AS A LjAN THII'TKS. - bjf.lst. Sgt,J;B*West,
A man who thinks every one is against him will soon "begin to
treat’people in a man her which will make them so. If he thinks all
men are his friends, he will unconsciously treat them right* and they
will be his friends. The man who lives his daily life "by this formula
has a philosophy that will Brighten his life. "If we put into all
relations with our fellows a full measure 6f friendliness and good
will, it will cettne hack to us with cverflerty* On the other hand, if -
man is suspi’cioiis of e very holy, he soon will Become an .object of sus ;
picion. The man xvho goes about looking for a fight will surely get
licked some day and it will he coming ib him, True friendliness i
formed 6n sincerity - and sincerity is ab'Siit the only thing that can
not be counterfeited. The impulse of friendliness springs from the ^
^ery soul of mah, The world needs kindness and good will*
mTES .FROL THE POST %UARTE BLASTER*
Life on the pipe line is a phase of Alaskan service that is un
familiar to many people served "by the Post water supply. It is genef
ally known that this water is melted snow drained from a natural basi-4
located on the East slope of the mountain range across the Chilkat
River "but just how that water is brought to the Post and and just wh3-'c
hardships are encountered by men that work to bring it there are litt-*
understood and consequently little appreciated. Tracing the water
supply back to its source we come first i6 the big conspicuous tank
back;of the officer’s line and near
ice pond. .This tank holds
60,000 gallons - a two days supply for the Post. (The new reservoir
when completed \vill have a capacity of 1,*§00,000 gallons or a little
over at month’s Supply). A float gauge reading on the side of the tari!
and visable for a couple hundred yards indicates the water level in
the tarik, Fr6m the tank the pipe line cuts diagonally across the
peninsula in a .Northwesterly direction to r the East, bank of the river
about a half mile downstream from Jones’ Point, The pipe id buried
below the frost line but a trail through the woods follows its course
A. valve house stands close to where the pipe enters the river.
Inside this house is a concrete well fitted with two lids (for "pro te c
tion against the cold), beneath which, is a check valve to prevent t!^’
tank water frofn running back to the river when the line breaks or til
pressure is turned off. The valve house on the near bank of the
tht 7?’lTre 5°”se on the far bank is a distance of three miles. Ovh
the shallow stretches the pipe line from _six inches t8 three feet be;
low the ground but across the main channel, for about 2000 feet it m
restd on the river bed. It was found impractical to carry it over
°n pillars because of trouble caused by floating ieS; The valve h3**
on the other side is equipped with a pressure gauge ^hich helus to
locate sources of trouble Qn that side. Hear the valye house is a
log cabin built last fall to replace the one destroyed by fire durint
the summer. Two men stay over there all the time f5f Repair work ori
the basin and on the line from basin to the river. Their iob ic + A
keep-the wire screen at the intake pipe^lear of brush, slicks fee
f>nii‘+v£ ?r®vfnt ®aow slides from diverting the basin’s outlet’away
lritake Pipe; and to keep ice frbm piling up on the exno^ed
stretches of the line out to the river channel. Getting to the baci-1
or reservoir 485 feet above the cabin necessitates a two hour cliirb
l*i 8iil °f thS ?0Untiin- Corporal Stewart
’ I?l0ks C°. "E" have been on this work for over a year Thev ~
\ratl0nS fr0ln th® coraPani®s. usually a week’s supply at’a time
aHd fcarry it over on their backs, erossing the rivef on ice ffndere
none too safe by the tide. when a break in the pipe occurs v tT
|«ln, the Post Engineer, takes over additional men one tn fL* ' Johr‘
f8r the party. Cofferdams must sometimes be sunk’and as coc>
6 inch pipe cut out and replaced or iron sleeves bolted t;"f
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