How Piling Can
Resist Heaving
In Permafrost
COLLEG E—To resist frost
heave, piling should penetrate
permafrost to a depth of at least
twice the thickness of the active
layer, scientists learned today at
the Seventh Annual Science Con
ference at Juneau.
Dr. Troy L. Pewe presented a
paper titled “Frost Action on
Piling Near Fairbanks, Alaska.”
He is staff geologist, Alaska Geol
ogy Branch, U.S. Geological Sur
vey, and associate professor of
geology i part time) at the Uni
versity of Alaska school of mines.
Russell A. Paige, USCS geolo
gist and a graduate of the school
of mines, collaborated with Dr.
Pewe on the paper.
Dr. Pewe said that frost action
annually causes vertical displace
ment of bridge pilings on many
Alaska Railroad bridges in Gold
stream Valley near Fairbanks.
Restoration results in great main
tenance expense.
Important factors favoring in
tense frost action in central Alas
ka are long periods of intense
cold, widespread deposits of fine
grained sediment, mostly silt, and
high moisture content of sediment
caused in part by shallow perma
frost which restricts drainage.
Dr. Pewe said that piling frimly
anchored in permafrost is rarely
displaced by seasonal frost action.
The temperature of. permafrost
in the area is 31 to 32 degrees F.
Steam thawing of holes prior to
pile emplacement in permafrost
introduces heat that retards re
freezing of the ground around
the pile. Delay in refreezing per
mits seasonal frost action to dis
place the piling.
Mitchell Says
Stevenson Wrong
On Living Costs
Secretary of Labor Mitchell
Saturday charged Adlai Steven
son with making “false and irre
sponsible statements” about living
costs in a speech the Democratic
presidential nominee made in In
dianapolis.
Mitchell criticized Stevenson’s
contention that living costs were
highest in history and predicted
they would go higher.
After a conference with Eisen
hower, Mitchell said Stevenson’s
statements "indicate that he sim
ply doesn't know what he's talk
ing about.”
Mitchell said you can’t discuss
the cost of living without also
talking about wages—which he
said are at an all-time high, with
the worker’s paycheck buying
more than at any time in history.
Stevenson was quoted as say
ing “higher prices are posted in
every grocery store in town.”
Mitchell said food prices now
are three percent lower than in
1952, under the Truman Admin
istration.
Speaking in Milwaukee Friday
night, Stevenson said there is a
“crisis” in U.S. education and the
Eisenhower Administration has
produced “no action and no re
sults.
He put forth a three-point pro
gram of his own, calling for more
federal funds of education needs,
a national policy aimed at “the
fullest possible development” of
individual abilities, and a nation
al college scholarship program.
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