.‘FIFTY MILLION
FOR IMPROVING
WATER FRONT
NEW YORK, Aug. 17 (by Associat
ed Press).—The greatest water-front
improvement here in 50 years, in
volving the removal of 32 antiquated
piers along the Hudson river, and the
erection in their stead of 18 new and
►- vastly larger piers of latest design,
has been planned by Murray Hulbert,
commissioner of docks, and approved
hy the sinking fund commission. The
improvement will cost $50,000,000 and
will require 10 years to complete. The
■work is expected to be started next
Spring.
This with the proposed vehicular
tunnel to New Jersey is expected to
solve New York’s west side dock prob
lem. The new water-front system is
■^consist of wide piers, slips and mar
ginal streets, with warehouses and
tracks where available in the rear.
“The cost of construction is expect
ed to pay for itself within four years
time,” according to Deputy Dock Com
missioner Michael Cosgrove. “A per
manent sea wall has been built along
the entire stretch, no rock will he en
countered to make a depth of 10 feet
and most of the real estate is owned
* hy the city.
“These new piers will increase the 1
pier storage area t>u per cent ir tney
are made only one story,” said Mr.
Cosgrove. “But because of the high
value of the water-front it will be un
-* economical to stop even at two stories.
They will have the most modern ap
pliances for rapid handling of freight,
including electric cranes, helpers and
hoists of all kinds.
“The present lower North river
water-front is just what it was in 1871.
Its slips are so narrow there is not
room in them at once* for two big
steamships. To afford relief tne war
department has three times permitted
the pier headlines to extend further
outshore. The more these narrow
piers were brought out, the worse the
.slips became, because boats have been
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constantly growing bigger.”
“The new plan,” said President F.
H. La Guardia of the board of aider
men, “means that New York is going
to have 18 piers from 950 to 1,095
, leet in length in place of 32 dilapi
dated structure0 which are a disgrace
to tie city. Between each pier there
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300 feet and a minmium of 275 feet.
Two of the new piers will be 100 feet
•wide, seven will be 150 feet and nine
125 feet.”
Along New York’s 278 miles of
water-front the dock commission al
ready has under way other projects
xinder contracts amounting to $20,
000,000.
The most widely distributed com
mercial tree in the Tongass national
forest, southeastern Alaska, is west
ern hemlock. It is a rapidly growing
Hree and is suitable for either mechan
fcal or chemical wood pulp, either
alone or in mixture with other species.
It is conservatively estimated by the
forest service that it forms 60 per cent
of the merchantable stand. This
species is being extensively used for
paper pulp at a number of plants in
British Columbia.
Meals well cooked and properly
served at the Alaskan Grill. 17-tf
STORM WIPES
OUT TRAPS AT 1
KETHCIKAN
Fish traps in the vicinity of Ketch
ikan were damaged to the extent of
a quarter of a million dollars by the
storm which has been raging in.
Southeastern Alaska during the past
three days, in the opinion of local
trap men, says the Ketchikan Chron
icle.
Dale W. Hunt, superintendent of
the Sunny Point Packing Company,
said that the loss in fishr would
amount to more than the trap loss.
This would bring the total loss in the
vicinity of Ketchikan to more than a
half million dollars.
With the coming of clear skies to
day, pile driver crews are leaving the
harbor to make repairs. In some
cases, traps will be fishing again in a
day or two, but several outfits are
known to have been a complete loss
and no attempt will be made to re
drive the locations.
Several traps which escaped seri
ous damage are reported to be so
full of kelp that it is impossible to
fish them. It may take several days
to get the kelp and seaweek cleared
away.
Traps or. the outside are reported
to be filled to overflowing with fish.
Seventy-five thousand fish were left
in Sunny Point traps this morning
after all fish that could be handled
by the tender had bene removed.
Several traps have not been seen for
several uays, uvving lu me siunn.
Sawyer & McKay have lost their
floating trap from near Cape Chacon.
Their big trap weathered the storm
without serious damage, but it is
full of kelp.
Not a stick is standing to mark the
location of the Alaska Packers trap
at Ship island. The trap was just
completed last week, but had not
started to fish when the storm
struck.
The Sunny Point trap at Ship
island was seriously damaged. A
driver was sent there today, and it is
expected that it will be in shape to
fish within four days.
The H. Burgman trap at Seal bay
is reported to be a complete loss.
The Davis-Bartholomew trap at
Straits island is a total wreck and
will no be redrvien, it is said.
The Beauclaire Packing Company
reported today that it had lost its
best trap.
The Columbia Packing Company at
Tenakee is reported to have lost a
trap.
The Burkhardt trap north of Cape
Chacon is reported to be badly torn.
The McKenzie-Paup trap is report
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benefit of the Alaska trade.
We solicit the accounts of individuals, firms and corporations de
siring closer connection for buying and selling. The service rendered
is direct; we, at every step, exercise close supervision over all transac
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We are READY, WILLING AND ABLE to buy right, to ship right,
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ed to have been stripped of gear.
Clarence Payne’s trap at Halibul
creek was damaged but is fishing
again.
The Southern Alaska trap at Cape
Fox was reported this afternoon tc
have gone out.
The first man to be sentenced t<
life imprisonment for murder, in A1
aska, died recently according to wor<
received in the United States mar
shal’s office. The dead convict Harr:
Ktickoon, an Indian, was sentencee
to life imprisonment in the Wrangel
federal jail on February 1, 1919, b:
United States District Court Judge R
W. Jennings, for the murder of Mar:
Kushnik, an Indian, at Saxmon, nea:
Ketchikan.
Sun Maid Raisin Bread, always e
favorite at the City Bakery.
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Fish Trap Surveyors
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