The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-03
CITY COUNCIL HEARS REPORTS
 AT MEETING


 for action. A report from thc Cor dova School Board showing an rsti- mated expenditure of $22,1So fer the Cordova school year 1922 and 1923 was presented to the council, a ,d the sum of $2,000 placed to the ,.redit of the school board
 A resolution to reduce the assessed valuation of real property in Cor:lova by B 1-3 per cent was passed Coun-I cilman Donoboe statad tnat j1 the matter of placing gravel on the road near the forestry building it had been found that forty loads would bn re- quired, twenty of which the city would pay for, the other twenty pad for by the forestry department. Councilman Wolf stated that the gutter which crosses the street in front of .he for estry building would be replaced at actual cost to the city. City Engineer A. J. Adams gave verbal report as to the estimated yardage to be re- moved in grading and filling in the two streets around the new Federal building. It was agreed 10 take no action in the matter at the present time
 Councilman Haef recommended tEat a light be installed over the fire es- cape leading from the rear of the city hall building. The chairman of the public building and improvement committee was instructed to have the same installed.
 The auditors report was read nnd on motion duly made, seconded and carried ordered accepted and placed on the minutes of the meeting, and the clerk instructed to issue to A. J. Adams, agent of the bonding com pany, certified copy of same.
 The monthly report of the fire chief was read and ordered filed. That part of his report calling attention to a fire escape need on the Eagle Hall building was referred to the commit tee on fire protection to take up with the owner, Geo. c. Hazelet.
 Under the head of printing and elections Wm. Hayes, J. B. Horton and H. B. Wolking were appointed judges and Roberta K Harwood and Lillian l D. Nicholson clerks of the general election to be held on Tuesday, Mo- vember 7, 1922, the polling place to be the second story of the city hall i building, and the polling hours from 8 a. m. to D. m. The clerl, was in structed to publish the required no tices
 The following letter from the Cor dova Mill & Lumber Co.,, was read: Cordova, Alaska, Oct ?, 1922 To the Hon. Mayor and Town Council Cordova Alaska.
 Gentlemen:
 Tn the general discussion around Cordova over the action of the Town Council in sending outside for lumb 2r for street planking instead of purchas ing the product of the local mill man ufacturing Alaska lumber, which was offered to the town at a lower price it has been called to our attention that the mill is situated outside the town limits and the criticism has been mad 9 that the town derives no benefit from it in the shape of taxes.
 It is true the mill company is situ ated outside the town limits. It is true also, that the Federal licenses paid by the mill company have been turned over to the Town of Cordova by the Clerk of the Court at Valdez under the mistaken idea that the mill company was within the corporate lim. it's of Cordova. It is not true, there fore, that the mill company has paid nothing for the benefit of the town We are not at this time discussing the benefit to the town from the mill pay roll, which has been considerable
 Believing the city council to be composed of honorable gentlemen, who have taken an oath of office Co up- hold the laws, one of whom is a law yer of many years experience in his profession and thoroughly familiar with the law on this point, we take this method of advising tte Town Council of the facts. We presume that | the Town Council will take immediate steps to refund the license moneys 1 paid by the mill company, returning such license payments to the Clerk ! of Court for the use of the Federal 1 gnYerument to whom the money be