April 24, 1919
Samuel Cunningham this week circulated a petition addressed to the Delegate from Alaska, requesting the Government to construct a breakwater 350 feet in length from Shustak point extending out beyond the big rock in the harbor for the protection of small craft which are in the habit of using Wrangell harbor during the winter season for lying by. Mr. Cunningham is surely to be commended for his public-spirited action. The fishing industry is one, which the Federal Government cannot afford to neglect. The request for this much needed improvement for the protection of fishing craft is a reasonable one, and it is to be hoped that the Government will act favorably thereon. The petition was eagerly signed by residents of Wrangell.
April 28, 1943
So we moved the Sentinel. Chief Mover Bill Grant is again back to normal after suffering several near heart attacks while teetering a cumbersome press and delicate linotype machine in some of the most precarious positions this editor has ever witnessed and lived. But today the equipment is placed, and better yet, working like a charm, thanks to some good workmen, including one top flight linotype machine. The Sentinel also has accumulated a fine assortment of other people’s equipment. We’ve got most of Harry Ferguson’s tools around here somewhere. Yeh, that’s Bill Jenkins’ saw and hammer, and those rollers belong to Bill Grant, the cart to the McCormack dock and maybe that’s Ralph Devenny’s pliers, but we’ll make him prove it. Those planks belong to somebody, an, say, aren’t those John Olson’s blocks? Happiest are we that the venerable old Sentinel isn’t missing an edition. After 42 years of continuous publication, we’d hate to be the guy who missed an edition.
April 24, 1969
A special meeting between local officials and hospital builder and designer was called Thursday night to discuss and resolve problems concerning discrepancies in the new hospital, which was originally financed through a grant and loan from the Economic Development Administration totaling $482,500 and $144,500 in state funds. Since hospital staff personnel moved into the building in July of 1968 certain deficits became manifest, said P.C. McCormick, hospital board chairman. The problem areas were pointed out as being condensation in the attic, buildup of ice on the roof, leaks in the roof, a leaking oxygen system, sewage plant malfunctioning, and uneven settling in the x-ray and central supply areas. The architect said there was a pencil stuck in the oxygen system and that packing and back seating was necessary if there was a leak in the oxygen system. The oxygen system had been pressurized at 300 points per square inch before the walls were closed up.
April 28, 1993
The Alaska Pulp Corporation has several months supply of timber to continue operating its Wrangell sawmill at its
urrent level, and for now, intends to do so, according to the company’s director. APC Director John Hough said there are enough logs in reserve at the mill, awaiting shipment to the mill and yet to be cut to continue to operate the sawmill with two shifts of employees. Hough and other APC officials, who met last week in Seattle, requested a meeting with the U.S. Forest Service Chief Jack Ward Thomas in Washington, D.C. to discuss how much timber will be made available through independent sale offerings. In addition, those APC officials also want to know what was meant by a reference to a possible 10-year contract made in the Forest Service’s letter informing the company of cancellation of its 50-year timber supply contract with the government.
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