The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-16
Airport Bldg. Is0fferedCity
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(Continusd from Page One) l ------------- ----------- Cab to take over the Alaskan Ho- tel stand vacated by the Alaskan Cab Company, and the question of the proposed sale of the City Dock to the Juneau Spruce Corporation for expansion purposes.
 Airport Bldg. Offer
 Pan American AirWays has offer cd to the City of Juneau knock ! ed-down and crated panel-con- struction barracks now at Skag- way, to be given for use as an Airport Administration building without any charge fob. Skag- way. And it is believed that the u. s. Army Engineers would be able to provide transportation by large from Skagway to Juneau.
 The building is 24 by 40 feet in 1 size, and has two stories. Coun- cilman Burr Johnson estimated that cost of putting the structure up, excepting the costs of lighting and plumbing fixtures, would run about S12,oOO to $15,000
 PA has offered to provide an , experienced man to supervise con- struction. There would be suffi- cient room in the building to house offices for both PAA and Pacific Northern Airlines, and pos sibly Alaska Coastal Airlines, also a waiting room and lunch count CT.
 i Proceeds from rent, as suggested by Pan Americans offer to the Council, would be sufficient to pay off the cost of the building in 10 years.
 It was decided that the offer would be fully investigated start ing at once, and efforts made to gain the support of visiting Con- gressmcn for the project, which would require acquisition by the City of land which is now under U. s. Navy title.
 "Vag" Ordinance in Effect
 Ordinance No. 3l1, which defines vsgrancy in all its variations un- der one heading for the first time, is in effect since it's final passage and approval by the Council last night. Acting Mayor Nielsen sign ed it immediately after the close of the session.
 Commented Chief of Police Milo Clouse: We've been looking for this for a long time Nielsen stated that he is expecting early action by the Police on the strength of the new ordinance.
 Garbage Disposal Poor
 A letter from the Juneau Cham Der of Commerce brought up once more the very poor situation as re- gards collection and disposal of garbage in this City.
 The missive cited "flagrant ne- glect for the past month or so even though the Council has reminded the trash-collectlng firm of their responsibility to carry out the provisions of their contract
 It was pointed out that collection difficulties have hit the refuse company because of a labor short age, which was attributed at least in party to the fact that the workers are paid only $l0 day considerably below the wages for similar but more desirable work
 Table Welfare Proposition
 The Council voted to table for the present a renewal of a propos- al made early this year by Alice Brandebury of the Territorial Welfare Department. The reason given was that the City budget as drawn up and approved made nc provision for supporting a Welfare worker, and the City's present fi- nancial condition makes it inadvis- able at this time.
 Also postponed was any decls' ion on the proposal made at tht last regular meeting by the Alaska Housing Authority, that the City enter into a low cost housing pro ject, using the Channel Apart ments which have been declared surplus as of November l, by the Federal Housing Authority.
 This matter has not been drop