The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 23, 1934, Page 6

= § ""“"‘“‘"‘“‘[ __THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, FEB. 23, 1934. ° S e ne e o Laphiadad Congratulatiyg AL\LEQ Sfié]"l‘UpE, [nc., and his tenants _t}:lg comPletmn of the Mon & New Shattuck Building Juseau-Youne H ARDWARE COMPANY, Our New Building B G At the corner of Third and Seward @treets Ls almost completed. We want you to cam.e see it. We will be at your service Satur y, all day. We are glad that we have been able to add thls TroMAS HARD“_’AFE COM?ANY, small job to the President’s recovery program. | ALBERT WHITE, Coast Sasu anp Door Co., However, our decision to build at this time , d Tacoma, Wash., « was prompted by our faith'in the future o] Juneau and Alaska. Juneau’s newest store- HIHLL ~tructure, opened for public m%pccuon tomorw\\ JuNeau LumBER MiLLS NEW BUILDING Shattuck’s — SHATTUGK BLDG, ALASKA ELECTRIC LIGHT AND COMPLETED [ [ 7t WILL HOLD OPEN i WINTER MONTHS " HOUSE SATURDAY f: b oo .. Or ganlzed in 1896 and Junesu Frorists Warrack Construction Co.| Has Been Continuously Latest Store Office Build-| Store and office space still available at reason- able rental. (J. P. Anderson) Builds Shattuck Block in Business Since ing to Be Ready for In- | RiCE AND AHLERS Regardless Of Weathfl' | The insurance business now op-| spectlon Of Publlc } B. M, BEHRENDS BANK | erated by Allen Shattuck, nc., the That building construction can|oldest agency im ‘Alaska, was es-| Juneau's newest office and store SSEM be carried on during the most se-|tablished in Juneau in 1896 by E. building will be officially cpened1 A SEMBLY APARTMENTS_’ | vere winter months, in Juneau TF. Cassel, chief -accountant, and|to the public for inspeéction tomor- | H I Lucas, Mgl'. I'has definitely been proved this|later receiver for the Nowell gold | row. The invitation is extended by month” by the completion of thc|mining interests. | Allen Shattuck Incorporated, to all | Howarp D. STABLEK, hattuck \new Shattuck Building, on which| On January 1, 1898, Henry Shat- |residents of Juneau interested m‘ AH ’ » L {work was started October 1, by the |tuck and E. F. Oassel turned the|the development of the city. orney at Law }Warrack Construction Company 'bmlness into an independent agen-| The Shattuck Building, construc- Inc. | Work on the Shattuck Building, cy and two years later Allen Shat-|tion of which started October 1, N L 'I‘ROAST ck and Ed. Burwell became in- ’Juneau's newest and most mod: has been completed and is already | business block, forged ahead terested in the successor company |more than half filled with tenants. TaE HAYEQ SHOPPE |spite of the unfavorable wir under the mame of Shattuck & |The building is one of the most weather conditions “and the sev Co. The concern continued under | modern structures on the Pacific ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO., est cold experienced for sixteen this name until July 1, 1813, when |Coast and the latest equipment has |vears. Records of the weather bu- all other interests were purchased |been installed, making it compare R J. McKannn, Agt. |reau show that during the entire by Allen Shattuck. Ten years later, | favorably with up-to-date office B pee W EEOE Al . i e 5 % be |time of building, only nine days in 1923, the- present company was|buildings in the States. b i z = o | were clear and above freezing tem- | (Continued on Page Seven.) 4 {Continued on Page Seven.) et § $0200000000000000000 | perature, J. B. Warrack, president s > — = o 1 e p P e |of the company said. | ‘WAlaskan workmen in the cgn- ‘stmcnon field do not recogifize any obstacle or bar that threatens/ | the time schedule on a given pyo- ‘ject Rain, mud, wind, snow, ice m‘ . -ercr cold all have little if any]| From the T',me Of t,le ,terror for the experienced orgami-| #8) i g \zation engaged in the erection et | buildings in the Territory,” he ‘de- Great Klondike Gold Rush B e Ty | | Unusual precautions were taken . T h D f h {by the builders to prevent delays, 0 ot e aYSO t e | according to Mr., Warrack. “The 4 3 S v | concrete aggregate was heated by S k | 4‘ using hot water piped to the con- z | 4 N' RO A'_'-' {crete mixer and after depositing | | the forms, the poured concrete was | kept covered during freezing weath- {er. Cement stucco was applied on | the exterior walls immediately aft-; er stripping, with anti-freeze and waterproofing compounds used in y ; We have been writing dependable ins?rance, "he:m“‘& St o , soon as e roofing was laid, Integrity Responsibjlity - H s encl : gradual]y expandmg our fac1 1es UI’IP’ 3 ‘the entire 1;7\7«31' flolg;—1:a“anx:c o:xelgl now w u omob e. a l'p flll WO {the windows placed in the upper i l‘lfie fu‘e, fl b ll : i l € l‘k | story. Wood burning heating drumsI " were kept going day and night un- H men’s compensation, public !mb;lny, full R makte system was m-{. H § 5 . 13 stalled and working. The tempor-| { ; casualty lmes, acculent and heahh hfe, bonds, ary enclosures were left in place| i $!until the plate glass store fronts! i burglary and theft, p]ate glass, marme am] were finish | o i Materials Used | b allied lmcs, and all l‘lsks mcludmg fur, )ewel As nearly as possible local ma-| " terials were used and those] i ry, tourist Paggage and persoua] effects. purchased through Juneau firms; s ) izl & !in the construction of the Shat- tuck Building. Native spruce, sup-} ' # ! plied ‘from the yards of the Juneau ~ i - Lumber Company, was used for all \ 2 f . i QUR RATES are as low as consistent with P A T ; | H . | » 4 % i q hauling was done by the O. Bod- § , uality protection. Only by D tiiery, Derail ] | ~ | i Wl‘iiil’lg at such rates are we |41 work, such as the coping, with | y | 2] its ornamentation, metal marquee 1 [J i able to promise definitely that S Al &t shect metal workl T : # W e R $ : . ' v o) | e on the building was formed in the | £l " your loss will be pm? in full. shop of Rice and Ahlers and in- | ¥t 3 - 3 ' stalled by their mechanics. (Continued on _l;a‘;;e Seven) WINDOW FLOORS ARE ! "WORKS OF ART IN | SHATTUCK BUILDING, Las Admiration is being e\pleasedl. by spectators at the hardwood in-{ laid display- floors in the v\mdows’ of the mew Shattuck Building. They are of what is known as the herring-bone design and add at-' | tractively to the appearance of the 'stores on the first floor of the building. i These and the oak floor in the private office of Allen Shattuck, as well as the hemlock floors throughout the building, were laid by Garland Boggan, who is known as “The Floor Man.” The hemlock floors have heen iy .flnlahtkntauowsorem‘ o m offices on the second floor ¢ rugs instead of full car- | petings. : e Builglprs of the Shattuck Building | : Juneqy, Alaska ¥ ¥ ALLEN SHATTUCK Inc.