TOWK COUNCIL UNANIMUSLY OP
POSED TO RAISE IN WATER RATE
At the regular meeting of the
town council held last night Mayor
Ganty and the following council
rneu were present: Gutteldt, Tanner.
Friedenthal, Bender Brawand.
Minutes of previous meeting
read, corrected and approved; also
minutes of a special n'.eetiing read
and approved.
Coancilman Tanner, chairman of
Water works commit: • reported un
favorably on offer of t. e Home Pow
er Cc , to furnish water to the town
for $150 per month. He said he be
lieved the Home Power Co. would
give better rates; if not, he thought
the town should put in its own vi
ler and light plant. He thought
the town could get the use of the
railroad tank, which w.ts used when
that company supplied the town wit
water some years ago; could also
have the use of telephone poles up
on v hich to stretch electric light
wire. Would like to see better
terms offered by Home Power Cc.
Thought the old rate was enough
and would not, for his part, consent
to any advance in rate In a new
contract.
Councilman Bender said he could
see no reason for an increase in the
water rat Said it could not be
on account of a scarcity of water
as there is alweys an 01 erflow of
the distributing tank. lie council
had .>eea trying for son© time to
close a contract with t: • Home How
er Co. at the old rate but had been
unable to do so. If the council
agreed to a raise in water rate it
would orily be a short time until j
the Home Power Co. would demand
an increase in the furnishing of
lights. Was in favor cf municipal
plant for water and light if Home
Power Co. v.ould not go back to old
rate.
Councilman Brawand spoke at i
some length upon the question, j
Said he did not believe it fair to I
the citizens of the tow n for the ]
council to consent to a raise in
rates. Was heartily in favor of i
the town of Skagway owning and !
opera'ing its own water and light i
plant.
Councilman Friedenthal said he
was no: in favor of the increased
rate, nor was he in favor of the j
Home Power Co . having any strings
on the town as to whom it should j
suppl.-. [f council coul-.1 not renew
contract with Home Power Co. at
old rates wns in favor of municipal
plant.
Councilman Gutfeldt v.as in favor
of municipal plant provided coun
cil could not come to satisfactory
(terras with Home Power Co.
| Mayor Ganty remarked ttmt there
appeared to be a decided unanimity
of opinion upon the subject by the
1 member* of the council, and turn
i ing to Mr. Nye, manager of the
Home Tower Co. said he would
like to hear his side of the question,
i Mr. Nye's statement, as read by
the clerk, was in part, as follows:
"As to the statement that this
council has be*>n held up ty the
I Home Power Co. and thai the
council is not getting a square dea*,
why the Home Power Company is
ready to do what is reasonable. The
| increase in the contract price seems
a big raise, but la not, considering
j what the city i6 getting. Of course
we could have notified the council a
month or two, or even three months
before we did. There was never
anything said in regard to the price
of water uutil Mr. Tanner askeJ
me for o contract, and after that we
iad a meeting of the directors.
There has been a lot of misunder
standing about this. We have sub
mitted a proposition. Now I think
it ia up to the council to submit a
proposition of its own showing what
they are willing to do and to pay."
Councilman Bender said the only
way to settle the matter was for the
council to present an ultimatum to
rhe Home Pawer Co which it could
accept or reject as it saw fit.
Mayor Ganty said thatfco agreed
with Mr. Bender and that it was in
order to put before the council a
resolution to that effect.
The following resolution was then
offered by councilman Tanner: "Tha
the water works committee be in
structed to make with the Home
Power Co. the same contract wo
had before with them, for a term
of four or five years," which was
on motion duly carried.
Report of the town treasurer read
approved and ordered placed on file.
The following bills were read, al
lowed and ordered paid:
J. M. Tanner 7.73
Home Power Co 314.55
Stewart & Holmes Drug Co. ..4.73
Alaska Transfer Co 1.50
Geo. B. Wright 6.00
Alaska Gen. Elec. Co 9.00
Wm. Britt 1-25
John Johnson 4.00
\V L. Speer 1.25
W. W. Tate 2.75
Martin Johnson 2.50
W. S. Sparks 2.75
P. H. Ganty 17.30
\V. W. Boughton 18.00
Mr. Howard Ashle^ appeared be
fore the council on behalf of the
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SPECIAL ENVOY
MS
Shanghai, Jan. 6—The arrival re
cently of Yang Tcleng, the first
special envoy tor forefgn affairs, is
evidence of the desire of the repub
lican government at Pckin to in
crease its representation in this
the very center of the Chinese
coast.
Until Yang's arrival the agent of
the Chinese government here has
hecn called comm'ssioner of trade
.uid foreign affairs, with rr.ther
doubtful power, other than advisory
and conciliatory, when it came to ne
gotiations with the foreign consuls
general.
It h»s been recognized for a long
time tar.i the position of Chinese
representative at this poit lis al
, most important as fhat of min
ister plenipotentiary to foreign coun
i tries. The action of Pek'n i*i rais
! i:ig the rank to that of special en
' voy for foreign affairs appears to
: give the republic diplomatic and of
ficial precedence over all the for
eign representatives. This does
not. of course, in any way effect the
extra territorial rights of foreigners.
\V. P. Y. Rout© aid stated that
if the coum.il enforced the order
for a discontinuation oi their water
supply turough the us .t v.ould
work a great harJsU'P. Mr. Ash
ley w;is assured by ihe Mayer that
the rail.oad comra."./ v - tlo re
ceive ample notice rf any action
taken by the council.
Tony Stanicb appenred before
the con.*irtIl and aake'1 that "*> ov
ercharge error of $12 In the tax
assessment or' his town property be
correcte !, which the council did and
on motion, ordered a warrant drawn
in favor of Mr. Stanieh for above
amount.
The question of a special session
of the council for a further and fin
al consideration of the water ques
tion was left in the hands of the
Mayor.
The council then adjourned.
ALASKA COAL TESTS IW>>
AITOIXTING TO l»AVENI'OKT
Was'-iingto.", D. C., Jan. 6—The
second test of Berin? coal by the
government has bean disappointing
to representative Da- enport, who ha
been fighting the Alaska railroad
bill, and was going to use the coal
tests to renew the light.
SENATOR 110KAH ARRAIGNS
MILITARY ATHOIilTIES
Washington, D. C., Jan. 6—Sen
ator Eorah today, in referring to
the Virginia coal s-rike troubles,
severely arraigned the military au
thorities.
suspmors MAIL MATTER
IS TO RE DEBARRED
Washington, D. C., Jan. 6—The
postal department has decidej to J
bar all matter from the mails of a!
suspicious character.
one us
Baker, Oregon, Jan. G—Colonel
Lawson, who is in command of the
state militia at Copperfield, which
town is at present under martial
law, has cut all the telegraph wires
leading from there to outside points.
Salem, Ore., Jan. 6—Governor
West has forwarded instructions to
Colonel Lawson to engage in battle
if it is necessary to quell disturb
ances.
FIKfli
PRESCRIPTION
London, Jan. 6—Professor Elliot
Smith, famous Egyptologist, formal
ly announces the discovery of what
he believes to be the first pre
scription ever written by a doctor.
iue date is about 2,000 B. C., and
the prescription, which is written
on Egyptian papyrus, throws an
amusing light on the efforts of the
ancient medical men to deal with
acute mania. Some fourteen ingred
ients are mentioned as the formula
for an ointment designed to weaken
a husky sufferer who evidently
proved too strong for his medical
advisers, and the patient had to be
annointed fifteen times a day un
til he was sufficiently calmed to be
treated with the usual medicine.
HAS ABANDONED ALL HOPE
OF STRIKE SETTLEMENT
Houghton, Mich., Jan. 6—Solicitor
Densmore of the department of labo
has abandoned all hopes of a settle
ment of the Michigan copper miners
strike.
Big Rapids, Mich., Jan. 6—Gover
nor Ferris has signified his inten
tion of visiting the Michigan strike
zone to see if he can solve the
trouble between the mine owners
Mid their employes.
SIX DAYS' FIGHT ENDS
WITHOUT ANY RESULTS
Presidio, Mexico, Jan. 6—The
sixth day's fighting between feder
H and rebel forces at Ojinaga end
ad yesterday without result®.
FAMOUS NEUROLOGIST
DIES AT PHILADELPHIA
Philadelphia, Jan. C—Dr. Weir
Mitchell, famous neurologist, is dead
tere today at the age of S5 years.
SAYS WAR WITH MEXICO
WILL BE LAST RESORT
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 6—Secretary
State W. J. Bryan in a speech
tiere today said that war with Mex
eo will not be declared by the Unit
ad States except as a last resort.
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SKAGWAY, ALASKA.
HE WORKED
' IN SKAGWAY
Henry Seeman, of the Pioneer
Dairy, seeing the inquiry published
in the Daily Alaskan the other
day as to the whereabouts of J.
D. Nickell, came into the office to
day and said that Nickell had work
ed for him early last summer and in
July went over to Whitehorse where
he joined one of the boundary sur
vey parties. Mr. Iteman had one
lettrr from Mr. Nickell after he
reached Whitehorse, which he an
swered, hut has heard nothing fur
ther of Nickell although he has
made many inquiries in regard to
him since.
The game of basketball last night I
at the W. P. A. C. between teams ,
led by H. Ask and C. Rapuzzi, was |
won by the former with a score of |
15 to 10.
Below is the line-up:
McKenzie, right forward
Dortero left forward
Ask (Cspt) Center |
Matthews right guar
Watts left guard |
Pedro right forward
Rosi left forward
Talbot Center
Rapuzzi (Capt) right guard j
Bledsoe left guard
Two 20 minute halves.
Umpire: Story.
KERMIT ROOSEYELT IS
ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED
Richmond, Jan. 6—The announce
ment is made here today of the en
gagement of Kermit, sou of ex-pres
ident Theodore Roosevelt, to Miss
Belle Willard, daughter of United
States Ambassador to Spain. The j
date of the wedding hag not yet I
been set.
BASEBALL COMMISSION MET
YESTERDAY AT CINCINNATI!
Cincinnati, Jan. 6—The National
baseball commission met hero yes
terday.
THEY HI TOO
MANY HOLIDAYS
Rome, Jan. 6—Pope Pius la fac
ing another threatened Btrike within
tht Vatican. This time it is the
gardeners and the museum keep
ers. Their demands involve the
rather unusual alternative of eith
er a raise i pay or the abolition
of holidays. All of these employes
get 70 cents a day except on holi
days, when they draw nothing. As
there are some 79 religious holidays
in the year to say nothing of Sun
day the employes insist they have
real grounds for grievance. The
fact thai the museums and gardens
are closed on these dayB adds also
to their financial diffcultcs. Al
though not officials allowed to ac
cept tips, they all accept them just
the same, but when the public is
uot admitted some 130 days out of
the year their possibilities for mak
ing a little on the side are consid
erably rtduced.
Recently one of the gardernera
went mad and committed suicide by
jumping off the Vatican Wall. Tie
gardner3 and museum keepers in
sisted that he went mad trying to
figure out how to make Loth ends
meet on the 70 cents-no holiday-pay
rroposition and petitioned the Pope
accordingly. They told him they
hoped he would take warning from
rhe first fatal result and hoped he'd
sec to it that an epidemic of sui
cides at the Vatican might not be
rendered inevitable. They also ask
ed him if he figured they did not
have to eat on holidays the name
as other days. Up to the present
time, there has been no raise in
wages at the Vatican but Pope
Hi us is known to be giving the mat
ter serious attention and consider
ation. ■
GIRLS ARE GIVEN THE
TREAT OF THEIR LIVES
Bucharest, Jan. 6—The Sallies
and Mamies and Maggies and Sadies
of Bucharest recently were given the
treat of their young lives. Carmen
Sylvia, queen of Roumania, who has
the largest and most expensive col
lection of dolls in the world invit
ed hundreds of poor children to an
exhibition of her dolls. The aged
Queen, whose only child—a little
princess—died at the age of four
years, has made a collection of dolls
representing every nationality under
the sun. This doll nursery contains
1,800 dolls.
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