The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 2, 1934, Page 8

e SR RPN TR S S THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1934. ~ Cope, Mrs. Henry R.'Cross, Peter Carlson, Mrs. Peter Carlson Mrs. | E. 'H. Clifford, Frank Garnick, | Henry T. Hansen, H. M. Hollmann, Ina Johnson, Ed. Jewell, John RESUMES LUGAL Knudson, Rudolph A. Kapper, Mrs. T. J. McCaul, Andrew Moore. Mrs. |D. S. Roff, Frank RobéiTs; Mrs. 1 .iJames E. Smith, Joseph Simpson, | Robert Simpson, C. W. Tarsy, H. Vander Leest, Lloyd V. Winter, Judge Alexander Recon-| :—.’""— venes Term Here—Petit | s e Jury Penal Is Drawn |e e e e oo o eoeeee The Feaeral disurict court re- Gastineau convened here this morning after | jonn H. Armour; A. B. Hayes, an interim of several weeks, Judge | juneau: W. J. Manahan, Seattle; George F. Alexander presiding. |y and Mrs. E. A. Meyring, Se- Several civil suits are pending for |gattle: T. E. Conway, Taku Har- trial in e short time. bor; Bob W. Minard, Taku Har- The first of these, a suit under|por; Gordon Graham, Seattle; Bill the Territorial workmen’s compen-|Kging Todd; @harles Olson; A. C. sation law brought by L. Johnson | anderson. against the Alaska Juneau Gold | Mining Company, is on the calen- | lar for Wednesday morning. John- Alaskan Bob Bailey, Juneau; E. Gilligan, 4 Salmon Creek; F. Gilchrist, city; fo 1 ;on asks for $6,864.75 for alleged E. Decher, city; K. H. Lassiter, HEgo. city; O. Ness, city; A. Wasdahl, A petit jury panel of 24 persons was drawn today by Clerk of Court R. E. Coughlin and Jury Com- missioner H. R. Shepard, to report at 10 am. Wednesday. Those, Emma R. White, Juneau; drawn are: Mrs. Kathleen An- | Peterson, Juneau; Mrs. Paul drews, J. E. Barragar, Jr.,, John L. Soremsen, Kimsham Cove. Mendenhall; Andrew C. Boc, Hoon- {ah; Charles Cook, Kodiak. Zynda John N. | the 1atter part of the month. Rob- |ert E. Ellis will be pilot on the | plane based at Ketchikan, and | Alex Holden, formerly with the | Pacific International Airways, will | pilot the Cordova plane. THREE PLANES | AL ASK—A PURTS;:::WM from the Aeronautical branch of the Department of Com- to maintain all schedules operated last year and several | additional ones for this year,” said {Alaska Soythern Airways mr. Hayes. Announces Plans for Both pilots Gene Mpyering, who ‘ | will fly the Juneau plane, and New Schedule Robert E. Ellis, have just complet- Definite confirmation of the re- ed two weeks advanced blind fly- ing and flying with radio beacon port that the Alaska Southern Air- ways will operate three planes in instruments, in the Navy, in which they both hold reserve commis- Alaska this summer was made to- | 5" day by A. B. Hayes, manager, who| “All equipment has been given arrived on the company seaplane @ 100 per cent overhauling,” said Baranof Saturday from Seattle. The schedule maintained Ilast Mr. Hayes, “and ™Mr. Nick Bez, President of the Alaska Southern year will be augmented this year with several new stops, according Airweys, believes that the coming year will see more air travel in to Manager Hayes, and the offi- Southeastern Alaska than ever cial schedule will start next week. | before.”” This week the plane will make | e trips to several places, establish- ing agencies and preparing for the inauguration of the regular sched- ules. | Mrs. Fred Tolbeck underwent One plane will be based at|a tonsilectomy at St. Ann's Hos- Ketchikan, one at Juneau, and one |pital this morning. She will re- at Cordova. The other two planes turn’ home tonight or tomorrow are expected to arrive in Alaskamorning. MRS. FRED TOLBECK HAS | TONSILECTOMY TODAY “YOU CAN FOOL SOME OF THE PEOPLE--" WHAT ARE THE FACTS? In a desperate attempt to pick fiaws in the splendid record of the Goldstein administration and to ridlcule its admitted accom- plishments, the opposition has been making some wild and reckless statements. Most of the “charges” are too ridiculous and flimsy to warrant any attention being paid to them, and some of them have already been answered conclusively, but for the information of voters who may not be informed of the real facts, here they are: WAGES AND SALARIES The statement was made that the wages of city employees were cut by the present administration. That is true, but it is also true that the new Council last April raised the pay of laborers to $4.50 per day from $4.00, to which it had been slashed from $5.00. that is the full extent of the fire hydrant freezing business, about which much talk has been circulated by interested people. WOODEN SEWERS, SIDEWALKS “They made ‘permanent improvements' by building wooden sewers and more wooden sidewalks and stopping the leaks in the roof over the City Dock with rags.” During the past year the City constructed 150 feet of wooden sewers in one place because concrete pipe was not suitable for that particular purpose, and perhaps 200 feet of wooden walks. None of this work was charged up to permanent improvements but to maintenance expense. | Comparisons are said to be odious, but let’s have a little history, | not so ancient. Under Tom Judscn's administration 400 feet'of wooden | sewers were installed at Shattuck Way near Front Street and several hundred tons of rock fill dumped on top of it. It cost the (m,yK $1,000 to tunnel through this rock, tear out the old sewer and replace | it with 30-inch concrete pipe, which should have been installed in | the first place. This pipe could net be purchased locally as there were no stocks in this size. WHARF REPAIRS As for the City Wharf repairs: The Judson administration left the Economies in wage and salary payments werg absolutely necessary a year ago. Improved business conditions and the rising costs of living| make an early revision of the salary and wage scale of the City cmployees both proper and #ecessary. But there should be no dis- crimination in the percéntage of increase between salaried employees and the men working by the day. ABOUT BUYING SUPPLIES OUTSIDE | Last year bids were called for on a quantity of concrete sewer pipe. Rice & Ahler's bid was substantially lower than that of G .E. Krause and the contract was awarded accordingly. The Krause prices were approximately 25% lower than what the city had been paying previous to that time. As a result of competitive bidding the city is getting its concrete pipe, as well as other material, cheaper than ever before. | At the same time local dealers have been able to dispose of all of their sewer pipe stock to the City, except a smhll quantity of four inch pipe. | We believe in patronizing local firms in preference to outside concerns, but when the price variations are too great the Councilmen have no recourse but to buy the supplies to the best advantage. THE STREET COMMISSIONER BUSINESS The opposition makes much talk about the Mayor's job as Street | Commissioner. Saturday’s Empire showed that Mayor Judson had the | same foreman who is now working under Mr. Goldstein, as there is| no change in the status of that matter from the previous adminis- tration. Prior to last year, Mayor Judson had a street foreman at $9 a day and a hydrant man at $150 a month in addition to his| own services at $250 a month. He told the Council at that time he | had to have the help as he was too busy. The present foreman is getting $6.00 a day, not $200 a month as stated in the Progressive Ticket advertisement. | Few people are fooled by the inference that the Mayor's duties are concerned only with street, sewer and sidewalk repair work. Fewer people will say that Mayor Goldstein has not earned his salary the past year. ABOUT BONDED INDEBTEDNESS Let’s go on with the story, quoting: “The Goldstein Council ends its term leaving the City paying approximately $10,000 a year in | put we will mention only two of them. interest charges; the City owes more than $146,000 bonded debt; how much more they have not cared to state.” We admit that the city owes $146,000 in bonds—which is just $10,000 less than it owed when the present administration took charge of the City's finances. Under the terms of the bond issue, the City had the right to retire up to $10,000 a year of the school bonds at any time after June 1, 1930. But last year was the first time that a dent was made in this indebtedness. INTEREST CHARGES The City is not paying $10,000 a year interest. The amount on the bonds is now $8,760—$600 less than the amount last year. We are not paying the bank any interest now as we owe it no money. The Administration HAS cared to tell you “how much else it|was due to the prolonging of negotiations with property owners for owes” and HAS told you frankly and clearly. It has enough cash on hand to pay up all operating expenses to date, aqd enough first- class accounts receivable to pay the $3,700 due on grader and dump truck in the very near future, and leave no debts whatever exceptihavE to pay an excessive price. the bonds. WHO PAID FOR IMPROVEMENTS? Here is some more loose talk: “The administration fails to state that most of the improvements were made at Federal expense and that the streets were kept clear of ice and snow during the past winter by Government employees, while the Mayor, looking after the City's business, let the fire mains freeze.” Mayor Goldstein has made a complete statement of the exact expenditures made by the various Federal agencies and by the City, $o there is no occasion for any misunderstanding of the facts. No‘ attempt has been made to take credit for what has been accomplished‘\ by other agencies. But there is little room for argument that through Mayor Gold- stein’s energy and persistence the City of Juneau has had its full) ‘share of Federal appropriations for relief of unemployment. He was able to persuade the Federal officials that the serious unemployment ' gituation here, caused by the influx of many people from other com- munities, required the attention they have given it. CWA employees kept the sidewalks around the Captiol Building and near the Governor's House cleared of snow for a short time, Jut the City furnished the trucks. And the City handled all the rest| Q the snow clearance on its own payroll, the cost amounting to ABOUT THOSE FIRE HYDRANTS ¢ i absolutely untrue that the Mayor “let the fire mains freeze” | tep. The Main Street fire last January disclosed that the| t 4 and Front Streets failed to function on ac- L end” pipe having been frozen. ‘This condition was .from the regular hydrant inspection. The in thawed out in an hour’s time. And| wharf property in such condition that the City has had to spend | $1,400 on repairs this year and will have to spend probably $5,000 | more this year on new piling for the dock and corrugated iron cover- | ing for the warehouse. And the roof does not leak! STREET REFUND PAYMENTS “They claim credit for refunding $1,282.40 to property owners who‘ advanced funds for paying; this sum represents taxes collected prior ¢ to the time the Goldstein administration went into office and | was handed it by the former administration.” The facts are that this sum represents the balance due a number of taxpayers for money they had advanced the City in 1929 to pay for street paving; the agreement was that the city would refund the amount in four annual instaliments. It was an obligation of the City, the same as any other liability, and was among those assumed by the Goldstein administration and paid by it. The item had been listed among those paid by the City the past year and that were held over from previous administrations, and was so stated clearly. THOSE DELINQUENT TAXES “They claim credit for paying off $15,000 bank indebtedness. Of this amount $14,000 was taken in from taxes due when they went into office but which were paid subsequently.” That is true, except that the amount was less than $12,000. The total in delinquent taxes on April 1, 1933, was close to $14,000 and it is to the administration’s credit that all but $2,000 of this amount, has been collected. In the same issue that the Progressive Ticket| story appeared Mayor Goldstein carried a statement explaining this situation thoroughly—with no attempt to take credit where it did not belong. The same Economy Ticket statement also mentioned that the City had received $1669 from the Government as its share toward unemployment relief. Perhaps this is what the opposition is referring to, but surely there has been no deception on the part of the ad- ministration in the matter. MORE FAIRY STORIES Some very weird stories have been circulated in this campaign, The charge has been made that the City Council reduced the assessment on the Goldstein Building $10,000—presumably because the owner happens to be the brother of the Mayor. The fact is that there was no change made in the assessed value of this building. This statement may be verified by an inspection of the City books. WILLOUGHBY AVENUE EXTENSION Another yarn has to do with the extension of the Willoughby {Avenue road from Seward Street to Franklin Street. The Mayor has been charged with having been opposed to this project and that he tried to block it. On the other hand he was said to favor it because {he owned some property in that district. That there was some delay in pushing through this extension right of way. One of the owners lived in California and much cor- respondence was necessary. The Mayor sought to drive the best pos- sible bargain for the City on this right of way so that it would not He donated a 15-foot strip 90 feet ilong as his contribution to the cause. Does that sound like op- position? We would like to mention here that inadvertently credit has not 2 SERVICE PLANS RESTORE LIGHT ATEARLY DATE Funds Requested to Re- construct Five Finger Light, Putnam Writes The Lighthouse Service plans to rebuild the Five Fingers light in Stephens Passage at the earliest possible moment and has included in its latest construction program, the Alaska Territorial Chamber of Commerce has been advised by G. R. Putnam, Commissioner of Lighthouses, it was revealed today. The station was destroyed by fire several months ago. It Is considered one of the most neces- sary lights on the Inside Passage. Shortly after it was destroyed, the Territorial Chamber wrote to the Lighthouse Service requesting its immediate construction. In response, Commissioner Put- nam recently wrote: “This office realizés the importance of fully restoring this station to service and included an estimate to cover its reconstruction among items which were submitted for the con-| sideration of the Public Works| Administration last December. “This office has not been advised as yet of any action on this re- quest but has recently received a request from the Public Works Ad- ministration for a statement of projects whichi can advantageously be undertaken.” The Five Finger| light was also included in this latter list. The Service, Mr. Put-| nam said “will keep the situation fully in mind and do whatever it tan to restore this aid at the ealiest possible date.” S e IS GOING SOUTH ! Mrs. Paul Sorenson, wife of the manager at Hirst-Chichagof, ar- rived on the Estebeth from the mine and is a passenger south on | i ANOTHER NEW SHIPMENT OF THE Very Newest Ready-to-Wear ARRIV \G.ON TOMORROW’S BOAT DIRECT FROM NEW YORK TO PUSSSSSSSSSD ) THE = EADER George Brothers the Northland for Seattle on a pleasure trip. local been given the donations of the truck drivers to the right of way !fund. They contributed voluntarily $360 as their share of the cost. | Councilman George helped obtain the co-operation of these men and | property owners. “You can fool some of the people some of the time and all of the people some of the time but you cannot fool all the people all the time.” Not when they have the facts. Vote the Economy Ticket Straight Tomorrow! For Mayor— I. GOLDSTEIN For Councilmen — WALLIS S. GEORGE : HENRY MESSERSCHMIDT pany crete T T T i on sewer pipe for the year. Mayor Goldstein shortly after assuming office asked the manufacturer of sewer pipe to furnish him with a price The price furnished was 25% less than had been charged the City for the preceding five or six years. IT HAS BEEN MY POLICY AS COUNCIL- MAN TO INSIST ON BIDS FOR EVERY- THING OVER O! \E HUNDRED DOLLARS. Rice & Ahlers Co., Inc., who have been in the sewer pipe business for many years, were low bidders and were awarded . the contract by the City Council. Rice & Ahlers Co., Inc., bought this sewer pipe from the same place that the local manufacturer has been buying thousands of feet for the City this last year. As sewer pipe has to be seasoned and cured before install- ing, the local plant was evidently unable to season and cure it as cheaply as they could buy it from the Concrete Pipe Com- of Seattle. i It is a fact that local dealers }uivé no more large size con- pipe in stock or on hand as the supply has been purchased by the City of Juneau. COUNCILMAN GEOQ. B. RICE Eleven Years in Juneau—Twehty Years in Alaska L+ T« Not a New Deal Justa Square Deal = = = = = = = = = = = L =