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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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In Washington, Congressman Dimond reported assurances that the pending rivers and harbors omnibus bill includes $341,000 for Kodiak cold storage and channel improvements, plus funds for Wrangell Narrows ($142,000), Stikine River snagging ($600), Petersburg Harbor ($59,100 with local match), and Egegik River deepening ($5,000).
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HARBOR IMPROVEMENT
WASHINGTON, May 6, (AP)—Dimond said Friday that he had been assured that the rivers and harbors omnibus bill now pending in committee in the House will include a total of three hundred forty-one thousand, with an additional outlay contingent on private sources. The building of a cold storage plant at Kodiak, if their requirements are met, and a channel twenty-two feet deep and two hundred feet wide will be authorized at Kodiak. Other appropriations are one hundred forty two thousand for the improvement of Wrangell Narrows; six hundred for snagging Stikine River; the improvement of Petersburg Harbor, provided the local interest put in eight thousand, for a small vessel harbor, fifty nine thousand one hundred has been appropriated; and five thousand to deepen and widen Egegik river.
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Washington
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May 6
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$341,000 total for kodiak including cold storage plant and 22-foot deep, 200-foot wide channel; $142,000 for wrangell narrows; $600 for stikine river snagging; $59,100 for petersburg harbor with $8,000 local contribution; $5,000 for egegik river deepening and widening.
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Dimond assured that the rivers and harbors omnibus bill pending in House committee includes appropriations for harbor and river improvements in Kodiak, Wrangell Narrows, Stikine River, Petersburg Harbor, and Egegik River, with some contingent on private or local sources.