GOOSE 3AY DOCK ITEAuIDC
COMPLETION
Winter work at Goose Bay has been
closed down for tie v'ih’rer with
appi'o.xixnateiy another months
work left to complete the dock
and war e h o' is e .
The dock has been built out €C
feet from the shore, the frame
for the warehouse ha; been com
pleted and a well has beer drill
ed 70 feet deep. In adnition.
a messhcusc has been completed,
About 250 piles wore driven with
a pile driver built in Anchorage
and assembled at Gcoso Eay„
This work was delayed by the loss
of a pile driver on Cook Inlet
during u storm, ^he outfit was
b^ing towed from down the Inlet
when it was lost.
Three men ai'e still at Gosse Bay
completing work on the wcll0
Y/ater was found at the 67 foot
level.
Another 250 piles remain to be
driven next spring, extending
the dock cut another 60 feet to
deep waterj The piling can:
from Point Possession and Konai•
The warehouse will mejjure 36 by
100 feet when completed. It will
have a loading platform and other
facilities for handling freight.
The building is on the shore.
The Goose Bay YTharf and Trading
Company purchased a cannery
building in Kasilof measuring
30 by 400 feet and two stories
high. Material from this build
ing was used for dock flooring
and other phases of the project
at Goose Bay.
The dock at G0030 Bay is connect
cd by highway to the main high
way through the Matanuska Valley
and Anchorage highway, Wo^k cn
the road into Goose Bay was being
done last summer but had not at
that time been opened tc the
public*
H:
;*i irunsr: ht.he
hrou,?h the facilities of the
eternal and Child Welfare a
iUOuc Health nurse, Mrs,Pauline
•Jol ns co.
relic’ e
L . . i i u.x o o y
is in Palmer, who will
nt?l the arrival of a
nurse, which is expected
about fehuarv 25,
rnuoiron is probably well ac
cqu.'.inv. x, wxtli many of the1 people
of r.r/alloy by this time, where
she has made visits.
AFUOUII CEMENT
We are happy to announce the en
gagement of Ivliss Janet Borges,
teacher in tho Palmer school, to
Barber Edward of Anchorage,
Miss Borges is resigning her
position on the teaching staff
and will leave for her hone in
Anchorngc today.
Wo regret to lose Miss Borges
but unite in extending o\ir sincere
congratulations and best wishes
for future success and happiness.
EXTEND THANKS
Wo extend thanks to the local
Postmistress and h^r staff for
the privilege of receiving our
nail on New Years Eve. This
privilege was made possible ' 1
through I!r3uKennedy* s kindnoss
in keeping the Dost Office open
late, which afforded everyone
an opportunity to call for Chris
tmas mail just arrived.
Mr, and I‘.irs0 W„Er.irath and two
sons from Detroit Michigan have
joined the Matarruslca Colony and
located on the tract fromcrly
occupied by Mr,,E,' ut-l'lla*
Don't forgot the annual meeting of
of the M0V,F,C.A. January 250