' CONTRRCT IS SIGNED FOR
Speaking before the Juneau Cham
ber of Commerce Colonel J. G. Steese,
President of the Alaska Road Com
mission, said that he had signed a
contract on behalf of the government
for dredging Wrangell Narrows and
that the work, -when completed, would
permit of a vessel of any size cross
ing at any stage of the tide. Colonel
Steese said that while in Washington
he secured the authorization for a
survey of the Gastineau Channel bar,
and expressed the hope that the pro
posed dredging of the channel would
be finally authorized. He also an
nounced that the government wharf
at Juneau will be built this year.
L. V. Ray, local attorney and Mayor
of Seward, returned last evening from
a brief business trip to Anchorage.
Strictly fresh candies. Schalierer’a
Alaska Shop.
Seward Weekly Gateway 12 pages.
CONTRACTS REVEALED
WASHINGTON, March 17. (JP)—
The increase in contracts awarded for
new building construction in 1926 was
nearly 6 per cent over 1925, according
to a survey made by a private cor
poration, and made public on Febru
ary 12 by the Bureau of Standards of
the Department of Commerce. The
total contracts awarded for new
building construction during the entire
year 1926 exceeded those for 1925, ac
cording to the reports of the F. W.
Dodge Corporation. The total for 36
Eastern States for 1926 was $6,117,
502,900, against $5,821,068,400 for 1925,
a gain of 5 7 per cent.
T. W. Hawkins, head of the Brown
& Hawkins Corporation, was among
the local residents returning last
evening from Anchorage.
Dell E. Sheiff, Alaska's piano tuner,
will arrive in Seward about March 25.
Take in the Liberty tonight.
Senator Arthur Frame has intro
duced a bill calling for the appropria
tion of $200,000, of which $50,000 ©hall
become available immediately, for the
construction of an automobile road be
tween Anchorage and Matanuska, the
work to be performed under the direc
tion of the Territorial Board of Road
Commissioners and calling for the
Territorial engineers to immediately
after the passage of the act, sur
vey and determine the most feasible
route for the construction of the road.
The road would parallel the Alaska
railroad from a point where the Eagle
River road forms a loop north of An
chorage, cross Eagle, Eklutna, Knik
and Matanuska rivers and terminate at
Matanuska Junction.
LADIES
Just received on last boat, a ship
ment of New Spring Coats direct from
the Eastern markets. URBACH’S.
Seward Weekly Gateway 12 pages.
HANDICAPPED BOYS GIVE
ENTEHTAIIMENT TO TOWN
JACKSONVILLE, 111., March 17.
(/P)—A deaf hand, a blind basketball
team and a sightless orchestra, all
from state institutions centered here,
provide Jacksonville wiht a big share
of its recreation.
The band boys, none of them able
to hear a note, are guided by vibra
tions, but listeners find no deficiency
in their music. The basketball play
ers cannot see except to distinguish
light objects from dark, but they win
repeatedly from teams with normal
vision. Members of the orchestra
never have seen a sheet of music
nor the conductor’s baton, but they
pound out dance music like veteran
jazz coterie.
BRIDGE CLUB NOTICE
The Seward Bridge Club will meet
tomorrow (Friday) afternoon at 1:30
o’clock with Mrs. Wayne Blue.
Eastman Kodaks and films. Schal
ierer’e Alaska Shop.
J. H. Adams, former mall carrier in
the Interior, accompanied by Mrs. Ad
ams, departed for Fairbanks today.
Mr. and Mrs. Adams arrived from the
south yesterday. /?
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