The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-22
CLUSTER LIGHTS
 MAY BE PLACED
 ON LOWER FRONT
City Council Is Notified Many Important Subjects Discussed at the Meeting Held
 Last Evening.

hearing the petition of the proper Ity owners on Front street, asking .that the council reconsider the matter of allowing the Hel,enthal building to extend to the street line las established, and hearing the .statements of both sides, voted to Hay the petition on the table.
 Petitions for walks and grading .of streets in the Nelson Park addi-
 ton was read and the street com .mittee reported that they had al- ready arranged work to start on July SI, and that more work would
 be done than was asked for by the petitioners.
 The petition of the property own- .ers asking the council to clean out |the undesirable residents along Front street from Franklin street
 Go the Worthen Mills was referred Ito the police committee for report
 Front street reported that they were
 The property owners of lower considering placing cluster lights along that street and asked that committee be appointed to confer .with them They were referred Co the Street committee.
 X petition to open the road from Seventh street on the top Of the ridge to the Ebner Basin was re- ferred to the street committee tO report
 A petition signed by tax payers against the city spending any mon ley in condemnation proceedings for Triangle Building at Front and Franklin was read. Attorney ] II. Cobb appeared for Mrs. Decker the owner of the property and stated lthat she was willing To meet the council and would concede ten feet for a fair sum of money without any Condemnation but not the proposed ! 20 feet as 1t would spoil her lot. The street committee was instructed to confer with Mrs Decker and her att torney.
 R. N. Keeney asked permission to lplacc coal bin under the side walk on Dixon street and it was ! granted Hellenthal & Hellenthal asked permission to use the sub-side walk space on both Front and Franklin streets adjoining their Inew building. Permission was grant led
 The Pacific Coast Company offered ! Co dedicate Co the city the street known as Ferry Way from lower Front Street to the Peoples Wharf, or the ferry float The matter was referred tO the street committee land the city attorney
 The street committee was given power to act in the matter of cut ting or the corner of the Hendrick son lot at Twelfth and Irving street Co make better turn from the cemetery road into Twelfth street. The city clerk was authorized to is sue calls for bids for the redecking Iot Lower Front street from Wills store to the City dock
 The clerk was also authorized Co call for bids for laying a sidewalk on Twelfth street from it's junction with the cemetery road o Wil- loughby avenue.
 The current bills were ordered paid. including the bill of the Bor- der Line Transportation Company for Sl27 for taking destitute fam fly south. S350 for X. X. Gabbs for services as city assessor, and $72.5O for $. J Smith for special work.
 The question of constructing a gridiron for repairing fishing boats alongside the new garbage dump on Ninth street was brought up and discussed Councilmen Raymond, Mill Ter and Morgan were appointed a special committee to investigate and with power Co act.
 X motion was made and passed ! that Mayor Stewart write at once Go Delegate Wickersham and urge 1 the starting of work on the Federal building without waiting for fur ther appropriations.
 The council passed a motion that !. expenses of Councilman Jas. H. King l should be allowed from Kansas City 1 to Washington. D. C., i'm order that ! he might confer with William C. ! Houston, chairman of the Committee l. lon Territories with view to se- curing am act by Congress allowing !. the citizens Of Juneau to vote on 1 che question of issuing bonds 10 con : stvuct new schoOlhouse.
 lt was moved and carried that !. the tax levy for the coming year be !. placed at 20 mills, or two percent ! lon all property as assessed on the .city tax rolls for the present year.
 The street committee reported to l. the council that Winter x Pond l. had been notified to remove the ! structure now used as a flower shop !. land which extends onto the eXten- | sion Of Front street, by August list. !