The daily news. [volume] (Pensacola, Fla.) 1889-190?, 1900-02-07
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A Largel, Att nded Meeting Hello
Last Night.

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The Young Mems BuSihess
League held its regular semi
monthly meeting last night, at
tended by larger number of mem
hers than had been present for sew
eral months. President Welles and
Secretary Daniel were in their re-
spective places, and after the read
ing and approval of the minutes OF
the last meeting the secretary pre-
-ented the letter from aptain {. A.
F. Flagler of the engineer corps
when has heretofore appeared in
these columns, requt sting an express
sion or the views of the league con
corning the most effective method
Of expanding the balance available
of the appropriation heretofore made
for the Improvement of the harbOr.
which balance was understood to be
about Sl05,000.
After some informal debate on the
subject, during which a very lucid
and satisfactory explanation OF the
present conditions existing in the
harbOr and on the bar was made 10y
Commodore BaZzell of the Bar Pr
lots association, and the eXpendi-
ture of the balance in deepening the
approaches to the ~harVrS inside
the harbOr was urged by Mr.. J. NJ.
Roberts, Mr.. s. a. COsulich and 9TH
ers, while the widening of the chan
mel across Caucus ShOal was warmly
advocated by Mr.. Keller. Mr.. In
gram, Capt. Kruger and Others. Mr..
J. J. Sullivan moved that it be the
sense of the meeting, and of the
league. that the uueXpend-d b lance
should be used in widening the
new channel. Further debate
enSued upon the motion. during
which Mr.. Watson, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, announced
that that body had already acted
upon the matter by urging the eX-
penditure of the balance Of the fund
upon the channel, and Secretary
Daniel suggest. q that it might be
better to leave the whole matter to
the discretion of Capt. Flagler. The
motion was put and carried, and the
secretary instructed to communicate
the result to Capt. Fla@ler.
Tie secretary mentioned a private
letter that had been received i'm the
city from Washington relative to an
additional appropriation To complete
the road from the city to the nation
al cemetery. and on motion ct Mr..
Watson tie secretary was instructed
to address the Florida representa-
'iVe~ in congress urging the grant
ing OF such appropriations
An inquiry by Mr.. X rlIer as to the
present status of the Selma pXcur-
sion matter was answered by Mr..
sullivan 10 the effect that a visit
from Mr. Shepard Of the l. q y.
road was expected at an early date.
when the committee would confer
with him and arrive at conclusion.
Mr.. Is ellrr also inquired concern
ing the promised lOug distance tele-
phone service, and il was stated bv
MIR. Sullivan. counsel Tor the Amer
lean Telephone and Telegraph Co..
that the company was engaged i'm
installing the service at New Or
leans and would soon reach PenSa-
cola.
Mr.. Keller also brought up the
matter of furnishing the CRY author
ltIr> with ballast from the uuaran-
tine station, aud referred to the de-
pIurdhlr condition of some of the
STREETS. Mr.. Bazzeli explained
that no use could be made of
til. ballast without rock crush
er, which the city was unable 10 buy
tor want ot funds. Afrer informal
debate. il was moved by Mr.. Daniel
thdt a committee BE- appointed ON
The subject to- confer with the couu-
ell and report at later meeting.
The motion Wa carried, and Noe~r~.
J. K Keller, " Is. Wright and ".
b. Ferris were appointed a such
committee
The president announced that It
the next REGULAR meeting, to b. he d
February - the annual election IF
officers, heretofore deferred. would
o. be It. and the meeting adjourned.
w. :. Philpot. Albany. Ga, says.
ID WITT Little Early RI-er- did
me more good than any pills | ever
took. The famous little pills Tor
biliOu-ue~s aud liver
and bowel troubles. Harris Phar-
macy, John shepard, =. Kahn.
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