FACTS
(Cont, From Pag* t, Col. i)
road and also to mak4 a slight revision
of the grade and curvature of the road
so that the access road would meet an
existing road on the Fairview subdivi
sion properly, Numerous factors were
required to be considered in placing
the access road, namely those of the
proper grade, properly engineered
curve, xise of dirt excavated to be
used as Parking area fill ground, and
conformity with existing roads, The
road profile and drawing as finally
submitted by Mr, Henning Johnson con
formed to all the specifications nec
essary exce.pt one in the layout and
planning; that of conformance to an
existing road. The directors were
concerned over this factor but felt
that a very slight- deviation from the
revised drawings would overcome this
one objectionable feature, therefore
the call for bids was placed and pub
licly advertised. Three bids were sub
mitted for the access road and for the
placement of drainage culverts. The
bids ranged in price from $562, 65 to
$2*557*5° for construction of the road
The directors discussed the bias and
reached a decision that all bids were
rejected. The directors restaked the
lower end of the access road in order
to remove the objectionable feature of
damaging an existing road. A special
meeting of the directors and the bidders
was called tor October 20, land to dis
suss the revised road The specific
purpose of this meeting was as stated
&bove, The matting was well attended
fay the public, however the initial pur
pose of the meeting was distracted by
m group of residents who expressed dis
favor in trie location of the hospital
$ile* Tnis subject was not on the ag
enda for discussion, This special meet
ing adjourned at approximately to pm
An additional special meeting was call
ed fay the directors to discuss the ac
cess road, and such other business as
might be properly presented before tne
directors, At the second special meet
ing the directors accepted very reluc
tantly and only upon his express wish,
$ke resignation of the president of the
board, Mr, Robert fl, Kranich, The di
rectors directed the PUD manager to con
tact Mr, Clare Miner to fill the unex
pired term created by the resignation
pf Mr, Kranicn, The directors also vot
ed to disregard the action taken at the
earlier special meeting of the evening
concerning cessation of construction at
the hospital site mview of the purpose
of the first special meeting held, and
that the group present did not represent
the entire community. The PUD manager
was also instructed to contact Mr, How
ard flickersham and offer Mr, Kicker
sham Job °f constructing the restak
ed access road on an hourly pay basis,
commonly known as force account, ^his
procedure is commonly used by other
federal and Territorial agencies when
all bids are rejected by the employer
Mr, flickersham was contacted and is giv
ing consider at ion to doing the work re
quested by the directors, The current
precipitation during the past few days
and which might continue for several
days will undoubtedly delay a decision
on the part of Mr, flicker sham, since it
is very difficult to do any excavation
fyerk in the current weather.
The above explanation of the activ
ities concerning the hospital health
center is as comprehensive as it is felt
be furnished.
Signed
Jack McLaughlin
E, V< Browning
Milton G, Aim
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COSTS
(Conti from Page t,Col, 2)
Aug, 4, electricity service, $7,50; Aug,
q, added service installation (elec) at
site, $21*50; Aug, 12, deep well pump
and fittings, $3*78* 23; Sept, 1, electric
service, $10,85; Sept, 7, survey work
on access road 25 hours at £10 per hour,
&250; Sept, it, transportation of 25
concrete tile culvert, $too; Oct 7, 72
feet concrete culvert, $187*20; Oct, 7,
electrical service, $11,50; Oct, '20,
send water sample to Alter at Juneau,
$4, 94; Sept, q, send water sample to
Sears Roeouck, $10 11; Oct- 25, resurvey
access road, design, etc,, $350, Total
$6, 423, 07,
INTEREST SOLD
Natalie Hewlett this week announced
the sal*: of her interest in the Bank of
Homer to Elmer Rasmuson, president of
the National Bank of Alaska in Anchor
age "I chose Mr. Rasmuson, " Mrs. Hew
lett explained, "because I believe he
has the same concept of personal ser
vice and development of the community
as had Mr. Hewlett, founder of the Bank
of HorKer. / want to thank all the many
friends of the bank for their support
and l believe this new connection will
result in a strong bank with expanded
services "
Mr. Rasmuson stated that he was de
lighted to have an opportunity for clos
er contact with the development of the
Kenai Peninsula "I have always been
enthusiasti< over the many potentialit
ies of the Peninsula and believe that
it will go ahead tremendously imthe
next few years, " he said
Russell Cronin, formerly »w;ith the
Rational Bank of Alaska and the Bank of
America, will be the manager of the
Bank of Homer, Mr. Cronin's wife and
two children are moving to Homer this
week and will live in the bank building,
The Bank of Homer was established in
iq50 by Arthur Hewlett and has served
the community continuously since that
date.
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NEWS BRIEF
Due to our endeavor to get all of
the i reformation concerning the £UD in
this weeks -paver we find that many
important stories have been left out.
Here is a brief resume of those stories.
There may oe a special meeting of the
CSG this coming Saturday night to dis
cuss the hospital problem.
Bill Eklof has been elected to suc
ceed Bob Moss as president of the fish
erman's association.
Porty-five local residents are en
rolled in the mining extension course
currently in progress at the school.
Pour classrooms are to be added to
the Homer school according to "The Alas
ka Teacher " lio date was given for the
start of construction«
Twenty-five local men left Sunday
for a two-weeks National Guard camp at
Anchorage,
he hear that the x-ray unit is due
in tomorrow (Friday) after breakdowns,
Mrs Natalie Hewlett was honored Sat
urday night by the Women's Club with a
farewell banquet. She is leaving Satur
day for Massachusetts,
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Homer was visited last weak by a
group o) man representing the Morrison•
Knudsen construction company and the
district engineers f¥om Anchorage,
It looks vary much this week as
though Ohlson Mountain is going to be
the sit a of a radar station as rumors
hava had it for tha past several months.
Lata last weak a group of man from
tha Morrison-fCnudsan construction com
pany and a representative of tha dis
trict anginaars was in town to look the
sit a ovar in praparation for submitting
a bid,
Although nothing definite was given
out it was learned that tha installation
will fall into a class costing about
two million dollars to construct, that
anywhere from So to 150 men will be ♦'o
quired to operate the station, and that
it will take at least two seasons to
complete tha construction if it follows
tha pattern of similar installations,
Bids for the construction will be
let out early next year,* according to
the visitors
A well is being drilled at tha site
in preparation for work that is expected
to get underway next spring.
CHAM dLK MhtT
4 letter from 5- 5 Gnad stating
that he had received the lovely Waltham
watch sent him by his friends in Homer
was read at the Chamber of Commerce
meeting held Monday noon
The watch, a gift in appreciation for
his services to the community, had not
arrived in Homer in time to present it
to him before he left the community, He
was given a Mickey Mouse watch to do
him until the finer one arrived, He
expressed deep appreciation for the gift
and sent his regards from his home in
El Segundo, California♦
Letters from the Tyler, Texas Chamber
of Commerce and the U« S, Chamber c?o;i
cerning the impact on a community when
an oil field is hit nearby were read,
Both groups stressed the need for ample
housing for both workers and industry.,
Don Smith announced that he had been
approached by members of the military
stationed at Wildwood Station at' Kenai
as to the possibility of using local
ski runs this twinter, They said that a
bus load of military personnel would be
brought to Homer at a time to ski if
the facilities are available« The mat
ter was referred to Yule Kilcher, a mem
ber of the Homer Ski Club to take up
with that g^oup at a Wednesday evening
via At irrp.
Don Smith also got a pat on the Pack
from the Alaska Visitors Association
for his part in soliciting jt members
to that group from the Western Kenai
Peninsula
Howard Myhill reported that Dr Theo
dore Sank and his wife were due in Homer
on Wednesday and that Hr, and Mrs* Jim
Scott and Mr, and Mrs Leo Rhode would
be in change of their itinerary. Dr,
Bank is director of the Aleutian Re
search Institute and is considering Ho
mer as a site for the field headquart
ers of the Institute,
general insurance ;
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