The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1897-09-18
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Colonel Chipley's Effectiven Work In
the Interest of Pensacola.

i the Interest of Pensacola.
After reading in the News yesterday OF
Col. Chipley's work In Washington gen.
; tleman remarked to representative OF
the News that he was glad to see among
the important things accomplished that
work was soon to be begun on the Ma
tional Cemetery Military road; that he
had heard of only two men in the county
opposed to IT,. that one Of these, promi-
nent citizen. was reported as having said
that Mr.. Chipley seemed to be quite prom
inent In connection with the road, but
while he might be good railroad man,
he did not see what assistance he dould
give to this military road.
This impels the News TO report some
thing that occurred two months ago. Col.
Chlpley went before the city council and
notified that body Of the coming of Maj.
Humphrey, United States Quartermaster
in charge of the military road. He said
that the map the war department had
sent him OF this road indicated that 1t
was intended that the city should build
! from its paved streets to the limits of the
city to connect with the military road.
That he had succeeded in getting very
low rate of freight upon the road materi-
al-either ebert or crushed rock-for a
basis II 1t was decided to use same, reduc-
ing the rate about 20 per cent and maxi
ing the government appropriation go that
much farther. For example-the rock |
and ebert would cost on the cars at Birm- ,
ingham 25 cents ton. The freight has
heretofore been $50 ton; a low rate.
This rate Mr.. Chipley notified the coun- |
ell he had succeeded in having reduced to ,
81 LES ton for both city and government. ,
He further stated to the council that
for the freight upon the ebert to be used !
by the city he would arrange to have one
third paid in six months, bringing 1t into
next years taxes one-third in twelve
months, bringing 1t into the next years |
taxes, and one third in eighteen months, |
bringing 1t into the third years taxes.
Col. Chiplev requested the members of
the city council and the newspaper repor-
tiers present not to give publicity to this !
matter at that time. Col. Chipley is now
absent from the state, but under the cir
cumstances, The News does not believe
its publication now will be any breach of
confidence.
If anyone thinks that Mr.. Chipley is to
be retired from public affairs because bro
ken faith at Tallahassee robbed him of
the senatorship, they are very much mis-
taken.
Looking ovee the files OF The News for
the period of two months after Mr.. Chip
ley returned from Tallahassee we find
among other things that he secured the
attention of the authorities at Washing
ton and had the military road receive i'm
mediate attention.
He pushed the Corn Fair-which is
conceded on all sides to have been the
best movement for the interest of the far
mers of Florida ever inaugurated-to a
successful conservation. What it did for
Pensacola our business men know.
He succeeded in securing, through Mr..
Sparkman, promise that the Torpedo
Flotila shall rendevouz and maneuver in
our harbor in December.
He called the attention Of the CONNER
cial organizations to the proper steaps to
take toward securing vessel for this
port for the use of our naval MALTA, and
through Congressman Sparkman's assis-
lance, this will bear fruit in due time.
He is already arranging for great Ag-
ricultural and Horticultural Fair here in
$685.
He has announced that next season he
will distribute free seed of Kaffir corn and
encourage its cultivation.
He sent three hundred West Florida
farmers to Quincy to study the successful
methods of tobacco culture in use there
giving them merely nominal excursion