AN AVERAGE 892 VEHICLES COME AND GO
THROUGH PALMER DAILY, ARC FINDS
Curious as to how popular a<
spot this Matanuska Valley is for
the average motorist. Oliver Onk
ka, district foreman for the Alas
ka Road Commission, recently
staged a test count for a week.
Mr. Onkka installed a recording
instrument on the Matanuska
Bridge, and then drove out to his
testing station daily to tabulate
results.
He further found that, for rea
sons unknown to him, the biggest
wear and tear on the bridge reg
istered on Monday, rather than
on any weekend day. Thursday
also showed an unexplainable
figure, for traffic on that day was
less than half what it was on any
other day of the week.
Mr. Onkka’s complete record,
which was registered from Satur
day, Aug. 19, to Thursday, Aug.
18, was:
Day
No. of crossings
Saturday . 930
Sunday .1,084
Monday .1,522
Tuesday . 753
Wednesday . 793
Thursday .. 275
The Road Commission foreman j
thinks his figures are reasonably j
accurate. He knows that one |
trucker’s six-wheeled rigs count j
one and a half on his register, but J
since there are only a few of those j
trucks on the run to Anchorage, |
he estimates that they can’t af- j
feet his total figures much.
Similar road checks were being
run on the Wasilla Highway at
the Four Corners bridge this
week. Later a check will be made
at Alpine Inn on the Glenn High
way. A test in the Anchorage
area already has been concluded.
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Juneau and Cordova
Papers Change Hands
Two Alaskan newspapers ac
quired new owners last week.
Mrs. Dorothy Pegues. editor of
the Juneau weekly, the Alaska
Sunday Press, sold her sheet to
Lew M. Williams, Jr., formerly
publishing the Wrangell Sentinel
with his parents.
Harold Bonsor of Anchorage, at
present a printer in the Anchor
age News shop, and Marshall Sel
over of Cordova, have leased the
Cordova Times, with option to
buy. Mr. Selover is editor and
publisher of the Alaska Fisher
man. new Alaskan magazine
which made its first appearance
last month.
Lutheran Aid Plans
Rummage Sale, Dinner
For September 4
Dinner will be served in the
basement of St. Johns Lutheran
Church between the hours of
noon and seven p.m. on Monday,
Sept. 4, Mrs. Alava Roetman of
the Lutheran Ladies’ Aid an
nounced today.
A rummage sale will be held in
conjunction with the day-long
dinner hour, Mrs. Roetman said.
Nome Students Also Return
To Classes on Monday
Schoolbells will ring in Nome,
for the first session of the fall
term of 1950, at nine o’clock next
Tuesday morning, the Nome Nug
get announced this week. The
school plant is being painted and
cleaned in preparation for next
week’s resumption of classes.
CHITINA LIMOUSINE SERVICE
LEAVES PALMER FOR VALDEZ
10:45 a.m. each Monday (Leaves Anchorage at 9:15 a.m.)
RETURNS TO PALMER AND ANCHORAGE
8:30 a.m. Tuesday
LEAVES PALMER FOR CHITINA
10:45 a.m. each Thursday (Leaves Anchorage at 9:15 a.m.)
RETURNS TO PALMER AND ANCHORAGE
8:30 a.m. Friday
Leaves Anchorage from 4th Ave. Travel Bureau
(Fourth Avenue Theatre Bldg.)
Leaves Palmer from in front of Post Office
Leaves Valdez from Valdez Hotel
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Palmer
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