The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-16
COUNCIL
 TN AH9R
 OF BONDS


 At It's first meeting since December IS, the City Council last night passed Q memorial to Congress asking per, mission to submit to the voters Of Ju- mean a proposal to float school bonds In the sum Of S75,000 for Che constroc- tion of 9 school building took ten.o' tive action OR reducing ,hc size oi the aroa it is proposed to annex 10 1ne city. hemd the heading Of new taN ordinance which would gire Che city assessor greater tlme to compile his annual assessments. ordered tne ae' suuctlcn of two shacks. endorsed the Wickarsham bill for the construction of a bridge over Gostineau channel and allowed claims aggregating sey- eral hundred dollars.
 Dslegate Netherlands bin asks an appropriation Of S25,0oo each Tor tne construction Of bridges over Gastineau Channel Snake river lNomel and Cinema slough (FairhanSs). The dele gate had requested action of the coun- cil Before the council gave its en- dorsement of the bill, it took action insuucting the clerk to notify tne Delegate that it was essential toat at leas. s4O0OO should be appropriated for the Gastineau bridge, as Col w. p. Richardson. of the Alaska Road Commission, and former Supcrintend- ent Robert A. Kenzie. of the= Tread waIl mlnes. had altor au examination dmated tbat as the lowest iigure with which the bridge could be con- structed.
 On the City Limits.
 Engineer x. J. WottrlcRs map oi tho eitgshowing the proposed new boundaries with the territory it IS proposed to annex. was submitted to the council and 8 tentative boundary was agreed upon. Another meeting or che council win be necessary to iln- ally fix the boundary before special election is held among the residents who live outside of tho present bonn darles, relative 10 their views on an- nexation
 It is proposed to annex the seatter ! residence tract and the new tract op- ened up by the construction of the Wiuoughby Avenue plank road and small portion of land along by tho ! Boston group of claims is nei4ded.
 X letter Of protest against anno1ing ., ,,,..-..- f,-fr,.- within .iho Juneau Water Company's mining claims ly ing South of Last Chance Basin, alone Gold Creek. was received from R. y. Lewis. owner Of the water company The claims are known as the Aprl Lode and Whitney placefs Mir Lew Is said in his letter: q protest th' 1 inclusion within the city limits oi thi! ground The ground is not iit toi habitaton and it never can be and n ! no sense could it be considered town site property Mfr Lewis also pro tested against the annexation of thl gromd lying olong Gold Creek to thI } Northwest of the company's property The Tax Ordinance.
 The new tax ordinance was intro | duced by Councilman w D. Britt Ih | biu is designed to give the CouncI j and the assessor longer time in wpic
 to make their taS assessments and co } lections. so that people would not D B hurried and pressed, to pay their ta' 8 es without having as much 10 sa
 ahout their property as they desired
 Mfr Britt said The ordinance wooi
 make tax monies payable n Angus
 Mayor objected on the ground tina if the tax money did not come in ui
 tl August that it amounted to 'ge D tine money for 3 new couneik e The Mayor believed that the nun .i cipal election should be heid m sp q Fall instead Of in the Spring. He wa
 told that tho organic law provided thi q all municipal elections in Alaska mui e be held in April