The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-04-15
EARLY WORK ON
 NEW PIONEERS HOME PROPOSED
Shattuck Introduces Bill Making Construction
 Possible Shortly

Creation of Pioneers Home Building Commission with author ity to construct and equip a fire proof modern building at Sitka without delay is proposed by a measure, Senate No. 75, introduced in that body today by Senator AL len Shattuck.
 If the bill passes in that shape it will settle two questions, when and where the new institution shall be built. Funds to defray construc- tion costs will be obtained by the sale of securities now held by the Territory in the Pioneers Home Building Fund, and now amounts to about $220,O00.
 Formation, Of Commission
 The bill provides for a COmmls- sion of three members-the Cover nor as Chairman, the Superinten- dent of Public Works and the Su- perintendent of the Pioneers Home The site is fixed as that on which the present Home stands or upon other premises at Sitka that may be granted to the Territory of AL aska without cost to it.
 No definite figure was fixed by the bill for funds, but it provides that the cost shall not be lin ex- cess of a sum equal to the amount that may be derived from the sale Iof securities held in the Pioneers Home Building Fund of the Terri torial Treasury together with any accumulated interest" The com mission is directed to equip and make ready the new Home within a reasonable time.
 Employ An Architect The Commission is empowered to employ a competent architect to draft plans, specifications and es- inmates and supervise construction to call for bids for construction and equipment of the building; to ac- cept or reject any or all bids; and adds but no contract for construc- tion or equipment shall be let where the Commission finds 1. that the cost of erecting, complet- ing and fully equipping will exceed the amount appropriated"
 Two other measures were intro duced in the Senate today-one to authorize the Commissioner of Edu- cation to contract for tranSporta tion of pupils for two-year periods, and the other regarding trespass- ing of animals upon private lands and the recovery of damage result ing from such trespaSs.
 Lists Many Projects
 In a memorial introduced in the Senate today by the Committee on Taxation and Transportation, a list of public projects is submitted to Congress for inclusion in the Ad- ministration's emergency public works program.
 The pro ects enumerated are public buildings at Anchorage and Ketchikan; flood control at Hyder, Valdez, Seward and Egegik Rap ids; improvement and completion of the Alaska Railroad and its ex- tension to include all railroads in the Territory, and all highways un- der the jurisdiction of the Interior Department; construction of the proposed line of the Alaska Rail- road so as to make an ocean term mus at Portage Bay; construction of the International Highway from a point on Richardson Highway up the Tanana River to the Canadian boundary; construction of wagon roads as feeders to the Alaska Rail- road; including the Yukon -Kusko- kwim Highway, and the Fairbanks Livingood Highway; all incomplete projects of the Alaska Road Com mission; construction of additional roads in the Second Division; an aviation field at Nome sufficient to accommodate round the world fly CTS; adequate school at Nome in place of the antiquated and made quate building now in use; and many other similar public projects throughout the Territory.
 Pass Four Bills
 The Senate passed four ot It's own measures today and transmitted them to the lower House. They in- cluded:
 No. 43, appropriating $3,000 for the Alaska Territorial Chamber of Commerce for the next two years.
 No. 65, to amend Chapter 86 of the Code of Civil Procedure by fix ing the time within which an exc cutor or administrator must file his final account.
 No 55, to prescribe the method of levying and collecting assessments on shares of stock. in domestic cor porations.
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