The Alaska daily empire., 1916-04-22
down town streets was read. 1t was referred to the health committed.
 Valentine pelltlon

.lkeN WlliC lNt llA NNuAAutNNN" N't'- | .ho city attorney conferred with MT. John H. Cobb. who represented MT. On the return of the committee it reported that an ngree- ment wac liable to be reached. Coun- cllman Morgan stated that he was willing to settle with Mir Valentine for the 5000 and half Of tho costs to which the city had been put. At- torney Hellenthal recommended that the city settle for $1250. which Mr. Cobb stated would be unsatisfactory to his client. It was then moved and passed that the council stand pat and await the decision ot the Appellate Court at San Francisco.
 Guthrie Scott stated that he was going to erect four houses In the Casey-Shattuck Addition and asked permission to build temporary sewer from the houses to Gold Creek Referred to the street committee.
 Tho attention Of the council was called to the fact that the dog tax ordinance was obsolete and the city attorney was instructed to draft a new one.
 Money For School 5llla
 The current bills were read and ordered paid. Included In these bills was an order to advance $500 from the general fund to the school fund in order to pay the current salary bills for the schools for the month.
 It was moved that. in consiiera- ton Of the fact that it Is customary where employees working for Q month. ly wage and had served part of a month to pay them for the entire month, former Chief Sitter be allow a full months salary. The motion was carried.
 The police committee reported that
 Frank Sargent had been employed by them as city tailor, custodian oi the cily hall and fire truck driver
 and that Al Forsyth and Dan Far
 rIngton had been hired as city pa
 trolmen. The action was -approved hv tbe council. william LaJ,
 -.------,~ss-.UVecuy inc piece oi tide
 land property Immediately adjoining
 the city dock on the south Tor s2.. O0o was submitted by Mayor Stew art The piece in question is 70 by 50 feet and Is piled and capped. This was Che piece the old city coun. cl thought they were buying when they made the last deal with MT. Layton. Tho proposition was reterr- cd to the street and wharf commit tee,
 Uniforms For Police
 The police committee and the .chief Of police recommended that an city patrolmen be required Co wear blue cloth uniforms garnished wi.o brass buttons, in order that sirans- CTS In the city wishing to make in- Quiries or to secure the assistance of an officer In @ hurry. might read fly identify them. The matter was referred back to the police commit tee.
 The council discussed the amount of the bond Of the city treasurer and it was placed at S20,O00.
 The attention of the council was called to the fact that a deed from Lillian c. Irwin for O portion Of Che cemetery tract was Issued before she received patent to the land and also that it had been attached to land office records and was in the General Land Office at Washington The city attorney was Instructed to draw a new deed and the city clerk was instructed 10 see z signature could be procured.
 The bids for lumber to be furnish- ed the city were opened. The Wor- then Mills offered to furnish al lum. Der ai S1A5O per thousand feet. saw. cd In suitable lengths for street and sidewalk lengths and Co deliver t on wagons. George D. James of 'ered to furnish lumber at S14 per thousand feet on scows at the grid ! ron. The bid was awarded to the Mills.
 TIP. Sheldon appeared before the { ,ouncil and discussed the cemetery ! luestion. He strongly recommended ! hat the records, plots. numbers and | maps Of the cemetery. which are now n tho hands oi the c. W. Young company be placed In the city clerks 'ffioe. He also recommended that clean up campaign for the ceme. cry be inaugurated and offered to ake the heavy end Of getting it tarted. Rev. John B. Stevens spoke nd recommended that a caretaker e stationed there at all times dur ng the spring and summer. Mayor tewart stated that the cemetery uestion was being investigated and hat the first thing to be done 'ould be to survey and plot the emetery. The other matters were sferred to the cemetery committee. ]
 Sldewalks Wanted A committee from the Scatter tract Il Club appeared and ask ll the council for sidewalks around 'I 10 cemetery and up tho hni. amount lt ig to about 5000 linear feet Of walk. ( 'ayor Stewart stated that Inc mat c lr was being investigated by the 1 rect committee and something li ould be done. Flo asked the mem. "a CTS Of the committee if @ quit claim \ eed from the claimants ot the prop -ty to the city would be forthcom- Ig 1T sidewalks were bult He was e isured that the deeds would be giv- The street commitiee reported that q