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Bids For Eklutna Tunnel
Open In Palmer June 25,
Construction Starts Soon
Bids for the tremendous Eklutna project tunnel will be opened
at the Palmer office of the Bureau of Reclamation at 10 a.m. June 25. !
The tunnel will be driven approximately 4 1/2 miles through :
the Chugach range and will divert water from Eklutna lake to
Eklutna power plant, which will be located at mile 34 on the An
chorage-Palmer highway. Byron G. Felkner, construction engineer,
in charge of the project, said.
The inlet structure located in
the lake will be approximately 70
feet under water surface. Water
will be withdrawn from the lake
bottom in the same manner as
water is drained from a bathtub.
Felkner explained.
Copies of specifications No.
DC-3433, have been mailed to ail
firms from whom rea.uests have
been received. Additional copies
are available from the Bureau of
Reclamation, Eklutna project of
fice, box 165, Palmer, and will be
mailed to any contractor interest
ed in bidding on this job.
Time allowed for completion
will be 1,050 calendar days from
date of notice to proceed.
MRS. HECKER RETURNS FROM I
LONG TRIP OUTSIDE
Mrs. Kathreen Hecker has re- '
turned to her home in North Pal- ;
mer after an extensive trip State
side. Mrs. Hecker spent some j
weeks in Wisconsin with a sister. |
During the weeks they were \
snowbound, they planned an auto-'
mobile trip.
Leaving Wisconsin the first of
May, they visited friends and rel- j
atives in Oklahoma, Texas, Cali- i
fornia, Oregon and Washington, j
Mrs. Hecker visited the Leonard ;
Bergan family, Mrs. Arthur N. j
Olson and two sons. Mr. and Mrs. !
Geo. Sjodin and family, all former j
residents of the Matanuska val- j
ley.
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Public Speaking, Spanish, Russian.
Write ETHEL MacNAIR, Box 269 this paper, for details.
GIVEN AT YOUR CONVENIENCE
FORT RICHARDSON
HOUSING PROJECT
NEAR COMPLETION
Nearing completion is the large
new housing project at Ft. Rich
ardson. Military personnel and
their families can now start mov
ing in, the army announces.
The project contains 400 fam
ily-type apartments. Started last
June, the development will be
completed next month.
The Ft. Richardson project is
the first of four similar programs
initiated to relieve the drastic
housing shortage at Alaska mili
tary installations.
Fifty per cent of the apart
ments will be alloted to non
commissioned officers, 35 per cent
to company grade officers an 15
per cent to field grade officers.
Coffey Insures Everything
Remember?
HARVEY HIBER. JR.. PLANS
TO ENTER STANFORD U.
Mrs. Harvey Hiber of Eska, and
her son Harvey, Jr., who was
graduated this spring from Pal
mer high school, flew out Wed- j
nesday for Seattle. Harvey is on i
his way to Stanford university to
enter premedic summer school.
His application for the exclusive
school was entered months ago
and confirmed. Mrs. Harvey will
vacation stateside for two weeks
then return to Jonesville. Harvey
Hiber, Sr., is superintendent of
the Jonesville mine.
POST OFFICES
Delegate Bartlett has recom- '
mended appointment of two Al- I
aska postmasters. Mrs. Ethel R. ;
Schmidt, acting postmaster at
Bethel, was recommended for the
permanent position at the third
class office.
To succeed Mrs. Martha Brown
as postmaster at Tyee, Delegate
Bartlett endorsed Mrs. John T.
Byrd.
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