Statement of B. M. Behrend, city treasurer, showing receipts and disbursements for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1902. GENERAL FUND. Receipts: Balance to credit of fund June 30, 1901, as per last annual report. $1, 602. 97 Amount of penalty on same. Amount of dog taxes paid 8, 401. 68 25.69 135.00 Amount paid, account of 1901 taxes redeemed, including penalty and fees for recording.. Amount paid, account of 1900 taxes redeemed, including penalty and fees for recording. 6. 13 Amount received, account settled Pacific Coast Company's 1900 taxes. Total.. Disbursements: Amount of general fund warrants redeemed. 2. 11 296.00 68.09 43. 16 26.00 34. 20 10.00 3.00 10, 654.03 8, 286.62 2, 367.41 Total.. 10, 654.03 SCHOOL FUND. Receipts: Balance to credit of school fund June 30, 1901, as per last annual report Amount received from W. J. Hills, clerk of the United States district court, from licenses Amount received from rent of Heid's hall. Total $15.00 9, 736.63 21.50 9, 773. 13 School census: Total enrollment for the year, white pupils, 178; native pupils, 0. School facilities: Public school, from receiving grade to graduation of high-school pupils, teachers, 5. Expenses: See school clerk's report. Date of incorporation: June 29, 1900. Population: Whites, 1,700; natives, 250. Character of climate: Improving. HEALTH OFFICER'S REPORT FOR SEVEN MONTHS ENDING JUNE 30, 1902. FINAL REPORT OF FIRE WARDEN TO JUNEAU CITY COUNCIL. I, Charles Price, your fire warden, report that ending this official year all fire plugs are in good condition; all fire apparatus is in good and active order; all attics and places where fire is likely to originate have lately been inspected and found in safe condition, and at present the city of Juneau is comparatively safe from fires from any cause that precautions can avoid. I further report that there have been no fires from defective flues or any cause that could be overcome by care and precaution of fire warden. Following is a list of fires and causes of same, with damage done, during my term of fire warden: October 17.-Hose companies Nos. 1 and 2 responded to alarm from Occidental Hotel. Cause, explosion of gasoline caused from leak in can. Damage, none. November 4.-Hose companies 1 and 2 responded to alarm from Circle City Hotel. Cause, paper on chimney scorching. Damage, none. December 1.-Hose companies 1 and 2 responded to alarm from old Kaufman store. Cause, misplaced stovepipe in changing stoves. Damage, none. December 15.-Alarm from priest's house. Cause, kindling wood afire under stove. Damage to woodwork, $10. March 3.-Hose companies 1 and 2 responded to alarm from Dr. Rogers's residence. Cause, dust scorching on terra cotta pipe. Damage, none. May 2.-Hose companies 1 and 2 responded to false alarm from stump burning back of Blackburn's residence. May 16.-Hose companies responded to alarm from old court-house. Cause, spark settlement on roof. Damage, none. May 27.-Hose companies responded to alarm from Russell's paint shop. Cause, turpentine explosion. Damage to building and material, $15. June 2.-Companies 1 and 2 responded to alarm from H. Lovely's house, at the head of Gold street. Cause, spark from wood stove lighting on roof and fanned by high wind. Damage by fire and water, $60. June 23.-Hose companies 1 and 2 responded to alarm from Third and Seward streets. Cause, spark from firecracker caught on roof of Mellen & Hoggatt building. Damage, none. Total damage for term ending July 1, 1902, $100. In closing my report I wish to state that great credit is due the citizens of the Juneau fire department for the way they have complied with the fire ordinances and prompt action taken in all cases where help was needed. Respectfully submitted. C. D. PRICE. W. W. CASEY, I believe this report to be a correct one in all details. Chief Juneau Fire Department. JUNEAU, ALASKA, September 29, 1902. SIR: Replying to your letter of September 25, I find the assessed valuation of real and personal property in the city of Juneau as follows: 1900.. Tax rate on the dollar 1901... Tax rate on the dollar Amount of tax not collected: 1900.. 1901. I send you a copy of the printed ordinances under another cover. Yours, respectfully, Hon. JOHN G. BRADY, Governor of Alaska. APPENDIX X. NATHANAEL GREENE, City Clerk. SAN FRANCISCO, August 8, 1902. DEAR SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the request contained in your letter of the 26th ultimo for statement of our salmon pack for this season, and shall take pleasure in complying with your request as soon as our pack figures are at hand, but I doubt if we can make the report before the month of November. I am inclosing herewith a statement of our pack for the year 1901 by canneries, which may be of interest to you. Yours, truly, Hon. JOHN G. BRADY, Governor of Alaska, Sitka. Pack of Alaska Packers' Association in Alaska, season 1901. Number of cases. 83,954 74,801 178,853 30, 709 40,837 958, 807 APPENDIX Y. [The White Pass and Yukon route: Pacific and Arctic Railway and Navigation Company; British Columbia Yukon Railway Company; British Yukon Railway Company; The British Yukon Navigation Company, Limited.] SKAGWAY, ALASKA, August 14, 1902. SIR: I have your favor of July 25 in reference to transportation charges, etc., on our road for the past year. Our rates this year are materially lower than last, our tariffs on some commodities being as low as 34 cents per pound, Sound points to Dawson, as against 4 cents last year. No reduction has been made in our passenger fares. Our road is in good shape, and we have facilities for handling a much larger quantity of business than is offered. In the interior the consumption is decreasing a little, but I have every reason to believe that developments at various points will make the country permanently productive. Yours, truly, Hon. JOHN G. BRADY, A. B. NEWELL, Vice-President and General Manager. Our steamer Santa Ana, operating on the Valdes route, leaves Seattle the 15th of each month, calling at Ketchikan, Juneau, and Skagway, in southeastern Alaska. Her freight rate to these points is $4 per ton, and her passenger rate is $22.50 first class to Skagway and $15 second; Juneau, $20 first class and $13.50 second; Ketchikan, $17.50 first class and $12 second. Beyond Skagway she calls at Yakutat, Ellamar, Valdes, and points in the Cooks Inlet country. The freight rates to Yakutat, Ellamar, and Valdes are $12 per ton; passenger rates, $40 first class and $25 second. The freight rates to points in the Cooks Inlet country are $15 per ton; passenger rates, $50 first class and $35 second. These rates include meals and berth. Our steamers on the Nome route are the John S. Kimball and the Nome City. The passenger rates at present on these vessels are, first-class, $50, and second, $30; freight rates $15 per ton. Yours, truly, J. F. TROWBRIDGE, Manager, Governor of Alaska, Sitka, Alaska. Hon. JOHN G. BRADY, Z 2. SEATTLE, WASH., August 5, 1902. DEAR SIR: In reply to your letter of the 25th ultimo we beg leave to advise you that all of our steamers are operated betwen this port and St. Michaels, Nome, and Teller, Alaska. This season we are operating the following steamships: Centennial, 2,100 tons; Oregon, 2,500 tons; Manauense, 1,500 tons; Meteor, 3,000 tons. We will make four round trips each with the Centennial and Oregon, two trips with the Meteor, and one with the Manuuense. Our freight rates have been for practically the entire season from $15 to $20 per ton; passenger rates, $50 first class each way; $35 second class. If we can be of any further service to you by way of furnishing you data as to the amount of tonnage handled by us during this season, we will be also glad to look it up and advise you with reference thereto. Very truly, yours, Hon. JOHN G. BRADY, Sitka, Alaska. NORTHWESTERN COMMERCIAL COMPANY, Per J. D. TRENHOLME, Secretary. Z 3. SEATTLE, WASH., August 5, 1902. DEAR SIR: Agreeably with your request of the 25th ultimo, we herewith beg to hand you copy of our passenger and freight tariffs in effect this season on steamers which this company operate in Alaska. Yours, very truly, Hon. JOHN G. BRADY, NORTH AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION AND TRADING CO. Governor of Alaska, Sitka, Alaska. |