The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-09-26
SKAGWAY, HAYNES
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Mayor Hendrickson extended the best wishes of Juneau to the cities ; of Lynn Canal and suggested that the three cities being brought clos CT together by telephone will sim : plify their cooperation upon mu- tual problems. He promised Ju- 1 neau's support to Skagway and Haines. declaring it is felt in Ju- neau that anything concerning the Lynn Canal cities is a problem Of : all of us" He congratulated the lACS upon the success of its new | service.
 Mayor Carroll and Mayor King, lin answer to the Governor, both advised that their cities favor a ! vote for Statehood, a concensus i that the Governor said he had found throughout the Territory on I his recent trip. When told it was raining in Juneau, the two Lynn ! Canal mayors strove to out-gloat 1 each other on the good weather in their cities. Both claimed sunshine and clear skies, but Mayor Carroll admitted a north wind, which put Skagway one down to windless Haines.
 | They expressed the gratitude of their residents to the ACS for the telephone service. In thanking the officials for their participation in the inaugural ceremony, Capt. Buoy advised that the new cable circuit linking the three cities can also be hooked up by radio telephone tc Seattle. as was demonstrated by Col. Tullys participation.
 Submarine Cable
 The new service will be provided ever the. existing deep sea subma- rine cable laid by ACS many years ago to which has been recently added some of the fastest and most modern carrier type communica- ton equipment The new installa- ton involves the use of repeater stations at Sentinel Island and Fl idred Rock, as well as the addition of special equipment at Skagway. Tests conducted over these new ly installed circuits during the past few days indicate that the service will be similar to the high stand ards obtaining between cities in the United States. The actual work in the area was accomplish cd under the immediate supervision of It. Nels H. Ahlstrom and Rich ard Young, the communication en- gineer from headquarters ACS in Seattle. The cableship Lenior was used to make the necessary changes lin the cable in the area.
 Long Range Program
 Headquarters ACS in Seattle em- lphasizes the fact that a long range program is now under way in
 Southeast Alaska to improve overall
 telephone and telegraph communi- cations within that area. The Jul neau- -Skagway circuit is the thirc , segment in the plan. The first was between Metlakatla and Ketchikar
 opened in late July and the secone between Wrangell and Petersburg
 opened in August. The overall plar
 rroVideS for Oueninp other cOmDar. atively short distance telephone cir
 cults as equipment can be install
 ed with the eventual connecting III
 of the whole system to give depen. dable telephone service between al of the cities in Southeast Alaska At a later date these various seg ments will then be connected int Juneau and Ketchikan in such
 manner as to permit telephone ser
 vice to any part of the United States.
 Plans are also under way lookini
 toward the establishment of tele : phone service between Southeas ' Alaska and the Fairbanks-A Anchor
 age area Details on this part o :, the plan are not yet available. ! The rates for commercial tele phone service between main point
 are as follows; Day Night Juneau -Haines sl.50-50 $12O-4
 Ketchikan- -Haines 240-80 2.10-7 | r-n nn I