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Alaska Railroad
Buys 100 New
50-Ton Flatcars
A contract for construction of
100 fifty-ton flatcars for ' the
Alaska Railroad has been awarded
by the Department of the In- jj
terior, Governor Mike Stepovich
announced recently.
The Governor said the total
contract price is approximately
one million dollars. The Thrall
Car Manufacturing Company of
Chicago was the successful low
bidder.
The new cars will be better
suited to current requirements
than the obsolete models they
will replace. Many of the new
carriers will be used for “piggy
back” and container service, a
type of transportation which has
become increasingly popular in
recent years in what will soon be
the Nation’s forty-ninth State.
Many motor truck lines have
found this service a much needed
adjunct to their highway opera
tions. Some firms are using it
exclusively.
The new cars are designed to
carry huge crates, or vans, which
can be hoisted by crane from
ships to the flatcars. They also
are adapted to hauling “piggy
back truck trailers after the
trailers have been disconnected
from the prime movers.
The Alaska Railroad is owned
by the United Stages Government
and is operated under jurisdic
tion of the Offices of Territories
in the Department of the In
terior. It is the only railroad in
the western area of the newest
State. The railroad provides
year-round transportation ser
vice from the civilian port of
Seward and the military port of
Whittier on the- Kenai Peninsula
through Anchorage to Fairbanks
in the interior of Alaska. Total
trackage measures nearly 550
miles, including branch lines to
the Matanuska Valley, Eielson
Air Force Base and the coal
mines of the Healy River area.
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Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Jerry Manning, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO 1
Order of Eastern Star
B Mildred Harwood
Worthy Matron
Helen Dunbar
.Secretary
Now In Recess
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
J. A. von der Heydt, W.M.
Norvai V*. Lewis, Sec.
Recessed Until Oct. 2
NOME ROTARY CLUB
Jim Blanning
President
Bob Grant
Secretary
Wednesday Luncheon