Saward Seaport Record
Published each Tuesday and Friday
Seward, Alaska
John M. Coleman .Edilor and Publishcr
Mildred Kirkpatrick .Managing Editor
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Special Election
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any private agency. Money has
been made available and is wait
ing for tlie immediate construc
tion oi' a home ior Sanatorium
and General Hospital staff. A
site was chosen on Mr. Brown
ells property between Madison
and Monroe Streets at the cost
of $o,G0o. Mr. Brownell later
slated his feeling that in its own
interests the city should own llie
entire piece, and made an offer
so reasonable that it does not
seem possible that any Seward
\oter could consider refusing il.
The property includes First
Lake and the surrounding area
south of the Nils Hagen home
stead, Marathon Mountain above
timberiine, one half mile of Low
ell Canyon (to the diversion
ciam), and a strip along First
Avenue at the base of Bear
Mountain to the bay.
Ail easements, water rights
and rights-of-way across the
property are included in the
sale. The entire holding, exclud
ing the Brownell residence, can
be owned by the city for the
sum of $100 per month over a
period of 10 years, without in
terest.
One councilman estimated this
amount to be little more than
has been paid in taxes on the
property since it was patented
by Brov.nell Senior.
Attorneys have examined the
title and find it to be free and
clear of encumbrance of any
type, and advise the city to ac
cept the offer to protect the fu
ture of the community.
Mr. Brownell stated that he
is not anxious to sell, that he lias
refused time and again to sell to
individuals because he has al
ways felt it should belong to the
city. “The $100 a month docs not
mean much to me, one way or
another,” he said. "I could have
charged the accepted amount of
interest without anything being
thought wrong about it, but I
don't want to do that. I do not
expect to live to see the end of
Mr. and Mrs. John VanHousen
arc parents of a daughter born
in Seward General Hospital Sun
day, Nov. 20. The little girl’s
name is Charlotte Elizabeth. She
weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces
at birth. The VanHousens live
in Homer.
WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
Leo and Bobbie Douglas cele
brated their I4lh wedding anni
versary last Sunday night with
a party at their beautiful coun
try home on Grouse Lake.
Another couple celebrated
their anniversary the 20th, also.
They are Bob and Jean Trotter,
but we did not hear how long
they have been married.
Art Frisby is going Outside
on the Denali Friday. He will
stop at Seattle and maybe San
Francisco for medical treatment
for his hand. Mr. Frisby was
injured while working on a road
construction job last summer.
the 10 year payments, but I'll
feel better knowing that my
family homestead belongs to
Seward."
Restrictions against denuding
the property of trees, included
in the first negotiations were
eliminated from the purchase
ordinance, which now calls only
for the purchase of the home
stead.
Electrical Installation and
Inspection Ordinance Delayed
A fourth ordinance, prepared
by the Utility Board and present
ed to the council for adoption
last week concerned the rates
for installing meters, meter de
posits, electrical code, and in
spection of wiring.
This was returned to the
Utility Board for changes in the
inspection clause.
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WALTER W. SIPPRELL, Gen. Agent - Phone Main 125
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aclc«t
By Mildred Kirkpatrick
Soward is suffering all the
growing pams tliat have been
experienced by every city in
any country under development.
Some of them hurt, mightily,
others are simply a matter of
planning and foresight.
The situation that confronts
the taxpayers today could be
discouraging if we allow it to
get us down, but it can be over
come by steady thinking and
calm planning.
A man remarked the other
day that we are trying to oper
ate Inis city as though it were
for 2u,(J0U instead of 2,t)uu. There
may oe some truth in that.
Maybe we are overextending
ourselves, maybe we could do
without a paiu lire chief, three
police officers, street depart
ment and garbage collection.
Perhaps we are reaching out
too cast, whir a city government
outpacing the thinking and atti
tude ol tne general public.
Somehow 1 cannot eecl tiial
we are on the wrong track, it is
true, however, that we must be
careiul and watch city nuances
closely. But of the several
"musts ’ ahead or Seward, tne
people must be mlormed and
take time to think them out.
First, and of prime impor
tance, is the power question.
WE MUST have more power
A year ago, the Utility Board
aim City Council contracted by
revenue bond tor all that it
could afford. This year, that is
not enough. Mow, in order lo
supply every house and busi
ness with electricity, the city
plant must have another gener
ator. The bonding company is
willing to go along with us to
the extent of $200,DUO. None' of
tins amount will come out of
the general fund, nor any added
assessments. THE PLANT RE
VENUE will repay the loan.
If this were not true, no bonding
company would accept or handle
the loan. As it is, Grande
Company of Seattle has agreed;
to this amount, it the voters will
pass on the bond issue.
It is quite possible that within I
the next three or tour years,
Seward will again be short of
power and have to buy another
generator. Ii that happens, it
cannot be helped. A young man
would be considered foolish to
buy two houses, knowing that
he could use only one and be
unable to rent the other, even
though he might plan on having '
a family of 12 children who |
could possibly use his second j
house in 20 years.
That is the position of the
Utility Board now. One new 750
kw generator in addition to the
present equipment, will supply
all the power Seward needs
now, with a generous margin
tor expansion, unless there is
an unexpected boom in the next
few years, so, why generate
power that cannot be sold?
Besides electricity, we need
a good telephone system, ade
quate water supply, sewers, side
walks, hospital, and in a few
years, more schools. But let’s
get first things first, and the j
very first is POWER.
COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
I
Well Baby Conference and Im-1
munization Clinic, 1st and 3rd.1
Thursday of month. 1 to 4:30
p.m. Building next to Moody’s
Lunch.
Tuesday, Nov. 28
JUNIOR WOMENS CLUB.
Wednesday, Nov. 29
P-TA, High School Study Hall.
Thursday, Nov. 30
W.S.C.S., Nurses Home, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 2 !
BAKE SALE, Sophomore Class.1
BAKE SALE, Ladies of Sacred
Heart Church, 10 a m., Wer
ner's Market.
Thursday, Dec. 7
WINTER CONCERT, Methodist
Church, 8 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 8
BOYS' SPORTS SHOW, 8 p.m., I
High School Auditorium.
Saturday, Dec. 9 ,
BAKE SALE, Lutheran Ladies''
Aid.
Saturday, Doc. 13
BAKE SALE, Eastern Star, Me-!
Mullen's.
SANATORIUM WORKERS
PLAN FOR CHRISTMAS
The staff and volunteer work-j
ers at the Seward Sanatorium I
are looking ahead to Christmas |
and already have plans under
way to maite this greatest of all
religious celebrations as mean
ingful and happy an occasion as
is possible for the patients who
must of necessity be away from
their own firesides and loved
ones.
Christmas trees gaily decorat
ed and brilliantly lighted will
add a festive air to the wards,
and on Christmas day gifts will
be distributed to each and every j
one.
The interest of the townspeo-1
pie of Seward has always been
evidenced in their generosity to
the Sanatorium at this season of
the year and their benevolent
giving has contributed much to
the enjoyment and entertain
ment of the patients.
The Sanatorium personnel an-1
ticipate that the interest shown ;
in the past will continue and that J
this Christmas will be one of i
great joy and happiness.
In planning for so large a num-;
ber of people it is helpful to
know as far in advance- as pos
sible what to depend upon in
the realm of donations. For that
reason it is suggested that any
individual, club or organization :
who wishes to make a contribu
tion in the way of money, gifts!
or entertainment contact Mrs.!
Kcturah King, the social worker
at the Sanatorium.
Friendship of some people is
merely a license to borrow
money.
BEAVER
and
VAN SEVENTER
Certified Public Accountants
take pleasure in
announcing that
Thomas R. Bennett,
C.P.A. (Idaho)
is now associated with their
firm as manager of the
Setvard Office
Bank of Seward Building
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