New Construction in Alaska in 1950 Is
39 Times Greater Than 1867 Purchase Price
JUNEAU—More than a quarter
of a billion dollars worth of new
construction — governmental and
private—is under way in Alaska
in 1950, making this the greatest
construction year in the history
of the Territory, it is revealed in
a summary of building activities
compiled by the Alaska Develop
ment Board.
The year’s construction total,
according to the Board announce
ment, is $279,172,576. This is al
most 39 times as much as the sum
the nation paid when it purchased
Alaska from Russia in 1867.
The largest item going toward
making up the total is defense
construction amounting to $138,
<300,000. Other construction in
cludes: Federal $77,477,908; Ter
ritorial $2,811,656; municipal and
school districts $5,664,312; insti
• than sufficient to handle all the
I work which is available.
[ The breakdown of 1950 Alaska
| construction activity by Divisions
is as follows:
First Division—Federal $6,318,
486; Territorial, $1,160,726; mu
nicipal $1,126,157; institutional
$250,000; private $5,028,000.
Second Division—defense $9,
000,000; Federal $5,000,000; Terri
torial $225,356; private $200,000.
Third Division — defense $77,
000,000; Federal $42,592,071; Ter
ritorial $1,083,861; municipal -and
school district $1,586,195; institu
tional and cooperative $7,169,000;
private $31,482,500.
Fourth Division—defense $52,
000,000; Federal $23,567,351; Ter
ritorial $341,713; municipal and
Oklahoma Woman
Will Make Seward Her Home
Mary Ann Beacon, former real
tor in Seward, passed through
Palmer this week on her way
back to Seward. Miss Beacon
came from Tulsa, Okla., where
she has been in business recently.
Now she has sold her holdings
there and plans to return to Sew
ard as her permanent home.
Carters Visit at Big Lake
WASILLA—Mr. and Mrs. Pat
Carter and family visited at Big
Lake last Saturday afternoon.
They were the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Keith Lesh, who own a cabin
home on an island in the lake.
school district $2,951,960; institu
tional $800,000; private $10,289,
200.
xutionai ana co-op $ti,ziy,uuu, ana
private $46,999,700.
The construction boom for 1950
centers largely in the Third and
Fourth Judicial Divisions. Totals
by Divisions are: First, $13,883,
369; Second, $14,425,356; Third,
$160,913,627, and Fourth, $89,950,
224.
Reflecting tangible faith in
Alaska’s future, private enterprise
alone is spending in 1950 more
than twice as much as it ever did
previously in a single year, ac
cording to the Alaska Develop
-ment Board. Per capita expendi
tures for private construction in
1950 amount to $16 in the Second
Division; $159 in the First Divi
sion; $394 in the Fourth Division,
and $540 in the Third Division.
Total governmental construc
tion expenditures—Federal, Ter
ritorial and local — this year
amount to $223,953,876. More
than half of this work (55 per
cent) is in progress in the Third
Division. The other sections of
Alaska are sharing in govern
ment construction activities as
follows: First Division, 4 per cent;
Second Division, 6 per cent;
Fourth Division, 35 per cent. Per
capita governmental construction
expenditure by Divisions is: First
Division, $272; Second Division,
$1,132; Third Division, $2,097;
Fourth Division, $2,754.
The Development Board, in re
leasing the figures, noted that its
summary dealt with construction
programs only and did not encom
pass total governmental expendi
tures. The compilation also re
flects actual construction work
undertaken or to be undertaken
in calendar 1950 as differentiated
from authorization or appropria
tion for future construction.
Coupled with release of the fig
ures came a warning from the
Board that construction labor al
ready in the Territory is more
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Mrs. Cadwallader's Sister
Arrives From Minnesota
WASILLA—Mrs. Alice Hoefel
of Wayzata, Minn., arrived here
last Saturday to visit her sister,
Mrs. Charles Cadwallader of Wa
silla. She plans to spend some
time in the Valley.
Mrs. Bud Brown and two chil
dren of Cantwell also are visiting
with the Cadwalladers this week.
Mrs. Brown is a daughter of the
Cadwalladers.
Visits in Anchorage, Healy
WASILLA — Mrs. Walter Tee
land spent last Tuesday in An
chorage. Upon her return she
left Wasilla for Healy the follow
ing morning to visit her sister,
Mrs. Larry Davenport.
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