1909 – The Howarth and Grinnell glove factory of Juneau has secured the services of Jesse Jacobsen, one of the best glove makers on the Pacific Coast. As soon as the weather moderates the company will install 25 glove making machines. The leathers and skins are now being worked into shape for manufacturing purposes. Gastineau Bygones – 07/06/1979
The Hogan marble works has worked up a large quantity of Alaska marble since the beginning of this new Juneau industry. All of it was made into tombstones and pillars. The proprietor expects to hire more men when the weather warms. Marble for the quarry at Calder, near Shakan, is used in the operation. Gastineau Bygones – 08/31/1979
1917 – The stage to the Perseverance Mine, which has been off the run for several days because of the bad condition of the road, is now back on its regular schedule of two round trips daily. Gastineau Bygones – 04/06/1979
Yesterday afternoon the big salt water pumps were put in operation at the Douglas pumping station. The stationary engine ran beautifully and within two hours the salt water reservoir on the hill had been filled. This will give added fire protection to both Douglas and Treadwell. Gastineau Bygones – 04/13/1979
1918– First movie shown at Perseverance community in Silver Bow Basin was a big hit as 165 people watched “The Patriot” with William S. Hart. Juneau 1980 Centennial Calendar
1930 – A submarine landslide caused an estimated $60,000 in damage to the Standard Oil Company plant on the Thane road about 7:30 last evening. The slide caused the collapse of the company’s wharf and about half of the warehouse. The Thane road was partly undermined and is closed to traffic. Drums of kerosene and lubricating oil and cases of kerosene and gasoline rolled into the channel as the warehouse collapsed, but there was no damage to the tanks on the hillside. Pumps, meters and hoses went into the water when the dock went down and it is estimated that 300 drums and 1000 cases of petroleum products drifted away from the scene. Most of these have been recovered. Gastineau Bygones – 04/13/1979
1955 – The Alaska Development Board is urging the withdrawal of a recent Senate bill to turn Admiralty Island into a national park. In a communication to the bill’s sponsor, the board reply emphasized the value of the forestry resources in a large tract tentatively to be bid on by Georgia-Pacific Plywood Company to be used to supply a proposed pulp and newsprint plant to be constructed in the Juneau area. Daily Alaska Empire – 01/16/1955
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