIDAY
Lv. Seward .8:30 A.M. Lv. Anchorage ...1:30 P.M.
Ar. Anchorage ...1:00 P.M. Ar. Seward .6:00 P.M.
A Boat Train is arranged on Thtrsday in accordance
with the arrival of the passenger vessel.
Service Daily except Sunday from Anchorage to
Jonesville and Whittier.
For Information Phone Seward Agent
MAIN 153
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