The daily Alaskan., 1922-05-02
COUNCIL MEETING FULL OF PEP

The local Town Council meeting last night was of more than usual interest to the members of the coun- cil and to a number of citizens who attended.
 The first matter which attracted attention was the matter of the ap- pointment of a health officer for the coming year.
 The White Pass hospital board presented the following proposition to the council:
 To the Honorable Mayor and Coun-
 cilmen
 Gentlemen: I would like to sub init the following proposition for your consideration:
 If you would contribute twenty five C$25) per month toward the White Pass Hospital, the hospital in return would set aside a room for the citys use for the indigent charg- es, giving the city the same rate giv- en employees families, which is three dollars O$3. OO) per day at the present time. and in addition the , Hospital Association would agree to have their doctor act as health Of- fcer for the town under normal con ditions.
 A hospital is a necessity in a com munity and should have the support of all concerned and I therefore feel that the above proposition would be fair from every standpoint Hoping you will see your way clear to take favorable action in this matter, I remain
 Yours very truly.
 CSignedJ V. l. HAHN.
 Member Hospital Board
 After considerable discussion, in l which some heat was manifest, Dr. Thos. Runnalls presented his resig nation and the proposition as pre- sented in the above letter was ac cepted by the town council.
 Another matter which was pre- sented in letter from the Alpine Club created no little stir and dis cussion The proposition was for the town council to aid the Alpine club in the construction of the ap- breaches to the new bridge across : the Skagway river at Third avenue The estimated cost of these ap breaches was given as about five ! Hundred dollars, of which the coun cil was asked 10 assume one-half l Several of the citizens present spoke against the acceptance of the prop. ositlou, or the appropriation of any money by the council for the pro ject, two at least going so far as tC say they would procure an injuuc tiOu should the council propose tC spend town monies on the project Others. and they seemed to be iU the majority. cOntended that the bridge was in the nature of a civic | improvement and the council was in I duty bound to aid and assist in any | reasonable way such improvements; that the Alpine club had shown it's good faith in securing the cOnstruC' ton of the bridge. and had already raised and expended more than $500 on the bridge and stood ready to raise oue-half of the balance oi the money necessary to construct the approaches; that without these approaches the bridge would stand as a monument to the lack of inter, est on the part of Skagway for the work which the road commission had done and stood ready to do in this vicinity
 When all had been given an op portunity to speak on the question the council finally took action i agreeing to appropriate $25O fol the approaches, provided the Alpine club saw to it that they were built This motion carried in the council by a vote of five to one.
 After the transaction of other minor matters the council adjourn, ed.