- 1937

Radiotelephone service between Juneau and the states was inaugurated July 8 by the Alaska Communications System, a branch of the Signal Corps of the U. S. Army. A three-minute conversation between Juneau and Seattle was $9 on weekdays and $6 during evening hours and on Sundays. The U. S. Coast Guard Cutter Haida arrived July 17 from the south to assume a permanent station here for the coming year. Its last station here was in 1921.

Pasteurized milk made its debut in early June in Juneau with Juneau Dairies, Inc. (at Glacier Avenue and 12^th Street) offering a choice of raw or heat-treated milk to its customers. The new Juneau Dairies plant handled milk from five local dairies-Juneau, Mendenhall, Glacier, Alaska and Peterson’s.

Work on the new Standard Oil Company plant to be located at Willoughby and Capital Avenues was started April 13 following action by the City Council to issue a permit under the old city fire ordinance. It would replace the old plant on Thane Road, which needed to be relocated after AJ mine tailings deposited nearby made its dock approach too shallow for its supply vessels. The plant would include fill 500 feet long from Willoughby toward the channel, 900 feet of dock approach, a tank yard with seven tanks and a total capacity of two million gallons, and office and warehouse buildings.

This was the best producing year of the Alaska Juneau Mine when 4.4 million tons of ore were moved, producing 151,671 ounces of gold worth $5.5 million and $2 million in dividends to investors. Average wage per day was $6.42 for 869 employees.

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