The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-17

be brought to a quick-freeze mini mum of 36 degrees below zero. However, temperatures there will be held, normally, between zero and minus 10 degrees, for the storage of packaged frozen foods and like commodities. From this room the large frozen foods case on the grocery floor will be stocked Other refrigerated units include self-service cases for dairy pro- ducts, which open directly upon ! the grocery section. A feature of the meat storage room are glass doored cases along the wall behind the meat counters. They are so designed that they can be used for additional meat display, besides the overnight holding of pre-cut meats. Westinghouse refrigeration units are used throughout, installed by Bill Norton, Juneau contractor. The special doors used for the three cold rooms were purchased through w. P. Johnson, together with track equipment in the meat room.
 All three cold rooms are entirely new construction from their con- crete floors up. They are fully in- sulated and finished in cleaning white, the walls and ceiling being painted over stucco. Contractor for all plaster work was Dave Burnett.
 Tn the space set aside for prepa- ration of meats and produce are stainless steel sinks and counters which arc surfaced with that sani- tation-aiding metal. Particular ar rangements have been incorporated for the disposal Of waste from the products treated. All sheet metal installations are the work of Con- tractor Kenyon MacLean.
 Another of the innovations that set apart the new goth Century Super Market is incorporated in the facilities for handling grocery stock. The stockrooms, built in on a new mezzanine level, have a separate receiving door opening on Seward Street at floor level Behind the central market office at the rear of the grocery department IS to be located a reversible, .belt-type ccnveyor to carry cases Of foods between the two levels.
 Shelves and display islands throughout the grocery section are designed and constructed by Pacific Fruit and Produce Company, in the style that has proved most eff cient in super markets throughout the country. One set of shelves, however, is unlike any to be found elsewhere in Alaska. It is the de- sign of Grocery Department Man ager Les Fragner-a special display rack for spices, putting each sea- soning. and, condiment ready to hand.
 Ceilings throughout the new 20th Century are faced with sound dead ening Celotex, while floors have been completely re-conditioned by local flooring Contractor Garland Boggan. In the lower section of the grocery department, fluorescent lighting gloWs from recessed lit tings, while over the meat cases, lighting is indirect and brings into prominence changeahle Photographic prints of attractive meat offerings.
 In the grocery section, all foods are handily grouped and plainly priced The grocery section IS de- signed to provide for self-service to those customers who choose it. Leisurely shopping facilities for those who like to brouse about be- fore selecting their dinner items are available, including wheeled carts with removable bailed wire baskets. Two check stands are To- cated just inside the principal market doorway, where clerks are stationed to assist customers.
 General contractors responsible for the excellent facilities of the new 20th Century Super Market are Triplett and Dalzeil, successors to Triplette and Kruse, which firm held the contract originally. Con- crete coldroom floors were installed by w. J. Manthey. The ivory walls, green and black woodwork and sparkling white surfaces of the meat department were painted by Walter D. Field, painting con- tractor.
 Electrical wiring and installations refrigeration eXcepted), were put in place by the Alaska Electric Light and Power Company. An automatic heating system, inde- pendent from the rest of the build ing, has been installed by Harri Machine Shop, plumbing and heat ing contractors.
 Plans for the new 2Oth Century Market were drawn by Foss and Malcolm, Juneau architects. Neon signs. inside and outside the build ing, are being manufactured by the Pratt Neon Company, of Juneau.