Seward daily gateway., 1925-05-05
Council Holds Interesting
 Meeting Last Evening

l mon council of the Town of Seward was held last night, at the town hall
 The meeting was called to order by Mayor Ray, those answering roll call being Councilmen, Badger, Els worth, Helm, Holman, McMullen Councilman Selby, absent. A communication from the Seward Water and Power Company, in com pliance with section 45, chapter 97, was read and referred to the city attorney.
 A request for permission to build a portico in front of the Arcade build ing was turned over to the city at torney for his discussion. Committee on public health advo- cated proclamation designating a cleanup day for the purpose of clean ing up streets, yards, etc. May 13, IA, were set for the days for hauling away of refuse piled up by the citi- zens during the long winter months.
 The problem of disposal of garbage was turned over to special commit tee on sanitation The committee, upon regular motion, was authorized to spend $100 in their work.
 The report of the committee on finance, including list of city prop critics, which list was referred back to the committee to dispose of and report such disposal to the council, was read.
 The street committee recommend ed cutting through and grading a road from Fourth avenue to a point near the residence of Frank Ballaine, near Madison Steet, which upon reg ular motion, was authorized The committee recommended the granting of petition for an 8 it. sidewalk for the east side of Second avenue be- tween Adams street mad the property of MT. P. T. Lorang. A resolution for such improvement was passed as was also recommendation for i'm provements on Adams between 2nd and 3rd.
 The committee on Law and Order and the committee on Assessment and Taxation will hold special meet ings Wednesday noon at the city clerks office for the purpose of es- tablishing new system of account ing for the use of the treasurer, city clerk and magistrate.
 A motion was made and seconded that the clerks quarters be moved from its present location to the room under the Bank of Seward, the cost not to exceed s15.00.
 The City Attorney presented a res olution passed under the suspension of rules for the purpose of petition ing the Secretary of Interior for tract of 40 acres of land within the area embraced by Survey PAP, for cemetery purposes.
 An extension of the lease from the Alaska Engineering Commission re- lating to two tracts of land in the limits of the Town of Seward, was extended for a period of five years. The leases were signed by the may or
 The street committee reported that they had no success in getting MT. Miller to remove the Instructions placed by him in the street leading to the Standard Oil The matter was turned over to the city attorney allowing MT. Miller until Friday to remove the obstruction, otherwise action will be taken.
 Recommendations from the school board accompanied by plans for the addition of another story to the build ing, were presented by the clerk of the school board and the matter was turned over to the school committee for immediate investigation.
 The street committee was allowed $2OO additional for repairing the cit0 streets, especially that portion of Fourth avenue between Railroad ave- nue and the railroad tracks.
 The chief of police was instructed