1867 Duty Station Visited By Son;
Father Shipwrecked On Arrival Here
For one tourist in Kodiak this
week the visit is of special signi
ficance and provides an interest
ing link with this city’s historic
past.
The visitor is Col. Medorem
Crawford, U.S. Army, retired, of
Lakeland, Fla., who is accompan
ied by his fishing partner, Col. A.
M. McCarthy, a Rotarian of Day
tona Beach, Fla.
At the Rotary luncheon Tues
day at the 49 Room Col. Crawford
told members the background of
his life-long desire to visit this
area.
Ninety-two ypars ago his father,
then 2nd Lt. Medorem Crawford,
had just graduated from West
Point. It was 1967. the year of the
purchase of Alaska from Russia,
and Lt; Crawford was assigned to
Companies H and M of the old
2cd Artillery, arid ordered to re
po* i to Kodiak for the establish
ment of a military -post
he two companies, on one sail
ing vessel, left Newark and made
the long and arduous trip around
the Horn. Arriving in the Kodiak
area the vessel was shipwrecked,
but all hands were saved, although
idost belongings and supplies were
lost.
The companies bivouacked here
that summer, and CoL Crawford’s
father told the story of how, somie
weeks after the wreck, a native
fbdnd some flotsam from the
wreckage on the beach and brought
it in, and by a strange coincidence
the salvaged material contained
Lt. Crawford’s commission, which
is ,4till in Col. Crawford’s posses
sion.
Lt. Crawford stayed in Kodiak
two years before being transferred
elsewhere. He married in 1870, had
fdtir children and rose to the rank
of brigadier general.
during his visit Col. Crawford
was told about the Russian ceme
tery here with the soldier’s graves
that still bore markers from that
ea&y elate and was able to read
the inscriptions that indicated 6
of the soldiers of his father’s com
pany hal# ’died between 1867 and
1870.
Col/ McCarthy spoke briefly on
the tourist attractions of Daytona
Beach, Rev. John Molletti told of
recent Rotary clubs visited in the
south AS, and Curly Wilson an
noticed plans and prizes for the
chiding Halibut Derby.
Guests included Charles Harri
son, Don Fenner and Rotarian
Frank MoConaghy.
WHEREABOUTS SOUGHT
A son and daughter who have
not seen their parents for 20 years
are seeking information on them.
They are Fred and Lena Kalmak
off Grindie, who lived some years
agp at Kanatak, and may have
moved to the Kodiak or Westward
area- Anyone knowing of them may
contact the postmaster, Kodiak.
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Audit Report Of Kodiak’s Finances
Places Dollars & Cents Value On City
(This is the first of two articles
to appear in the Kodiak Mirror,
which will present highlights from
the City Auditor's report for the
fiscal year ending March 31, 1959.
The second article on this subject
will appear in next week’s issue.)
How big is your City? What is
it worth in dollars and cents?
When we say44 How big?” we
are not concerned with its popu
lation. Rather, we are referring to
its assets, its income, its expendi
tures and its liabilities.
The revenue flowing into the
general fund of the City of Kodiak
totalled $317,810.66 for the year
ending March 31. This was $6,951.
34 below the estimate set at the be
ginning of the fiscal year, which
was placed at $324,762. The actual
revenue in real property taxes
were $13,043.50 below the esti
mate This alone accounted ^or
the major difference in the budget
and the actual revenue. Magistrate
Court fines and bail forfeits also
show a figure less than the budget,
and account for a difference of
$1,484.50.
Garbage collections were under
the budget by $1,064.70, as was
an item under the heading of sale
of labor and equipment—a $3,031
figure.
Street improvement and small
boat harbor funds; taxes on person
al property; berth rental at the
small boat harbor; water and sewer
funds; together with lesser a
mounts from other sources were
instrumental in bringing the reve
nue figure closer to the budget esti
mate. The biggest gains were made
in taxes n real property, sales tax
and the water and sewer fund.
, These and many other figures
were gleaned from the auditor’s
report of the City’s finances. Mau
rice Egan, of the firm of Egan;
Sites and Lala, recently completed
the audit and submitted his re
port last week.
The dock fund showed an ope
rating surplus of $153,972.38. Tital
assets for the dock fund is repre
sented as $324,037.58.
Revenue collected from the dock
operation totalled $94,621.25, up to
March 31. Operating expenditures
were listed as $83,553.36, thus giv
ing an excess of revenue over ex
penditures of $11,067.89 for the
fiscal year.
Wharfage and handling of the
City-owned dock accounted for the
greatest revenue, with $89,734.85
realized from this source alone.
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BACK TO DUTY—Gen. Nathan
Twining, chairman of the joint
chiefs of staff returns to duty
after recuperating from a lung
cancer removal. (AP Wirephoto)
The extent to which the City
dock contributes to the economy
of the town is shown in a run down
of salaries and wages paid out over
this period of time. Broken down,
it contains these items: Wharf
superintendent, $7,239.58; adminis
tration and accounting, $6,644.86;
clerical, $4,616.70; longshoremen,
$16,850.37; jitney drivers, $5,320.47;
checkers, $11,286.16, for a total of
$51,958.14.
What about sales tax revenue?
How do we stand? As you are prob
ably aware, the voters authorized
sales tax monies to the tune of
$500,000, half of which would go
to street construction and half to
the small boat harbor. Harbor
funds have, of course, been hit the
hardest, with the building of the
harbor. According to the auditor’s
report, this fund showed a balance
of $60,935.03 at the end of March
31, 1958. Since then expenditures
have totaled $97,326.91 and reve
nue, $41,282.45. Subtracting reve
nue from expenditures, and de
ducting from the 1958 ■ balance,
leaves a fund1 balance of $4,890.57
at the end of this audit period.
The street construction fund is
in a little healthier condition. The
balance in 1958 is shown as $44,
078.85. Revenue amounted to $41,
282.44 and expenditures $21,074.86.
The difference of $20,207.58 leaves
a balance March 31 of $64,286.43
But this balance and more will be
used up quick enough with con
templated road work.
(Part Two Next Week)
Ambulance Is Not
For Hire-Vickery
The City ambulance is to be used
for emergency cases only, accord
ing to Chief of Police Roland
Vickery.
His statement has followed sev
eral cases in which those calling
for the ambulance were not ser
iously ill ,and could just as well
have been driven to the hospital
by friends or called a cab.
The chief pointed out that while
the ambulance was out on this type
of call, the vehicle could have been
needed for a i^eal emergency, and
would not have been available.
. “The ambulance is not a “for
hire” vehicle,” the chief pointed
out. “Also, when we make a call
it leaves us a little short due to
the fact that the offiicer on duty
has to cover the call.
‘‘I would like to ask the people
of Kodiak that unless the ambu
lance is really needed, please de
not call. You may be the cause of
preventing us from getting t»
someone who really needs the am
bulance.”
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