The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-07-11
COUNCIL APPOINTS
 NEW POLICE CHIEF

.5 he Clty Council meeting heId |aulE g. $ letter was read from the ] Federal Works Administration Istating Ihat Jhe eity's request for lands 10 make survey Of Mill IGreek for hydro=ele,trie power lad ] been received and would be for .Warded To n committee for further faction bat due 10 Ihe faCl tuaI che 1 Advance Planning fuud had aA- pired June 30. there was some
 doubt the application would be ap- proved.
 4 letter from the Northern Com
 mereial Company stated the power shovel. ordered some time ago. had
 been shipped June IS, from the factory
 An application from William Rankin, asking that the Council l keep him in mind if they ever
 needed a law enforcement officer.
 was read Rankin further stated
 that he had been a chief of police | Iduriug the war years and that he had his own equipment.
 The Maryland Casualty Co.,. in
 a letter requested that the Council designate by resolution che bans
 in which City Clerk Bob Nickmau. | for whom they hold bond, is au~ 1 thorized 10 deposit city funds The
 Bank of WrangeIl was designated. ] An ordinance providing for Che Board of Equalization to meet July |lO and F was read for fhe second 1 time and approved.
 Police C1IeI Jerry Marshal 1e- ported that all the Farwest-Wran |gell Company equipment missing after the fire had been returned
 After the Chief returned 10 duty Councilman Barlow said that Mr.
 Marshal wanted to know whether or not he would be apOinted per manently as Chief of Police. Councilman Ellis exressed his fa- CT in letting Marshall know and motion was made by Councilman Barlow, seconded by Ellis to giyeI Marshal the permanent appoint tment. Councilman Barlow present ed a letter of recommendation frem one of Marshalls former associates and further stated that he had ruu down all rumors against Marshall l especially as pertaining to rumorsI l that Mir. Marshal had asked rar-I iCus concerns for q ''shakedoWu. 'I and found them 10 be just rumors Councilman Barlow further staJodi that in the future the committees on police matters Wold ignore all rumors against he Chist cf polt#a. as far as his duties were concern ed, and take into consideration on- ly complaints which weg# a wIst= ing or presented personally bef5rz
 the City Council Motion 10 aD- roint Jerry Marshall Chief of Pol ice carried unanimously
 Bond for Walter Sutte daing the Iconstruction on the addition to the flight plant was approved but the lefty decided not to pay the bond tut as is the custom, have the cou-I tractor himself pay it.
 Councilman Ellis reported thatI | the shrimp cannery dock was in bad shape and that il should De barricaded completely. The Council asked Councilman Ellis to investi- gate and see what repairs to the dock were needed and further, to wire Ketchikan to see if timber needed could be obtained.
 Councilman Barlow made a mo ton that Councilman Ellis be ap,I pointed to do the repair work on the dock and that Ellis be paid atI the rate of $1.25 an hour It was brought out that no other men were available to do the work. The motion was seconded by Council man Peter Mccormack and carried, unanimously.
 Councilman Ellis reported heI had asked contractor Joe WeayarI his charge on repairing the Cuu-l ningham building which had been routed by the street fill and and
 been given an estimate of $500. The council decided to withhold action until an agreement had been drawn up with owner Fred Gun ningham
 It was reported by Councilman Joyce Hay, who is also acting chairman and secretary of the hos pital Board of Control, that the local hospital is in bad shape with Ian outstanding indebtedness of a bout $5000 He added that out Iside supply houses have refused further credit and even local busi- nessmen cannot carry the hospiaI Iany longer Councilman Hay brought out that many people have been hospitaliZed who cannot, pay Ia hospital bill and that involves loss to the hospital, Councilman
 Barlow asked if mismanagemenrl was the trouble and Councilman Hay said that was not the reason
 but that people who were hospital ized did not pay their bills and he added bills outstanding, owed the |