The Nome nugget., 1924-03-29
LOCAL NEWS
NOME COMMON COUNCIL.
 MEETS IN REGULAR SESSION

NOME COMMON COUNCIL
 MEETS IN REGULAR SESSION
 The Nome Common Council met in regular session last Monday evening a, the City Hall and all members answered to the roll call except Councilman Sinhold. After listen- ing to the reading of the minutes, the Council members proceeded with the following business:
 The following telegrams and com munications were read by the May or:
 Nome. Alaska. Mar. 14, 1924. Henderson,
 Second Asst P. M.
 Washington. D. C.
 Nome City Council directed me to wire you requesting you to use your influence to procure Air Mail Service for Nome next summer stop Steam ship service very inadequate owing to infrequent sailings stop Air Mail Service already demonstrated to be feasible in Alaska.
 GEO. S. MAYNARD,
 Mayor.
 Nome Alaska. March II. 1924 Honorable Dan A. Sutherland, Delegate from Alaska,
 Washington. D. C.
 The City Council and Chamber of Commerce have made request of Sec ond Assistant Postmaster for air mail service Fairbanks to Nome for coming summer. Ask you lend your aid in securing same for us stop Alaska citizens have read with surprise newspaper reports of vio- lent weather conditions in Arctic during period planned for Shenan- doah flight you are aware such con- ditions do not exist suggest you in- troduce d bill authorizing Polar flight this summer to bring matter to final issue stop Urge advance par tv be sent to Nome at once in order reach here before spring breakup if polar flight later abandoned party could assist Postal Department here in selecting landing field for mail planes.
 
 Mayor. B Washington. Mar. 23. 1924. George Maynard,
 Nome, Alaska. Will take Polar Flight up with new Secretary of Navy when he arrives and try get authority to make prep arations this season for flight in nineteen twenty five step Admiral greatly interested in project and will endeavor to get authorization in time for opening Boring Sea this sea son stop Resolution already intro- duced in House by Rogers Massa- chusetts but is held up. DAN SUTHERLAND, Delegate from Alaska The following is q copy of tele- gram handed the Mayor by the Chamber of Commerce for the in ft rma tion of the Council, which speaks for itself:
 Nome. Alaska Mar. 27, 1924 L. s. Engineers,
 Juneau. Alaska.
 Chamber of Commerce is offered dredge at Pastolik formerly used to dredge Apoon mouth of Yukon for three thousand dollars dredge is of suction type with all necessary ap- purtenances one hundred feet long thirty foot beam and draft of eight feet can handle fourteen hundred yards in ten hours is equipped with drill press lathe and tools and com piete rooms for crews quarters un- derstand can come to Nome under own power and can be put in perfect condition for twelve hundred dollars original cost of dredge one hundred and twenty five thousand dollars we request information if possible the purchase of dredge by Engineers for maintenance of Nome Harbor would forego portion of this years appro- priation in order to secure dredge. Northwestern Alaska C. of c. | A telegram was ordered sen to the Engineers Department at Ju.ieau at the meeting of the Council prev ious to the meeting of last M 'nday