The Way We Were

May 21, 1925

Col. Jas. G. Steese of the War Department held a public hearing in the town hall Monday afternoon on the matter of the survey for the extension of the Wrangell breakwater, harbor lines and other related matters authorized by the last river and harbor congressional appropriations bill. The hearing was well attended. The matter of extending the Wrangell breakwater was taken up first. It was the general consensus of opinion that the present breakwater is inadequate to give the needed protection. The matter of dredging the harbor was discussed at some length. All who spoke urged the d...