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Aug. 21, 1919
Thursday afternoon the city came into final possession of the water system as a result of a conference between the attorneys of the water company and those of the city. The final transaction ends more than eight months of litigation on the subject since the city voted on the project last December.
Aug. 15, 1929
Anyone who might want to purchase an island from the government will have an opportunity to do so, when the abandoned United States military reservations, that include portions of the islands on Puget Sound, will be offered for sale by the department of the interior in the Seattle Chamber of Commerce building Wednesday, August 21.
The following property will be sold: Canoe island, 44.7 acres, appraised at $670, between Shaw and Lopez islands, in the San Juan group, and Goose island, 2.72 acres, appraised at $50, east of the south end of San Juan island, are included in the proffered acreage. The other tracts and parcels front on the Strait, Puget Sound and Hood Canal. The lands were turned over to the war department by the interior department for disposition, on executive order of President Coolidge.
Aug. 17, 1939
Captain Jack Brown, from Yakima, Washington this week assumed the command of the Salvation Army post of this city. Captain Brown on his arrival here stated that the program for Salvation work in Anacortes would be to equip the organization to successfully meet the needs of those in the community both materially and spiritually.
Aug. 18, 1949
Permission was granted the Island Bus Company of Anacortes to make changes in the operation of their bus schedule in the city by the city council meeting in session on Tuesday. Permission was granted to discontinue the H avenue and 12th street run because of lack of patronage and to substitute straight runs up Commercial avenue to 40th street. Permission was also granted to discontinue the run down 20th street and to substitute a run down 22nd street past the new Central Grade school and the north end of the Housing Project.
Aug. 20, 1959
Another section of pavement for the Q Avenue LED project will be installed in the next few days. Marine Asphalt crews already have laid the pavement between 4th and 6th streets and will continue south on Q in the next phase. Tomorrow night the new paving will be initiated at the Anacortes American’s big roller skating party for all youngsters under 14 years of age.
Aug. 21, 1969
Work is now under way on the three and one half million dollar construction project at Anacortes’ water treatment plant near Avon that will double capacity of the municipal water system. Completion is expected by next July, according to Robert Anderson, resident engineer for the project designed by Stevens, Thompson & Runyan. The new facility will boost water capacity to 40 million gallons per day and improve water quality, the engineer said.
Aug. 15, 1979
The Anacortes City Council is carefully scrutinizing a fee schedule that would tack a $500 to $1,000 surcharge on every residential building permit issued here. The intent of the proposed surcharge, according to councilman Otis Piburn who drafted the fee schedule, is to help compensate the city for increased expenditures caused by new housing developments. “The people who cause the problems should have to pay for them,” Piburn commented.
— From the archives of the Anacortes American
