Digital Bob Archive

10 September 1980

NOVEMBER 15, 1894-Winter and Pond, photographers, have returned after spending two months at the Chilkat villages where they took pictures of the potlatch dances.

The Rev. F. Livingstone Jones conducted his first service at the Log Cabin Church last Sunday.

James Smith and James Patten have had their arastra running steadily on Montana Creek with good results.

NOVEMBER 22, 1894-A rich gold strike is reported on Turnagain Arm near the head of Cook Inlet and a number of Juneau miners are preparing to go there in the Spring.

O. H. Adsit, merchandise broker, has begun the construction of a two-story building 24 x 45 feet at the corner of Third and Main streets. He will use it as a sample room for his merchandise.

Jack Arvey, who has had the Takou Consolidated mine and mill under lease since August has closed it down for the winter. His clean-up for the run of 54 days was $6,970.

NOVEMBER 29, 1894-William Ebner has completed construction of a double cable return bucket tramway from the Dora mine to the Takou Consolidated mill. The tramway is 1,350 feet long and is 400 feet above the ground where it crosses Basin Road. Ebner will start up the mill on Dora ore in a few days and will run it whenever the weather permits during the winter. There are presently 400 tons of ore on the dump.

DECEMBER 13, 1894-The grand jury now meeting in Juneau has recommended in its report to Judge Truitt that if Congress appropriates money for a capitol building in Alaska that it be built in Juneau because of its location, population and wealth.

Y. Kawakami has opened a Japanese store in the building formerly occupied by E. L. Walsh and is supplied with a variety of merchandise.

A piledriver is at work at the foot of Seward Street driving a foundation for the new Decker Bros. store. This will be a two-story building of considerable size. Edward O. ?Ned? Decker came to Juneau in 1882 and mined on Gold Creek for five years before opening his store on the south edge of town, near the old wharf. His brother, Jay, joined him shortly afterward and their business has grown continually, necessitating the larger building.

The Juneau Fire Association has purchased 600 feet of standard fire hose and two hose reels and has placed several new high pressure fire hydrants around town.