The Alaska daily empire., 1916-03-04

floor of any public conveyance; the floor of any public hall or blilding in the city of Juneau. Councilman Britt voted against the ordinance, stating as his reasons that he thinks the ordinance would be Impossible to enforce with the present police force and would become a dead letter on the books of the city.
 New Garbage Dump
 The current bills. amounting to SS,- 9S1.l5 were read and ordered paid after the spproval by the finance com mittee, with the exception of the coal bill for 600 tons Of coal which has just been delivered to the city wharf and which ,s still on hand.
 The bids for the piling at the city dock were not opened. Only one bid had been received and the matter was referred to the street committee with power to act at later date when more bids have been received.
 The question of @ proposed driveway for a garbage dump was discussed. It was reported to the council that garbage dump must be constructed at once as too many people were protest ing about the dumping of garbage promisculously about the city suburbs. It was reported to the council that W. W. Casey has offered to donate a strip of ground, including the piling already in. leading from the Home Grocery on Willoughby Avenue to- wards deep water. to the city if the council wishes to construct a roadway for that purpose. It was also report ed that the residents of the tide flats in that section would agree to furnish the labor of laying the street if the city would furnish the lumber and would enforce the regulations in re- gards to covered garbage wagons. The street committee was instructed to in- vestigate with power to act. The chief of police was instructed to see that every garbarge hauler provides a good canvas cover of some kind for his garbage wagon.
 Property Owners Present
 A committee appointed by the prop erty owners in the Scatter Tract was present and requested the council to build a street from the lower end of the tract to the Government road They reported that through the cour. tesy of Father Kashevaroff they were at present using a street across. the property of the Russian Church, but that the latter had received instruc- tions to fence the property and the road would have to be abandoned They stated that the road would cost but little and was necessary as all teams to the Scatter tract used that thoroughfare. The matter was re terred to tho street committee for h. vestigatiou.
 The same committee also requested tho council to furnish material for about 2,2OO feet of sidewalk in that section. They stated that the roads were impossible for foot traffic after the thaw starts and a walk around the cemetery. starting at the east gate and leading to the Government road at the other end would be bic help. They also asked for about 1000 feet of walk leading from this walk up the hin in different places. The length of the cemetery walk was es- timated to be 1900 feet. The matter was also referred to the street com miltee for investigation.
 Election Officials
 The council elected the judges and clerks for both the special and regu- lar election as follows: A. A. Gabbs and Frank Harvey. clerks. J. A. Me Kama. J. T. Martin. and E. Lang Cobb. judges. They VII serve in the No. voting precinct at the regular election. The officials for the No. 2 precinct for the regular election will be P R. Jones. and Wm. F. Carr, clerks. and Dave Evans. Dave Tales and ?. E. Burbach for the regular election. The voting place in that precinct is to be in the Brunswick Building.
 The chief of police reported l9 ar. rests. IT convictions. one discharged and one bound over during the past