The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-01-04
ANDERSON LOW BIDDER ON
 CITY DAM; TO GEI CONTRACT
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 closed. Committees, agents, or own CTS of the property will be held responsible for violations of the or dinance.
 General claims for $1085.13, and claims against the light department for $1SO2.S1 were read, and all ap- proved with the exception of bill for advertising recent bids in the Ketchikan Chronicle. The council considered the bill excessive and requested the clerk to so advise the claimants.
 H. Wellons made a brief state ment about work performed by his department Complaints about inter ference to radio reception were dis cussed. It is believed that violet-ray apparatus is responsible for much of the noise A new piece of equip ment soon to be installed by the light department may eliminate some of this noise, was Wellons' be- lief.
 Councilman Hanford of the Po- lice committee reported that three arrests had been made by the town, during the month of December, and one case turned over to the Federal authorities. A fire guard had been employed at odd times for a total of 36 hours during the recent cold snap.
 Opening of Bids
 As soon as the council was as- bof oil fondorc iu bo brought by the Victoria and the Northland were in their hands, opening of the bids commenced. The first bid that of E. A. Dewitt, logging contractor of Juneau, was rejected because it contained no certificate of compliance. The bid was s19,200, which by an odd CO., incidence was the same as Ander- sons bid. He agreer to clear the area for $26O per acre, and fall danger trees for 65c per 1000 board feet.
 Wright & Scott, of Seattle, ten dered a bid of $23,940. Their es- innate for clearing the area was $500 per acre, falling danger trees 75c per 1000 board feet Sawyer & Reynolds, of Ketchikan, bid $27,399 for the lump sum. R. J. Summers, of Juneau, bid $23,152. Their estimate for clearing and burning was $500 per acre. Seims Carlson, of Spokane, rendered the highest bid, s36,000. This was $4,000 above the engineers esti- mate. Their estimate for clearing and burning was $500 per acre.
 Anderdson's lump sum bid was s19,200. His estimate for clearing and burning was $250 per acre. MT. Neill, who represented the Public Works Administration. checked each bid carefully. He de- clared that if the town of Wran- gell was assured of MT. Anderson's ability to perform the work in the manner specified by the govern ment, he saw no reason why the local contractor should not be given the contract
 He stated briefly the govern ment requirements with regard to labor. The administration, he said, l held contractors to the line on a 3O-hour week wherever this plan was at all practicable. This was to be construed as 132-hour | month. It was permissible, on oc- casion, to permit a man to work | 4S hours a week, but under no | circumstances was he to work more than 132 hours in one month. l These matters were governed by the location of the project and the available supply of labor Minimum pay was soc per hour for common labor, soc flor semi-skilled, and $1.20 for skilled workmen.
 150 Unemployed
 Recent estimates place the num- Der of involuntary unemployed in Wrangell at 150, according to in- formation revealed last night. In view of this fact, the council in structed the clerk to expedite all | documents relating to the dam pro- ject, in order that the work may ject, in orde that the work may | commence as soon as possible.
 It was further decided to ascer- | tain the probable .cost of the two | other projects which have been ap- proved by the government-there re- construction of Front street and sewerage system, so that a call for bids may be advertised in time to get this work started as soon as the dam is finished. It was pointed 1 out during the discussion that any | money remaining after contractors have been paid can be-in fact must be-used to retire the bonds.
 Purchase Truck l
 The matter of buying a new truck to replace the one now unfit i