UTILITy RflflRfl FinRHCES HEVER BETTER,IS REPORT
| AIRPORT PLANS
^ DISCUSSED BY
^ CITY COUNCIL -
Principal subject
* of discussion at last
night’s council'meet
ing was a general
follow-up of the rec
ommendations and pro
posals on "* airport
work submitted to th®
council b^ G. J7 Pau
lie, CaA engineer, at
Monday’s special
m3eting7
Sine* S*nato bill
48 app*ars certain of
b*coming law, it was
vot*d to go ah* ad
4 with formal applica
tion as rapidly as
possibl*. Victor"RI
p v*fs, vTho *ngin**rod
tho 3,*liminary work
on fh* port, is to b*
askod for a d*tafl^d
r*port on yardag*"of
mat*rial to b* mdvod*
This r*port "must ac
company th* formal
project application.
One*" *stimaf*s of
cost ar* obtained, a
call for bids on th*
work will b* issu*d
and th* work pushed
^ with all possibl*
sp**d. Mr. Pauli*
^ sfat*d to council
* m*mb*rs that if is
*ntir*iy possibl* to
(Cent. Pag* 4)
Power Will Be
Off Ior 3 Hours
Th«r * will a
pow«r shut-off in th*
city b^tw^^n th®
hours of 9 and 12 a.tn
n*xt Monday, it was
announced by G• O#
Swain of th* S«ldo
via Pow^r & Light CoV
Mr. Swain said th«
shut-off was n«c*ssi
tat^d ‘ by lin*
changes•
NO ACCORD BETWEEN
INDUSTRY, WORKERS
IN FISH TALKS .
First mov*s in the
annual 'spring spar
ring ' between Alaskan
fishermen and the
canned “salmon indus
try“w*r * being publi
cized in Alaskan pa
pers'last “w*ek. The
mas't*r agf**m*nt be
tw**n "the Industry
and th* fish*rm*n is
still unsigned,“ al
though the" time "is
n*aring when fish*r
m*n working to the
westward should b*
sailing ‘north.
a r*port*d 20,000
men ar* concerned,
(Cont. Pag* 8)
LONG RANGE PLAN
DRAFTED TOGIVE
T IO,«»0O CONCRETE DAM
ThA financial sta
tus of th«! Public Ut
ility Board is U^tt^r
thain"it was wh^n th^
pr^s^ht Board took
office a y^ar ago,
and is b^tt^r 'than it
has av°r b^n in
Board history, accor
ding to chairman Jack
English. Mr,English
mad'' th* stat^m^nt at
last W4dn*sday1s pub
lic mating of th®
Boa rd.
“'Spectators at the
meeting discussed the
condition of t'h® “dam
with Board ^m^mbers,
and questioned as' to
whether ah increase
in water rental would
not be needed 4 to
build a fina'ncial
backlog in ord^r to
improve tha dam.
The re ply "was that
such an Incr*as^ will
not bs necessary.
The Board chairman
said that $10,000
would' “construct a
concrete dam that
will provide twice as
much wat°r as at pr'°
s°nt'. Board members
hav* worked 'out a
(Cont. Page 6)