The city of Port Chilkoot has taken the first steps toward developing a sewage disposal plant for the area, Carl Heinmiller, mayor of Port Chilkoot, reports.

The city has made applications to the newly-created Housing and Urban Development Department of the federal government for assistance in a three-part program:

  1. Rehabilitation of the Port Chilkoot water system.
  2. Rehabilitation of the Port Chilkoot sewer system.
  3. Construction of a sewage treatment plant. 

Federal participation would run to about…