Kodiak
                                   28 November 1945


     Late in January 1943 the Cableship Restorer arrived 

to lay the final sections of the submarine cable to

Whittier.  The ship had instructions to land the cable

in Mill Bay however, on examination of the chart for that 

area the ship's officers decided that it would, be ex-

tremely difficult to get the end ashore at that point due 

to the feet that the Restorer could not approach closer

than 1.5 miles to the beach.  A request was sent to Seattle 

asking that the ship be allowed to land the cable in 

Monashka Bay.  This request was granted, with the provisio

that the landline connection to the office in Kodiak 

be finished in such time that the completion of the overall 

circuit to Whittier would not be delayed.  An excellent 

landing site had previously been surveyed on Monashka Bay 

about two miles from Kodiak village.  The landing was made

without incident and a landline was established by string-

ing #14 drop wire on trees,  The wire had to be carried in 

by men on snowshoes.  A trench was dug between the landing

and the village and two each three-conductor cables were 

laid in the late spring of 1943, the second cable to be 

used as a landline for the cable to Cold Bay, which was 

laid in the spring of 1944.

     The civilian crew which was hired in the village was 

reduced to six or seven men when the fishing season started 

in May 1043.  For a period during the summer of 1943 no 

civilians were on the Job.  This was due to a misunder-

standing with Seattle headquarters which was not cleared

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