The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 7, 1945, Page 6

PAGE SIX COUNCIL VOTES APPRAISAL FOR CITY UTILITIES Black and Veatch, Kansa City Firm, fo Be Engag- | ed for Survey Job | (Continued from Page One) ‘ records or fail to produce wifnesses called for. Attorney Stabler further offered that an apprisal, even if a sale to the eity was refused, would give a basis for altering the light com- pany’s rate structure and that if found justified a lowering of rates could be compelled to an extent that might well induce the company to sell. It is up to the Council to act as it wishes in the matter now, he sald, suggesting as another alterna- tive an increase in assessment that might bring out the desired records as opnosing evidence, Rates Reduced Stabler referred to an oc- casion some years ago when the question of buying out the light company was being considered. At that time, he said, a rate hearing was threatened and the company voluntarily reduced its rates as a compromise. It was brought out that there has been no change in A.E. L. & P. Co. rates for about 20 years. | The City Attorney also suggested that if he were to confer with the light company's attorney, H. L., Faulkner, that a peaceful solution to the present chip-on-shoulder atti- tude might be reached. The Mayor, though stating he hoped it would not be n~cessary to compel coopera- ticn from the light company and that he thinks when the time comes the company will cooperate, still stuck to his guns and insisted on immediate action towarZ making an appraisal. Appraisal Needed Engineer Stuart was called upon for a report on what he has 5o far accomplished, which he said had been confined to ekamination of physical properties, to which the light company had not offered ob- Jjection. He stated that a full ap- praisal would be necessary before rates could be re-fixed apd pointed out that the services of a recognized firm of engineers would give stand- ing to the city’s position in court, besides aiding in the sale of bonds should the property ultimately be purchased. The Mayor re-affirmed his inten- tion to make the city owner of its public utilities. The rate issue is. | however, he sgid, insurance that money spent for an appraisal will not be wasted. Councilman Don Skuse declared that an appraisal of the water com- | pany, at least, is needeqd now, sirce | that firm's franchise expires next year when the people must vote un | either a new franchise or city own- ership of the water system. When | the motion was put, to contract with | Black and Veatch, he stressed that even should the light company still | not be willing to cooperate in the | appraisal, work could be done on the water company without running up Mr, | upon to piy travel and all other] expenses. As an indication of their | competence, they stated that they now represent the city of Cleveland, Ohio. Utility Engineer Stuart advised that the firm of Black and Veatch enjoys a very high standing. He estimated that the cost of the sur- vey, if made by them, should come to jyst about the same amount as proposed by Burns and McDonnell; between $10,000 and $15,000 for com- plete appraisal of both the light company and the water company. Letters from two other appraisers were read, L. E. Kurtichanof, of Portland, Oregon, and Henry L. Gray, of Seattle. Both indicated that they are not at this time in position to undertake the job. Mayor Parsons had a close call on his demand for immediate action when the previously tight ranks of his Council faction of three votes were broken to the extent that Coun- cilman John Young wavered toward a suggetsion that an appraisal firm not be engaged until after Engineer Stuart had covered all the ground available to him. Airport Development A stride toward postwar develop- ment of the Juneau airport was taken. when the Council voted to engage the architectural services of Linn Forrest for preparation of plans and specifications to be sub- mitted to the Federal Works Agency for financial advice to cover the cost of having them prepared. The advance would be made from the | $84,875 fund made available to Al- aska through the FWA for the pur- pose of aiding in planning for post- war public works. In presenting the issue, the Mayor stated that the airport project had already received the approval of Al- aska FWA representative Earl Mc- Ginty. The Mayor stated that air- port buildings and facilities are a most needed item and that airplane companies operating from the Ju- neau field have agreed to purchase revenue bonds to cover the cost of the project and lease office, shop and hangar space. The Weather Bu- reau and CAA will also want space at the airport. Forrest for Job Mayor Parsons displayed a pres- entation sketch made by Architect Forrest for proposed airport build- ings, to which he has already de- voted considerably study. Mr. For- rest has offered to do the work at the usual price of five percent of the cost of the project. The Mayor stressed that the city will be out nothing as the proportion of the fee required for preparation of plans and specifications will be met by the FWA without interest and will not be a debt of the city if the project should not go through . If the con- struction does go through, the cost will be covered from the revenues. Councilman Nielsen was the strongest objector to the proposal, citing that the city is not in the aviation business and that there are plenty of postwar needs to be met within the city, such as a new city hall, a school and a new boat harbor. Let's spend our money on the town, he remonstrated. To Councilman Stanley Grum- mett's objection that operation of the airport might be dumped in the city’s lap, the Mayor replied: ‘Why worry about that, you probably won't be on the Council then.” Lea Changes Vote ‘The motion for preparation of the iplans, put ‘by Councilman R. H. | Williams, carried with only Council- | man Nielsen voting against it, but the cost to the city by an imported engineer’s being held idle while rec- ords were being obtained from the A.E.L. & P. Co. Councilman Skuse declared his belief that in any case | Black and Veatch should be advised | to commence their activities with the Juneau Water Company. ! $50 Per Day Cost | Black and Veatch, in their pro- posal, had said that the appraisal | work would be undertaken by them | on a per diem basis. They proposed to send one engineer to Juneau at a | cost to the city of $100 per day | should either Mr. Black or Mr. Veatch make the trip; $50 per day should on= of thewr “principal en- gineers” do the work or $35 per day for one of their other engineers. In addition, the city would be called when the Mayor then asked for authorization for the City Clerk to apply to the FWA for reimbursement of the cost, Councilcan Lea changed his “yes” ‘vote on the former mo- tion to a “no.” “It looks to me like you're rushing this thing through pretty fast,” he told the Mayor. The application motion carried with | Councilman Lea and Nielsen voting “no.” The question of renewal of a policy for accident insurance covering city firemen, written last year by the Shattuck Agency, resulted in a vote to call for bids to be returned sealed at the next meeting. The policy expires July 8 but the Council was ® 21-passenger Clippers © Expertly-trained stewardesses * Hot meals served aloft * Daily schedules between Alaska, Canada, and Seattle *_ Experience gained through 12 years of Alasken flying N AHERICAN HWORLD AIRWALS ) Baranof Hotel - Phone 106 informed that the city has 30 days leeway. Bids on Cement Three bids were opened on cement in carload lots, with the Juneau Lumber Mills offering the lowest prices. The lumber company's bid per sack was: Cement, $1.30; Hy-Urly Cement, $1.45, prices F.O.B. dock, Juneau. Nick Rocovich bid: Portland, $1.36; Hy-Urly, $1.48, but also declared that he would be responsible for breakage, which the lumber com- pany had stated would be to the city’s account. The third bidder, Columbia Lumber Company, offer- ed: Portland, $1.45; Hy-Urly, $1.60. Due to the confusion in form of bids presented, the Council voted to reject all bids and issue a new call, for bids to be returned, sealed, in double-barrelled form, with and without breakage covered. City Engineer J. L. McNamara re- ported that a call had been issued for bids on sidewalk construction, but that no answers had been re- ceived. He attributed the lack of bidders to shortage of lumber and cement. Monthly reports were re- ceived from the Street Department, | Librarian and Police Department. The City Engineer also reported that he had made an inspection of the new addition to the Harbor Master’s building and recommended that since all work had not be com- pleted as specified, the contractor, M. Isaacs, should now be paid $375 of the $450 contract price; the re- maining $75 held up till completion. The Council voted to that effect. Murray Resigns The resignation as Assistant Chief of Police ant Patrolman, of H. B. Murray, effective July 1, was ac- cepted. Chief of Police John Mon- agle advised that a new Patrolman, Bruce L. Stringer, an ex-serviceman with police experience, had been hired to one of the two vacancies on the police force. The Council ratified the appointment. The Mayor, the Council's Police Committee and the Chief of Police were authorized to meet and select a new Assistant Police Chief. was voted to purchase six new police uniforms from the Brighton Cus- toms Tailors, the firm that supplied the last uniforms in 1943. The uni- forms are to be the same cut and materials and the price quoted is unchanged from the last purchase. Chief Monagle advised that the present uniforms had given good service. The approximate cost per uniform is $80, including two pairs of trousers. Taxi Ordinance Councilman Lea, Chairman of the Police Committee, proposed a re- vision of the Taxi Ordinance to require an increase in drivers’ li- cense fee from $1 to $5, also change in the provisions for revocation of licenses. The Mayor asked for and was granted authority to proceed with condemnation of insanitary and hazardous buildings in the city under the recently enacted Health Ordi- nance No. 209. He listed Roberts’ Row as a prime example. The question of the city’s taking over collection of garbage was again discussed and again was turned over to committees for further investiga- tion of the problems involved. The largest group of spectators in many weeks—approximately 15 persons—was on hand for last eve- nings important Council session, in- terestedly watching large chunks of the city’s money being disposed of. Standard Portland | It! THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE-JUNEAU, ALASKA 'TAXABLE VALUE PROPERTY HERE OVER 9 MILLION :‘EvaluaIion_IiEreases Ta Rolls by $3,717,516 Over 1944 Tofal Howard S. Henretta last evening presented his completed report to | the City Council on the revaluation | of property within the City, stating: | 1—Total replacement value of all | taxable property, $12,299,450.00; total | depreciation, $2,838,334.00; total net taxable value, $9,461,116.00; net gain over 1944, $3,717,516.00. .‘ 2—That of the $3,717,516 increase a substantial amount | property heretofore not on the tax volls. This item will go a long way |in taking care of any increase in the 1945-1946 budget. 3—That the increase in value does not mean that the taxpayer will have his taxes increased as the rate may be lowered or set at a figure that will meet the budget. The val- uation as set by your evaluator is no indication of the amount of your 1945 taxes until the rate has been set by the Council after the Board of Exnalization has met. 4—That your evaluator has hand- ed your assessor a list of personal property to be placed on the tax roll, much of which was not hereto+ fore on the tax roll or grossly un< dervalued. Your evaluator would| like to suggest that more attention| be given to the assessments of per< sonal property. Many citizens wha| do not own real estate never-the-less enjoy the privileges of your schools, fire department, juvenile police de< partment, streets, sidewalks and | street lights. Therefore it is only sound and reasonable that each one should be willing to bear a fair share ‘of the taxes in keeping with the value of his personal property. This would go a long way in easing the real estate property tax. Your eval- uator is of the opinion that the' | personal property assessment could easily reach a total of $2,500,000 for the City of Juneau. represents, s TS T W T T T T T T only one home had he been denied admission. That home-owner at first called the revaluation “un- American” but later called Mr. Henretta to his home for the pur- pose of making an evaluation. The Council voted acceptance of the evaluation report and approved ‘payment of Mrs. Henretta's statement, in the amount of $8,950. Mr. Henretta stated that his pres- ence is required in Fairbanks by July 15, but that he would return to sit with the Council for the Board of Equalization. 41 PASSENGERS A steamer arrived last night with the following passengers from Seattle: F. E. Barbeau, Minnie Bett- {ger, Ethel Brown, Miss M. Carson, E. O. Davis, Caroline Davis, {Maria Dinger, Frank Donaldson. Miss T. Eden, Selia Hedman, James Hedman, John Hedman, Mrs. Cora Jackson, Mrs. Wm. Lewis, J. S. Mahmood, Mrs. J. S. Mahmood, Roy Manson, Mrs. Roy Manson, Mrs. | Ross. Sally Olsen, J. F. Peddycord, Mrs. J. F. Peddycord, Mrs. M. J. Peddy- cord, Grace Purdue, Loey Ringquist, Jack Sorri, ner and Jane Workman. Passengers from Ketchikan were Bee Allen, Alta Bauchman, Godfrey, Marjorie Godfrey, Frank J. O'Nelll, Wesley Pendleton, Agnes Sabia, Obie Stapleton, W. G. Thom- Wheeler. Outgoing passengers were George | Hellerich, Ruth Casper, Blair Spoor,! ® Homer Stone, Junior E. Wegner, Cy |E. Heathcote, R. B. Larsen, A, C. | Lewis, Rhonda Dake, Mrs. Will Con- nell, Will Connell, Mrs. Winifred Nichol, Norman Uhls, Dick Hall, W. F. Johnstone, Lillian A. Gardiner, Mrs. Lambert Camp, DeVaughn Ker- Shaw, Mrs. Lena Brown and James Fitzgerald. ALASKA AIRLINES BRINGS TWELVE IN FROM WESTWARD 5—Your evaluator = wishes to’ ex- i press his appreciation to Honorable | | Ernest Parsons, Mayor, and each | member of the City Council for their |to the members of the Revaluation | Committee, Mr. Lea, Mr. Skuse and! ;Mr Grummett for their able help | and suggestions. I also want to ex- |press my appreciation to the many| | business men who were very cooper- | ative and helpful in advising on the| !lot valuations, both in the business | district and the residential section.' |1 also wish to say that every citi-| |zen was very cooperative in helping to carry out this work and I wish w; express my appreciation and thanks to each of them. | In submitting this revaluation and | file to you, may I remind you that if the property cards are properly |kept up to date you will have a, |sound yardstick for tax assessments {for the next twenty years, as this ! system is designed to serve over a |long period of years. Attached hereto is final statement for settlement in full. Mr. Henretta further orally ex- | pressed his appreciation of the coop- (eration given him and his aides by Juneau residents, declaring that at |IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiillllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIilIilIlHIIIIIIIIIII». It's a Wise House all the food available THIS . Wide Mouth Kerr Jars wife who will can YEAR | fine cooperation, and in particular, peconnell, Sidney Raynor, Alaska Airlines had the following passengers from Anchorage to Ju- |neau yesterday: Carl Whitmer, H. L. y Adelia Colombo, Charlene Beylik, Dorothy Sorenson, Elmer L. Tvzte, Lasher, Mrs. Rose Reabold, Paul Henry and J. R. Smith. A. L. Hamro was a Juneau-bound passenger from Yakutat. Mrs. On the return trip to AnchorageI were the following: A. H. Baer, Viv-| ian Short, Mrs. Earl J. Schmidt, L.| C. Ferell, M. Steinmetz, B. O. Lacy, Marvin Lacy, A. J. Krings, L. M. fin \ IN FROM SOUTH| Emily Waite, June‘ Walker, Jennie Werner, Karen Wer- . Alex ® Emily Thomas and Leslie T.; Lewis | Johnson, Mrs. E. Dellareys, T. C. Bassiner, Mrs. Birkeland and Mrs,| Lodlow. { Lt. Eugene Barbie was a Yakutat bound passenger from Juneau. RAINIERS MOVE UP ON SHUTOUT AS DUCKS LOSE Solons Whack "Nother Piece of Seals’ Third | Spot Edge (By The Assoclated Press) While Oakland’s Acrons were jsmashing out a 6-1 victory over the | Beavers, the sizzling Seattle Rain- iers moved up on the Coast League pacemakers by making it four out‘ {of five over the Los Angeles Angels ' with a 2-0 shutout. i Sacramento also took its fourth| |decision in five starts from the’ | third-place Seals 7-2 to creep within| a game of the O'Doulmen. San Die- | go's Padres nosed out the Hollywood Stars, 5-4 in the loop’s other contest. ———e———— o 1 e ® & & & 7 w 9 s * WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU) Temperatures for 24-Hour Perlod Ending 7:30 o'Clock This Morning o |® |® e In Juneau—Maximum, 54; minimum, 48; precipitation, 1.96 inches. 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