The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-24
NEW SCHEME TO FILL TIDEFLAT
 IS PRESENTED
Supt. Metzgar Offers Al. formative to Plan Re- !
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 An alternative plan for improve ment of Willoughby Avenue, which would lessen the work to be done and eliminate two dangerous curves on that thoroughfare, was suggest ed to the Chamber of Commerce in a letter received from L. H. Metz gar, General Superintendent of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Com pany, by the Chamber
 It accompanied detailed estim- ates of cost of the plan laid before the Chamber some two weeks ago by it's President, pr. w. w. Council The cost of the original plan was placed at $100,000.
 Commissioners Are Guests
 The four Commissioners, here at- tending the annual meeting of the Alaska Game Commission-W. R Selfridge, Ketchikan; Frank P. Will Hams, St. Michael; Andrew Simons Seward, and Irving McK. Reed Fairbanks were guests of the Chamber today.
 In introducing them, Dr. Counci. declared the Commission "has a big job on it's hands, and, person ally, I believe we all should stand behind it. It is bound to make some mistakes in view of the vast ness of the territory over which il has jurisdiction and the nature ot it's responsibilities, but we should lend it every possible measure of support. And I am sure the Ju- neau Chamber does" he said.
 MT Selfridge, newly elected chair man, responded that the Commis- sion recognized the seriousness ot its work and it's scope and assured the Chamber it was doing it's best to make a success of administering Alaska's game and fur-animal re- sources.
 Other members of the Commis- sion responded briefly to introduc- tions.
 No Demand for Live Deer MT. Williams was unable to un- derstand the fuss over duck conser- vation here, saying they were more plentiful in the St. Michael breed- ing area this year than ever Ptarmigan were also present in un- usual abundance.
 MT. Williams, owner of extensive reindeer herds, said the market for live reindeer this year was non- existent. He took bunch to the States for use of Santa Claus and found he was a year too late. San ta, he said, is flat and will ride 8 mule this year.
 The Chamber received copy oi a letter from Delegate Wickershan to Secretary of War Hurley urging him to reconsider his plan to ask Congress for authority to sell the cable system; and a communication from Paul Shoup, president of the western division of the United States Chamber of Commerce stressing the importance of eacf member organization acting on ref erenda submitted by the Nationa Chamber.
 Willoughby Avenue Plan MT. Metzgar, in his communica- tion on Willoughby Avenue i'm. provement, as originally contem. plated, estimated the cost of con. structing a 20-foot roadway, 2,80t feet long, to act as bulkhead, al $13,0O0; lining the inside of tht roadway fill with concrete slabs $15.000; cost of equipment, labor power, etc., to fill the basin result. ing from the enclosure with flint tailings, 729,0OO yards at 10 cent. per yard, 72,0O0; total estimated cost $10O000. The roadway bulk head would be built of coarse rocl and act as a dyke.
 This fill would result in filling 200 lots about 30 of which are al. ready occupied, netting 120 lots a a cost of $84O each.
 Suggests An Alternative
 Continuing, MT. Metzgar said Tn looking over the situation CT the ground and on the map, an al. formative to the above plane sug gests itself.
 This would be. fill Willoughby Avenue with coarse rock from tht corner of Main Street to Fem mer's Corner, thence northwestern. across the tie flat to Gold Greet bridge. This street and roadwa. could be filled at cost of $20,000 t-He e-l--