1882 – The name of the first post office on Gastineau Channel was changed from Harrisburgh to Juneau. Juneau 1980 Centennial Calendar
1907 – The long talked of railroad from the Perseverance Mine to town is to be a fact before next fall. Construction of a narrow gauge electric railroad from the city wharf to the mine by way of Franklin Street will be commenced in the spring under the direction of mine superintendent J. R. Mitchell. (Note: The railroad was never built.) Gastineau Bygones – 09/28/1979
1915 – Will Douglas Island soon be connected with the mainland by a bridge? Residents of both Douglas and Juneau have long desired this but so far have been frustrated. As early as 1900 it was proposed to connect the two towns by railroad, crossing the channel at Mendenhall Bar. In 1902 the Juneau, Douglas and Treadwell Railroad Company was actually incorporated, but construction of the facility never got started. Now Delegate James Wickersham has introduced a bill in Congress to appropriate $750,000 for the construction of a suspension bridge across the channel. The measure should have the support of all Channel residents. (Note: The bridge finally came 20 years later.) Gastineau Bygones – 05/26/1978
1944 – New officers were elected last night by the Filipino Community of Juneau. They are: president, Eddie A. Belarde; vice president, Fred Fulgencio; secretary, D. M. Sarabia; treasurer, Dan Hucson; sergeants-at-arms, P. Talaga and S. Paliza; auditors, B. Gomez, S. Constantino and B. Samaniego. Gastineau Bygones – 06/20/1980
1965 – The Juneau Memorial Library is offering a new service for its users with the installation of a copy machine. For 15 cents for the first page and 10 cents for additional pages, users will save time from the laborious process of copying material for reference materials. It should also eliminate the growing problem of mutilation or theft of library books and reference materials. Juneau Alaska Empire – 01/10/1965
1966 – Douglas city water has been restored after a break in the city main had drained the 800,000 gallon reservoir on Bear Creek by January 7. Juneau assisted by supplying water trucks to go house-to-house to supply residents with emergency water, while the city crew pumped water from Lawson Creek to Bear Creek to begin re-filling the reservoir and searched for the water main leak. The break was discovered to be a 1 1/2 inch line to the Cheechako Apartments that was broken New Year’s Day when winds heavily damaged the building. Juneau Alaska Empire – 01/07, 09, 10/1966
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