January 27, 1969

WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE… in the street… under the street… but not in the pipes, so City of Haines maintenance men spent their Saturday locating a water main break under the new blacktop of Second Avenue. By the time they had located it and patched it, the city was out of water.

To everyone’s surprise, as soon as the patch had been made, the water returned even to the highest houses, which has…