The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-18
MAYOR BLISS IS
 CAUSING TROUBLE Insists on Enforcement of Pen-
 SacoIa's Laws WAGON TIRES TOO NARROW Warm Fight Comes Up In Council as Result of Mayors Charges of
 MIsmanaeement of the
 clty's Finances.
WAGON TIRES TOO NARROW

Pensacola, July 17.-(SpeciaD--The prom l ise of Mayor Bliss made prior to his elec- l ton, to enforce the law as he found it, Is beginning to stir up the people, and In some instances the lawmakers them- selves are among the uneasy ones.
 The Mayor found an ordinance in the code priscribing a width Of 215 inches for the tires of loaded wagons, and gave notice that after August 6 this ordinance would be rigidly enforced. Like scores l of other resolutions that have from time I to time been evolved from the grey mat l ter of the city fathers, this has been dead letter. The notice of Mayor Bliss of his intention to enforce 1t has spread consternaton among the team owners as very few freight vehicles nave tires Of the required width. Alderman Sol Kahn, who introduced the ordinance, says it does not apply to grocers delivery wagons, but others think 1t embraces that class as well as the truckers wagons coming to the city from the country. The 9th of August is awaited with no little anxiety.
 Dog Catcher in Trouble.
 With the advent of July came the in- stallation of dog-catcher for the city. This, though necessary position owing to the myriads of worthless CUTS infesting the city. has always been a thankless job, and one hard to fill, but this year raw countryman, Jim Powell by name, thought he saw his way to untold wealth. But MT. Powell, after making a big haul of ca- hines for Marshall Schad to electrocute, was himself hauled before justice Lam drum on warrant sworn out by Sam Rosenan charged with obtaining money under false pretenses Sam says the dog catcher entered his yard, caught his dog, and then accepted 50 cents to turn it loose. Powell denied, and on trial was released but he had lost his office during the time.
 Killed While Watching Train.
 Charly Robinson. a 5-year-old .colored boy was run over and instantly killed few evenings since at the corner of Tarragona and Jackson streets. The child was looking at a switch engine going down. In endeavorng to clear this, he failed to see a train of cars hacking up on the next track The head was severed from the body and ground into a pulp.
 Gets His Back Pay.
 | To satisfy judgment against the city | in favor of ex-Marshal A. A. Credille, some lots owned by the city were levied upon few days since. MT. Credille was | city marshal during the administration of Mayor c. Moreno Jones, four years l ago He was suspended from duty for six | ty days by the Mayor on the charge of drunkenness. The charge was sustained by | the City Council. The marshal made de- mands upon the city for two months pay, | but was denied Thereupon he carried his case to the courts, where the decision of 1 the city authorities was reversed and MT. Credille given judgment for the sum de- manded During the heat of the contest in the last campaign the city failed to appeal the case, and now MT Credille will get his s200 back salary.
 Mayor sustains Charges.
 The resolution passed by the City Coun- cil that Mayor Bliss make good his charge | that the city had been systematically robbed for years brought apout a lively | state of affairs on the night of the 10th | inst. when Mayor Bliss presented his report" It was exhaustive, clear pointed and utterly fearless. MT Bliss showed that his charge was not made at random, and | that it was high time some one called halt in the careless, recKfess manner In which the city's finances were being con. l ducted. He showed that not single bill rendered for feed had ever been audited or passed upon by a city official, and that | in nearly every instance overcnarges, az 1 gregating in round numbers S165, had been made and paid without question. In con | clusion. MT. Bliss said;
 "These show that the fiscal records and affairs of our city have been kept in a | decidedly bad shape, for which there | seems to be no suitable word but rotten | Therefore. I recommend:
 '1. The appointment of competent committee to examine and,straighten, as | far as possible, the books and accounts | of the city.
 ''2. The reconsideration of the motion disapproving the action of the Mayor in the removal of the comptroller"
 Alderman Muldon led the opposition to the mayor. as usual. He and Alderman 1 Reilly have been members of the finance | committee for years, and testified that nc | bills had ever been presented to that committee for signature. Alderman Calm ex-Mayor Wells and Comptroller Morgan all testified to the same effect.
 | After much wrangling along the same line Alderman Muldon offered a resolution | censuring Mayor Bliss for making the
 
 upon the mayor to be more careful in the future about making such charges. The resolution was adopted by vote of T to 2 MT Bliss promptly vetoed this | resolution, on the ground that it was | treating serious matter lightly.
 Alderman Muldon then moved to pass the resolution over the mayors veto, but the vote still stood to 2, and two | thirds vote of the entire council Is requir- l cd in such case Alderman Watson, | who was elected by the council to i'll a | vacancy caused by the resignation of | Alderman c. H. GlngIes. did not vote, | giving as his reason that he was not | member of the council when the trouble began.
 Aldermen McHugh and Yonge voted no, because they thought so serious a charge demanded more thorough investigation.
 Thus 1t appears that Philadelphia and | Birmingham are not the only cities Tn need of reform mayors, and that are so fortunate as to have secured the right men for the places.
 Patrol Driver Hurt.
 Patrol Driver Henry Coburger was orite painfully injured recently by being rim over by his wagon. He was called to a house on Donaldson street to take q sclf negro woman to the hospital. Just aa he had placed her in the wagon and waa mounting his seat the team became frightened by an umbrella, raised by an attendant. made a break, and threw him undar the wheel. He held on to the lines srd stonned the horses, but his leg would have heen broken had 1t not been for the deen sand into which the limb sank
 The house occupied by the keiles-kan