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SEWARD ELECTRIC SYSTEM
SEWARD, ALASKA
Condensed Comparative Balance Sheet
DECEMBER 31, 1953, and 1952
In the past it has been the policy of the Seward Electric System
to submit for newspaper publication a Comparative Balance Sheet
on completion of the annual audit. The Seward Public Utility
Board hereby submits the following report:
ASSETS
Utility Plant—net book value
Plant Under Construction
Real Estate .
Investments and Fund Accounts
Bond Redemption Fund Cash
Current Assets
Cash
Cash fiscal agent
Accounts Receivable
Inventories
Prepaid expense
Deferred Charges
TOTAL ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND SURPLUS
Bonded Debt
Current and Accrued Liabilities
Accounts Payable .
Accrued taxes
Customers' deposits
Accrued interest
Bonds maturing within 12 months
Surplus
Reserve for Bond Redemption Fund
Contributions in aid of constructio
Unappropriated surplus
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SURPLUS
December 31
1952
1953
$370,975.10
6,783.07
15.975.64
18,693.46
8,726.25
33.670.75
49.217.23
4,113.50
114.421.19
S508.155.00
$233,000.00
14.360.53
350.87
8,745.00
6.143.37
8.000.00
37,605.82
15,975.64
30.000.00
141,573.54
187,549.18
$508,155.00
$338,259.69
13,901.18
6,500.00
9,252.42
13,788.61
7,678.75
29,521.27
53,301.19
4,772.45
109,062.27
50.00
$477,025.56
$291,000.00
12.071.03
2.040.56
7,020.00
6,277.92
7,000.00
34.409.51
9,252.42
30,000.00
112.363.63
151,616.05
$477,025.56
Respectfully submitted:
SEWARD PUBLIC UTILITY BOARD
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News-Letter
By Mary Lee Council
Secretary to Delegate Bartlett
PARTITIONING OF ALASKA
Protests from Alaskans and
others Interested in the state
hood cause for Alaska poured in
to Washington last week follow
ing the suggestion of Gover
nor Heintzleman that Alaska be
partitioned with only the popu
lated areas to be incorporated
within the boundaries of the new
state.
“Governor Heintzloman's let
ter to Speaker Joe Martin urging
that part of Alaska be made a
state, part remain a territory,
obviously is a nicely calculated
effort to hurt the statehood
cause,” Delegate Bartlett de
clared upon learning through
the newspapers of the Alaska
Governor’s action. “It will give
statehood foes opportunity to
urge further study of the whole
statehood matter, thus making
available from the Alaska Gov
ernor himself a convenient ex
cuse to try to hold up the com
bined Alaska-Hawaii bill which
passed the Senate last week by a
vote of more than 2 to 1 and now
is pending in the tlouse of Rep
resentatives.”
The suggestion, which Speaker
Martin has since stated would
not meet his objections to state
hood, proposes that "it might be
well to consider for immediate
statehood that portion of the Ter
ritory that is developed, that em
braces all the larger metropolitan
centers and in which 5 percent
of the population resides.” The
area mentioned by the Governor
"might well include all the land
lying east of the Shielikof
Straits and the 152nd meridian
of longitude and south of the
summit of the Brooks Range,
.eastward to the Canadian border
and all of southeastern Alaska.”
"This proposal,” Robert B. At
wood, chairman of the Alaska
Statehood Committee, now in
Washington, stated, “would strip
the new state of the greatest
salmon banks in the world by
excluding the Bristol Bay area.
It would also exclude the great
platinum mine, the nation’s big
gest producer of that precious
metal. It would exclude some of
the areas which are believed to
contain huge oil reserves on low
er Cook Inlet and Shelikof
Strait. Major oil firms are active
there and one firm is now pre
paring to drill this summer.” In
addition, both Chairman Atwood
and Delegate Bartlett pointed
out that within the area exclud
ed from the boundaries of the
new state would be the Pribilof
Islands, half of the net proceeds
of which under the pending
statehood bill would go to the
new state, Nome, the oil region
in the Arctic, Alaska's tin mines,
jade mountain and other vast
areas believed to contain valu
able minerals such as uranium,
copper, coal, mercury, antimony
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mod Bie expressed appreciation
and heartfelt thanks to all the
Anchorage officers for making
available their time to Seward,
to perform this installation.
Committee appointments were
as follows:
Social and Community Welfare
Delmar Zentmire, chairman;
John Rose.
Cerebral Palsy Fund
Ticket Committee
Gus Johnson, chairman- Hal
Gilfilen, Bart Stanton, Gus Wer
ner, Harold Campen.
Sick or Relief Committee
Russ Painter, chairman, Mar
tin Urie, Harry Southard.
Investigation Committee
Robert Mueller, chairman, T.
and tungsten, plus the gold min
ing areas of Ophir, Flat, Folger,
Hughes, Takotna and the Idila
rod.
“Governor Heintzleman is a
federal official,” Delegate Bart
lett stated. “The Governor of Al
aska is named by the President,
not chosen by the people of the
Territory. The Dpartment of the
Interior is overlord of Alaska.
This intervention now, coming
at a critical moment, and posi
tively hurtful not only to Alaska
but also to Haw'aii statehood, is
he most useful example now at
hand why Alaskans w'ant to run
their own affairs under state
hood instead of being subjected
to continued interference and
domination by federal officials
and a federal bureaucracy.”
It was pointed out that Gover
nor Heintzleman, an ex-officio
member of the Alaska Statehood
Committee, has not conferred
w'ith any members of the Com
mittee since he wras appointed to
office a year ago, nor has he at
tended any committee meetings.
Congressman Melvin Price
stated on the House floor last
week that in his opinion "Divi
sionary attempts such as this
can only do damage to the cause
of statehood for Alaska—and
Hawaii as well."
“Mr. Speaker,” the Illinois
legislator said, “I am deeply
puzzled to learn that at this late
date after the Senate had passed
an Alaska satehood bill which
he had endorsed, that the Gover
nor of Alaska within the last
few' days has proposed that part
of Alaska be made into a state
and part remain as a territory.
“Friends of Alaska statehood
are bound to view this as a di
versionary move intended to de
lay consideration of the com
bined Alaska-Hawaii bill now
pending in this body. I am reli
ably informed that there is no
substantial backing in Alaska
for any such partitioning and
that this has been considered on
several occasions, only to be re
jected. The proposal . . . would
deny the new state some areas
rich in resources. Of course, the
Governor is such a recent con
vert to immediate statehood that
his expressions on this subject
can scarcely be said to reflect
the thinking of those in Alaska
who have for years espoused the
cause of statehood. Nevertheless,
the fact that he appeared before
the Senate Committee on Inte
rior and Insular Affairs only re
cently* and made no mention
then of separating Alaska into a
state and a territory naturally
gives rise to conjecture as to
what motives may have led him
to interject this last-minute sug
gestion.”
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Lapsation Committee
Jacque Roth, chairman, Russ
Painter.
Auditing Committee
Harold Campen, chairman,
Emil Nelson, Herman Leirer .
Judiciary Committee
Hal Gilfilen, chairman, Alfred
Torvanger, Robert Freeman, and
Russell Painter.
Boy Scout Committee
Russell Wagner, chairman, R.
Seferovich, Robert Mueller, Jack
Kelly, Don Dalberg, Bill Ryan.
Trustees Committee
Harry Southard, Russell Wag
ner, Gus Johnson, Robert Free
man, Hal Gilfilen.
House Committee
Harold Campen, chairman,
Jack Kelly, Frank Lewis.
Sports Committee
Don Dalberg, chairman, Del
mar Zentmire, Jacque Roth,
Martin Kowalski, Bill Ryan.
Entertainment Committee
Jack Hull, chairman, Hal Gil
filen, Perry Stockton, George
Giardina, Pat Hodgkinson, Reese
Jones, Peter Rojcewicz, Robert
Kidd, Mike Dotson, and Clyde
Lovett.
Youth Activities Committee
Robert Freeman, Robert Muel
ler, Jack Werner.
Favorite Game Committee
William Saindon, chairman,
Reese Jones, John Walsh, Roger
Painter, Clyde Lovett, A1 Reed.
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Liaison Committee
Bill Ryan, chairman.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Strutz re
turned home April 15 from visit
ing friends and relatives in Cal
ifornia. They enjoyed the trip
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