The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-24
CITY'S COSTS OF. BOAT HARBOR IS.
 PLACED ATSSS,00O.
Bond Issue Will Be Neces- sary to Put in Term
 inal Facilities
OFFICIALS PREP AIRING FORFULL COOPERATION
Chamber Has Directed Ef- forts for Project for
 Over Four Years

With the War Department setting | aside the money for the Juneau small boat harbor and preparing ! to start work immediately, as an- nounced exclusively in The Empire yesterday, city officials today be- gan mapping out their immediate plans for cooperation. Figures com piled by City Engineer Milton La gergren revealed that cost to the city'for completing all the termin- al facilities will be around $88000. | This will include floats, seaplane float, gridirons, guard rail, wharf, rock fill, hoist, fire hydrants, rights of-way, streets and walks.
 The War Department figure on cost of building breakwaters ana dredging has been placed at S232,- GOO. making a total cost for the pro- iect of $32O,0O0, if the city goes ahead with it's terminal facilities at at present outlined.
 By passage of a resolution two years ago, the City agreed to par ticipate in the construction Of the harbor to the extent of $5,00O but that was before the present site was selected or terminal facility plans had been worked out.
 Bond Issue
 Mayor Harry I. Lucas said today that it would be necessary for the city to float bond issue to handle it's part of the improvements and the Council expects to take the mat ter up at it's regular meeting Sep tember 2. In the meantime, the May or was in conference with Public Works Administration officials and if was hoped to be able to get 45 percent of the cost from PWA under the grant and loan provisions. II this is accomplished, the city's im- mediate need of cash for construc- tion will be cut almost in half, or around $4O000 to $45,000.
 "This is the best thing that has 7 happened to Juneau in a good many years" said Allen Shattuck, Char man of the Small Boat Harbor con- mittee of the Chamber of Commerce today. who has headed the Cham ber's committee since the Chamber took the leadership in trying to get the boat harbor more than four years ago. Serving with MT. Shat tuck were Wallis George and Charles w. Hawkesworth.
 History of Project
 Accounting the history of the pro- feet today, Mr. Shattuck recalled that it was back in 1884 that pe- tition was finally sent to the War Department. signed by boat owners | and others in the community, ask [ ing for harbor facilities. Much agi- | tation and ground work had been done prior to that time. But from 1884. definite progress continued to be made.
 Army engineers were interested { in the project and came north to make surveys. The first plan was to build just north of Femmer's Dock. This was abandoned after the Army surveys had shown better bot tom conditions existed in the site just north of the bridge. Hearings were held with Col, H. J. Wild, Dis trict Engineer at Seattle. In this connection, MT. Shattuck said:
 "Col. Wild has cooperated with us from the start. AS early as Mo- vember 1885 he compiled thorough and favorable report on the project and has worked steadfastly in our behalf ever since"
 It was two years later, August 26, 1887, that the War Department gave it's official okey to the project and placed it on the list of approved river and harbor projects for AL aska
 MT. Shattuck pointed out that the city officials, government officials, Delegate Anthony J. Dirnond, all have cooperated wholeheartedly on the undertaking, and some assis- tance was given by the Seattle Chamber of Commerce.
 Includes 11h Acres
 Actual construction of the har- bor calls for the dredging of 11H acres just north of the bridge to a depth of 12 feet at mean low wa ter. Two rock breakwat@s HOO and 500 feet respectively, will pro- tect the basin on the west and south. The city will extend streets leading
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