The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-06-28
ALLOTMENTSFOR ALASKAN TOWNS TOTAL S242,400
PWA Allots Juneau $l03,- 900, Sitka $87, 900 and
 Wrangell $5l,500

Allotments totaling $242,4 were made yesterday by the Public Works Administration at Wash ipgton, D. O., for projects at Ju- neau, Sitka and Wrangell, it was announced today by Governor John w. Troy, who as Territorial rep resentative of the PWA approved the applications which were sub mitted late last year and which have been held in abeyance by Washington authorities since that time due to the exhaustion of PWA funds.
 The allotments made were: Ju- neau $l03,000, Sitka S87,900, and Wangerll $51 800. All of them have been formally approved by Presi- dent Roosevelt.
 No Action Here
 The sum allotted for Juneau is in the shape of combined loan and grant, the latter being thirty per cent of the total. While Con- gress early last spring passed an Act authorizing this city to issue bonds upon which the PWA loan would be based no action has been taken in that regard. Mayor l. Goldstein announced today that he had wired Delegate Dimond asking for the conditions attached by the PWA to the loan As soon as these are definitely known it is probable that special election will be called to submit the bond issue to local taxpayers for their approval. At the regular municipal election last April this question was given an overwhelming approval by the voters. But later the City Council was advised by H. L. Faulkner, City Attorney, that another elec- tion would be necessary in order to comply with the requirements of the Congressional authorization act.
 The money, which is required to be expended without delay, is for certain municipal improvements in- cluding new bridge on Calhoun Avenue across Gold Creek, paving of certain streets down town and out Calhoun Avenue, reconstruction of Gastineau Avenue and possibly the erection of a city incinerator to replace the present garbage dump.
 The Sitka allotment of $87,900 is an outright grant to the Terri. tory as a contribution for the con- struction of the new Pioneers Home on which work is now pro- gressing. The Territory has already set up $225, ,000 for this work, the general contract for which is held by the Warrack Construction Com pany.
 In the absence of w. A. Hesse, of the Pioneers Home Commission, no official statement was issued by other members of the board as to the probable effect of this new sum on the plans for the building. It was unofficially said, however, that probably it would permit completion of the auditor um, which it had been planned % leave unfinished, certain land 'caping, reconstruction of the pres snt hospital so that it can be as a home for the Super ntendent and quarters for nurses md installation of power plant for the institution. Until the terms )f the grant are received from the PWA, it was added, no definite plans for utilization of the fund will be made.
 The Wrangell aiio:raent of S51,- 500 covers three projects in that and is another loan and grant allocation. One of the projects calls for the expenditure 1f $6,500 on the sewer system A oan and grant of $13.000 was made for the construction of retaining wall. For installation of a water supply system the sum of s32,OOO vas allotted.