New Alaska Freight Lines Dock
At Seward Will Mean Big Savings
In Freight Costs to Alaskans
* By LOUIS R. HUBER
SEWARD — Economies made
possible by the use of its new
dock here enable them to offer
new low freight rates, officials of
Alaska Freight Lines, Inc., have
announced.
The new rates are $6.50 per
hundredweight from Seattle to
Anchorage and Palmer, with low
er rates quoted for shipments of
ten tons or more. To Valdez and
Seward the hundredweight rate
is only $6; to Fairbanks it is $8.
The new dock in this coastal
city, begun late last August and
completed Nov. 1, has brought an
added $30,000-a-week longshoring
payroll.
To build the dock, an access
road nearly a mile long bad to be
blasted and bulldozed along a sol
id rock cliff on the shore of Res
urrection Bay.
The entire installation—access
road, dock, warehouse facilities
and equipment—cost the Alaska
Freight Lines close to $350,000.
This is thought to be the largest
private investment of its kind in
the territory.
The new dock is three miles
h-1—_
distant, airline, across the end of
Resurrection Bay from Seward’s
city center. Thus situated well
out of dangerous proximity to
people and other installations, it
is admirably suited to the hand
ling of ammunition and explo
sives.
Alaska Freight Lines has long
been the exclusive hauler of this
type of cargo for the armed forces
in the northland.
Company officials expect in
creased use of the Seward dock
for freight to the Anchorage area
with the inauguration of direct
service between Chicago, St. Louis
and other midwestern river cities.
Application for permission to
operate as a common carrier over
that route was made by Alaska
Freight Lines in November. Hear
ings on the application are to be
held in April.
“For a barge load of freight,
the saving to Alaskans will be as
high as $30,000,” company offi
cials say.
Valdez, which has served as the
freight line’s main port of entry
for several years, will be retained
Convicts Seize Guards as
Hostages in Rebellion at
Oregon State Prison
SALEM, Ore., OP) — A short
lived rebellion was put down at
the Oregon State Prison Monday
night, and five guards seized by
convicts as hostages were released
unharmed.
Warden Virgil J. O’Malley said
no prison property was damaged
during the five-hour disturbance
which broke out at 6:30 p.m. as'
the guards entered the segrega
tion cellblock to serve the con
victs their evening meaL
O’Malley said the hostages were
seized to back up convict de
mands for changes in prison rules.
The convicts in segregation are
among the most hardened of the
prison’s 1,500 inmates. All have
been placed there or in isolation
— an even stiffer punishment —
for continued violation of prison
rules.
as the main terminal for Fair
banks and its adjacent defense
bases.
Armed forces authorities have
commerfted that the towboat
barge-truck combination as used
by Alaska Freight Lines is one of
the most flexible transportation
systems ever devised. It has spe
cial tactical value, they say, be
cause it can change over within
30 days, if necessary, to all-high
way operation.
ALASKA BOUND—Power
ful Miki-Miki-lype towboat
Shinn (in upper photo) with
2,000-ton barge and 16 truck
trailers on its deck leaves
Seattle skyline astern as it
plows northward at a speed
of ten knots.
FROM BARGE TO SHORE
—Trailers are lifted off (in
middle picture) at Valdez,
hooked to tractors (trucks)
immediately and are on
their way to Anchorage or
Fairbanks. Similar opera
tion is now performed at
the company's new dock in
Seward.
ON THE ROAD—Truck and trailer speed up the Richardson
Highway with full load of frozen or perishable goods—or
just plain freight—seven days' door-to-door delivery between
Seattle and interior-Alaska destinations.
SCHOOL NEWS
FIRST GRADE
The flu epidemic has hit the
school in full force. More than
half of each division of the first
grade were absent last week. Reg
ular work has been disbanded,
but we have been reviewing and
doing extra-curricular activities.
For art we have made spatter
pictures of snowmen in one group
and have drawn toys by looking
at real toys in the other. Some
nice work was done.
We have learned some singing
games which are very interesting
in music class. We also use sing
ing games for recess when we are
in the gym.
Several mothers have visited
the first grade recently. We would
be glad to have all parents visit
our rooms.
SECOND GRADE
Due to the flu, eight of the
boys and girls in the second grade
were absent all last week.
Terry Abbey left for Seattle on
the 6th of January. He will at
tend school there.
Pamela Mandeville is vacation
ing with her mother in Seattle
and Hawaii. She expects to be
back in March. Both Terry and
Pamela are honor pupils.
—Hana Ross
HIGH SCHOOL
Students are busy writing lim
ericks to be included in the com
ing edition of the North Star. The
high school paper is edited once
every six weeks and will be put
out by the typing I class. Each
student will be responsible for
one page. Due to the absence of
so many students, the paper will
be a small issue.
The basketball team is prepar
ing for the coming tournament
which will be held at Anchorage
this year. The team, coached by
Pete Hahn, will enter the Class B
tournament this year.
Eskimo Dancers to Rendezvous
Nome Eskimo Dancers were
scheduled to leave today for the
Anchorage Fur Rendezvous where
they are presenting a series of
dances for the next eleven days.
Dut to bad weather their plane
cancelled out.
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McKay Approves Contract
With Oil Company Drill >
Yakataga Oil Field
WASHINGTON, WP) — Secretary
of the Interior McKay today an
nounced approval of a develop
ment contract with Phillips Pet
roleum Co., Bartlesville, Okla.,
looking toward discovery of . oil in
Alaska. ...-v . i
The contract covers nearly one
million acres of land in the Kat
ala-Yakataga area, adjacent to the
Gulf of Alaska.
The Yakutat Indians had pro
tested issuance of leases in the
area and McKay said his action
was without prejudice to any
moves by them to determine their
rights, if any, in the area in
volved.
McKay said that under the con
tract Phillips Petroleum will drill
12 exploratory wells in the area
over a 10-year period. J
The company agreed to spend a
minimum of $1,200,000 for explore
atory work in the area prior td
June 30, 1956 and annually there
after a sum equal to 40 cents an
acre as a minimum.
“It is entirely probable,” Mc
Kay said, “That the cost of the
exploratory work required in
drilling the 12 exploratory wells
will far exceed this minimum
cash requirement.”
Mrs. Dunbar's Mother Passes On
Word has been received of the
death off Mrs. Minna Brix, mother
of Mrs. Luther Dunbar, who made
made many friends during her
visits here. Mrs. Brix died at Mrs.
Dunbar’s home in Boulder, Colo.,
at the age of 75 and will be
buried in Portland, Ore.
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