The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 14, 1929, Page 8

NELSON BLDG. CONTRACT LET TO WARRACK CO. Plans Call for Two Story Concrete and Steel Structure Here The Warrack Construction Com- pany, of Seattle, Wash., which was low bidder, among four companies submittting bids, was awarded the contract for the construction of the building to be erected by N. G. Nelson on his triangle corner prop- erty on Front and Franklin Streets, Mr. Nelson said today. Work on the two-story, concrete and steel structure will begin as soon as the contractors and mater- jals arrive here, and it is expected to be completed in three months, Mr. Nelson said. J. B. Warrack, with his fore- man, will arrive in Juneau on the steamer Aleutian, according to a cable received by Mr. Nelson this morning. Equipment left by the Warrack Construction Company at Seward, where they recently com- pleted a contract, has been ordered shipped to Juneau, the message stated. Building As Planned The building will be completely fireproof and will have a glazed tile front with porcelain finish, terra cotta sills and cement floors. There will be three stories on the first floor, two facing on Front Street and one opening from the corner, while on the second floor will be a store, with the entrance on Franklin Street, and 13 offices. The entrance to the offices will be directly opposite the Gastineau Hotel. In the basement will be the boiler and oil burning furnace, large enough to provide heat for the Nelson building on the other side of Front Street. The building will be trianglar, with 135 feet fronting on Franklin Street, 90 feet on Front Street and 100 feet parallel to the First National Bank Building. While at this time, the plans call for a two story building, it will be prepared for the addition of a third story, Mr. Nelson said. First Floor Stores Facing Front Street, next to the First National Bank, on the first floor will be the largest store in the building. It will have a 26 foot frontage on Front Street and go right through to Franklin Street. The center store will be the small- est of the three and has a 22-foot frontage and is about 70 feet deep, according to the plans. The cor- ner store will open from the corner and will extend for 30 feet on Front Street and 60 feet on Frank- lin Street. All of the stores will have attractive entrance and large plate glass windows. All of the lighting and plumbing fixtures in the building will be the latest thing, Mr. Nelson said. The offices will be particularly ac- cessable, as with the entrance on Franklin, there will be few steps to climb from the street. Plans for the building were drawn by Charles V. Rueger and C. J. Brady, architects, Seattle, Wash,, and bids were submitted by Krause and Semple and Hans Berg and James Larsen, Juneau contractors, the Robinson Coustruction Com- pany of Seattle, and the Warrack Construction Company of the same city. Mr. Warracks is no new comer to Alaska, as his company has built many structures in Southeast Al- aska, Juneau and Ketchikan, and other towns. Mr. Nelson is leaving for Ket- chikan on the steamer Alaska later this week. After a few days in Ketchikan he will continue to Se- attle to visit with relatives for a| short time. e FUNERAL TOMORROW The funeral of John Halonen, who committed suicide last week in his cabin on Douglas Island, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Resurrection Luther- an Church. The Rev. C. E. Rice will officiate at the services. The C. W. Carter Mortuary has charge of the funeral. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. e New, select line of visiting cards at The Empire. e s ereeeee FILMS Kodak Supplies Winter and Pond Service Always Ready To Serve You Company H. M. HOLLMANN R. R. HERMANN Phone 33 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1929. V ar Legislature passed a measure cre- Wickersham Warns ating it, making it elective, it re- Auditor, Treasurer, fused to appropriate money for a 7 ,|salary, and that, lacking an emer- To Hold l']) "’"O'w»‘ |gency clause, it does not become a |law for 90 days after the Legisla- |ture adjourned. The office of Highway Engineer paid from the appropriation provid- |was created in 1923 by the Legis- ed therefor and from no other lature and the Territorial Road fund.’ | Commission authorized to fill it by “Section 19, Article II, makes it appointment. It has been held the crime of embezzlement for the since that time by Mr. Sommers, Treasurer to pay out money in his and the salary and contingent ex- possession as Treasurer in violation | penses have been paid out of the of this Act.” | appropriation for roads and trails |made at each succeeding session of i {the Legislature. ~Wickersham as- Continuing Wickersham's k'uex"”,,.,s this is not legal and that, declared: Isince therc is no direct appropria- “In view of these drastic Pro- yi,; for the office, no salary can visions of the law your attention|, paid to Engineer Sommers. is directed to the first three items Cole Seeks Ruling in Chapter 120, Sesslon Laws of| Aygitor Cole submitted the Wick- 1929, being the general appropria- [ orsnam letter to Attorney General tion bill. These items attempt 0| p,stoarq for an official opinion. Bpproprmtc the rupds of the rm’-:,rhe latter said today he had not ritory for the additional salary tOly... aple to consider the matter in the Secretary of Governor, andi.y oe jpo phases. for his clerk and stenographer.| ' oacirer Smith had no comment These are not a “legal chargely, nage gince all salary warrants against the Territory,” and lh(!‘arc drawn up and issued by the Auditor will violate the law by al- Auditor, the question of their pay- lowing them; they are not made| .ot will not confront the Treas- “in pursuance of laws authorlzing |, . yntil the Auditor has taken (Continued irom Pag: One) At acks Governor's Office the payment thereof,” and the|,.iqn Treasurer will violate the law by Gov. Parks declined to do more paying them. than to point to the decision of ; Appropriations covering these| y 450 Reed in the former case identical items were attacked tWO|ypich ne apparently considers guid- vears ago by Wickersham in a suit g, Engineer Sommers was in- filed to enjoin their payment. The|jneq to regard the attack on his case was heard on demurrer before'o .. official status as a joke. the late Judge T. M. Reed in the — i local Federal district court. On] May 28, 1927, in a lengthy decision | covering these and other points, DOOR bpi(l;gsEE ABTB HOP Judge Reed upheld the validity of | It was announced today that a the items, concluding: “I am of the opinion that the| appropriation for the salary of the | qoorprize of silver tea set will be Secretary to the Governor and the auarded at the baseball dance of appropriations for the Governor's the Moose to be given on Saturday office for an extra clerk and 2 nipht May 25, in the Southeast stenogrdapher are valid.” Alaska Fair Building. Engineer New Issue | T AR The question of payment of the| capt. and Mrs., J. Smith .were salary of Highway Engineer Som-|passengers for Juneau on the Rog- mers was not raised in the Wicker- lers, He is in the north to take sham suit of 1927. It presents a the position of keeper of the Point new issue. Judge Wickersham Retreat Light. contends that there is no authority —_———————— anywhere for payment of a salary Commercial job printing at The for that office; that although the Empire. Most all residential fires are roof fires. You will have roofed for the last time and can forget roof troubles forever if you cover the roof with Asbestos Shingles Made of natural asbestos rock they are absolutely fireproof and everlasting. Do not confuse asbestos shingles with shingles of semi-fireproof or fire-resisting qualities and lim- ited to guarapteed length of service. Better put in a little more money on the roof at first cost—it will pay back many times. We will gladly show you samples of various colors and quote prices laid on the roof. G. E. KRAUSE | Manufacturer of Concrete Products | Dealer in Cement, Lime, Wood Lath, Metal Lath, Firebrick, : Fireclay, Plaster, Sand and Gravel and other heavy building | materials. | D. V. F. D. BASEBALL DANCE DOUGLAS NATATORIUM Thursday Evening—May 16th A HARD TIME DANCE Music by Serenaders Gentlemen $1.00 Late Ferry i | ? Juneau Drug E { i ! { Free Delivery s0 0000 LR BN Y ) . TODAY’S STOCK . . QUOTATIONS . e0 e s 00000000 NEW YORK, May 14—Alaska Junecau mine stock is quoted today at 6, American Smelting 101 Cudahy 52, General Motors 79 Gold Dust 62%, Mack Trucks 100%, Missouri 92%, National Pow- er and Light 53, Texas Corpor: tion 64%, U. S. Steel 178, Bethl hem Steel 107, Continental Motors 20%, Mathieson Alkali 51%, Inter- national Paper A 28, International Paper B 167, Stewart-Warner 74’2 s AERINE. J. D. ANSTI'Y RETURNS TO SKAGWAY POST FOR SEASON J. D. Anstey, agent of the Pacific Steamship Company at Skagway, is a returning passenger north on the Admiral Rogers. He is returning | from the south where he was with the head office a part of the win- ter. During the early winter, Mr. Anstey relieved Brice Howard of the Juneau office while the latter was on vacation. During his stay in the .States he made a vacation trip to the East. Mrs. Anstey will come north at a later date. - -eoe LIONS CLUB WILL MEET TOMORROW NOON, ARCADE The Juneau Lions Club will ho; its regular weekly meeting at noon Wednesday at the Arcade Cafe. All members are requested to be pres- ent. - - Commercial job printing at The Empire. e ALL LINES OF BEAUTY] CULTURE Beautiful Leon Oil Method of Permanent Waving ALSIE WILSON, Operator Matchless Eugene Permanent Wavi MARGARET LINDSAY Operator We Aim to Please American Beauty Parlor | conference. i the session, the House journal con- MINING LOSES THROUGH ERROR INENROLLMENT Mistake inEro]ling Bill Cuts $5,000 Off from One Appropriation An oversight by the Enrollment and Engrossment Committee of the late House of Representatives ap- parently has set back mining in- vestigations in Alaska the sum of $5,000. The Legislature passed a measure appropriating $25,000 for that work during the next two years, but it was enrolled as $20,000, signed by the Governor for that amount, and that is all the money that can be expended: As passed originally by the House, Bill No. 64, by Mr. Tarwater, ap- propriated $30,000 for mining in- vestigations and allied activities which are carried on under the di- rection of B. D. Stewart, Federal Mining Supervisor. The Senate cut it down to $20,000, and the House refused to concur in the amendment. The measure was sent to free On the 59th day of tains a report of the conferees which recommended that the ap- propriation be fixed at $25,000. This report was approved by both the Senate and House. Clearly the Legislature passed the bill for that amount. But the copy that went to the Governor and which he signed called for but $20,000. And | e Attorney General had held in- formafly that the law is the law,| and only that which is in the meas- | ure signed by the Governor can be | read into the law. That being the | case Mr. Stewart has $5,000 less to expend during the next two years | than was intended by the Legis- | lature. OUTLOOK FOR GAME TONIGHT NOT GOOD With cloudy weather prevailing throughout the day and an increas- | ing tendency toward rain this aft- ernoon, it was regarded as extreme- ly doubtful if the scheduled league ball game between the American Legion and Moose would be played this evening. Weather man Mize had forecast rain and it seemed | d Colds Vapors inhale uickli clear he: = \_ ) v ch . OVER 2| MILLION JARS USED YEARLY likely that it would be fulfilled. | Should weather conditions per- mit, however, the game will start promptly at 6:30 pm. In case of postponement, the game will be played off the first evening weather is fine and it will not interfere with the regular schedule. 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SHEET METAL Snake Authority Is Killed by Infuriated Reptile NEW YORK, May 14— One of the world’s leading authorities on snakes is dead, the victim of an in- furiated mate of a rattle- snake just captured by Charles Synder, former head reptile keeper of the Bronx Zoo. He died while aid was reaching him. ee e o 0000000 ADMIRAL ROGERS NORTH; TOURISTS ON ROUND TRIP Steamer Admiral Rogers docked from the south at 1 o'clock this afternoon. Starting with this north- ward trip of the vessel, Capt. J. E. Coleseth is in command and will hold that post over the season. He is wellknown in the north having last year been skipper of the Cura- co and for several years captain of other Admiral line ships. A. M. Warney is purser aboard the Admiral Rogers and will be in that capacity during the season. Warney has held the purser’s of- fice aboard Admiral Line ships ply- ing between California ports and Seattle and Portland during the past winter. northbound and the trip was a pleasant ore for the several tour- ists who are passengers making the roundtrip aboard. Passengers to arrive ai Juneau California Grocery COLD MEATS CANNED MEATS SANDWICH SPREADS RELISHES, ete. Everything for Picnics Phone 478 Fine weather was encountered | 'abontd the Admiral Rogers were: Iun. Forrest Fennesy, Mrs. Ellen Boyle, Mr. and Mrs. Nunamaker, | George Waltz, E. Rishes, Mrs. A. P. | Asquith, Mrs. A. M. Kelley, A. J.| Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. | (F. Rogers, Mora White, George Shintada and Mrs. E. Shintada. o Mrs. Chris Johnson, Mrs. E. Mar- I o J. Smith, |gentative for the Crane Cdmpany, returned Admiral The ship was scheduled to sail for /in the north a short time ago in WHO'S WHC i D WHERE | B4 George Waltz, traveling repre- aboard Waltz to Juneau Rogers. Mr. th was A A TN |the Triangle Route at 3:15 o'clock [sales capacity and comes north this afternoon. | TOURISTS ABOARD again in that same connection. e Commercial jJob printing at The = = = 2 & The start of the tourist season appears to be marked with the ar- | irival north of the steamer Admiral Rogers. Several roundtrippers arcl aboard for the early season pleas- | ure jaunt. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Anderson, of San Francisco, are enthusiastic in their comment of the pleasurable, x‘wea'.her experienced on the north trip. Mr. Anderson is Claim Agent | {for the Southern Pacific Railroad | with headquarters at San Francis-| co. Mr. and Mrs. H. Dishon are sec- ing Alaska for their first time. Mr.t Dishon is advertising manager for Philco Products on the West Coast. | | Miss Orla Robbles and the Misses L. and A. Frohmader, all of Taco- ma, are on a short vacation. The young ladies are enjoying the cruise heartily. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Comer, of St. | Paul, are roundtrippers. 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