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ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1965
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Than ever- is this vital link in. the !
chain of t.@nsportation that as-
oving of cargo from
your doorstep.
SERVING ALL UNITS
THAT SERVE ALASKA
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e TRUCKS e RAIL .~
• PLANE • PIPE LINES
TEAMWORK THAT IN SAVINGS FOR
PAYS ALL
By providing the heart of Alaska with direct low cost transporta
tion -:- the Port of Anchorage assures economic benefits for all
Alaska- BENEFITS THAT WILL GROW WITH THE EXPANSION
OF THE PORT.
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Military Project Is Endorsed By Cha111ber Board
Directors of the Greater An- paid over a seven-year period. chorage Chamber of Com.merce The military "can't afford" gave unanimous , support today to pay the per-barrel tl:Jn)ygh· to a $5 million military petrole- put charge m -, Anchoraj~e.'·'he urn pipeline between Whittier added. · and Anchorage. The City _ of Anchorage "Pit
Although the Cbamber is sup- Commission has taken no stand porting a city bond issue to for or against the pipeline, how· build a new petroleum do~ ever, the Anchorage City Coun- • here, Claire Bank,s, Chamber cil has asked that additional manager, said be feels the study be given to the military's Chamber's board .believes that plans. the local economy, c,annot- be -----placed ahead of the expressed needs of the military in this area. ,
Col. V. M. Witter, assistant chief of staff for supply and logistics, Alaskan . Command, detailed the military's pipeline proposal to the board this morning.
The board then adopted the following motion: "In view of the presentation (Witter's) .and · in view of the appe.rent long. term general benefit and very sound protective reason, move the board approve construe· tion of the pipeline."
Last week the board heard pipeline opposition from speakers representing the Chamber's port committee and labor.
Witter mentioned ice damage in Cook Inlet to mili,tary facilities and said the military regards Anchorage as a seasonal port compared to ice·free Whittier.
He said the pipeline had been under consider&Uon since before the March '!7 earthquake and that the recent Standard Oil · fire in the Port of Anchorage industrial park has caused the military to "take a closer look at the thing."
He said the pipeline could of-fer "in~urance" to the City of
. Anchorage in future years and '
. cited a recent example of a , private petroleum firm borroW·
ing 95,000 gallons of fuel from the military because of a fuel shortage here.
, Witter also cited the possibil: ity of strikes or other marine · labor problems and the city's 1 preferential berthing agreement ' with Sea-Land.
He said the pipeline :would be 1
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. Friday, Feb. 19. 1965 Anchorage Dally Tim• 9
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.New Fepders The- Anchorage Port Commis
sion haS'Vapproved he purchase of nine fender pilittgs at a cost· of ~l,!iCJD: - ·the first s~p in getti.ng . the Port o[ Anchorage n·un!t:lo~r terminal ready for sprlngtim~ operation. .
The commission 'also directed the port staff to go. ~head with p :---n in" for the ad~1~1on to twoto-four 12-inch fuel lures at the , , t.:>~l(. at. a cost estimated h' ween $35,000 and $78,000.
A tem}l9f~ry petrol~um d~ck u;ed . before the wm le_r lee 1 ~ ad in cannot be repaired, a ~:Jo:.csman said, makin~ .nee s~ ; 1 <he pipeline add1t10n to the poi t do~k.
The nine tendcr:t, ,to be placed at tl\e d~ f<Wii ~ill prote<;t ve~se1~ rism~ on an -mcome tide from beiD( clJ€ht under the doc!c .
The fuel Jin~s, if eventually approved, will be added t~ ~ne existing lOtinch and one ex1stmg 12-inch lirte alreauy there. These two line bel the She_ll Oil Co. and on :tbe HHnch . IS avrilable for use.,, all fuel shipp·
T h e commiSSIOn, Ill etin M. , luo .uo~eu tne po$S~lli ty the. pipeline cost mig~t financed from pqttt bond JSSU scheduled to be voted on March 9. It also was_ <>Ug&ested. t~at oil ~ompanies - might. be w!llmg to contl'ib.;.te to the cost. 1 · Two · · firms were
p}roved 01_1 ~he port dditlons. Th miSSIOn rec-mmended- t 1h~ dty. manag-
negotiate Vllb these firmsppetts • A~tt • McC~rthy
trattori and Earl and Wqghtd select · one to do the work. The firm chosen for the projt also will design and build
the port's proposed north extension and the new permanent petroleum dock.