(From the Alaska Railroad Record)
OFFICIAL CIRCULARS.
COMMISSARY MATERIAL AND SUPPLIES.
® Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
Anchorage, Alaska May 17, 1917.
Circular No. 213:
TO ALL CONCERNED:
Effective June 1, 1917, a uniform surcharge of ten per
cent will be added to the landed cost of all supplies issued
by the General Storekeeper. This uniform price will ob
tain over all districts.
Supplies will be issued in accordance with standard
price list and no additional percentage will be added bv
district storekeepers or timekeepers. Goods not carried on
price list will be charged out as invoiced by General Store
keeper.
The General Storekeeper has been requested to publish
a new standard price list as soon as possible, covering
staple supplies, such as Classification 14: powder and dyna
mite; Classification 6: sundries, groceries, etc.; Classifica
tion 38: trade goods, clothing, tobacco, etc.
Please be guided accordingly.
f F. MEARS, Commissioner.
WAGE SCHEDULE CHANGES
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
Supplement No. 4 to Circular No. 184:
(Cancels Supplements Nos. 1, 2 and 3. Supplement No. 4
contains all changes.)
•The following rates are authorized for work on this
Division:
Engineers, Saw Mill, 75c per hour.
Deck-hands, $60.00 and bd. to $85.00 and bd. per mo.
One-horse Car Teamsters, $115.00 per month.
Boatmen, Turnagain Arm Dist., $120.00 per month.
Pursers, $100.00 per month and board.
F. MEARS, Commissioner.
WAGE SCHEDULE CHANGES.
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
Supplement No. 5 to Circular No. 184:
The following rates are authorized for work on this Di
vision:
Field boss, locating party, $175.00 and bd. per month
Stake marker, locating party, $80.00 and bd. per month
Offieeman, locating party, $125.00 and bd. per month.
F. MEARS, Commissioner.
CO-OPERATIVE VEGETABLE GARDENS.
In response to the recent appeal of President Wilson
emphasizing the importance of all citizens of the Nation ]
aiding in the production of foodstuffs, the Land and Indus-1
triai Department has set aside the NW!i of Block 27, An
chorage Townsite, for garden purposes and this tract will
be cultivated by Government employees resident in the
to\\%. Among those who have signified their intention to
maintain vegetable gardens are the following: Austin
Fields, R. I). Chase, William B. Clayton, E. T. Lindner, Dr.
C. C. Benedict, F. C. Kobely, R. S. Temme, F. U. Mayhew,
W. T. Gill, E. R. McFarland and George D. Beaumont.
These employees intend to organize themselves into an
association for the purpose of carrying on the work sys
tematically so that the maximum results may be obtained.
The Commission has already plowed the tract and a fence
will be erected around the block immediately to protect
the gardens from the depredations of animals. The soil
appears to be admirably adapted for the raising of pota- 1
toes, cabbage, radishes and similar vegetables.
One of the most important military duties that will rest
upon the people of the United States in the conduct of the
war will be to produce a surplus of food. We must have
enough not only to meet our own proper needs at home, but
also to aid in feeding the armies and civil populations of
the countries with whom we have allied ourselves.
Every vacant lot within a convenient distance should i
be utilized to the fullest extent for the raising of veg
etables suitable to the soil and climate.
$ COOK INLET BASEBALL LEAGUE.
The Cook Inlet Baseball league inaugurated the sea
son on Sunday, May 20, with two games, one at Matanuska
and the other at Athletic Park, Anchorage.
The Anchorage Commission team lost their game to
Matanuska by a score of 2 to 1. The game, however, has
been protested.
Anchorage City were the victors over the Turnagain
Arm#ine by the score of 4 to 2, about 600 spectators wit
nessing the contest.
Next Sunday Matanuska will meet the City team at
Anchorage, and the Anchorage Commission team will play
Turnagain Arm at Potter Creek.
FLAG RAISING AT FALLS CREEK.
Falls Creek, Alaska, May 13, 1917.
Editor Alaska Railroad Record:
A large American flag was raised at Falls Creek during
the noon hour today. The ceremony was attended by all
the employees of the camp. Mr. Ryan, of the culinary
department, gave an address worthy of the cause, explain
ing to the foreigners, of whom there were a great many
present, the meaning of the Stars and Stripes and the
Errand country it represents. He also sang the patriotic
song, “The Grand Old Flag,” which was received with
great applause. The stationmen contributed their share
by firing the customary salute to the flag.
EMPLOYEE.
A :^ver cup will be presented by Mrs. Thomas Riggs,
jr., to the resident of Nenana who shall be adjudged to
have the neatest yard of flowers and vegetables on August
1. The judges will be selected from persons resident out
side the town of Nenana.
Max J. Kuney has been appointed resident engineer,
Talkeetna District, promoted from instrumentman, Turn
again Arm District.
H. R. Munson has tendered his resignation as chief
timekeeper, Anchorage Division, and will leave soon for
Seattle, Washington.
C. D. Moyer, clerk in the Steward’s Department, An
chorage, left for Seattle on the transport Crook on leave
of ahaence for two months.
0hwin E. Wright, formerly of Seward, has secured a
position with the Anchorage Store Department as checker
at the Eska Creek coal mine.
ANCHORAGE WATER REGULATIONS.
The following regulations will be in force and effect
after June 1, 1917, governing the use of water supplied by
the Anchorage water supply:
1. Applications for the use of water must be made at
the office of the townsite manager on printed forms which
will be supplied for that purpose; the applicant shall
thereon agree to abide by and conform to all rules and reg
ulations and any modifications thereto that may be estab
lished from time to time, as a condition for the use of
water.
2. All accounts for water will be kept in the name of
the applicant. In case the applicant is not the owner of the
property or an authorized agent, a deposit equal to one
month’s water rental must be made before water will be
turned on. All accounts will be due and payable on or
before the last day of the month for which service is ren
dered, and if such charges are not paid within said time
they shall become delinquent and water shall be immedi
ately shut off, and shall not be again turned on until all
arrears are paid up, together with a fee of 50 cents for
turning on water.
3. No person supplied with water from the mains of
the water supply shall be entitled to use it for any pur
pose other than those stated in the application, nor extend
service to more fixtures or other fixtures than those shown
on said application; or supply in any way or for any pur
pose other persons or families, without first securing a
permit from the townsite manager’s office.
4. In a case where water is to be supplied for several
properties or families from one connection the contract
shall be with the owner or user having the connection, and
he and his property shall be held responsible for all charges
the same as if he were the owner of all the properties bene
fitted by said connection.
5. When an application has been made for the use of
water, the service connection will be made as soon as prac-;
ticable by the Commission’s forces. The work to be done
by them shall be all work between the main and property '
line, and shall include all material and labor. Charges
shall be payable in advance, according to the schedule of ,
charges on file at the office of the townsite manager.
6. The consumer shall be responsible for all frozen or
broken pipes from the mains to the buildings, and the
Commission holds no responsibility therefor. A permit
shall be obtained from the office of the townsite manager
before digging up pipes in any street or alley.
7. No person except an employee of the townsite man
ager’s office shall be allowed to turn off or on at the stop
cock after the plumbing has been completed and the water
turned on by the said office.
8. All pipes and connections from the stop cock to the
premises shall be put in at the expense of the owner, who
will be responsible for all damages resulting from leaks or
breaks. A special stop and waste cock, so placed as to be
accessible to the consumer, and protected from frost, shall
be placed on the pipe leading from the curb cock where
the pipes first enter the building, or between said point
and the stop cock. No branch pipe, bibb, or fixture of any
kind shall be placed between this cock and the main, which
shall be used for turning on or off water on the premises
to repair plumbing or for other such cause.
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sufficient depth to be amply protected from frost, and shall
have such covering or wrapping as may be necessary to
prevent freezing. No work shall be covered until in
spected and accepted by an employee of the townsite man
ager’s office authorized to make such inspection.
10. No plumber or other person shall be allowed to
•make any connection with the mains, or to make altera
tions from any conduit pipe or other fixture connecting
therewith, or to connect pipes after they have been discon
nected, or to turn water on or off any premises at the
stop cock without a permit from the townsite manager’s
office.
11. Should it be desired to have water turned on after
it has been turned off, or where new services have been put
in and plumbing completed, a written order by an original
applicant must be given to the townsite office, after which
the water will be turned on, providing there are no defec
tive or leaky fixtures.
12. Should it be desired to discontinue the use of
water supply to premises for a period of not less than fif
teen days, a written turn-off notice shall be given to the
townsite office; the water will then be turned olf, and
turned on again on written application, without extra
charge; but no remission of charges will be made for a
period of less than fifteen days, or without the notice pre
scribed in* this section.
13. No reductions of charges will be made on partially
vacant premises until written notice of such partial va
cancy is made, and then a reduction will be allowed only
where such vacancy continues for fifteen days from date.
14. The water may at any time be shut off from the
mains without notice, for repairs, extensions, or other ne- i
cessary purposes, and persons having connections which
require constant pressure, such as boilers or engines, are
cautioned against this danger.
10. i\0 person siiau use water iur irrigation oi street
sprinkling during the progress of any fire in the city, and
all such uses shall be immediately stopped when an alarm
of fire is sounded.
16. The townsite manager’s office shall have free ac
cess to stop cocks and water meter covers, and all per
sons are prohibited from piling rubbish or other material \
thereon.
17. Water for sidewalk, street or lawn sprinkling, irri
gation, hose connections, etc., will not be furnished to con
sumers who do not also pay for the use of water for other
purposes.
18. The placing in any location where it can be used by
the public of any faucet, fixture, or opening of any kind |
that is not so arranged that it cannot be opened by the pub- i
lie will not be allowed.
iy. The inside diameter of hose used for sprinkling
purposes must not be more than three-quarters of one inch.
20. The townsite manager reserves the right to place a
water meter on any service for the purpose of measuring
water supplied to the premises by such service.
21. For failure to comply with any of the above regu
lations water will be turned off at the premises, and a pen
alty of $3.00 will be imposed and shall be paid before such
water will again be turned on, in addition to the usual turn
on fee of 50 cents.
ship Alameda, to take a position as stenographer in the
Commissioner’s office at Anchorage.
C. S. Sapp has been appointed purser of the A. E. C.
steamer Omineca for the coming season.
Carl B. Bickel of Detroit, Mich., has been appointed
clerk in charge of the accounting of the Susitna River
Transportation Department, Anchorage,
STONE OPTIMISTIC
OVER MATANUSKA REGION
Berney Stone returned Monday
night from a two days’ trip through
the Matanuska farming community
and is all enthusiasm over the won
derful agricultural possibilities on the
vicinity of Anchorage. In fact Mr.
Stone is, at the present time, serious
ly debating whether he shall continue
in the foot steps of Horace Greeley or
don the pleabian garb of Cincinnatus.
He made the trip on the speeder from
the junction to Wassilla with District
Engineer C. R. Brock and took a walk
through the immediate farming section
adjacent to the new rail town. Mr.
Stone says that farming activity is
displayed on every side and it is real
ly remarkable the great work the
farmers are accomplishing this spring.
He says the farmers all seem opto
mistic over the prospects of a bumper
crop this season and that in talking
to a number of them not one offered
to sell and the available land is being
rapidly taken up by homesteaders.
Mr. Stone is of the opinion that the
inauguration of the silo would be
practical and solve the important
question of storing the crops. He said
there was much evidence of new and
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substantial building which means the i
farmers are preparing to make Alas- j
ka their future homes and are not i
here for speculation.
Mr. Stone was frank to confess that
the development of the Matanuska
valley, and the country contiguous to
Anchorage, was far beyond his belief
and conception but the recent trip
convinced him beyond a doubt that
the agriculturaf possibilities of that
section are practically unlimited. In
other words Berney has severed all
affiliation with the “Show Me” state
of Missouri and claims no connection
with “Doubting Thomas.”
North Pole Bakery, strictly modern,
up-to-date, clean, courteous, prompt.
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Life Staff on draught. Where? Only
at Peterson’s. 2
Fine Job rrinting at Times ottlce. !
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ANCHORAGE ABSTRACT
AND TITLE CO. i
Abstracts of Title Furnished
to Any Lots and Tracts in
Townsite of Anchorage
Real Estate, Rents Collected,
Money Loaned. Mining Property,
Stocks, Bonds, Rills Discounted.
503 FOURTH AVENUE
Union Laundry
and Bath House
Fourth Ate., Between H and I,
Anchorage
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Sport Corduroys
With the advent of the tennis court, sport clothes are necessary. We have a
nice line of washable corduroys and tennis slippers.
Just received a new line of cotton bloomers and hose.
A full line of American Lady Corsets, which are well known for ease and dur
ability.
WHITE KID GLOVES: Owing to the scarcity of kid gloves we only receiv
ed a few pair, so come and make your selections early.
The Style Shop
COURTESY AND QUALITY OUR MOTTO
Miss Lee Hale, Scalp and Facial Massage. Dressmaking to order in our own shop.