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LEGAL NOTICE
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INVITATION FOR BIDS
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE. Bureau of
Public Roads. Juneau, Alaska, Sept.
6, 1927. SEALED BIDS, subject to
the conditions contained herein, will
be received until 9 o’clock a. m., Sept
ember 30, 1927, and then publicly
opened, for furnishing all labor and
materials and performing all work for
reconstruction and improving the
Kenai Lake Highway, Reconstruction
Bridges Section, National Forest Road
project located within or partly with
in the Chugach National Forest, Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Judicial Division.
The length of the project to be recon
structed and improved is approximate
ly 4.76 miles and the principal items
of work are approximately as follows.
Unclassified Excavation; 6,800 cu. yds*
Structure Excavation; 40 cu. yds.
Clearing and Grubbing; Lump amount.
Overhaul; 10,000 sta yds. Untreated
Timber Trestles; 84 M. ft. B. M.
102' Span Timber Trusses; 2 spans.
Treated Timber Piling; 4,100 Lin. ft.
Hand-laid Rock Embankment; 35 cu.
yds. The contract form and the plans,
specifications, special provisions, and
estimate of quantities may be examin
ed by the prospective bidders at the
following addresses: U. S. Bureau of
Public Roads, 409 Goldstein Bldg.,
Juneau, Alaska. U. S. Bureau of Pub
lic Roads, Federal Bldg., Seward Alas
ka. Associated General Contractors,
Multnomah Hotel, Portland, Ore. As
sociated General Contractors, Spokane
Hotel, Spokane, Wash. Associated
General Contractors, Arcade Bldg.,
Seattle, Wash. Where) copies of plans
are requested, a deposit <?10.00 will
I be required to insure fh 'turn. If
| within 15 days after op. of bids,
I plans are not return; d, me deposit
[will be forfeited to .the Government.
[Guarantee will be required with each
bid as follows: Five (5) per cent of
the amount of the bid. Performance
VICE PRESIDENTS OF
NATIONAL RAILROADERS
ORGANIZATION, VISITORS
Among the arrivals today on the S.
S. Yukon were M. P. Reynolds, vice
president of the National Order of
Railroad Conductors, and 1 Fred W.
Lewis, vice-president of the National
organization of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen.
Mrs.'^Lewis is accompanying her hus
band on this, their first trip to Alaska.
Mr. Reynolds was a visitor in Seward
about three years ago. All departed
for Anchorage this afternoon where
they will remain for the next two or
three weeks. Prior to their return to"
the States they may visit Fairbanks.
There were so many teachers ar
rived in Seward today on the S. S.
Yukon that it has been impossible to
segregate them in so far as local and
out-of-town members are concerned.
And they are all fine looking ones, too.
W. J. McDonald, supervisor of the
Chugach National Forest, who has
been making an inspection trip of this
area of the forest, arrived in Seward
last evening enroute to his Cordova
office.
INVITE ROAD WORK BIDS
Attention is called to the “Invitation
for bids” for work on constructing
and improving the Kenai Lake High
1 way, under the direction of the Bureau
of Public Roads, which appears in
this issue of The Gateway.
GETS LIMIT OF SHEEP
W. E. Ervin, cashier of the Anchor
age First National Bank, arrived in
the city last evening to meet Mrs.
Ervin who returned from the States
on the S. S. Yukon. Mr. Ervin has
come almost direct from the Healy
river country where he has been hunt
ing sheep. He got the limit.
C. H. Keil, Moose Pass mining man,
arrived in the city last evening.
MAKES FINE LANDING
Captain Glasscock came in for j
many laudatory remarks today due to
the splendid landing he made with the
S. S. Yukon. Some wonderful demon- j
strations of how ocean liners should
be run alongside of the pier have been
witnessed many times in Seward but
the landing made by Capt. Glasscock
today made even the oldtimers set
up and take notice.
Vanilla and fresh Rasp
berry ice cream. Schallerer’
Alaska Shop.
Latest Brunswick phonographs and
records. Schallerer's Alaska Shop.
bond will be required as follows: In
amount of fifty (50) per cent of total
contract price. Performance shall be
gin within 10 calendar days after date
of receipt of notice to proceed and!
shall be completed within 180 calendar
days from the date of receipt of said
notice. Liquidated damages for delay
will be the amount stated in “Special
Provisions” for each calendar day of
delay until the work is completed or
accepted. Partial payments will be
made as the work progresses on work
and material delivered, if such work
and material meets with the approval
of the contracting officer. Article on
patents will be made a part of the con
tract. Bids must be submitted upon
the Standard Government Form of
Bid and the suuccessful bidder will be
required to execute the Standard Gov-1
eminent Form of Contract for Con-|
struction. The right is reserved, as |
the interest of the Government may
require, to reject any and all bids, to j
waive any informality in bids received i
and to accept or reject any items of j
any bid, unless such bid is qualified by j
specific limitation. Envelopes contain-;
ing bids must be sealed, marked and i
addressed as follows: Bid for Road |
Improvement, Kenai Lake Highway, j
Reconstruction Bridges, 409 Goldstein 1
Bldg. Juneau, Alaska. To be opened i
September 30, 1927 at 9 o’clock a. m.
M. D. WILLIAMS, Acting District
Engineer, U. S. Bureau of Public
Roads. NOTE—See Standard Govern
ment Instructions to Bidders and copy
of the Standard Government Form of j
Contract, Bid Bond, and Performance
Bond, which may be obtained upon
application.
I IT THE HOTELS
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VAN GILDER
E. A. Oldfin, Glenn Lutz, Seattle; C.
H. Keil, Moose Pass; Miss Grace
Peak, El Paso, Tex.; W. R. Neville,
I Juneau; J. C. Black, Portloek; Lorain
Malstrom, Seattle; Harriett Malstrom,
Seattle; C. A. Proctor, Valley City, N.
Dak.; W. J. McDonald, Cordova; O. O.
Allen, Los Angeles; W. Ervin* B. F.
Aldrich, Portland; George Pappadis,
Latouche; Donald F. Foster, Cordova;
Mr. and Mrs. Homer I. Watts, Athena,
Ore.
SEWARD
E. G. Wetzler, Albert Stohlton, E.
Mattschei, E. J. Button, Seattle; Leo
A. Koslosky, M. H. Johanson, Jerome
Hachoy, Joe Mills, Chatanika.
SEXTON
Henry Berg, Geo. R. Wood, Fair
banks; J. F. Sanders, Marysville, Cal.;
V. Campbell, Chas. J. Odermat,, Fair
banks.
OVERLAND
Mrs. A. H. Lane, Fourth of July
Creek.
PUBLIC RECEPTION, TEACHERS
A public reception, a community af
fair, will be tendered the two groups
of local teachers who will be members
of the Seward and the Territorial
school, in the Mission district, this
term, next Friday evening at 8 o’clock
in' the Community church. There will
be a ishort program, the committee in
charge reports, after which refresh
ments will be served during the social
hour.
CIRCUS PARADE LOST
BOSTON, Sept. 10. (JP)—Boston’s
crooked streets {have be wildered
countless visitors, but it wasn’t until
this summer that a circus parade ever
got “lost” in them. Hundreds of
children and their adult escorts were
maassed along one of the principal
thoroughfares through which the pro
cession was due to pass, but it never
came.
CHURCH HAS INVISIBLE CLOCK
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Sept. 10. (Jp)
—Tallahassee has a clock which is
heard but not seen. Years ago the
clock was placed in the tower of the
First Presbyterina church, built during
territorial days. For some reason the
hands were rnever connected. Final
ly the whole mechanism was enclosed.
As long as older residents can recall,
however, the clock has struck the
hours.
Birds-eye view of a hand-some speci
men of an Alaska black bear about to
attack the Gateway photographer.
Mrs. J. P. Hannon ana children re
turned to Seward last evening from a
pleasant visit to the Anchorage Fair.
Howard Seferovicli, returned home
yesterday from Mile 40, where he has
been working during school vacation.
Mr. Black, wholesale druggest
from Portland, Ore., returned to Sew
ard yesterday from a trip into the
wilds of the Interior.
DANCE TONIGHT
Admission Charge: Men
75c; Ladies 25c
MUSIC BY
THE JOLLY THREE
ODD FELLOWS
HALL
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Builders’ Supplies
Construction Lumber
Boat I,umber
Mill Work
RADIO SUPPLIES — SOCKETS — BUSSBAR
JACKS—CONDENSERS—SWITCHES, ETC.
EVER-READY
BATTERIES
RADITRON PRICES
No. 486, Layerbuilt
45-volt B.$5.00
No. 772,45-volt B ...3.75
No. 77141-2-volt C. 75
No 7111 1 12-volt A 50
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