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SEWARD, ALASKA
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MR. SUTHERLAND AND HIS
SHIPPING BILL
(From Valdez Miner.)
Delegate Sutherland has introduced
;i bill in Congress to amend the coast
wise shipping law, particularly as it
applies to Alaska. The import o’, the
measure is that in Alaska the provis
ions 01 the coastwise shipping law
which prohibits freight shipments
from being carried from one point in
the United States to another point in
the United States except on vessels
owned and operated by citizens of the
United States registry and under the
rules and regulations of the shipping
act. is waived, and that such ship
ments to Alaska may be made on for
eign vessels, and this pratically means
the Canadian C. P. steamers.
We believe in his fight against the
fisheries reserve system the delegate
is wholly in the right, even though
the remedy he offers is not entirely
satisfactory, but there is no merit
whatever in his proposed shipping
bill. We are almost confident that
the delegate is not father of the mea
sure, for we can see in it the animus
of another official of the territory
who has waged a bitter warfare
against the steamship lines operating
between the states and Alaska,
squandered thousands of the territo
rial funds therein, and all without re
suit so far as his declared intention
is concerned—the lowering of freight
rates. So far as we can see there
never was any cause for the fight a
gainst the steamship lines other that
a personal grudge, to settle which tin
territory has paid heavily.
Under the shipping laws of tin
United States, the American seamai
is the highest paid in the world. Ye
Mr. Sutherland would let down thi
bars and allow Canadian vessels ti
compete in our own waters with tin
American ships which are compeliei
to pay these same high wages.
How much of a reducti n in freigh
charges will such competition prc
! duce? Comparatively little, it any
; and then only to a small section of
| Alaska served by the Canadian ves
sels. Under the prevailing high wag
es for seamen in American vessels,
there is a point below which the com
panies cannot go without loss, and
this point would still yield a profit to
the Canadian vessels with their lower
wages, and at that point the decrease
in rates would stop. Yes, it would
stop long before that point, for the
operators would withdraw from the
field. The steamship companies are
not doing business for fun, but for
profit, just the same as all the rest
of us. When that profit fails to ap
pear so will the steamships.
Granted that it costs more to ship
1 a ton of freight from Seattle to Alas
ka than it does to Honolulu, it must
also be taken for granted that Alas
ka has been given a steamship serv
ice better than the business warrant
ed. Year in and year out, on a
weekly schedule, steamers have made
their calls at the ports of southeast
ern and central Alaska. It is a ser
vice the people of Alaska have de
manded and, having demanded, must
pay for.
Admitting, for the sake of argu
ment, that freight rates are excessive
we are still confident that the people
of the territory as a whole are far
more willing to bear them than to
accept lower rates with a poorer ser
vice, and that the delegate’s shipping
bill will find few in Alaska to com
. mend it.
i In connection with the above it maj
■ well be borne in mind that on his re
cent trip to Washington, Attorne\
> General John Rustgard informed th<
i people of Vancouver or Victoria, thai
t he proposed to make Prince Ruperi
? the principal port for Alaska, oi
) words to that effect.
1 B. V. Watkins, traveling audito:
for the Alaska Steamship Co., ar
t rived on Saturday’s train, leaving or
-| the Alaska for the States.
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NOTICE OF REGISTRATION
Notice is hereby given that at the
hour of nine o’clock a. m. on the fifth
d<»y of February, 1924, the registra
tion Looks of the Town of Seward
will be open at the office of the Mu
nicipal Clerk in the Seward Bank
Building for the purpose of register
ing all qualified citizens of the United
States, who have resided contin
uously one year next preceding ihe
date of the election, in the Territory
of Alaska, and six months next pre
ceding the date of the election within
the corporate limits of the Town of
Seward. All electors must before
voting register their names and qual
ifications with the Registration Offi
cer.
The Registration Books will be open
every day except Sundays and holi
days, beginning Tuesday, February 5,
1924, during the following hours:
Until the Friday next preceding the
first Tuesday in April:
From 9:00 a. m. to 12:00 noon.
From 2:00 p. rn. to 5:00 p. m.
On Friday and Saturday next pre
ceding the first Tuesday in April from
9:00 a. m. to 12:00 noon; from 2:00
p. m. to 5:00 p. m.; from 7:00 p. m.
tc 10.00 p. m.
That said Registration Books will
be closed for such election, at 10:00
o’clock p. m., Saturday, March 29,
1924.
The said election will be held on
the first Tuesday in April for the pur
pose of electing City Officers and
members ot the School Board.
The officers of the City to be elect
o i are as follows:
Mayor. „ _ ,
Three members of the Seward
Common Council.
Treasurer.
Clerk.
City Attorney.
One member of the School
a Clerk. .. .
Dated at Seward, Alaska,
Board,
Febru
orv 4 1924.
“ * ’ W. H. WHITTLESEY,
Municipal Clerk.
Publish February 4, 11, 18, 25, 1924.
ORDINANCE NO 78
An Ordinance to Establish ana ul
ulate the Rates to be Charged to
the Town of Seward, Alaska, and
the Inhabitants Thereof, lor Elec
tricity and Electric Current by
Persons, Co-partnerships, Associa
tions or Corporations who Supply,
Furnish and or sell Electricity and
Electric Current to said Town and;
or its Inhabitants.
Be It Ordained by the Common
Council of the Town of Seward,
Territory of Alaska:
Section 1. That, after a full con
sideration thereof, the rates herein
after provided and set forth are lair
and reasonable rales and charges to
• be paid by said Town of Seward,
Alaska, and the inhabitants thereof
for electricity and electric current
supplied, furnished, delivered and | or
• sold to said Town and j or its inhabi
tants, and that no person, co-partner
ship, association or corporation shall
i make, charge or collect any greater
rate or charge for electricity or elec
tric current supplied, furnished, de
livered and | or sold to said Town and
| or the inhabitants thereof, than the
rates or charges contained and set
forth in the following sections of this
Ordinance, to-wit:
Meter Service
Sec. 2. On or before September
2, 1924, after the passage of this Or
dinance, meters shall be installed to
all consumers of electric light and
power within the incorporated limits
of the Town of Seward, Alaska.
Meter Installation Charges
Sec. 3. Meters shall be furnished
the consumer by the person, co-part
nership, association or corporation
furnishing said consumer with elec
tricity or electric current at actual
cost which amount shall be paid at
the time of installation of meter and
receipt issued for cost of meter. Ti
tle of meter to remain the property
of the person, co-partnership, asso
ciation or corporation furnishing said
consumer with electricity or electric
current. When service is discontin
ued, deposit to the amount of cost ol
the meter to be returned to the con
sumer provided the meter is returned
in good order, and provided the con
sumer shall then have paid to said
person, co-partnership, association oi
corporation all money due to them
Each consumer served by any person
co-partnership, association or corpo
ration with electricity or electric cur
rent shall pay a flat charge or rat<
of One Dollar and Fifty Cents ($1.50]
which is inclusive of all charges foi
installation, connecting and discon
necting said meter.
Service Rates
Sec. 4. For consumers using elec
tricity or electric current for lighting
domestic or industrial purposes oth
er than electric motors of One (V
Horse Power or more the rate shal
be for the first One Hundred (1001
Kilowatt Hours Twelve and One-hal
Cents (I2y2c) per Kilowatt hour; fo
■ the second One Hundred (100) Kilo
watt hours, Ten Cents (10c) pe
Kilowatt hour; and Eight Cents (8c
per Kilowatt hour for all in excess o
Two Hundred (200) Kilowatt hour:
per calendar month.
Sec. 5. Motor service for electric
ity and electric current used or con
sumed in motors of a standard ratini
of less than One (1) Horse Powe
shall be the same rate as lightini
service. Motors of a standard ratini
I of One (1) Horse Power or mor
shall have a rate not to exceed Si:
(6) Cents per Kilowatt hour used ii
I any calendar month, this class o
service to be registered through
separate meter for power purpose
only.
Minimum Monthly Service Charge
Sec. 6.—On all classes of service!
there shall be a minimum monthly j
service charge or rate of $1.50 for
the first 500 watts of connected load]
and of 75 cents for each additional I
500 watts or fraction thereof of the j
connected load for the electricity or
electric current, consumed during any
one calendar month.
Meter Test at Consumer’s Request
Sec. 7. Upon giving the vendor ofL
electricity or electric current at least
two days’ written notice, the consu- j
mer shall have the right at any time
to require said vendor to test such|
meters in his presence and if the con-j
sumer so desires, in the presence of
an expert representative appointed j
by him. If at the request of the
consumer, any meter shall be tested
more often than once a year and
found to register within Two (2) per
cent of the correct amount the con
sumer shall upon demand, pay to said
vendor all expenses incurred by the
said vendor in connection with such
test.
Sec. 8. That neither the Town nor
Gie inhabitants thereof shall pay or
be required to pay any greater ratej
or charge than the rates and charges]
herein provided for electricity or;
electric current supplied, furnished,!
delivered andjor sold to it or them by I
any person, co-partnership, associa
tion or corporation engaged in or
hereafter to engage in the supplying,
furnishing, delivering andjor selling
of electricity or electric current to
said Town andjor to the inhabitants'
thereof.
Sec. 9. That the rates and charges
hereinbefore provided and set forth
are hereby determined to be reason
able rates and charges and that they;
are the maximum rates and charges i
which shall be charged.
Penalty.
Sec. 10. It shall be unlawful for
any person, co-partnership, associa
tion or corporation to sell electricity
or electric current except through a
meter within the specified rates and
any violation thereof shall be pun
ishable by a fine of not less than
Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor ex
ceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100)
for each offense.
Sec. 11. That this Ordinance shall
be published in The Seward Daily
Gateway, a newspaper of general cir
culation in the Town of Seward,
Alaska, and shall become effective on
September 2, 1924.
Passed by the Common Council of
the Town of Seward, Alaska, and ap
proved this 18th day of February,
1924.
L. V. RAY,
Mayor of the Town of Seward, Alaska
Attest:
(Seal) WM. H. WHITTLESEY,
Municipal Clerk.
Publish Feb. 21, 23, 25, 1924. 3t
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Members Welcome.
VIOLA T. SWETMANN, W. M.
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Monday’s of Each
Month, 8 p. m. Visit
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