The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-31
TICKET DO NOT FAVOR
 UTILITIES DEAL
Accomplishments of Ad- ministaiion During
 Past Year Listed


 voiced tday by Mayor Waino Hendrickson and Council candi- dates running on his ticket.
 We are opposed to City pur chase of the utility properties on the terms presently offeled be- cause the deal now offered the City is not, in our judgment, in the interest of the public stated Mayor Hendrickson, speaking for 1 his ticket. However, should the people of Juneau vote to purchase the utilities, we are pledged to carry out their wishes to the very best Of our ability"
 The Mayor reccunted steps talk en under his administration dur ing the past year which have finally brought the utility question squarely before the voters, with all the angles of the problem held up in the light for full scrutiny. We have done our best" the Mayor sf u ito bring the matter i Lefore the Voters so as to leave no place for guesswork when the ballots are cast No matter what direction the vote takes, our eff forts will continue to be just as sincerely devoted to carrying out the expressed wishes of the people. ! The entire platform of the ! ,I-fa Vol. e already accomplished during the past year when we were in office" the Mayor concluded. We feel we have served the people of Ju- neau well and the people can be sure the Peoples Ticket will continue to serve them we'll
 Achievements
 1 Among the achievements Mayor Hendrickson listed as realized by his administration during the past year are.
 Purchased A. B Hall property, including gas station and store building for S15,000. City operates own gas pump for City equip ment and has remodelled store building into City Health Center.
 Purchased property from Mem orial Library Board for widening Fourth Street between Calhoun and Main; cost S2,500. Secured deed from Presbyterian Mission Board to 8-foot wide strip, 50 feet long for widening "E' street be- tween West Seventh and West Eighth; donated.
 Adopted and published new 1 Building Code Ordinance.
 Gold Creek flood control main- tenance; still under way. i Resurfaced many gravelled streets. Filled in and completed one new street Erwin Street, be- tween Harbor Way and Juneau Dairies) Rebuilt Kennedy Street viaduct. Began construction on new Calhoun Avenue overhead pedestrian crossing.
 i Rebuilt concrete stairway on Ninth Street Hill. Constructed 100 feet of timber bulkhead in front of Alaska Coastal hangar, backfilled with rock. Rounded corn CTS on Fourth and Franklin, Sec ond and Franklin, Front and Main, Front and South Seward.
 Completed Dock
 Built new City Float, using creo- scted piling; cost s604S.
 Completed rebuilding of City Dock, including north end ap- proach, using creosoted piling for all except lenders; cost $ll ,643.99 of which $2,900 for work completed year previous. Redrove piling in Small Boat Harbor on floats Nos f 1 and 2, all south side and part of north side of float No 3, part of Master Float, using 63 creosot- ed piling; cost s8,900.
 Completely overhauled the heat ing facilities in the Grade and High Schools; cost approximately $6,oC0, in addition, to normal yearly maintenance and repair program,
 Constructed a total of 586 feet of new stairways and elevated side walk
 1 In a cooperative program With property owners. paid for installa- tion of 3.259 feet of concrete side walk, with a similar program plan ned for 1947.
 Installed over l 1,500 feet of con- crete sewer pipe, including deep water outlets from Harbor Way beyond Columbia Lumber, and from South Franklin Street through Roberts Row.
 New Equipment
 New equipment purchased ln- cludes: Police patrol car, pile driver, diescl-powered heavy duty street grader. 2ia ton, heavy duty dump truck, new engine for old dump truck, new gears for the scoopmobile. blacksmith forge and (COnfinued o1t fdqe Eight