The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 29, 1934, Page 7

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1934 City Manager Makes Report Year’s Progress gn It f OUF S By Mayor L. Go By Maxor |, Lo EIN L As the mbinicipal’ Hscal _\"'mr"draws to a close, a brief review of the principal, phases of the most copstructive period in Juneau's history will be wppreciated by: our citizens. Outstanding 'in size and importance have been the public improve- ment projects;primarily started for the relief of unemployment. The Federal Gowernment, through the PWA and CWA agencies under the ehie directicer:of :the Alaska Road Commission, has disbursed more han $80:000 \in/labor and imaterial on the Willoughby Avenue rock fill; the) imprevement of @ Giold: Greek: by clearing the channel and builditig rock revetments for flood control;, the building of two concrete bridges cover! Gold Creek; 'installing sewers; (creating a public park and pliyground in :Evergreen Bowl; improvement of the Cemetery and the teregoing and: Beautification of the grade school grounds. &l of. these projects, which haye served fo literally transform a large .area of ‘the:city, were launched at the request and upon the initiative of the (City authoritiés, who were quick to grasp the oppor- tunities offered by 'the liberal policies .of the natienal administration tostimulate naticnal economic. recovary. Public Works Improvements Willoughby Avenue Improved On the nm}'ning thliowidg the' fadio’ annonticément’ that the Fod- cral (Govérnment would undertake public works:for municipalities and States; Mayor Goldstein called on Governer Troy and made & formal request Yor $50,000 to provide for the filling ¢f Willoughby Avenue by rushed vock for the elimination of the unsightly,” dangerous ‘and noisy trestle forming | that thoreughfare. | And, thanks to. Governor Troy's and' Delegate Dimond’s.influence and unremitting eéfforts. and the Mayor's: enterprise: and -initiative, came the announcement weeks later that-$42,000-had been set aside for the project, almost before lny‘uody\ in Junean 'was aware of what was {ranspiring. X Later $10,000.was addeéd to complete the thoroughfare through to lowet Franklin Strest at Admiral Way. Right of way over a patt of thissection. had 'to be purchased, 4t a net cost to the wcity of about $3,000, property owners donating about $2,100. ' Prior to'the inauguration of the Government work, the City had spent nearly $5,000 on: rock fills nea tha foot of Main' Street- and at the western end of the trestle as & start toward the permanent improvement of «the thoroughfare; whose ‘maintenance cost has been about'$4,000 a year. Work has been started on a concrete bridge over Gold Creek on Willduighby Avenue. When this job is finished and the surfacing of the meadway completed the Government will have spent $52,000 on this magnificent. highway which stretches for nearly a mile along Juneaw's waterfront. . Rock hauling from the A-J bunkers constituted the major part of the expense of filling in Willoughby Avenue. It was first planned to jet out the work on bids, but at the urgent suggestion of Mayor Goldstein the Alaska Road Commission decided to parcel out the work among' all the truck owners of the city on a basis that would permit fair wages for everybody and distributing the meney fo theé greatest possiblé extent. Competitive bidding undoubtedly would have reduced the cost of the work but it was recognized that the value of the under- taking“as a measure of unemployment relief would have been therby ceriously 'impaired. Gold Creek Flood Menace Removed The work of clearing the channel in Gold Creéek of the rocks that nce cluttered its bottom and the protection of the banks started out as a comparatively simple praject for flood gontrol, but it has deyeloped nto an undertaking of great size and impertance. - Toeday -the 25-foot ‘hannel is free from boulders, and the rock revetments stretching on both sides of the stream from Willoughby Avenue to Calhoun Road | bridge 'have transformed an eye-sore and potential flood menace into & thing' of beauty and utility. Shattuek Addition has now been definitely eliminated. Nearly $23,000 has been spent for labor by the Alaska Road Com- mission” on the ‘Gold Creek improvement. The City has: furnished tools, material and supplies for this work at a cost of more than $1,500. Tke) P. Taylor, Chief Engineer, and Hawley Sterling, = Assistant Engineer, of the Alaska Road Commission, and James Larsen, foreman, deserve a world of credit for the planning and carrying out of this sreat project. Concrete Bridge at 9th Street Another important co-operative project is'the new concrete bridge that has replaced the dilapidated woeden structure spanning Gold Creek at Ninth Street. The total cost of this bridge will be about 4,000, of which the City assumes the cost of material, gbout $2500; the Fede-al Government furnishing the labor at a cost £1,500. New Park and Playground on Bowl, the hitherto neglected spot on the . ; the Basin, into a great public playground and childien of the community was undertaken by the wader (ke dircetion of Frank: Heintzleman at the request the work was taken over by the CWA 1. in progress. More than $8,000 has been spent on leveling oif -a playgruond area, draining the land, e making a. real beauty spot and recrea- ren and grownups. The City has furnished 1t of $250 for this project to date. 1 by the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company generously secd, through: Superintendent L. H. Metzgar, City to use the area for park and playground purposes. A forma! lease has been signed by Mr. Metzgar and Mayor Goldstein covering thc matter. which has Many Sewer Improvements ; | Badly needed sewer facilities in the Ca!y-shattuck Addition and the Seatter Tract have been made possible through 'the cooperative efforts of the Federal Government and;the City, on the basis of .dividing the labor and material costs. -When the present work is completed there .will be no more sewers. emptying into Gold Creek. The CWA labor cost on this sewer work has run well over $4,000 to date. ‘Including these co-operative projects, and the installation of pew sewers on Willoughby Avenue, Franklin Street and other sections, a totad of 6,750 feet—the cost to the City has been $7,500. It was not intended te: construct theseé sewers until this spring and summer, when. weather econditions would be mmore favarable, but the opportunity to seeure CWAuJabor without eost to the city made an immediaté start advisable. The unexpected demand cleaned. out the local..stoeks of concrete pipe, and .it was. necessary for Juneau dealers' to purchase additional pipe in Seattle, for which the City allowed eost plus 10%. Incidentally, it may be remarked here that through its policy of calling for bids on jobs of any size the City of Juneau was able to save considerable money on its concrete requirements the past year. Indian Village Improved The appearance and sanitation of the Indian Village were vastly improved - last summer by the filling in with rock of the main street leading ‘off - Willoughby - Avenue and the installation of : &/ sewage system and publio: tollets. - This work was done with City funds -and under the supervision: of City authorities, and .the cost, approxiniately $2,100, was later reimbursed by the Federal Government. :Three street lights were installed in the village by the Clty, & greatly appreciated convenience .by the residents. ’ e It is to be hoped tnat Congress will take early and favorable action on the dredging of the proposed safety harbor for small boats, in the vicinity of the village, sponsored by the Juneau Chamber *of Commerce and endorsed and supperted by the City administration, as this project will make possible the filling in of the tideland area on the land side of the new Willoughby Avenue rock fill. The proposed A fhan AR of v wew WHATRLED Avente # D00 e Bropused The danger from floods in the Casey- | of about | WOk Would be undertaken as & purely Government job and iio expei]seK to property owners will be entafled. Evergreen Cemetery Improved i Much imprbvefent Wofk has béen done in clearing ‘brush in Ever- | green Cemetery. The grave mounds in parts of the plot have been leveld off with a view to planting the area to grass in the spring and’ ~reate a park-like effeef. ' Most of the labor 'has been suppliea} by the CWA. t | School Grounds Beautified The latest project to invite the joint efforts of Federal Govern-l ment and City is the improvement of the upper part of the grade | school grounds. * The unsightly mass of dirt, stumps and rocks is | being transformed into attractive terraces spaced by a serles of | ornamental: rock walls and later will be planted to shrubs, flowers | and grass. The old 'wooden sidewalk on Sixth Street is to be. torn | out and replaced by a concrete¢ walk. The City is furnishing muls\ and trucks needed on this work, which will probably represent a cost in labor to the Government of $2,000. | Gastineau Channel Bridge | The past month has witnessed starting of work on the Govern- | ment bridge across Gastineau Channel to Douglas Island. This im»l provement will furnish employment to a large number of men this | summer. It is likely that the City will be -called upon to improve the | approaches to the bridge, which will have its mainland terminus on | Tenth Street. The Proposed Bond Issue The City Council, as is well known, has applied to the Public Works Administration for a loan of not to exceed $100,000 in the (m‘m! of bonds,'to defray the cost of paving over 30 blacks of streets, con-| structing concréte sidewalks, bridges and bulkheads, sewers, garhngi'; incinerator, ‘etc. - This loan would be made on the basis of the| Government making a free grant to the City of 30% ef the labor and material cost, the balance to be paid back in 25 years—or sooner, if desired—at 4% /interest A ‘resolution authorizing the bond issue has been introduced in| Congress by Delegate Dimond and is expeeted to pass at this session. | Part of the money has been allotted by the PWA and it is thought the full amount will be available soon. Only citizens who were on the 1933 tax assessment rolls will be permitted ‘to vote on this bond issue nex! Tuesday. The ‘authorizing bill in Congress sanctions the bond issue without the approval of the voters of the city. ' This provision was inserted to avoid the possibility of delay at Washington, but the CGity Council decided to put the| question up to the votérs for approval and abide by their dncis'mn.“ Fifty-five per cent of the voters must approve the bond issue to make | thé decision binding in ‘the opinion of the members of the Council. | Sentiment overwhelmingly in favor of the loan, which is recognizéd as = rare opportunity for the City to get needed public improvements at.70% of the usual cost, with the interest carrying charge' less than the mainténance costs ‘that permanent improvement of the streets and structures involved will eliminate. The relief that fsuch a large works program will give 'the uneémployment situation !m Juneau is also an important factor in favor of the loan. | Until the' PWA loan matter is defniitely determined, which should !nm be long delayed, the City’s improvement program for the coming | | vear must necessarily be held in abeyance to some extent. But it is | earnestly (to be hoped that in any event the City will continue to | make such public improvements, to the fullest extent of its financial | | ability, %that ‘will furnish much needed work for its citizéns and | strengthen Juneau’s ' position as the 'solidest, most up-to-date and | attractive city in Alaska. i Fhe Capital City is no longer a mere fishing village, a frontier | minifig town, but it has developed into a modern litle city that is | becoming increasingly conseious of civie pridé and the importance of | making the community attractive to its own people and' to visitors. H is companied by her son and daugh»: ‘ANDERSON HJNERAL ter, arriv rom Petersburg on the SERVICES TOMORROW vicioria 3 dhia the i ol | husband and father. e —————— 1 Funeral services for John B | Anderson, wha died Tuesday from | |the shock after falling from a gas- boat in Gastineau Channel enroute | Tim and Tom Vogel passed from Douglas to Juneau, will be| ' "" | through Juneau aboard the Vie-| held tomorrow afternoon at 2 °“torm enroute to Haines to prepare | clock from the C. W. Carter Mor- i iviti t) - tuary Chapel, Rev. Erling (K. Ol | o soprs activities for the com afson officiating. Interment will be in the Evergreen Cemetery. Mrs. Anderson, the widow, ac- | VOGELS GO TO STATES i R RN Daily Empire Want Ads Pay | | | | [ | | e DO - DOUGLAS | " NEWS | TWO DOUBLAS TICKETS ARE NOW IN FIELD A. E. Johnson to Oppose A. E. Goetz for Mayor —Other Filings Made Heading a second complete tick-} et for Mayor and with' Council- man, Aaron E. Johnson filed his candidacy for the former just be- fore noon yesterday, with A. F.; Granberg, Robert DuPree and Adolph Hirsch for Councilmen: They have styled themselves as the Progressives and are opposing the so-called People's Ticket composed of Albert E. Gioetz for Mayor and | Joe Reidi, James Sey and Hans| Loken for Council, - filed several| days ago. | Mrs. Richard McCormick entered the race yesterday for membership| on the School Board against W.| E. Feero and Robert Bonner Jr.! who had previously filed their can- didacies Ll Registration reached an exact 200 up to moon yesterday. With! a contest on it is expected quite, a number more names are expect- ed to be added before the books close Saturday night. ——————————— DAVE BROWN REAL CHANNEL PIONEER Thirty-nine years on the Chan- nel were recorded yesterday by Dave Brown, mill foreman at the Alaska Juneau. On 'March 28, 1895, Mr. Brown first arrived at Treadwell. “And what an enor- mous volume of water has flowed under the bridge since then,” Mr., Brown remarked. “Then Treadwell was just in its infancy, with the 240 mill and a few stamps only falling at the Mexican.” “There was a foot and a half of snow on the ground” said Mr. Brown. But as rugged as the mountains, Brown hopes to seé¢ a greater future still for the towns on Gastineau Channel. sl Daily Empire Want Ads Pay DANCE WEDNESDAYS SATURDAYS Mandarin Ball Room Revelers e ASK FOR PEERLESS QUALI SLICED BR 3 ©® AT ALL GROCERS n X EAD PEERLESS BAKERY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been duly | appbinted School Tax Collector for | the City of Juneau in conformity with ¢ Chapter 29, Alaska Session | Laws, 1919, | All male persons between the | ages of twenty-one and fifty ycars.f exeept soldfers, sailors in U. 8. Navy or Revenue Cutter Service, | voluntéer Firemen, paupers anfl’ [ NOTICE TO"PAY SCHOOL TAX| i insané" persons, are subject to tax in sum of Five Dol:ars ($5.00). Should''you be living in Alaska | on or prior to the first Monday | in April, 1934, said tax shall be due and pdyable on said first danej and shall' be delinquent after May 1, 1034, Should you arrrve in Alaska later | than' first date above ‘mentioned, tax will ‘be ‘delinquent thirty (30) | days after. yout arrival, or within | ten (10) days after notice is given | you. | All persons, firms or corporations, | employing ' labor shall furnish lislj of employeés to collector and are| authorized by law to deduct amount | of tax from wages of employees. Fines and imprisonment are pro- vided by the Act above quoted for those who fail or neglect to' pay tax or furnish list of employees. | Dated at Juneau, Alaska, March | 22, 1934, i A. W. 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