Douglas Island news., 1908-02-26
TREADWELL TOPICS.


 day afternoon and is now taking on a load of concentrates for the return trip.
 Quite a large crowd of Treadwellites crossed the channel Saturday evening to attend the Pioneers Ball at Juneau, which they pronounce the event of the season in it's line.
 Mrs. A. E. Christoe has been ill with the la grippe for the past week but is now recovering.
 Mrs. John Powell visited friends in Treadwell last Monday for the first ! time in many months.
 The fremen held short meeting on Monday night and disposed of routine business.
 Messrs. I. D. Carpenter and J. D. Miller leave in the morning for trip to the Tenakee Hot Springs. They eX- pect to remain about two weeks. | Roominghouse No. l being completed and ready for occupancy, the men be- gan moving into their rooms last Mon day. Interior work on the second building is being rapidly pushed in order to have it ready within the com ing month. These two buildings are up-to-date, modern structures in every particular and form an important ad- dition to the equipment of Treadwell for the comfort of it's employees. They measure 1O3 feet by 30 feet and are built in three stories each. The entrance is at the front by double doors which open into large steam heated hallway. On the first floor of each building is a washroom provided with suitable conveniences. On this floor are also sixteen bedrooms. A broad stairway leads up to the second and third floors, each of which con- tains nineteen bedrooms opening from steam heated corridor ten feet in width and running the length of the building. The bedrooms are 8Xl0 or 1Oxl2 feet, single or double, with ac- comodations for one or two men ac cordingly. Each room contains iron l bedsSead, table, chairs and shelves for clothing. The building is plastered throughout and we'll lighted with cleo tric lights. The floors are oiled, and the woodwork nicely painted and fin ished. The windows are carefully ! built and are equipped with patent weights. Every precaution has been taken in the construction of the build ! ings to insure their preservation and permanence. Large concrete pillars were used to provide a solid, lasting 1 foundation. Each floor is supplied with apparatus for fire protection in the shape of hose and hydrauts, egress from each floor being made possible by means of escapes at the rear of the buildings. 4 janitor will look after the cleanliness and order of the rooms and ball ways. Each rUOming- house will lodge eighty-two men. With a boarding place as admittedly excellent as the Treadwel boarding houses, a place of recreation near at hand. and open at all times, with cleanly, com fortable rooms such as are now pro- vided and then added vital considera- tion of regular, steady pay it would seem that Treadwen employees in these times of stringent conditions and financial panic, are not only well off but decidedly fortunate.
 aThe show'' Wednesday evening came off as per schedule, and about everybody in the seven counties was there, the Club auditorium being filled to the doors in spite of bad weather. The good people who had consented to aperform" for the benefit of the public did nobly and were rewarded by the appreciation of the audience from start to finish. It would be hard to pick out individual membe for comment, since all deserve favorable mention. In the musical line, the band as usual, did splendidly, as did also the male quar- tette composed of Messrs. Cole, Chris toe, Warren and Cole. Messrs. Petit grove and Kilgore iu their song and dance specialties were heartily applaud ed. Mir. L. J. Bruner gave a recitation and was brought back for an encore. Herr Tubbs as the Fraulein Anna broncht down the house with his orig