COMMUNICATION
Editor, Daily Alaska Empire;
July 6—Dear Sir: After reading
in tonight's issue of the Empire
about the Chamber of Commerce's
consideration of a skating rink for
the people of the Juneau vicinity,
I decided to offer my suggestion
for whatever it may be worth.
Practically everyone in Juneau
was in attendance, during some
portion of the "4th“ holiday, at the
Fun Zone' located in the large
warehouse building at the sub-port
area. If you were there, you are
familiar with the immense size of
the building and that it lias a very
fine full concrete floor. Now—
what are the chances of the City
of Juneau either leasing or buy
ing this entire sub-port area, or
at least the large warehouse build
ing, from the Army Engineers?
The section that the “Fun Zone"
was located in is roughly only h,
of the complete building. A part
of this section could very easily
be converted into a roller skating
link during the summer months
and during the winter it could
a'.’ain be very easily flooded and
turned into an INDOOR ice skating
rink! But why stop here? The
possibilities of this building are
endless. For instance: How about
a winter ice carnival? Or a Fall
fair? Or a Labor Day repetition
of the “Fun Zone.” or on any
other holiday, for that matter?
AEo, even though it may at first
seem unreasonable, why couldn’t
a part of the building be con
verted into use as City offices, afid
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even as a City lire hall? In othei
words, as a City Hall, in place ol
spending a half millon dollars 01
so for a new City Hall. If neces
! sary, a second floor could be addcc
; to any part of the present building
I'll be among the first to admit
that the building isn’t fireproof
but I certainly believe that the
foregoing and following addition
I suggestions are worth some Ccn
; sideration.
Another section of the building
j could very easily contain an indoor
i heated swimming pool constructed
I either on top of the present floor
| level or below it. Another part
| could become a civic auditorium
| large enough to seat practically
Uvery citizen of Juneau, if one that
- large would be desired. Or how
■ about a basketball court with a
more than sufficient seating cap
i acity? This would necessitate rais
ing the ceiling, however. Also tc
be considered are badminton and
tennis courts.
If someone should doubt that
this building could accommodate
all of these activities. I suggest
| that he go down and take another
i look at it. Brother—it's BIG!.
I might also suggest that this
area certainly has possibilities as
a location for the proposed new
school that is being contemplated
As I said before, the possibilities
of this sub-port building and sur
rounding area are unlimited!
I'll admit that several drawbacks
and disadvantages can be found in
some of my suggestions but I would
at least like to have them con
sidered by someone in a position
to properly evaluate them. In the
first place, perhaps it is impossible
for the City to permanently acquire
this property from the Army. Any
way, I believe it to be something
to think about and investigate
don't you?
Civically yours,
Signed, Evan Wruek
1616 Waynor Tract
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i U. S. Department of the Interior I
Dj vision of Territories and Island \
Possessions
June 22. 1950 j
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS j
Sealed bids will be received by |
John D. Argetsinger, District En- j
I gineer, Alaska Public Works, Divi
i sion of Territories and Island Pos
sessions, Room 115, Community
| Building, Juneau, Alaska until 5:00
| P.M., Pacific Standard time on July
i 26, 1950 for the construction of the
! Sewer Facilities including incidental
I Regrading of Streets at Juneau,
j Alaska, comprising approximately
i the following quantities in major
items:
Installation of approximately
2329 lineal feet of 6" to 12"
sewer pipe; improvement of ap
proximately 1430 lineal feet of
streets by surface grading and
the placing of approximately
| 1800 cubic yards of borrow for
j subgrade and the shaping and
I leveling of the same.
| At which time and place the bids
j will be publicly opened and read
' aloud. Bids received after closing
; time of bid opening will be returned
! unopened.
; Plans and Speculations ana
other proposed contract documents ;
are open for public inspection at the ;
District Engineer’s Office, Room
115, Community Building, Juneau,
Alaska, and at the office of the As
sociated General Contractors of
America, Arctic Building, Seattle,
Washington, and at the office of the
Associated General Contractors of
America, Anchorage, Alaska, and at
the office of the Mayor of Juneau,
Alaska, and at the office of the As
sociated General Contractors, Suite
112, Mutnomah Hotel, Portland,
Oregon, and at the office of the
Salem Contractors Exchange, Salem, j
Oregon, and at Room 5141 General
Services Building, Washington 25,
D. C.
A set of such documents may be
procured from the office of John D.
Argetsinger, District Engineer at
Juneau, Alaska, upon deposit of
$10.00 all of which will be refunded
to bona fide bidders upon the re
turn of the plans and specifications
within Ten (10) days from date of
bid opening.
To parties who ptocure plans and
specifications upon payment of the
above stated amount, and who do
not submit a bid, $10.00 will be re
funded upon the return thereof
within Ten (10) days from the date
of the bid opening. No refund will
be made for return after that time.
Each bid must be accompanied by
a satisfactory bid security (certified
check or bid bond) in an amount
of not less than 5 per cent of the
total bid.
The successful bidder will be re
quired to furnish a performance
bond and payment bond, each in
the amount of 100 per cent of the
contract price.
No bid may be withdrawn until
thirty (30) days after the scheduled
closing time for the receipt of bids.
The Government reserves the
right to reject any and all bids and
to waive informalities with respect
thereto.
LESTER M. MARX
I CONTRACTING OHFICER
I First publication, June 30, 1950.
Last publication, July 21, 1950.
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