The Cordova daily times., 1922-06-06
PLANKINC OF FIRST STREET
 IS LIVE ISSUE

A leuSlly meeting Ol IuS CtLy COun cil was held last night at which much important business was transacted.
 Councilman Lund reported that no tice shad been given to have a num- Der of sidewalks repaired and that the repairs to Burkhart Alley had been held up on account of repairs being made to one of the buildings ad- joining the alley and also for the req son that at present there was no ma terial available.
 Speaking of the power contract the same councilman reported that not much headway was being made on account of the contractor being unable to secure men to do the work; that the street on c. Avenue had been blocked by the contractor for two weeks but was now in a passable con- dition. After Councilman Donohoe had read part of the contractors con- tract to the council, particularly that part of it which gave the time limit to finish the work as June 1, and the city attorney had given as his opinion that the contract could be cancelled by the city, it was decided that the city attorney be instructed to notify the contractor, MT. Goodall that unless the contract was completed by June 20, 1922, the city would finish the work and charge the costs of the same against the contract.
 The council decided to call for bids for the lateral sewer on Second street
 Concerning the improvement of First Street, somewhat lengthy dis cussion was had as to the best way to improve the street whether by plank ing it or by putting on gravel The question was gone into thoroughly by each of the councilmen, City Engineer A. J. Adams, and J. L. Galen, after which it was decided that the mayor appoint a special committee of three
 
 fourth member, to look into the situ- atiOn and ascertain what the best plan would be for improving First street from B avenue to the railroad cross ing, the committee to report back at the next regular meeting of the coun- cil. The mayor appointed Councilmen Boyle, Dooley and Lund to serve on the committee.
 The mayor called the councils at tention to the railings on First street. the same being in a weak condition No action was taken on the matter.
 Regarding the city dock question: Councilman Lund reported that the Townsite Company had spent over $9O0 in repairs on the city dock and that the same was now in good condition and that garbage was being dumped in the proper place. .,
 A letter was read from the Blum O'Neill Company stating that repairs were being contemplated in front of their store on First street by the lay ing of a concrete sidewalk and asked permission to place the chute now on First street in the sidewalk on c. street The request was granted.
 The committee reported that it had not been deemed necessary to place any lights on the city dock at the present time and that they had held the matter in abeyance until some future time. The committee also reported that the matter of a fire and police alarm system was held up for the present as the installation would entail some cost and they felt that the proposed grading of the streets for the federal building about the same time would entail too much expense for the city.
 Considerable discussion was had on the subject of the city handling it's own police affairs instead of having Iu6m uduulGu dS dI pIGSGul the marshals office. The city attor- ney was instructed to draw up the proper ordinances covering the ques- tion and present the same at the next regular meeting of council
 Councilman Wolf reported on the i'm provement needed in the city hall for the kindergarten and first grade and asked for authority to make the i'm provement as outlined by the School Board, which was granted. Council man Wolf also introduced the ques- tion ofthe soon-needed school build ing and suggested that the city could