The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-04-13
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COUNCIL MEET IS BUSY 0NE;
 TEN ITEMS UP
City Fathers, in Special l Session, Names All Em-
 ployees, Committees


 At least ten important items of business were considered as the City Council met last night at City Hall in special session. Here's an abbreviated summary of the events at the City Fathers busiest recent meeting:
 l. Election municipal employees except City Dock wharfinger. 2. Appointment Council stand ing committees.
 3. Decision to enforce Territor- ial liquor regulations; decision to put all liquor revenue into bond retirement fund.
 4. Rejection of PWA street paw ing bids; authorization to advertise for new bids on enlarged project. 5. Decision to let Police Depart ment handle alleged gambling sit uation."
 G. Approval municipal employees salaries.
 2. Acceptance librarians annual report.
 8. Action deferred for week on Northland Transportation Com pany's proposal to move to City Dock.
 g. Reception of thanks from of ficial City Representative Allen Shattuck on his recent flight to Fairbanks.
 10. Unanimous vote not to ad- vertise in Juneau edition of San Diego Navy News. Here Are Details The only contested municipal em- ployee positions were Fire Depart ment truck driver, Police Depart ment patrolman and City Dock wharfinger.
 John C.. Olson, incumbent, and Joe Hill, former California Grocery driver, were elected to the truck positions. Hill replaces George Phillips, who did not apply, as he is entering private business enter prise. The patrolmen jobs went to Kenneth Junge and George Gilbert son. Junge was an incumbent and Gilbertson an extra officer. Hoffman Is Chief Roy Hoffman, former patrolman, was the only applicant for Police Chief to succeed c. J. Davis, who also is entering private business. William J. Markle was elevated to the position of Assistant Police Chief. He was unopposed.
 The City Dock wharfinger, with three applicants, was not filled, pending decision to reopen the mu- nicipally- owned wharf.
 Positions which had but one bidder each and which, therefore, were automatically filled by Mayor Isadore Goldstein's single vote, are: Street Commissioner, Mayor Gold stein; City Clerk and Magistrate, A. w. Henning; City Treasurer, John Beck; Health Commissioner, Dr. w. w. Council; City Engineer, Milton A. Lagergren; Ce m etery Caretaker, Hans Nielsen; Librarian, Ann B. Coleman; Fire Chief, V. w. Mulvihill; Assistant Fire Chief, William Neiderhauser; Company Foremen, Minard Mill and J. S. MacKinnon; Fire Alarm Caretaker, H. M. Porter; Garbage dump care taker, w. Springer.
 All appointments took effect to- day.
 Committees Here
 The st standing committees, as named by Mayor Goldstein, include; Elections, printing and cemetery, the entire council; finance and tax ation, Wallis George, chairman, Henry Messerschmidt, and William Beck; fire protection and water, G. E. Krause, chairman, Messer- schmidt, R. H. Beistline; library, Beistline, chairman, Art McKinnon. Beck; Police and health, Beck, chairman, Krause, George; schools, Messerschmidt. chairman, George, Beistline; streets, sewers and lights, McKinnon, chairman. Krause, Beist- line; wharf, McKinnon, chairman, George, Messerschmidt. The third item of importance was the Councils unanimous decis- ion to stand with the Territorial Liquor Boards newly announced enforcement code, which turns 60 percent of all liquor tax revenue back to cities which enforce Terri torial regulations. The new system, it was estimated last night, will mean that the city probably will derive about $l0,000 from liquor tax revenue instead of the $4.000 it received last year. In this same consideration, upon suggestion by the Mayor, Council