Alaska Road Work Critique of Road Commission Costs
A Skagway correspondent criticizes the Alaska road commission's handling of a bridge project costing 1700 for construction and 1300 for blue prints. Col Richardson defends the figure but calls the blue print claim absurd. The piece argues government overhead and delays inflate Alaska road costs and forecasts the season's start with the Juneau weather note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Skagway
Road Commission
Alaska
Commission
Richardson
Army
Washington, D. C
Northland
Castle Williams Fort on Governors Island A Key NYC Landmark
The article details Castle Williams on Governors Island from 1807 to 1811, designed by Lt Col Jonathan Williams and built of Newark red sandstone. It describes a three-fifths circular structure, forty foot walls with two tiers of bombproof arches, gun mounts on top, and meticulous construction to resist bombardment. It notes two stone powder magazines and an inexhaustible water well serving the harbor ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Governors Island
Castle Williams
Castle William
Edmund Banks Smith
Jonathan Williams
Engineer Corps
Newark
Nations Morals Officer Proposed at The Hague
A Tacoma News line suggests appointing a nations morals officer at The Hague to monitor rulers. It advocates weekly reporting of conduct by refractory rulers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma News
The
Hague
Inexpensive paste and stamps from a bygone era
A nostalgic excerpt describes a homemade paste recipe using flour alum and waters. It then notes perforated postage stamps debuting after 1854 and Archer's perforating machine earning a £20,000 patent payout. Other items include the discovery of the X ray by Roentgen in 1895 and Russia’s police trap methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archer
Treasury
W. C. Roentgen
Itc
An Attempted Sale Recalled at Bookshop Door
A fragment recalls an Irishman who recently bought a Trish Melo item at a secondhand bookshop. The scene unfolds at the shop doorway with talk of cheap selling and a curious atmosphere.
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Arahill
Aring
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Sons of Norway Hall
Chas. Greenaa
ONS OF Norway Lodge
K. L. Steberg
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Arctic Brotherhood
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EDGE
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J. W. Stortz
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Charles Norberg
Stoff & Refling Company
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Mersey
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