The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-07-19
WORK TO BEGIN
 THIS WEEK ON
 ROCK DUMP SITE
Large Tank to Be Built Will Double Present Capacity
 Dock Is Planned ENGINEER DUE HERE
 ON PRINCESS ALICE Two Years of Arrangements Completedb by District
 Manager Boyle

This week IS expected 10 see WoTk under way on new Union Oil Company plant for Juneau, which will have a capacity very nearly double that of the company's pres ent plant here, it was announced by J. E. Boyle. Alaska District Man ager for the Union Oil Company, who is now in Juneau.
 MT Boyle stated that K. B. Stew ems, resident engineer for the com- pany, for the Northern Division, is to arrive in Juneau tomorrow on board the steamer Princess Alice, and will immediately lay out the program of engineering details for the work. which will be done under the direction of Construction Su- perintendent T. J. Walker. who is now in Sitka, where he has been in charge of the enlargement of the Union oil plant there.
 Site is Chosen
 After examination of several sites, arrangements have been made by MT. Boyle for erection of the new plant on the Alaska Juneau rock dump, adjoining the lower Govern ment float, on the side of the dump toward Juneau Plans call for the moving of the company's present tanks from their location on the Thane road, plus the construction of a new, large-size steel oil tank. The new tank has been made nec- essary by the steadily increasing demand in Juneau for burner oil, and the huge new receptacle will be devoted to the storage of the fuel. Five of the company's present tanks here will be moved without break ing them up, but the sixth is too large to be moved to the new site whole and will be torn down and rebuilt.
 Bulk oil capacity of the new plant will be approximately 225,000 gallons of diesel oil, l50,000 gall Ions of stove oil. and 100000 gallons of gasoline, which is figured to be sufficient to fill the needs of the company for some time in the fu- ture.
 To Hire Local Workers
 Tank construction will probably be done under contract to the Se- attle Boiler Works. Plate steel for the large new tank will be ship ped to Juneau from the South and fabricated here by the tank crew Workmen in the tank crew will most likely come here from the States, but it is planned that nearly all other labor will be hired locally. The work is expected to be competed about the middle of October.
 Besides the installation of the storage tanks. which are to be placed on top of the rock dump but well back from the face of the pile, establishing of the new plant will include the driving of dock straight out into the Channel to- word the city, and the widening and improving of the present road leading from the Thane highway to the Lower Floats.
 The dock will be built large enough to accommodate ships. as well as having a float adjoining for servicing of small boats. Due to the nature of the shore-line at the proposed site, the dock will not have to be built out very far, but it will be broad enough for the building of the warehuse on top of it. On the second floor of the warehouse will be five-room apartment for the dock attendant, so that he may be on hand at all times.
 Temporary Float
 The present dock and warehouse of the company here is to be wrecked and. as much as possible it's materials made use of in con- struction of the new plant, MT Boyle stated The work will there fore be complicated by the neces- sity for making arrangements fol service to customers in the period
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