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  TelepJione 
  to 
  Garden 
  Cove. 
  — 
  The 
  need 
  of 
  telephone 
  connection 
  with 
  

   Garden 
  Cove, 
  on 
  St. 
  George, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  three 
  landing 
  places 
  on 
  the 
  

   island, 
  about 
  2 
  J 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  village, 
  has 
  long 
  been 
  felt. 
  Last 
  fall 
  

   a 
  small 
  frame 
  house 
  8 
  by 
  12 
  feet 
  was 
  set 
  up 
  there 
  and 
  telephone 
  wire 
  

   strung 
  from 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  village. 
  The 
  lumber 
  for 
  the 
  house 
  was 
  cut 
  to 
  

   length 
  in 
  the 
  village 
  shop 
  and 
  then 
  carried 
  on 
  the 
  backs 
  of 
  the 
  men 
  

   to 
  Garden 
  Cove 
  and 
  set 
  up. 
  Necessary 
  telephone 
  posts 
  were 
  obtained 
  

   from 
  the 
  abandoned 
  line 
  to 
  Staraya 
  Artel. 
  This 
  work 
  was 
  done 
  by 
  

   the 
  natives 
  without 
  compensation. 
  

  

  Zapadni 
  watch 
  house. 
  — 
  Tlie 
  watch 
  house 
  at 
  Zapadni 
  was 
  originally 
  

   a 
  sod 
  house; 
  that 
  is, 
  a 
  frame 
  structure 
  banked 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  eaves 
  with 
  

   sod. 
  The 
  house 
  was 
  greatly 
  in 
  need 
  of 
  repairs; 
  the 
  roof 
  leaked 
  and 
  

   much 
  of 
  the 
  planking 
  was 
  rotten. 
  It 
  gave 
  very 
  little 
  protection 
  to 
  

   the 
  native 
  guards, 
  who 
  live 
  in 
  it 
  from 
  June 
  until 
  November 
  of 
  each 
  

   year. 
  Tliis 
  spring 
  a 
  new 
  shmgle 
  roof 
  was 
  put 
  on, 
  new 
  studding 
  put 
  

   in 
  the 
  wall, 
  and 
  the 
  whole 
  building 
  double 
  weatherboarded 
  after 
  

   removing 
  the 
  former 
  sod 
  walls. 
  The 
  house 
  is 
  now 
  tight 
  and 
  warm. 
  

   The 
  lumber 
  for 
  this 
  work 
  was 
  cut 
  to 
  length 
  in 
  the 
  village 
  and 
  hauled 
  

   on 
  sleds 
  the 
  5 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  village 
  to 
  Zapadni. 
  This 
  was 
  also 
  

   "community 
  work," 
  i. 
  e., 
  work 
  without 
  compensation. 
  

  

  Wharf 
  at 
  village 
  landing. 
  — 
  The 
  old 
  wharf 
  was 
  a 
  light 
  frame 
  struc- 
  

   ture 
  lashed 
  to 
  the 
  rocks, 
  forming 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  landing 
  slip. 
  It 
  had 
  

   to 
  be 
  taken 
  up 
  each 
  fall. 
  Last 
  fall 
  a 
  heavy 
  sea 
  carried 
  the 
  structure 
  

   away. 
  Instead 
  of 
  puttmg 
  in 
  a 
  landing 
  like 
  the 
  old 
  one 
  it 
  was 
  deter- 
  

   mined 
  to 
  build 
  a 
  large 
  permanent 
  landing, 
  the 
  fronts 
  on 
  the 
  water 
  to 
  

   be 
  of 
  concrete 
  and 
  the 
  whole 
  thing 
  filled 
  in 
  with 
  huge 
  bowlders 
  that 
  

   were 
  piled 
  on 
  the 
  end 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  rear 
  of 
  the 
  former 
  wharf. 
  In 
  prose- 
  

   cuting 
  this 
  work 
  40 
  barrels 
  of 
  Portland 
  cement 
  were 
  used 
  and 
  2,000 
  

   feet 
  of 
  lumber 
  of 
  various 
  kinds, 
  much 
  of 
  which 
  was 
  saved 
  from 
  the 
  

   old 
  wharf. 
  The 
  wharf 
  as 
  it 
  now 
  stands 
  has 
  a 
  frontage 
  on 
  the 
  landing 
  

   slip 
  of 
  40 
  feet, 
  and 
  running 
  at 
  right 
  angles 
  is 
  another 
  sea 
  front 
  of 
  40 
  

   feet, 
  the 
  two 
  forming 
  the 
  water 
  frontage 
  of 
  the 
  landing. 
  Over 
  2,000 
  

   square 
  feet 
  of 
  wharf 
  surface 
  is 
  secured, 
  on 
  which 
  the 
  bidarrahs 
  can 
  

   be 
  handled 
  and 
  cargo 
  landed. 
  The 
  former 
  wharf 
  afforded 
  less 
  than 
  

   500 
  square 
  feet 
  of 
  available 
  surface. 
  

  

  Over 
  three 
  weeks 
  were 
  required 
  to 
  complete 
  this 
  work. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  

   solid 
  structure 
  of 
  rock, 
  faced 
  with 
  walls 
  of 
  reinforced 
  concrete 
  and 
  

   will 
  withstand 
  the 
  ice 
  and 
  sea 
  and 
  always 
  be 
  ready 
  for 
  use. 
  The 
  only 
  

   expense 
  was 
  for 
  material, 
  the 
  work 
  being 
  done 
  by 
  the 
  natives 
  without 
  

   compensation. 
  

  

  Wharf 
  derrick 
  guys.— 
  The 
  galvanized-wire 
  derrick 
  guys 
  had 
  not 
  

   been 
  renewed 
  for 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  years 
  and 
  were 
  very 
  rusty 
  and 
  stranded 
  

   in 
  many 
  places. 
  New 
  guys 
  of 
  five-eighths 
  inch 
  galvanized 
  wire 
  were 
  

   put 
  on 
  the 
  derrick 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  boat 
  davits, 
  and 
  new 
  running 
  gear 
  also 
  

   was 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  latter. 
  The 
  whole 
  equipment 
  was 
  worked 
  over 
  and 
  

   put 
  in 
  the 
  best 
  of 
  condition. 
  

  

  