1907 – Lack of coal is hampering the operations of the Treadwell mines. A Japanese coal ship failed to arrive on time and there is a coal famine on the Pacific Coast. The Treadwell company has scared up 2,500 tons of coal in Seattle and it will be brought north by the freighter Montara which was withdrawn from the San Francisco run especially to make this trip. Meanwhile, steps are being undertaken to alleviate this condition. Building of the first oil storage tank at Treadwell began early this month. It is being erected on the old chlorination plant location. When the storage tanks are completed the company will switch from coal to oil. Gastineau Bygones – 10/12/1979
1925 – The City Council has just purchased its first combination grader and snow plough through Juneau Motors and the machine was shipped from Seattle today on the Admiral Rogers. It is known as a Wehr one-man grader, has a 10-foot blade and is driven by a Fordson tractor engine. The cost was approximately $1,600, delivered here. The machine is identical to one used by the Bureau of Public Roads in keeping Glacier Highway open during heavy snows this winter and which has also been used on occasion on city streets. Gastineau Bygones – 11/10/1978
1958 – Juneau-Douglas Telephone Co. officials met with Douglas residents to provide information on questions and problems associated with the company’s installation of its new dial system. Among other things, telephone exchange operators have noticed that when subscribers leave their phones off the hook, that ties up the whole line and there only presently only four regular service lines operating in Douglas. The company warns that repeated instances of this occurrence will result in removal of those phones. Daily Alaska Empire 01/28/1958
1960 – The Alaska Communications System (ACS) took possession of its new operations building just completed at the subport. The $165,000 building was built for a group of Juneau businessmen and will be leased to the government. [It now houses KTOO-FM, TV offices] Daily Alaska Empire 01/28/1960
1964 – Walter Swap, Harvard student from Juneau, took part in the Requiem Mass in memory of the late President John F. Kennedy at Boston’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross. The 180-strong choral group from three Boston area colleges joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra in performing Mozart’s “Requiem Mass” in D minor. The world-renown singing group is tentatively planning to perform here in July. Daily Alaska Empire 01/28/1964
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