WORK BEGINS ON NEW CHURCH
According to word received from the Rev. W. A. Warner today, work is well under
I way in the construction of the new $15,000 church which the Baptists are building
in town. The concrete footings are .all in tho recently-excavated places, which will
be part of the basement, of this fine edifice.
All .ihe-'-bui^ing materials . have been contracted for’, with the exception of the
. .electrical work end .the plumbing contract, which will be awarded during tho next
day or so. All construction work is being done under the direct supervision of the
Rev. Warner, with Mr. Vic Longhead the construction foreman.
1 i As soon as the concrete walls are poured, there will bo a corner-stone laying
I ceremony. The entire public community of Kodiak will be invited to this ceremony,
! when the appointed time comes and it is the sincere wish of the Rev. Warnor, that
j all citizens of this community will be present at this auspicious occasion.
The new building will have a full basement, which will be used for recreational
! purposos and there will also he a small stage, a kitchen, class-rooms, and a ladies
• and menfc waeiiroons.i;On the main floor, will be a sanctuary with a beautiful chancel
Eiz the front end of the building and there will also be a baptistry in this chancel
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HEARINGS ON FREIGHT RATES*7'- ~'
Great interest is being shown in.the recent MartiAe
Board hearings in Juneau, relative to the anticipated
raise in freight rates!1 on steamships serving Alaska.
Officials of the Alaska Steamship, Alaska Transport
ation, Northland' Transporta/tion and other local shipping
lines, appeared before the special Judge appointed for
> the purposo of reviewing all the evidence in the matter.
Representative businessmen have been subpooned to appear
before him and state their experiences in handling of
their merchandise and rates etc.
The hearing'has Just been completed in Juneau and
another is now being held in Anchorage. Efron there, the
officials and their attorneys, etc., will move to Seattle:
where another will be held* At the completion of that
one, which is anticipated for early. September, they will
have a final hearing before' the Commission in Washington
D.C. ■ ' ' ■;/ ..
; The freight rate increases requested range,from 4)b
to .63$ on some itons, of, the prevailing rates how in
force, the . transportation companies., contending that, the
increased labor costs and prices of. repairs, etc.* have
necessitated their recent deiiands on the Maritime Comm
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STOLL-COX NUPTIALS '1;
On Wednesday evening, at the Baptist parsonage, the
Rev. W.. A. Warner, read the marriage ceremony for Mr.
Richard Stoll of the Naval Air. Station here, and Miss
’ Roberta Cox,, recently arribod from Seattle, Wash.
•• Mr. and Mrs, Stoll are making, their hone, for the ,
time being at the Kraft dock,, ponding completion Of the
additional new cottages at Buskinvllle. . .. _
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