The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-12
DOUGLAS
NEWS
DOUGLAS COUNCIL MEETS

| last evening in the City Hall for
a regular meeting.
Councilmen. Dore. Boehl Mar
shall, Shudshift and Ehrendreich
were present with Councilman Her
mann cut of town.
Under reports of committees call
ed for by Mayor Pusich, the Fin
ance committee headed by Chris
Ehrendreich reported that accord
ing to appraisal by A. Candles Of
Juneau, the cost of restoring the
cannery to its former condition
before the windstorm recently,
would amount to $3,322.65. This
amount is separate from any DAM
age or loss of equipment or ma
ohinery. Ehrendreich stated that
the cannery building itself was in
sured for $4,000 and warehouses for
81 eco. The amount the city will
be able to collect has to await
the arrival of insurance adjusters,
he stated, who should arrive here
this week.
The finance committee also pre-
scented the city with a new set
Of books authorized at the last
Council meeting, and recommended
that a chart of accounts itemizing
costs Of specific city jobs be kept
in the forms provided with the
new bookkeeping system.
Mayor Pusich expressed thanks to
Ehrendreich who stated that there
was no charge for any of the labor
involved in setting up the system,
only small cost of new books in
volved. 1t was brought out that
city finances were not in good
shape and several outstanding notes
on hand including one $4,000 note
owed to Mayor Pusich. 1t was also
brought out by the committees
reports that with the present city
evaluation the city was never
theless on a sound basis financially
Water Supply Good
Councilman Arne Shudshift re-
ported for the Fire and Water
Committee that the reservoir had
remained in good shape throughout
the freezing weather, also noting
that the newly installed fire hyd-
rants were in good working order.
Shudshift recommended however
that all cid hydrants should be dis
assembled and worked over, and
a portable steam pipe be purchased
by the city for use in either repair
ing water mains in winter or TAX
ing out hydrants etc, from the
frozen ground.
Councilman VIM. Dore reported
that four local men, Douglas
Wahto, Glenn Franklin, Joe Reid
and Gordon Mills had volunteered
to stand fire watch, night after
night during the past heavy Taku
winds, and thought the city should
show appreciation by some pay
-ment. Mayor Pusich asked Dore
and Shudshift to bring it up at
next Thursdays Fire Department
meeting for action, and TO report
back to the city the recommended
lions.
City Clerk A. j. Balog, reported
that there was total of $332.50
of outstanding water accounts as
of December l, some Of which were
by far past due.
william Boehl and William Dore
were appointed to sit in on the
telephone rate hearing to be held
on Juneau rates soon, to acquaint
the council with procedure.
Interested spectators included
several liquor dealers whose Ii
censes were up for approval, includ-
ing one new application. Ross Mills
applied for a renewal OF the Oas-
is Lounge and Retail store, to be
established in a new location IN
the former Tony Simon building,
more recently operated as Johnny
Liquor store. Chris Batogov and
George zuskoff applied for a Ii
cense, both cocktail and retail
store for the location formerly
operated as the Oasis bar.
Other applications were as FORM
erly issued, however due TO no Of
fetal notice being given OF ap-
prevails or due notice in writing
from the court, all approyals were
held over until Special meeting to
be held next Monday evening, Dec
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