Petersburg to Get 1.5 Million Pound Cold Storage Plant
Scow Bay, four miles from Petersburg, will host a new Alaska Fish and Cold Storage Co plant. It aims to store over 1.9 million pounds of fish and 1,000 tons of ice with two 40 by 40 foot units and 18 foot height, powered by a Corliss steam engine.
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Petersburg
Scow Bay
Nels Nelson
The
Alaska Fish and Cold Storage Company
Corliss
Nelson
Glacier Fish Company
Tacoma
Wrangell Narrows
U. S
Petersburg Hospital Modernization Underway
The Petersburg Hospital is being rapidly upgraded to a modern Southeast Alaska facility. A Honeywell steam heating plant rated at 250 pounds will service the building, replacing old stoves, and a large sterilizer has been installed to reduce infection risk. Plans call for partitions creating seven private rooms and a six bed ward, with two rooms in the old wood shed for mild contagious diseases.
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Petersburg
Alaska
Paper Founder Visits Petersburg After travels
Lynn W. Miller founder of the Petersburg Report returned from Juneau by boat and has spent a week in town before departing on the City of Seattle. He has drifted through Pueblo and Springfield and Seattle, and has worked as foreman at the Alaska Daily Capital shop in Juneau in recent months. Mrs. Miller continued south on the Spokane while he plans further movements perhaps visiting Vancouver B. C. for a time.
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Lynn W. Miller
The
Petersburg Report
Juneau
Seattle
Mr. Miller
Pueblo
Colorado
Springfield
Oregon
Alaska Daily Capital
Doctors Rowley Depart For Treadwell Ties In Alaska
Drs E O and Gladys Rowley who recently settled in Petersburg have moved north to Treadwell and Douglas. They will run offices in both locations and serve as company physicians for Treadwell Company on Douglas Island working with Dr H C DeVighne. Julius Sunde sailed south aboard the City of Seattle due to heart trouble.
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E. O
Gladys Rowley
Petersburg
North
Treadwell
Douglas
Rowley
Jefferson
Treadwell Company
Douglas Island
H. C. DeVighne
Julius Sunde
Seattle
Mr. Sunde
Alaskan Glacier to Boost Shrimp Trade at Petersburg
The Alaskan Glacier Sea Food Co led by Earl Ohmer plans to raise shrimp processing to six tons daily in Petersburg this winter, moving the shrimp house to a new 24 by 380 foot facility with gravity handling and a 40-packer room. The fleet will expand from three to five boats by October, crabs will be shipped in large quantities, and cans will be filled for retail at about 200 cases weekly. Some old quarters will remain for crab processing and waste crabs will be canned.
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Ohmer
Cable repairs improve line between Sitka and Petersburg
The Burnside vessel is replacing worn cable along the Sitka to Petersburg route. Repairs will restore the line to better condition than in several years, with service resuming after completion.
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Sitka
Petersburg
Burnside
Fertilizer Plant Finishes Construction at Scow Bay
The Marine Products Company fertilizer plant at Scow Bay is now in operation. Superintendent Ed Jones said the plant is testing rapidly and will run at full capacity of 50 tons per day once raw materials are secured. Focus is on processing fish offal and correcting machinery weak spots.
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Marine Products, Company
Scow Bay
Supt
Ed. Jones
Petersburg Scow Bay Road Work Advances With Looming Finishes
Foreman Lanterman says twenty men are employed and more will be hired as possible to finish clearing and most grading this season. Clearing near Olaf Arness homestead is complete and grading progresses while surfacing is unlikely this year. A cannery tender Valkexre suffered a broken crank shaft in Duncan Canal and Captain Woods seeks a replacement engine. Council approves a 20 mill tax levy yielding about $11,261 to the town.
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Petersburg Scow Bay
Lanterman
Olaf Arness
Scow Hay
Valkexre
Duncan Canal
Woods
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C. O. Parks
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Pacific Steamship Company
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Los Angeles
San Diego
F. Nelson
K. L. Steberg
Sunde Building
Mann
Andy Anderson
Sunde Bldg
Bank of Petersburg
Althone
Petersburg Fire Department
Drs. Rowley
Alaskan Glacier Sea Food Co
Earl Ohmer
American Legion
Sons of Norway Hall
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