Power PSant
(Continued from f ahe 1)
tract. Powered by natural pas
with a first stage capacity of
1500 kw. the new power plant
will be hooked up to Kenai Pow
er bisi ribution lines thereby back
ing up the City of Kenai with
four times more power than
currently used in the city. Kenai
residents have been provided
with electrical power by Kenai
Power Corp. for about 12 years.
Odin Strandberg. Anchorage,
is president and manager of
CUL. His brother Bill Strand
berg, median leal engineer, ami
Harry Waterfield, another CUL
engineer, directed construction
or tup DuiKTmg aim me insuu
tttion and assembling of engines
and generators, Other workmen
were hired locally.
Harold Harp, specialist in con
verting' diesel engines to the use
of natural gas, will start con
version of the two generation
units this week. Installation will
be to an automatic dual fuel
system. Should the gas supply
be interrupted for any reason,
the generators will automatic
ally switch over to diesel with
out interrupting the flow of el
ectricity.
The Washington diesel 1000
tip,, 225 rpm with its 7Cd) kw.
General Electric generator
weighs in excess of 100 tons.
The base plate alone, the largest
single piece, weighs 52 tons.
The second generation unit,
o Worthington diesel 875 h.p. at
327 rpm produces 600 kw, and
has an installed weight of 70
tons.
The two generation units are
housed in a modem insulated
50’ y 60* Armeo steel building
with 20 ft. walls and has overt
head monorails that are over 20!
from the floor to handle and move
heavy equipment. The building
is so designed that it can be
immediately expanded to take
additional generation units if the
demand for more power should
increase.
Well head equipment was de
livered Tuesday and is now be
ing installed. This equipment will
control the gas pressures and
will process the gas for delivery
to the generators.
The Worthington is completly
erected except for installation
of the automatic dual fuel system
and is scheduled for test runing
within a week.
The Washington installation
will be completed this week ex
cept for fuel supply and its test
run is expected within two weeks.
Installation of the switch gear,
or electrical cont.ol system, will
begin this week. This, with the
transformer plant installation
currently underway, will com
plete the plant for delivery of
power, which is expected to be
by early spring.
Also scheduled for early com
pletion is further work on the
building which includes pouring
of concrete floors, inside paneling
and painting. Landscaping of the
grounds will be done this sum
mer.
Bill Strandberg will continue
at the plant for the foreseeable
future. He considers the devel
opment of the Kenai Soldotna
area to be the Biggest thing that
has happened to Alaska since
the Klondike.
“People here are sitting on
tap of the cheapest arxl best
power available, natural gas,”
he remarked. Born at Flat,
Alaska, he and his brother Odin,
CUL president, were partners
in gold mining operations for
years.
Other current employees, who
assisted with building construc
tion and installation of machin
ery and who will remain to con
tinue plant operatin, are -Aoy
Wright, Horace Van Sickle, Vic
tinue plant, operation, are Roy
Schmidt, George Marshall, Mar
vin Hanson and George Tkaffin.
Homer Hosts
(Continued from page 9)
Sponsors of queen contest
ants are to pay a $10 entry fee.
Transportation, meals, posters
ar.-il other expanses will he paid
by the association, A $150 fur
parka is to be presented to the
queen. Alaskan jewelry and other
prizes will also be presented
contestants.
The association has reason to
believe the snow-shoe baseball
frame and possible other events
will be covered by a staff writer
front Argosy magazine. Reserva
tions have been made at a betel
ir Homer on those dates by sm
Argosy photographer, Cleaver
said. • -
The 1901 playoff baseball
game on snows hoes was on Dec.
30. Movie cameras recorded the
game and it later was featured
on television for the Air Force
Review. The Air Force team was
defeated by the Homer Webfoots
with a score of 26 to 11.
Vote
(Continued from pabe 1)
tem in the City of Kenai,
The office of the city clerk
wall be open for registration
of electors until 5 p.m. this Sat
urday. Registration closes five
days prior to election, counting
Sundays and holidays.
Qualified electors are persona
who have resided in the State
of Alaska for one year and in
the City of Kenai for 30 days
immediately preceding the elec
tion.
Poll® for the Feb. 23 special
election will open at 8 a.m. and
will close at 8 p.m. ami only
qualified voters who have prop
erly registered will be entitled
to vote.
WEDDING ANNIVF.RSARY
SOLPOTNA— Charles Griff
in, Soklotna school superiirten
lent, and his wife, Joyce will
observe their 21st wedding an
niversary on Feb. 21, Originally
from Georgia, Mr, and Mrs. Grif
fin have been with Soklotna
schools for the past two years.
They expect to observe the an
niversary of their marriage in
a quiet way with their children,
as has been their custom for sev -
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Orange Juice 59c
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Mayonnaise . 69c
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