The Way We Were

March 5, 1925

The rivers and harbors bill containing an appropriation of $500,000 for the dredging of Wrangell Narrows has been passed by Congress and signed by President Calvin Coolidge, according to a cablegram received by the publisher of the Sentinel from Alaska’s congressional delegate, Dan Sutherland. There are 14 reefs or shoals in the 21-mile channel between Sumner Strait and Frederick Sound. The project which has now been authorized calls for the first four stages of work. This will result in the removal of the worst five of the reefs, which will afford over half of the relief expecte...