The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 2, 1929, Page 9

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE 'TRIANGLE BUILDING SUPPLEMENT s “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXV., NO. 5269. 'WARRACK BUILDS JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1929. FORALASKANSIN MANYLOCALITIES Construction Company Has Long String of Cred- itable Buildings OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF | CONSTRUCTION DONE | One Department Gives| Special Attention to Alaska Plans, etc. J. B. WARRACK Of the Warrack Construction | Company . The first building project handled | by the Warrack Construction Co, | was the Commercial Building of | Ketchikan, 1920, whirh, houses the Miners & Merek Bank, Cable Offices, Forevu'y “and- Light-House | services, as well as other stores and offices. This was followed by the Heckman Department store of Ket- chikan, a reinforced concrete struc- ture, and the> new Cold Storage building. ‘The Petersburg public school was built in 1923, the bund issue being " JUNEAU'S NEWEST STORE, OFFICE AND APARTMENT BUILDING TRIANGLE BUILDING MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS s SR80 s PRICME TEN CENTS TRIANGLE BUILDING IS ' MONUMENT TO GROWTH, . ALASKA, CAPITAL CITY NELSON, MINER MERGHANT AND REAL BUILDER Co-owner of Triangle Build- ing Has Striking Career in the Territory A monument to the growth of | business and industry of Alaska and its capital city, Juneau, is the fine, new, business block, known as the Triangle Building, situated on the triangular shaped lot at the intersection of Front Street and Franklin Street. ¥y The erection and completion of this building, representing a capital outlay of nearly $100,000 for land, building and furnishings, was brought about as a result of the pro- gressive spirit of two far-seeing men of Juneau, business men, who, seeing the time had come when this city had outgrown its present re- quirements for modern quarters, and having the desire to build something of the best of its kind s S ..__._————_....—....._-.__.__._._—J : PLUMBING AND handled by the Company, as well as the supervision of plans and the B e (Continued on Page Four) .- BT HEATING BEST FINE COMPLIMENT PAID CONTRACTOR BY TRIANGLE OWNERS “Mr. Nelson and myself were singularly fortunate in finding Warrack Construc- tion Company the low bid- der. The contractor has not skimped anywhere. He has given us more than he agreed to. Mr. Warrack's problem has never been how little he could do to comply with the contract, but how much he could do. to give us a better building. He came here with a fine répu- ° . . . . . . . . . . . |ahead, and today a monument of | proof structure just completed Front Street, is a fine asset to pearance and its conveniences; IIP(lN_!JARKET‘ Rice & Ahlers Company| . 2 | Perfect Triangle Build- | ing with Latest System » GEOR_ GE_B s demonstrated his ability in his y 3 'y President, Rice & Ahlers Co. The construction of such a build- ing as the Triangle calls for more "h:‘ ??:;ete,dsbeel and v;‘oog l;”f‘ ber of Commerce, that Messrs. came fai and courage—N. . Nel- son and John Rustgard had faith in | be :;0 l:lmetnh?:d l:\edivi$ally a the future of Juneau and Alaska— | P&rts in enferprise. and they had the courage to go| tract; NOW, THEREFORE, Be It concrete, steel, faith and courage stands where one year ago stood a Attest: Resolution WHEREAS, the Triangle Building, the modern, concrete, fire- on the corner of Franklin and Juneau, adding much to its ap- and WHEREAS, the Honorable John Rustgard and N. G. Nelson have displayed public spirited enterprise and faith in the com- munity in constructing such a building; and WHEREAS, Mr. J. B. Warrack, contractor and builder has profession by completing such a fine building on time and according to the letter of the con- Resolved by the Juneau Cham- Rustgard, Nelson and Warrack d collectively for their part or Passed and approved this 14th day of November, 1929. H. L. FAULKNER, President. SENSED BY BUILDERS; IS SPIRIT OF TIMES (insist on surrounding themselves By JOHN RUSTGARD | with more comfort and more beau- Not only the permanency, but the | ty, and more of all those manifesta- steady future growth of Juneau, is|tions, or at least symbols, of re- assured. Intelligence and perse- | finement and culture for which the verance are making the well mgh‘soul of intelligent beings yearn. The wide-spread building boom which we have witnessed has not lbeen due to lack of housing facili- Perfectly good residences and inexhaustible ore bodies at our r(‘i}L‘ yield dividends to the investor; in our front yards the foaming cata- racts, which through eons have |ties. been selfishly expending their im-|apartment houses have been torn mense energies in drumming to/down merely because better ones {in the Territory, proceeded with |plans and specifications early in the year 1929. The architects, Rueger and Brady, both of whom are licensed under the laws of the State of Wash- ington, submitted four studies of floor layouts to the owners for | their study and selection. Due to | the unusual shape of the lot, many | hours of planning, re-planning and | conference was had between the | owners and architects, before the | final adoption of the present plans. | Modification of Classics | The architects followed the usual | modification of the classics in their design for the exterior and the re- |sult is a pleasing and imposing looking edifice for the purpose to which it will be put. Bids were taken by the owners in the late spring, and the War- | rack Construction Company was found to be the lowest and there- for successful bidder. Work start- ed about June 1, and in spite of the almost continuous drenching rain, construction proceeded apace. Ju- N. G. NELSON Co-owner with John Rustgard | in Triangle Building Miner, merchant and builder, such | has been the career of N. G. Nel- | son, co-partner with John Rust- | gard in the new Triangle Building | neau’s summer for 1929 failed to located at the corner of Front and | appear ahd the contractors found Franklin Streets, a three-story con- | themselves inconvenienced in many crete and steel structure just com- | ways by the unusually wet weather. pleted by the Warrack Construc- | Interesting Description tion Company: ‘ A technical description of a build- Mr. Nelson came to Alaska one- | ing is tiresome)\to most readers and FAITH IN JUNEAU IS | quarter of a century ago. In 1904 he went to Fairbanks, then the newest of the north's bonanza placer mining camps. With vary- ing fortunes he followed that game for several years, operating on such yet it might be interesting to some, to know that the concrete used on this building tested higher in com- pressive strength than is usual. The City of Seattle requirement for re- inforced concrete is 2,000 pounds famous creeks as Dome, Fairbanks per square inch, crushing strength. and Cleary. The Triangle Building concrete test He started for the Shushana |, strike in 1913, but met returning stampeders at Cordova and turned back. He came on down the coast and entered business here, opening a men's furnishing store. This he conducted until 1921. When Ne- nana was at the height of its rail- road construction boom, in 1918, he opened a similar business there, but closed it down after one year. In 1921, Mr. Nelson sold out his local interests and left the Terri- tory for a brief time which he spent in Seattle and Los Angeles. He returned to Alaska in 1922, going to Ketchikan where he was | manager of the men’s furnishings | | department of Tongass Trading | Company for one year. At the end of that time, he pur- chased the Pioneer Hotel and oper- ated it until it was destroyed by | fire in 1926. He immediately con- | cylinders crushed at 2700 pounds, or 700 pounds higher than Seattle requirements. The reinforced concrete floors and beams have been loaded to two and one-half times the standard live load figured for this type of building, and no deflection could be noted. Much Street Frontage This building has a total street frontage of over 200 feet, a total floor area of over 12,000 square feet and its cubical contents measure approximately 160,000 cubic feet. The ground floor and street frontages have been given over to four stores, all of which have been designed to give maximum of light and ventilation. A handsome mar- quee of steel and iron extends across the entire Front Street fa- cade. The entrance to the second and structed the Nelson Hotel, a struc- |third floors, is on Franklin street, ture 60x100 feet, three stories high. and is dignified in appearance, sur- After that was completed he took 'mounted by an ornamental canopy a lease on the ground on which of copper. tation from Ketchikan, and leaves here with a still fin- er reputation for intelli- gence and integrity as a | few tumble-down shacks. These men are Alaska's Alaskans |in the broadest sense of the word. | They have pointed the way for oth- H. G. WALMSLEY, Secretary. contractor and builder.” JOHN RUSTGARD. er Alaskans who have made a @0 0cvcvevecceeeerecccccre (Continued on Page Four) [ GREAT FAITH prise and Mr. J. B. Warrack, build- HEATING S0 000000000000 o INSURANCE FRATERNITY e HAS WORD TO SAY ON them. —ALLEN SHATTUCK. Building, however, was not prompt- |er adequately respond to the de- ed by any prognostication of fu- | mands of the times for more beauty now stands the Marine Building. | This he built and now owns, It (Continued on Page Four) Office Floor The second floor has twelve large lCt-)Emr‘uiedA ;xn Page Four) ST. ANN’S HOSPITAL . . . TRIANGLE BUILDING e e . Is SHUWN IN lo It is a cause for gratifica- e Our Record S s for e tion on the part of the in- . . . W;o ¥ . e surance fraternity that e Itself_ We POlnt '/th Prlde ® Messrs. Nelson and Rust- e N e gard have displayed the ma- e | e o terial evidence of their con- TRIANGLE BUILDING Juneau Lumber Mills Grat- o gggnfirgpfi;fiy’"‘;e | iskdg s JUNEAU HIGH SCHOOL TO THE | ified at Supplylng e which is represented by the e MASONIC TEMPLE | Much of Material e fine, new Triangle Building. e JOHN RUSTGARD SHELDON JACKSON SCHOOL, Sitka | | The construction of auchun . One of the owners, with I‘]’dG Nelson, HAINES HOUSE, Haines = . oo | ® building is of particular val- > Triangle Buildin; - . Triangle Bulldlng | Pred?linl:of RUTHERFORD o ue in the matter of the sav- p e ki vl o S NG U. 8. JAIL, Skagway g | » Juneau Lumber Ml“l. e ing of fire insurance premi- e |themselves their dreary monotones, | could be erected. The same fate MacKINNON APARTMENTS The Triangle Bullding, Juneau’s|, ,u"yot only to the occu- e |Will s00n be put to work grinding |for the same reason has been W. B. KIRK RESIDENCES newest structure, is a building to e pants of the building but to e [out forests into pulp and in con- |shared by office buildings and other AT o which the community may well| o 4 5w coneral in the o |verting the pulp into paper and |business blocks. ‘Tens @f thousands KRAUSE RESIDENCES point with civie pride. The Ju-|_ | ,iiote reduction in rates e |many other commodities, while in |of structures have been demolish- PETER CARLSON RESIDENCE poau Lumber Mills, which supplied |, pion wil result as build- e our back yard we shall soon have ed not because they have grown SORBY APARTMENTS Ro d A hle C many of the materials that wen ® ings of this class replace the: e (one of the largest and most popu- |less comfortable than they were 2, | ce an s C.O. :;m its rt:omtrmlon‘.’ohu;lng;amht:; o old wooden butldings. e |lous mining fields of the continent. when new.“but b;ul:;e they lm;ve COLISEUM THEATRE 3 . DR, " e May we have-more of e/ The erection of the Triangle |become antiquated,—they no long- GROSS APARTMENTS and N. G. Nelson on their enter- |9 R ju Yy . Ld PLUMBING - SHEET METAL er, on the magnificent structure he has erected. In the construction of this mag- nificent fireproof building, one of “We told them in advance what job the most modern in the north, the owners have demonstrated in no small way their great faith in the future of this community. And they have done it in a manner that reflects very largely to the credit of the City. would cost.” s0000c00 0000 The Juneau Lumber Mills is grat- ified to have had a part in the building. This company has ful- filled its function in the commun- ity by supplying an up-to-the-min- ute lumber service to the contractor. Approximately 100,000 board feet (Continued on Page Four) ture events but by contemplation of |and more elegance,—not to say re- present needs: | finement. It is not alone the | The tremendous activity of the modern conveniences but the at- | United States during the last de- cade has not been so much the result of an expanding population as the response to a constantly in creasing demand for better living conditions. People are no longer satisfled to merely get along,—they mosphere of refinement and grace | which make the appeal. The wide- | |awake merchant knows how much | the general luxuriant tone of the | | store allures the customer and aids | the salesman. |™ (Continued on Page Four) | IF YOU WANT THE BEST SEE Rice and Ahlers Co. Plumbing—Heating—Sheet Metal “We tell you in advance what job will cost”