The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-02-21
CONSIDERS SCHOOL. HYDRO ELECTRIC.
 TELEPHONES AT MEETING

' l took under consideration additional facilities to Wrangell school upon ] presentation by George Fabricius. 1 school superintendent, of a repOr5 ron crowded conditions which now exist. Council agreed. after hearing l MT. Fabricius. that something must be done and Mayor Doris Barnes appointed a committee of Council men Einar OttesOn. Andrew Bar low and Lee Ellis to meet with the school board to see what solution can be worked out.
 A letter was read from the tele- phone company announcing that service would be continued untiI May l instead of dominating March 1, as they had previously notified the Council.
 Council instructed Clerk Margar. ct Bronson to write various elect ric companiees about telephone systems and their installation. In the meantime, Ralph Devenny was instructed to string a telephOneI hook-up between emergency sta tions in Uwon; the hospital, fire Ge-I partment, light plant, docOr's home and other points for use in case off need. lThe Sentinel was not coE-I Isldered an emergency staton.'J
 Jack Krepps and sam Pickering appeared in behalf of the Junlor Chamber with sample of street signs which the Junior Chamber asked to post giving names ot .ne towns streets. They are DeILg painted by hrepps and PIckerlnB With the Junior Chamber furnish Ing materials. The Council voted 10 accept the offer. 1uey. are tasty slYer-Dackground signs wIth black lettering.
 The nyurO-eieculc committee oi une JunlOr Chamber, consisting or .uvIeulJn LusLdru, rreu cunning nam, NeII rrencu ana Jack MdteI . appeared. MT. cunning nam reau report rom walter stewart, Well known consulting englneer Wno r-- crntIy maue survey OI Mill Green as d source TOT Wiangel pOme. me report was IayoraDIe IUr al nyurU p4auL anu Istru Us auNan- ,ag,s. luey a.s,O ieau d rsqdes. ..ou Jue JuuIur Chamber tnat tIe ,0uucn uolu n dueyanee TOT 0VI p.ateu at p.esont uIesel pan, o.Ia dskeu I.A.J pu. on"su UI t~U "n4,- ,V Ue lustdneu be ueiayeu unuI Iur1ue prriocsi anu uaLd can be CUmpueu Uu LJat uI uyuIu p.aus. Councn ueoIdeu notnIng cOulu be oone aOout tn- oVv np ual1 oluered as SOooV ndu been pdId uown on IL by a former Council, as to the 4oV h. p. unit ordered by present OOun- cil, they saId construction of the unit had not yet Deen sLarteu Dy FairDanks-Morse company ana it| would be months before they could get delivery. As to the power house construction, it Is not due to start for more than oO days anyway, so Council tabled the Junior Cham ber's request and decided to let nature take it's course.
 However, on request Of the Jun for Chamber that the Town apply flor water rights, over and above Ithosa now owned by Alaska Metals and Power Company on Mill Creek, Council passed a motion to He with the Federal Power Commts- sion for such rights.
 A letter was read from tue Wrangeu Chamber of Commerce r9 ouesting that the Clerks office be retained in the City hall Council took it under advisement for fur ther consideration after certain matters pertaining to legality ot such a move.
 A letter was read from WrangelI Transfer asking for more strictly enforced garbage regulations.
 Mrs. Matilda Paul asked, by let
 ter, reimbursement of $500 from city for what she alleged was en
 eroachment on her land. In 1913 an
 easement for right-of-way was gry-
 en Mrs. Paul by the City. Mrs.
 Paul accuses city of taking more
 land than the easement called Tor
 and constructing an approach on
 her property to the shrimp can
 nery. She asked $250 a year for
 rental of her land at the approach
 over and above the $500.
 Routine matters closed the even ing session