The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-08-27
TAXPAYERS Vote
ON BOND ISSUE
HERE TOMORROW
Special Election on Public
Improvement Projects
Is to Be Held

Taxpayers of Juneau tomorrow
will vote at special election on
the issuance of $4,000 in four per-
cent, 20-year bonds which will be
issued as security to the Public
Works Administration for loan of
$4,000 for public Improvements. In
addition to the $4,000, the PWA
has set aside $4,000 as a direct
grant to cooperate with the city.
There will be single polling
place, at the fire apparatus room
in the City Hall building. The
polls will open at and close at
7 o'clock. Each project has to be
voted on separately.
Voters Requirements
Requirements for voters in the
special election tomorrow are as
follows: "All persons who are citi-
zens of the United States, twenty
one years of age or over, and who
have been residents of Alaska for
the period of one year and of the
city of Juneau, Alaska for six
months Immediately preceding the
date of said election and whose
names appear on the last assess
ment roll or tax roll of said city
for the purposes of municipal tax
alton, are qualified to vote"
Six Projects
Voters are urged to vote on each
of the following six propositions
set forth on the ballots:
/. To issue ISL 400 in bonds for
regarding and paving streets and
sidewalks.
2. To issue $2,750 in bonds to
install sewer and water pipes.
8. To issue $4,000 in bonds to
be used to construct a new bridge
over Gold Creek at Calhoun Road.
a. T oissue $12,850 in bonds to
construct concrete bulkheads on
Gastineau Avenue and Calhoun
Road or Avenue.
5. To issue $25 900 in bonds to
be used to construct refuse in
Generator.
6. To issue $4,000 in bonds to
be used to employ such engineering
supervision and Fay such overhead
expenses as may be necessary in
connection with the above men
toned public works.
Approval by the voters tomorrow
of the proposed bond issue and
fulfillment of the loan contract
with the Public Works Admins
tration will materially strengthen
the financial position of the City
of Juneau, in the opinion of May
or I. Goldstein, as expressed in
statement today.
IF the city borrows the maxi
mum amount of $4,000 which the
PWA is willing to lend-and the
people may rest assured that the
sum borrowed will not exceed this
amount and may be considerably
less-the current operating expens-
es of the city win be substantially
reduced" said Mayor Goldstein.
improvements Necessary
Citizens should bear in mind"
the Mayor continued, "that regard
less of the decision of the voters
on the bond issue, most of the i'm
provements outlined in our pro-
gram will have to be made in the
near future. A new bridge must
be put across Gold Greek at Cal
houn Avenue, new bulkheads and
bridges constructed on Calhoun
and Gastineau Avenue and repairs
made to the high-pressure water
mains and sewers within the next
year. All this work is imperative.
BY reason of the 80 per cent re-
fund to the City by the PWA of
the cost of labor and material, the
City is bound to make very sub
stantial saving
Garbage Problem Acute
THE garbage dump on West
Ninth Street must go soon, with
the near completion of the Gas
tineau Channel bridge and protests
by residents in the district making
an early change imperative. We
may be able to find a more suit
able location for the garbage dump
but in the event that refuse in
Generator is found to be the best
answer to the problem, certainly
the city will save money by bor-
rowing the money from the PWA
at four per cent, with the 80 per
cent refund on labor and material,
rather than borrowing $4,000, the
estimated cost of an incinerator
at six per cent, with no free grant
Of 80 per cent.