The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 10, 1934, Page 10

PR { P b o~ w4 BUREAU AGCOMPLISHES FINE RESULTS Approximately $403,000 Expended — Projects Completed This Month Since last le road construction nprove- ! work done by the United States Bureau of Public Roads along the coast of Alaska from K to Seward. On these T completed which will to M. D. now u of Public n add 1 anticip Roads 00,000 id Recults Here money has been well necessary improvements, ated by residents of Ju- neau who have frequented the Glacier Highwa this last sumt mer. The ¢ ch have in- the highway from ¢ Creek the road, curves and impro resulted in the best condit first built. Mar ments concerning the h been made this summer both local reside and by tourists com- by and other visitors. Work Undertaken Last Fall High- Lemon Ju- on the Gla Juneau and n by Work I ier way b Creek W un: reau of Publ Road last fall and continued nter when weather pe ried to complet involv highway, corr improvements of the clearing of tumps from banks b With the dxception of tl re pen side the equip- )y A ment required in roadside clear- last fs ing and heavy hauling, the im- provement work was done by hand labor and was completed at cost of approxima $38,000, ord-| ROADS y have s THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, SEPT. 10, | 934. Prince George of England, fourth son of King George V and Queen Mary, Princess Nicolas of Greece. London, was understood to be th is engaged to marry Princess Marina, daughter of Prince and The engagement, a great to e culmination of a romance which followed during the young prince’s recent continental holiday.: (Assci ated Press Photos) L The fou on steel 80-foot clea an 8- floor be of ete and posts will for the road and ction was awarded kane Company for cost of $80,000. road is not in- s it is be- irfacing will ne- be obtained from the and a separate contract mpletion of the transpor- contract con: of the c % t when chann bridge permits tation d Work of Seward ie last year, ion on ap- miles of the Sew- This was started carried well into the Scward Re: in the vieir Bureau dur ximately four d Hi winter and completed . within the last two weeks at an expenditure of about $39,000. The contract for r rfa g of this road, which is img to Mr. Williams completion of th work, a contract surfacing over this terial was placed Prior to the improvement | for Pli This ma Hans as Burg | now nearing completion, was awarded to the R. J. Sommers Con- structio: ompany at an approxi- mate cost for gravel of $13,000. The entire improvement involved an and Pete Hildre, who were awarded | expenditure considerably in excess this contract at a cost of about $17,000. The highway from Juneau to Duck Creek now averages 20| feet in width. | Douglas Highway Contract { Further work to be done in this vicinity by the Bureau of Public Roads is provided for in a contraet which has already been let for the construction of a road “‘Oml the city Hmits of Douglas to the westerly terminus of the Douglas Island bridge. This contract has| been let for grading and construc- tion only and includes the erection of a steel and concrete bridge over of $50,000. Hconah Improvements The Bureau has underway the construction and surfacing of about 1% miles of road and street at Hoo! A portion of this replaces an old plank street which had be- come unsafe for use, Mr. Williams said. This work is being done un- der contract by Wright and Stock, Incorporated, at a cost of about $36,000. The entire project should be completed and open for the use of the public early this month. Vicinity of Petersburg Preparatory to road construction, HEADED FOR SWIMMING FAME who know their aguatic stars predict that Bunny Waters of Cal., soon wil! be listed among the country’s swimming entered the national junior swimming championshins (Associated Press Ly Photo) the Bureau has, with its own forces and local labor, cleared and grub- bed approximately 6 miles of right of way near Petersburg. This work begun last fall and -carried smploying from 20 to 50 men and involving the expenditure of about $39,000. yas } ight through the winter months, Among the largest road projects completed recently by the Bureau of Public Roads are located -near Ketchikan, and well over $200,000 been spent in that vicinity during the last year, by this de- partment. ¥0\1 o i e e e e e e e e e et e e e ey Buy In Juneau Hfi} ” !le!es each unit of the community—but more important are s are spend them with you. as #om over 3 miles of road, extending northerly from Mud Bay, the form- er road terminus, to Polht Hag- gins, was recently completed by the Seims-Spokane Compihy. This section was cleared and grubbed last year by Stock and Wright Cor- poration. 'The *constrtietion: ‘ahd surfacing of this section has in- volved an approximate expendi- ture of $95,000. Stock: and Wright Corpotatibn ‘s now finishing the widenthg of 4 séctiéh of ¥dad im- mediately 56 uth of VRétchikan, which (wiis Built ‘in 1925. THis pro- jeot inclirded ‘widening” this' section to a 20-foot rodd~and ‘the entire section has been entirely resur- faced. Thé former road Was entitely former surface completely worn inadequate:" for traffic' “dAd ‘the out, Mr: Willams said: ThHis im- provement cost about $126,000, con- siderably more < than' @hy ° other single 'project done by the Bureau during the year. Contrdets Awardéd In addition’ to these ° éxtensive improvements, the Bureau of Pub- lic Roads has recently awarded contracts for the comstruction of' abotit' 3 miles of gravel strfaced roat ‘at Petersburg, over a part of the section on which clearing was recently completed. The eontract price for this work is about $88,000, and was awarded to Wright and Stock, Incorporated. Sawyer-Reynolds ana Company was the successful bidder on a con- tract for the construction at Hy- daburg of a little less than a mile of road and street through the In- dian village at that place. Esti- mated cost of this 15 $28,700. On all projects where contracts were not required, and work was done directly by the Bureau, labor was employed in the lecality- of the work, and where possible the work was done by hand in order to af- ford employment to a greatér num- ber, in accordance with the pelicy of the department, Mr. Willlams said. = He returned recently from an extensive triprof inspéction of all Bureau of Public Roads work in theé Territory and ‘expressed himself as beirig well satisfled with the ‘improvement work - ‘which has been done or is near completion. Horton Smith, Oek Park, T, professional golfer, claims that the farther he drives from'the tee the Grading and surfacing of a little higher his score T a6 7 no not o for or wrHee fiay be op MINE B! il | ing on in Washington. bureati by Prei Rat Traps Snare Rabbits and Goats 10. - BRUNSWICK, Ga Rats were not the only tI snared in a municipal campaiz to rid the city of rodents. Workers employed by the Civil Works Administration placed steel Sept. traps at strategic places and let them set overnight. Next morning they iound lots of rats, four cats, two dogs, & rabbit—and a goat. -ee Study Morse Code, Orders to ‘Germans BERLIN, Sept. 10. —Orders for everyone interested in protection against air raids, meaning virtual- ly all city dwellers, to learn to work a ‘‘bug” with the Morse code were issued here by the Air Pro- téction League. Each district head- telegraphic instruments. quarters teaches the use of - Bill Urbanski, barber shortstop of the Boston Braves, is bald. So is the Braves' catcher, Al Spohrer. the When you order your printing from The Daily Alaska Empire W ke ¢ eehicr LOUE NPe { on*y pfi};pgize an’ institutions which is incessantly the benefit of the community—and when it does pending your printing dollars with persons who will ’Fbg Pa’?}y Alaska Empire has trained craftsmen, automatic pressés ',3‘4 a variety of type faces for producinig as fine print- ined anywhere. UREAU CHIEF % fohn W. Finch (left) of Idaho as he was given the oath of office by J. D. Sechrest (center), chief clerk, with Setretary Harold Ickes look- Finch was appointed’ director of the mine ént Roosevelt. (Associated Press Photo) A "TAKES OATH | Fish Turns the Tables; Catches Fisherman STUART, Fla, Sept. 10.— Ted Collins went fishing, but instead| of catching a fish the fish catght him. As he was angling from a bridge| a big one struck his hook and| tugged much after the fashion of| an unbroken broncho. { Pisherman Collins wasn't sit- ting any too sécurely and with the second or third tug he sailed; right "off the bridge and came| down far out in the water. ‘s ! Ted 18 a good swimmer, though! and he finally turned the tables on the fish, towing it to shore. Paints City Red ISTANBUL — all houses on the main streets of Istanbul must be painted red, says a municipal or- der. On natiomal feast days, when the city is draped in Turkish col- ors, the old capital will be com- plelely crimson. L e e e T O AR T T G o U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. WEATHER BUREAU The Weather (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) ,I"nrecan for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4 p.m., Sept. 8: 4 Fair tonight and Sunday; gentle variable winds. LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity Weather 4 pm. yest'y 29.91 54 91 s 7 Cldy 4 am. today 30.00 48 92 E 3 Cldy Noon today 29.90 60 60 w 10 Cléar CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS YESTERDAY | TODAY Highest 4pm. | Lowest4a.m. 4a.m. Precip. 4am. Station temp. temp. temip. temp. velocity 24¢hrs. Weather Barrow 34 32 e TR 16 Trace Cldy Nome 40 40 | 40 40 6 18 Rain Bethel 48 48 42 42 0 0 Clear Fairbanks 46 46 | 28 28 4 0 Clear Dawson 50 50 | 28 28 8 18 Clear St. Paul 48 46 | 46 48 14 02 Cldy Dutch Harbor . 56 56 | 48 52 12 0 Cldy Kodiak 56 56 | 44 44 4 0 Clear Cordova 58 56 | 44 44 4 02 Clear Juneau 51 54 46 48 3 g 1 Cldy sitka 62 —_ | 46 - —_ .10 Pt. Cldy Ketchikan 58 58 | 48 48 4 08 Prince Rupert 56 56 48 50 4 22 Edmonton 64 60 48 48 6 01 Seattle 68 66 | 56 56 8 0 Portland - 172 72 | 56 58 4 0 Cldy San Francisco ... T4 68 56 58 4 0 Clear Barometric pressure is high over the Interior and low over Northwestern and Southeast Alaska this morning. With the ex- ception of the lower Kuskokwim and from the Aleptians to Kodiak light precipitation has fallen over the entire Territory during the last twenty-four hours. Temperatures over Western and Southwest- ern Alaska are considerably warmer this morning while the rest of the Territory report decidedly cooler ones, in Fairbanks the first killing frost of the season. D e VOTE FOR |F.J. Joe BARONOVICH| PO ' Democratic Nominee for § REPRESENTATIVE z FROM THE FIRST DIVISION % ! General Election September 11, 1934 : \ NP 251 a3 e B SRS, MRS R LE:2 T D i Nl AR e - R e e GEORGE BROTHERS WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERS WINDOW CLEANING PHONE 485 OPEN ALL NIGHT FREE DELIVERY Alaskan Hotel Liquor Store Dave Housel, Prop. Phone Single Q-2 rings Harri Machine Shop “ELECTROL—Of Course” Why Not Have Your OWN HOME? FOUR HOUSES AND TWO CABINS FOR SALE Part payment down and balance be paid monthly as rent. See ALBERT NORMAN, “after 4 p. m., House No. 122, West Tenth Street. . H. R. 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