Soldotna to Have Water System,
Completion Expected in 60 Days;
Plans Made for Future Sewerage
ine Beginning of a city water
system for Soldotna is underway.
Plans are also in the making for
a future sewerage system.
Completion of drilling of water
wells, installation of a pumping
station and the laying of water
mains capable of supplying at
least 900 families is expected to
be completed within 60 days.
Jack Farnsworth of Soldotna,
promoter of the enterprise, said
the undertaking is being devel
oped as a first class municipal
water system and has been ap
proved by the Alaska Department
of Health as well as by city offi
cials.
The system is being put in by
the Spenard Utility Corp., of
Spenard, with Western Drilling
Co., Anchorage, drilling the wrnter
well. Charles L. Parker of Sol
dotna, field engineer for the civil
engineering firm of Trick and
Nyman, is doing the surveying
for line installations as well as
for the subdivisions being devel
oped in connection with the water
system.
Trunk lines to take in areas in
three directions from the Soldot
na “Y” junction of the Sterling
Highway are being extended. Fire
hydrants are being put in, one to
each block, with the first one
already in place next to Coastal
Drilling Co.
The subdivision development is
on Farnsworth’s original home
stead land. The Farnsworth sub
division’s third addition is cur
rently being built on the north
side of the “Y" junction and will
include a village shopping center,
33 residential lots and 17 busi
ness location lots, with two FHA
(Federal Housing Administra
tion) approved homes already
underway.
The well, also on Farnsworth’s
land, is located on the top of a
hill, elevation 95 feet, directly
back of the village shopping cen
ter now being constructed. The
well is now down 100 feet w-ith
10-inch casing and Farnsworth
said an abundant supply of water
is expected at 200-250 feet. Two
alternate well sites are to be
drilled if needed for auxiliary
water supply. All three well sites
are centrally located in the heart
of Soldotna.
The 8-inch trunk lines lead
from a double underground pump
ing station at the top of the hill,
where the current well is being
drilled, to the 6-inch water mains,
going out Soldotna Avenue and
Redoubt Boulevard (the latter
formerly called Aspen Way). It
will be extended to as many
homes and business establish
ments as possible before severe
winter weather halts operations.
There are no restrictions to hook
ups, Farnsworth said. All per
sons who desire to do so may
have the lines extended to their
property.
Plans for the water system
began eight months ago. A sew
erage system is also being plan
ned and will be put in by the
dpenard Utility Corp., but not
until after the water system is
completed.
Farnsworth said the shopping
center, adjacent to the third sub
division addition, is to be com
pleted by the first of the year. It
will include motel units, bar,
cocktail lounge and a restaurant.
Lines to supply natural gas to
the subdivision and shopping cen
ter have already been extended.
Standard Oil Seen As Top Bidder
In Coming Sale of School Land
Scheduled for North Kenai Area
The Alaska Division of Lands
is offering 481 acres of school
section land, located between the
North Kenai Road and the Ni
kishka Beach, for sale to the
highest bidder at a public auc
tion set for Oct. 10 at 2 p.m. in
the Kenai Civic Center building.
The tract, which the land office
describes as commercial - indus
trial, is in Sec. 16, T7N, R12W,
Seward Meridian, and is just
north of the Nikishka Beach
marine oil terminal.
Standard Oil Co. of Calif, is
expected to be successful bidder
on the parcel which has an ap
praised value of $250,000. It is
proposed that a refinery be built
on the site.
No bids from any qualified
bidder will be accepted for less
than the $250,000 appraisal fig
ure. To qualify for bidding, a
prospective bidder must file a
development plan with Roscoe E.
Bell, director o f Division of
Lands, and receive an approval
Move to Homer
Marion Haverback and family
of Kenai are moving this week
end to Homer, where they re
cently purchased 40 acres of
land near town. Haverback was
engaged in fishing operations
this past season.
prior to sale date. His office is
located at 344 Sixth Ave., An
chorage.
This will be the first sale of
school land since state regulations
were revised last July. School
land normally is not sold, but is
leased with revenue derived being
applied to support the state school
program. Revision of regulations,
however, now' permits the land
to be sold only when it can be
shown that such a sale will be in
the interest of the public.
Erection and operation of a
Alaska Flag
On High Seas
Alaska’s flag soon will flutter
in the breeze from the quarter
deck of the U. S. S. Mount Mc
Kinley as the vessel deploys
through Mediterranean waters.
The emblem was donated to
the vessel by Gov. William A.
Egan after a crew member, Rich
ard Hogan, wrote the governor
that despite the vessel’s being
named for a famed Alaska peak
it had no flag to otherwise denote
association w'ith the 49th state.
Captain Lauerman, command
ing officer of the (Mount McKin
ley, said the Alaska emblem will
be displayed on the quarterdeck
beside the national ensign.
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refinery so close to the source
of the oil, this being the Kenai
Soldotna area of the Kenai Pen
insula, is expected to bring a
decided increase in well - head
oil prices and correspondingly an
increase in royalty to the state
on oil produced. This will make
such a sale of school lands in the
public interest, land officials said.
City Ordinances
Regulate Building
“It will be advisable for any
one planning to erect any sort
of building to first consult the
Soldotna City Council or the Plan
ning Commission,” Burton Car
ver, mayor and Council chair
man, has announced. There are
city ordinances regulating such
construction. Approval from prop
er channels may avoid future
trouble if the building should be
erected contrary to existing ordi
nances.
The city is working toward im
proving the ordinances by revis
ing building codes and regula
tions, Carver said. He added that
the Planning Commission, headed
by Dick Midyett, is diligently
working on zoning regulations
which will be put into effect
soon.
Prospective builders are invited
to attend open meetings of the
Planning Commission at 7:30 p.m.
each Thursday at the Soldotna
Community Hall,
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Coes to College
Martha Lancashire, daughter
of Larry and “Rusty” Lancashire
of Ridgeway, is attending Wash
ington State University at Pull
man, where she expects to major
in mathematics. She was valedic
torian of the 1961 senior class
at Kenai high school and is re
j>orted to be the only Soldotna
child to have attended Kenai
schools for all 12 years.
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