The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-26
Peace on Coast Waterfronts Seems Assured
BRIEF REPORT ON IMPROVEMENTS BY
 CITY THIS YEAR
By Waino E. Hendrickson,
 Mayor


 Mayor
 The largest project undertaken by the city during the past year consisted of underground improve ments and the paving of our streets. To finance these imrrove- ments two bond issues totaling s4lO,000 were approved by the voters.
 A brief summary of the improve ments completed include 5l4 miles of asphalt paving; miles of the total eeing new agreements with ,'ne-hali mile of resurfacing of existing concrete pavement in need of repairs. The final payment was made to the contractor on October 8, to the amount of $50, ,432 37 mak- ing a total cost to the city tor paving of $258,68586 or approxi- mately $3.45 per square yard. ,Theses figures were not available for the present audit as the fiscal year ended as of Septemer 30, 1949) It s interesting to note that of the 2 miles of streets within the city limits less than two miles remain ..npaved pending necessary under round improvements consisting ot improved water and sewer lines. most of which will be installed during the coming year.
 To complement the paving pro- ram, $500 lineal feet of concrete sidewalks were poured, replacing i'd wooden walks or providing new walks were none existed prev.ously. This was made possible through the cooperation of adjacent property owners who paid two-thirds of the cost of sidewalk construction with he city paying the remaining one hird. The total cost to the city for hese sidewalk improvements amounted to S3,515.16.
 Underground improvements neces- sary previous to paving and com leted this year include the sre- placement of 5000 lineal feet of wood pipe with cast iron pipe. This project completed the replacement of all remaining wood pipe with ;ast iron pipe in the city-owned nigh pressure mains used for fire fighting purposes. This system is maintained in cooperation with the Alaska Juneau mine through the Use of their pumping plant in mak- ing salt water available i'll these mains at a pressure of 120 pounds.
 The Juneau Water Company provides duplicate system with fresh water available, giving the City of Juneau the unusual advan- age of two separate systems of water mains for fire protection. light additional fire hydrants were installed in areas previously with put adequate fire protection.
 Additional underground improve nents consist of the installation of more than 1000 feet of concrese sewer pipe, 1000 feet of under ground perforated drainage ripe, j0 catch basins for improved street drainage and the replacement ot all valve box and manhole covers ir the newly paved areas. The cost of these underground improve nents totaled $62,488.64.
 By careful planning and through judicious use of funds, it was pos sible to acquire approximately Il, ,OC0 square yards more paving han originally planned for, and till have available fund to.aling s81. .61744 as of November l, 19.9 .or additional street improvements.
 In conjunction with the under around and street improvement program it was possible to include q number of local improvements by way of street widening, rounding of corners, moving or elimination of light and telephone poles and other Instructions to traffic. These improvements plus the installation of parking meters, and the inaugu- ration of one way traffic in cer- tain areas of the city are designed to improve and eliminate some of the traffic problems created by our narrow streets and the constantly increasing number of cars and trucks.
 The city administration is proud of these accomplishments and we are sure that you taxpayers are well satisfied with the results.