The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-08
JUNEAU COUNCIL DISCUSSES MANY
 BUSINESS ITEMS
Popejoy Named Assessor Parking Meters Coming
 AHA Is to Keep Apis.

AHA Is to Keep Apis.
 City Clerk Jack Popejoy was ap- pointed City Tax Assessor at last nights regular meeting of the Juneau City Council. After con- siderable discussion. it was decided that Popejoy would be capable of handling these duties because of his daily familiarity with the City's tax problems.
 Territorial Engineer Frank A. Metcalf appeared at the Council meeting to inform the City that his department has marked the Gastineau Channel near the Men denhall Bar with trees and night markers as temporary aids to small vessels desiring to take advantage of that short cut.
 Metcalf also announced his plan of installing buoys in all small Southeast Alaska harbors for emergency mooring purposes to help small vessels caught in storms. He said that dolphins, which he had originally planned to install. had proved too expensive for the job He asked that all fishermen submit information on harbors in which they want these buoys in- stalled.
 i Dumping Old Autos
 Metcalf also raised objections to the use of the Thane Highway, past the garbage dump. for a dumping ground for wrecked au- :, tos. He was informed that the City l is now dumping such items between the A-J rock piles near the old Army barge landing. They will 1 hc car.iear frsIn there and dump ed in deep water at later date. 1 Chief of Police Bernie Hulk announced that the Police Depart ment will he represented in the future on the Board of Directors of the Juneau Teen-Age Club in order to maintain closer relations with that group and assist them wherever possible
 Hulk told of the coming Police mems Ball being held for the Clubs benefit. He also said that he is making efforts to secure paint | and brushes so that the Teen Ayers can improve their Clubs ap- pearance. The Police Chief prom ised that the Department will take a personal interest in the Club in the future.
 City Parking Meters
 At the motion of Councilman George Jorgenson. the Council vot- ed to install parking meters in the City. The subject was then referred to committee for investi- gation and recommendations on the details.
 1 Complaints of several instances of auto and truck speeding were discussed and turned over to the Police Department.
 l A proposal by George Brothers to turn over 2is acres of land ad- joining the proposed National Sol- dier's Cemetery in exchange for gravel was also turned over to a committee for recommendation Similar action was given to a pro- posal from Hayes and Whitely Logging Co.,. for trade on piling timber on the cemetery site.
 A letter from Delegate E. L. Bartlett was read to the Council reporting favorable recommen- dation on HR 3995 from Under l secretary of the Interior Oscar L. Chapman. The measure would authorize the cemetery to be es- tablished in Juneau.
 Requests for additional fire fighting equipment at the Small Boat Harbor was referred to the Fire Committee. disappointment of the two fire truck drivers was confirmed.
 1 The Police Committee was di- rected to check the City Ordi- nances on public loud speakers in connection with the Alaska Mis-. sion on South Franklin Street which had been requested by Po- lice to cease using their loud speaker system.
 I Monthly reports of the Public Health Nurse, City Librarian anc Police Department were received The Nurse reported than many suspected cases of tuberculosis wert discovered in the recent mass X. rays and were referred to private physicians for further inyestiga. tion and treatment.
 1 The Council was informed by the Alaska Housing Authority tha there will be no change in tn, status of the Channel Apartments It was originally proposed that thu City operate this as a low renta