The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-05-07
COUNCIL HAS LARGE NUMBER OF VISITORS AT
 MEETING LAST NIGHT

dersOn and Council members How ard Baltzo. Lennfe Engstrom. Andy Barlow. Meredith Custard and Pet er Mccormack earned their pay lif Wrangell's city father got paid, which they don't9 last night when they held session from 7:3O D. m., 10 almost l o'clock at City Hall. A large list of visitors and the school addition issue took up most of the evening so regular usiness of the City was unfinished at the late hour and it was decided to adjourn until next Thursday evening when cey appointments for jobs, and other regular business will bb con cluded.
 First visitor was Mrs. Harry Coulter who appeared for the local Health Coucnil Health Council re- ported that Dr. E. Albrecht. Terri toriaI Health Commissioner would furnish the local Health Nurse with a ear provided the city would as sume responsibility of it's upkeep.
 Mayor and Council members in quired into age. condition, etc. of proposed ear in order to estimate about what upkeep would cost. Mrs. Coulter said Health Depart ment had not given that informa- ton but said the local Health Council would obtain complete in formation and then it's upkeep cost could be considered when Council members complete the town bud get.
 Mrs. Nettie Zepp and Mrs Doro- thy Webb, Girl Scout leaders, asked the city for use of a city lot ad- joining the Binkley farm, in the Mission Hill district on which to construct troop house. the city 10 retain ownership of the lot. T. was taken under adyisement of the Street and Property Committee.
 Dr. E. J. Wheeler appeared to ask repair of approximately 90 feet of sidewalk in front of the Wheel CT building. Ht pointed the present walk is in bad shape and consti- utes a hazard. He said he paid for the walk originally, S760. He said he had some sand he would furnish if the city would furnish the balance of the material and do the work. Mayor Gunderson ap- pointed the Street and Property Committee to inspect repairs neces- sary and report back to Council.
 Requesting repair of residential sewers, Dr. John 0. Bangeman City Health Officer, said he would like to go on record as making the re- quest and further offered the sug gestion that when they are repair ed that a permanent installation be made of it when the repairing is done He also requested the Council to- make certain alterations in his office in the City Hall. Pre- yious Council had said it would make needed repairs to the offices when Wrangell got a permanent physician. The Council took a few minutes recess to look over the of fices and Mayor Gunderson ln- structed the Property and Equip ment Committee to take the repairs under consideration.
 Al Friedman. operator of the Wrangell Telephone Committee ap- peared to ask permission to. make an adjustment in telephone rares.
 II was pointed out that MT. Friedman has improved telephone conditions considerably with the stringing of cable to replace the old lines also that telephone rates at present are the same as when the franchise was drawn up before the war. It was moved and second ed that the franchise be revised to include the following rates. plus tax: Private business phone, $500; 2-party line, S4.75: private resi- dence, $5.25; 2-party residence, $425; 4-party res, $3.75; over A. party res, $3.25. Mir. Friedman ex- plained that the new rates conform with rates in other Alaska towns where rates are comparatively low. Desk phones are all 25 cent month extra.
 R. W. McKibben appeared for the decoration committee of the Stikine Stampede and started in by telling the Council he was not asking for anything Mayor and Council members breathed a sigh of relief and heard Mac" as he asked per- mission to string flags along Front Street for the forthcoming Stikine Stampede. He also asked about the city's strings of colored lights the town used to display during the tourist season in more lavish days. Ralph Devenny. Light Superintend- ent. explained the sockets of the lights were cracked and broken. McKibben said that Thor Hofstad had offered to look them over and try and repair them if the city would give permission at no cost to the city. Mayor Gunderson asked Devenny to go over the lights with Hofstad and see if any could be salvaged as it was thought