ElECTSIG LIGHTS HIST
REPLACE ACETYLENE IN
ALASKA LIGHTHOUSES
It is costing the United States
lighthouse service over $5,000 a
2?ear to get acetylene cylinders
«sed for aids to navigation in Al
aska, recharged in Seattle. There
has been talk of having a recharg
ing station built in Ketchikan, but
with a new type of blinkers com
ing into use, electrically charged
ones, the acetylene type may be re
tired, says the Ketchikan Chronicle.
Roughly speaking, some 1,000 cyl
inders a year are shipped from Al
aska to Seattle. On the last trip
«T tlie Northland a number were
taken south. Approximately $5,400
a year alone is paid for recharg
ing which does not include the
height rate for taking the cylin
ders south and returning them to
Ketchikan. Lighthouse tenders
bring the metal containers here
and take them out again after they
are recharged.
The recharging is done in Seat
tle by the Lindy Air Products com
pany. It is said to be a very ex- j
pert and dangerous job owing tot
the inflammable nature of the gas.,
Each cylinder is tested before it is !
shipped north.
In nearly every bulletin issued
to local mariners by the lighthouse
service are noted blinkers which!
have been extinguished. This is
not the fault of the charging but|
due to the fact that the automatic j
feed pipe may become clogged in j
which case the light does not last
i its allotted time.
The new electric lights, some of j
which are already in use in Alaska
are said to be more reliable and;
economical. Instead of gas, stor- {
age batteries are used. When the!
batteries grow weak they are taken |
out and thrown away and new
ones installed. This all can be done
from on board the lighthouse
tenders by raising the cylinders to
the deck, putting the new battery
in place, and lov/ering the cylinder
again to its position.
PEACETIME HELP
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 1G.
(ZP)—Secretary of War Patrick Hur
ley issued his annual report em
phasiizng the Army’s participation
in a peacetime “war” against de
pression in the United States
pointing out numerous ways in
which the military forces have co
operated to ease the burden of the
poor.
LET ‘EM WALK
Indifference is sometimes ac
quired at a very young age, and we
have as an example the little boy j
who said to his father, “Say, Dad’j
that apple I Just ate had a worm in j
it, and I ate that too.”
“What?” said his startled parent, j
“Here, drink this water and wash it'
down.”
But Junior shook his head. “Aw, i
let ’im walk down.”
Chioago is the leading meat mar- \
ket.
DIRECTORS APPROVE
NEW YORK, Dec. 16. (/P)—Plans
for the merger of the Chatham
Phoenix National Bank and Trust
Company and the Manufacturers
Trust Company with deposits in ex
cess of $400,000,000 were approved
by directors of the two banks.
The two banks will have a new
name to be announced later and
will be under the chairmanship
and presidency of H. D. Gibson,
president of the Manufactures
Trust Company.
L. Kauffman, chairman of the
Chatham Phoenix, will be chair
man of the executive committee of
the merger brinks, and H. Von Elm,
vice chairman of the Manufactur
ers, will be vice chairman of the
board. The merger is subject to
approval by the stockholders and
State and National banking au
thorities.
Now Is the time to Iook over old
Jacks and have new bottoms pat
>n for winter.
SEWARD LEATHER WORKS
Have you heard the new “OKEH*
records at Sylvia’s. They are won
derful.
Date Books and Tide Tables for
1932 now in. ALASKA SHOP.
SKATING NOW—Skates at new «
tow prices... Urbach & Valade.
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