ACS LONG DISTANCE EXPANSION
SLATED FOR COMPLETION IN 1952
SEATTLE. August &—Expan
sion of long -distance telephone
facilities :n the Territory of Alan*
ka v. ill be completed m 1952 and
a full operational peak will be
reached in 1953. Col. Fred P.
Andrews, commanding officer of
the Alaska Communication Sys
tem announced here today.
A long line project, which will
cost about $5 million for wire
and plant installations, includes
the construction of new long
distance circuits between Anch
orage and Tok Junction, which
will tie into existing lines along
the Alaska Highway. Completion
of this project will mean quicker
and better quality service be
tween Anchorage and Fairbanks,
and between Anchorage and the
continental United States. At
present, most telephone calls from
Anchorage to the States are
transmitted by radio-telephone
rather than land-line telephone.
When traffic is light over land
lines, some of these calls are car
ried that way, but must be rout
ed via Fairbanks. The projected
tie-in with the Alaska Highway
telephone system will eliminate
this circuitous routing.
The new land line may also
provide limited telephone facili
ties to homesteaders and small
communities along the Glenn
Highway who now have no
means of telephone comunica
tion.
DIRECT TOLL DIALING
Bids have been asked for major
toll buildings at Fairbanks and
Anchorage for completion in the
fall of 1952. These buildings will
contain the latest carrier and
switching equipment. Switching
between Anchorage and Fair
banks will be done by means of
automatic toll dialing, enabling
the ACS operator at one station
I
to dial directly through to a curt*
omer in Anchorage and Fairbanks
areas without assistance from an
other operator. These facilities
are being designed to become
part of the toll dialing system for
continental North America.
New repeater stations, including
quarters for personnel, are being
constructed at Sheep Mountain.
Glenn Allen and Tok Junction.
Temporary headquarters for the
construction crews is Palmer.
16 Calls On One Wire
Another phase of the over-all
project is the establishment of
additional facilities between Tok
Junction and Fairbanks, with
new. carrier circuits to be super
imposed on existing circuits along
the Alaska Highway. This is the
latest telephonic development,
which enables modern equipment
to handle sixteen simultaneous
conversations on one pair of
wires.
Col. Andrews said that the Tok
Junction-Fairbanks section would
require a minor wire construc
tion program as well. It is also
planned to replace existing re
peater stations at *Big Delta and
Northway with modern buildings
for equipment and personnel.
The new carrier system will re
quire construction of small re
peater stations near Johnson
River and Harding Lake, and the
present station at Cathedral
Bluffs will be discontinued. A
large switching center is being
built at Tok Junction.
Land line construction is being
handled primarily by the Western
Electric Company, under contract
to the Signal Corps, U. S. Army,
of which the Alaska Communica
tion System is a unit. Building
construction is being done by the
Alaska District, Corps of Engin
eers, U. S. Army.
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NEWS
A cook-out by Troop 26 is plan*
ned for August 22 at Baarv's
Lake. Betty Jo Wilson, troop
scribe announced
How to build an outdoor fire
and cooking with foil is planned.
Members are to take a raw car
; rot. green onion and a sandwich,
dessert, something to drink and
eating implements to Mrs Char
les Wilson's home
Jeans, sweater and walking
shoes are required. Cars will
leave for the lake at 10:30 a. m.
If someone who will act as life
guard will accompany them,
swimming will be included in the
program.
Coffey Insures Everything—
Remember?
HEALTH COUNCIL
TO DISCUSS FLUORIDE
TREATMENT OF WATER
Diacussmn at the regular meet
ing of the Health Council in the
Co-Op Club Room tonight at aev
in o'clock will center on the fluo
ride treatment of water.
Material collected and prepared
by the Territorial Department of
I Health and recommendations of
some of the staff members will
be presented by Public Health
Nurse Marjorie Myren as a pre
lude to the discussion. Dr. George
! Whetsone. who has done consi
derable research in the occurance
of fluoride in natural waters will
be on hand to answer questions.
A stranger: (To George Small)
I “Did you say you just came up
I from the Outside?"
George: “Yep, that’s right.”
Stranger: “Huh! Just a Chee
chako, eh?"
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AFTER MAJOR OPERATION
Mr* Edward Barrett has re
ceived word from her husband
‘»>'oig that he is making a very
j fine recovery from a difficult
major operation performed Aug
.1 at Veteran's Hospital in Port
land
As soon as his strength returns.
Mr Barrett must still undergo a
minor operation. After that, he
hopes he will be able to return
, home.
FISH AND WILDLIFE
AGENT TO VACATION
Bob Burkholder. Fish and Wild
! Life agent recently returned from
' a field trip up the hsway and will
start a thirty day leave this week,
during which time he plans to
get in some hunting and work
around his homestead.
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