I PROFESSIONAL
♦— _—--♦
DR. O. J. K RATING
Dentist
CONE TO
THE WAR |
J. H. ROM 10, M. II.
Other on Broadway
K# udence Third A\t.
Phonos: Other. Adams &
deu<e, Adarua 4f
►
*,.R. O. P" U K C. S. Edinburgh
1 F. P Si S., Glasgow.
J. 34. SLOAN. M. D„ C. M.
Van Gilder Building
Oilit o hours: 1 to H and < to S p. m.
Formerly of N»>nie.
V ♦
FRATERNAL i
u O. a M, Na 1426
Meets every Tuesday 4 PAt
A. B. Hall. Vimitiag Brothers
invited.
J. M. Sloaa. DnUtor
K. E. RUDOLPH, Secretary. 1
u —
♦ —
PIONEERS OF ALASKA
IGLOO NO. •
inert* on 2nd and 4t» Saturday
■ ach month, 8 p. a.. Pioneer Hall
READ
THE
GATEWAY i
ANTON JOHANSEN
Seldovls. Alaska I
F^t-class twerehnodlae at rsa
•cnabl* oHeea orompt servlet. )•
H'- --
SHIPS
i CUT BY A
SEATTLE, Dec., .*> - This is the
day of the tailor-made ship and the t<
J is in Scatie a great shop where shit^
are cut to measure. This novel tailo**
ing establishment is known to tin
: trade as Meacham A: Babcock s,
j it is the largest of its kind in tin
I United States built on frodi water.
Ships are const meted at h:ii)
! & Babcock's very much the santt as
tailor constructs your pant , coat »»
I vest. They do things op a gian < ak
i and they cut with gargantuan :•!
1 Instead of sewing they nail thin**
| gether. And instead of one , , tw.
I tailors on a “fitting" there are thou
! ands on the job.
I The first foundat* »n pile for V arh
j am & Babcock’s ship tailoi shop wn
, driv» n on a Salmon Bay site in.a ! i
j lard, a Seattle suburb, on Ju:v 4. BB
j The plant , filled in to a tie; th
j three or four feet with dvt-dr ■»! in
I1 teria!, now covers an area oi - ' a*re
“From its six building ways
J dropping ships intt> the > ate • ab«v,
I every three weeks. just like a eaci.
giving off chunks of ice.* a- \««-att
am puts it.
H » added that the ships turner
j are complete to the napkins on i
'table, even the furniture for th
crew's quarters being made at t n
nlant.
Mea.’ham & Babcock ha* o contra*
for twelve Ferris type woode i stern
rs, f* ur of which have been launch d.
The “Boulton” was the first of .t
type launched by S attle yards, tak
nig the water May IS last. Like all !
shipyards* this plant is a land of si r
!»n\os, of a push and pull, lick-thc
uuiser spirit among tin* men, of a
triung that knows no limit saw •ho 1
line when the men hope' the Stars
no Mripc; "ill wave oyit Berlin,
l’ijere is the gatekeeper who was a
florist in “ real” life, and because »f
ihat lie has been allowed to msta’
• ml take care of dainty flower box' >
around the general offices. There,
in the bowels of the* ships, in 1’e
yard shops, are the men \ ho mined ,
Me ielmm «v Babcock build tummls be*
•ore they tackled tin* war industry.
“Building ships after all, “Mearh
um asserted, ” is merely building a ’
loafing house, and to build a hip one
needs only to gather the specialized
crew.”
Among the nia/.e of interesting
fact - on go i oral a yet; t f shipbuild
■big i o n* little known to tlie lay" an
nul ev tv ship i* “tailored”, hand
nia !• . cut out by a pattern and p eer.!
>g 'th« r just as tjio tailor cuts <np’.
lit. Kvoiu limb r that goes onto the
diin frame, is “tailored” in a .'team 1
m*x. » ii usamls of timbers are ta:l«w- *
d -it! iwi>e. Koi instance, thi yani ,
•as a •storage \ arehcuise forty fe *t |
.cidc nd one bb>ek long, and ;.ii the
goods it stores can be put into a w
nmn*s thimble.
U a va 1 tt *a\ ing* hoard. ' >n *
nioot* urface of h ird model orb
•!,'•; r out bv ne n i* the patt •»,n *1
peei-i timber*. A giant, curved rule*
on* * dd fe t long, fastened to loop,
'em: • . movab'e i;*on braces. o»v* e
>f which e:i:i In* t irked into the H o
nab! < th* vyorkmar. to lift the ru'.ei
V'lin e floor, pencil lines and place
» on boa il, so that the exact pot
em can In t teed. This is the tailoi
diop f >r timbers. The sawmill eomph t
; I'm "•tftcrn-mnUer's work,
• . ■ .ox <ds tlo* last touch. :» •
u* g; rment’s piece's are rc*ady
“sewing.”
A Mcacham v'c Babcock's yard t’•
men take a pride in the performan *•
of their machines. The\ r« fuse t*. rail
a huge loeoi.iotiv * trace anything but
:i “galloping goose” or a s'ationar.
derrick for handling lumber anything
out a jstifneck”. 'Piny gasoline cars
v I■ i u do normous work about t1 *•
yards are “gas burrows ’
* tf two machines they are **spe<'
;iMy proud. The.-e are the invent inn of I
(’eon il. 'd; rkly, superintendent of!
the jard mill, and are unique .r a!] J
.-hipyards, One is a circular-cro*-s o’*t'
built in a mechani m which >ncr
etcs ( n a track overheat! and enab'es !
he to cut a timber at any d *-ir*xl I
angle. The other is a pecuiar saw]
whi<ah will angle huge timbers used
1 »• toiling and planking ships as the
timbers p;> down one side, and an
ode them they return on the op| o
site siiic. 'Pliis machim. invented *V.
•>r * cv production, does its work i •
one-sixth the time required to So *ho |
urn • ' oik in :inv other vard. *e-coid
•n» to *» ‘t of lie* compaiv*. i will
\nndh* 1» olanks per hour as against
^0 in nine hours under the usual met- .
hod.
ric; ssiw hank i:i \iv 1:1 >
'Pin* Ihus
dan state It.ink m Heriin has been the
.ictim of a jugular fraud, say flei
nan urv s, ap r . A foreign conime ;
:il house transmitted to the hank the
sum of <>00,000 marks to he credited
n * c arm* id. oi a foreign bank. Thr
cl ter . ef(*r» m io the transaction was *
nterc* pted and .t forged letter was
ub -t ’tilted in whi* h the bank was <Ii- I
“ected to deposit the sum to the credit j
>f a Her!in met'd finn.
Two days hit *r the metal firm j
Irew the amount in cash. The fraud.
• a <’ *<*ov.‘ivd . onetime later when
he foreign b ink <1 -ired to make us* i
»f the money. !i was tin n discovered j
that I In* metal firm was not in exist- j
once.
I
H. V. HOBKN A. F. DAV'h |
ALASKA TRANSFER
i
H. V. HOBKN, Manaokk ■
Coal, Wood and Ice
(ienprdi Transfe*** n IJhoue», Maib 1" unci HI
HOTEL OVERLAND
Whittemore & Margules — Proprietors
SEWARD ALASKA
I
SEWARD WATER aid POWER COMPANY !
[ •
JOHN A. NELSON, Manager
Office- 8ank of Seward Building
>I\\\RI> AlASM !
DO YOU WANT PRINTING?
NOW IS THE TIME TO GET LETTERHEADS,
EN VELOPES, STATEMENTS, BILLHEADS OK
ANY OTHER STATIONERY NEEDS OF YOUR
i M ICE OR STORE. PAPER PRICES ARE TO
VANCE.. THE GATEWAY HAS PLENTY OF
K AT THE OLD PRICES.
A , .. .. -- - --i - - -
,t\ i »'.*♦.
I
The United State vernment’s Commercial Center in Alaska.
OCEAN TERMINUS OF THE GOVERNMENT RAILROAD
GOVERNMENT NAVY AND COAL BUNKERS
GOVERNMENT AVIATION STATION
SEWARD -- Center of Southwestern Alaska Fishing Industry - SEWARD
t
Timber and Logging industry -- Heart of the Mining Center
Business Opportunities in SEWARD and KENAJ PENINSULA for Those Who Can
See Ahead, Far Greater Than any Other Part of ALASKA
♦
t
Business men, home builders and permanent residents will find Seward the City: v ill find Seward, the place they have been looking for.
• • •
WRITE FOR PARTICULARS TO ANY BUSINESS HOUSE ADVERTISING IN THIS PAPER; TO THE
SEWARD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE; SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY OR ALASKA WEEKLY POST.