The Cordova daily times., 1915-03-26
COMPLETE STATEMENT OF THE FACTS
 ABOUT THE THANKING OF FRONT STREET


 deliberately misrepresens the facts about the payment of $0000 by the city for the pankng street. the purpose of nlictng his personal Mr. George C. Hazeet and satisfying his spite against the Townste Company of the entire transaction published umns, which information furnished principally by Mr. C. Fedmann who member of the committee having in charge this public improvement He forth fairly fully all the details connection with the affair order that simple justice may be done townsma who has been victim vicious and unwarraned attack for political only by contemporary.
 As trustee of the Townsite Company Mr. Hazele contrib ued sxteenoot frontage of all the lots street. as well the dedication of fifty foot The Townsite Company also donated $ 100000 pankng of Front Street This improvement undertaken the request of Leopold Schmidt of the Olympia Brewing Company who at time contemplated the erection of large concrete building All of the property the side of First street whose lots extended to Front street well number of other cltzens agreed certain amount toward the plank Ing ot thls new thoroughfare realizing the benefit that would accrue to them personally and the community as whole
 Several of the amounts subscribed have not been paid amnog them being those of Currier and Boyle, the councmanc candidates for reelection the Citizens ticket and these people, together with the Alaskan crying stop thef Tn the hope of dscreditng reputable citizen and gain little cheap popularity for the coming election But the public cannot be thus fooled by tissue faseoo out of whole cloth
 As of the prime in this public improvement Mr. Fedman especially qualified to set forth the facts and ts he has done in clear and straightforward The only interest he has Tn the matter to give the public truthful version of transaction that been distorted and
 
 complete dena IS made that the Townste Company had any thing whatever to do with the pankng of street; ta $oOO was ever paid the company and that Mr. eceVed one cent of this for himself the On the other hand the property insisted upon his acting as ther agent Tn the panng of Front street and accepting the trust for which he received compensation strenuous objections his part The Townsite Company composed of number of representative citizens and the Copper River Northwestern Railway Company, voluntarily contributed $ OOO the improvement well as donating con siderable ground. The latter included ftyoot street ded cated to the city, and for the pankng this that the council paid $6OO which the per foot as the other property subscribed This money was paid to MT Hazeet agent trustee for those who started the fund and was n turn paid by him the Arc Lumber Company for lumber furnished
 And for this legitimate transaction which property owners and the people generally gave their approval the Alaskan would have believe that Mr. Hazeet had committed an act winch reflected on his integrity and qualifications as an officer of the city But there this trade ot abuse and which proving boomerang The friends of Mir Hazeet placed his the Peoples ticket as cand date for reelection to the council without his knowledge and consent and during his absence at Washington o. whee he has been lending his efforts toward securing favorable railroad Legislation for COrdOva and the Copper valley Realizing that he of exceptional of character the Alaskan started in campaign of abuse and
 icaon, directing most of its spleen against Mr. Hazeet thereby hoping to create prejudice against him and thus weaken the Peoples ticket But airminded and unpreu diced people have not been deceived this kind of bncombe and when the votes counted April G. it believed that the ballots of the voters will place their stamp dsappova upon the political tactics adopted this campaign by the Alas kan Goodall Boyle ct al by giving overwhelming major ity in favor of the candidates Peoples ticket and thus end for all time the strife and facona feeling that has prevailed Tn Cordova during the past year.
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