The Alaska daily empire., 1916-12-01
NEW DOCK WILL BE COMPLETED
 BY CHRISTMAS

The big new dock being construct. ed on the Juneau waterfront by the Pacific Coast Company and which will be leased and used by the Pa clfic Steamship Company. is now nearing completion and it is eX- pected by Joe Panther, the engineer in charge of the work. that the structure will be completed and ready for occupancy by Christmas. The coal bunkers may not be completed by that time. but the dock structures, warehouse, offices and living quar- ters will be ready, and occupied, 1t lis believed
 The plans for the coal bunkers, which 1t was understood were being drawn in Seattle. arrived this morn ing and consist of two rough sketch es. The work on the bunkers will be delayed a short time. Mir. Pan- ther is completing the plans, as the sketches merely give the rough de- tails. as to size, height and general details to be followed.
 When seen this morning Mir Pan- ther gave an Empire reporter some of the figures of material used and size Of the new structure.
 The wharf proper is 7S0 feet in length with an average width of 115 feet and with a width of 150 feet at the north. or widest end. It con- tains 1,5OO piles and 1.OS0,OOO feet board measure feet of lumber was used in its construction. Over two and a half ton Of drift bolts were also used. together with 90 kegs of 6O-penny nails, 2 kegs of S-inch gal vanized spikes. 20 kegs of S-penny common nails. and many kegs of other nails of different sizes.
 The warehouse on the dock is l92 feet long by 51 feet wide and % feet high. It contains a wharfinger's office and a warm room. The latter is 12 feet high and over that is storage space 51 by 32 feet for goods which must be kept warm and dry. At the north end of the ware house are located the offices 64 by 30 feet in size. The offices are di- yided off into the main office, a smaller private office for agent How ard Ewing, and express room. Com fort station facilities and the main waiting room 30 by 32 feet in size takes the rest Of the downstairs part of the office structure.
 Over the offices are located the living quarters for the wharfinger and the quarters for the agent. The residence of the agent consists Of suite of two rooms and bath while the wharfingeE's rooms consist of 9 suite of two rooms. The entire structure will be steam heated.
 The warehouse will be painted with the Admiral Line colors, green, with buff trimmings. Along the top will be a black strip with the name Pa. clfic Steamship Company with white letters. At each end of the build ing will bespGinted the house flag of the Admiral Line The paint for the building arrived from the south this morning and work will start at once.
 The coal bunkers will be located on the Ferry Way end of the dock and will be 29 feet high, 11S feet long and 52 feet wide. The bunkers will hold approximately 2,OOO tons, and will carry the name of the Pal cific Coast Coal Company in white letters.
 The new structure is the finest dock north of Vancouver and is in- deed credit to the Channel The was mostly secured in Jul neau. The piling was secured from the local loggers. the lumber was all cut al the Worthen Mills, and most of the hardware and iron was also secured through local firms.
 The plumbing in the buildings will be installed by G. K. Gilbert the heating plant by W. R. Hendrick- son, the roofing was put on by Mar shall & Newman, and one of the ocal firms will do the painting.