The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-13
A LIVELY SESSION
Division On Alderman Maui
ra's Flagrnan Ordinance.
BY VOTE OF FIVE TO -FOUR SUB
STITUTE is ADOPTED WHICH
MATERIALLY DECREASES PRO-
LECTION TO PUBLIC WHICH
MAURA ORDINANCE CoNTEM-
PLATED.

The meeting of the city council last
night disposed, one way or announcer
of a good deal of important business
Probably the most important matter
was the employment OF I. ChaIkley
Hatton. the engineer in charge Oh ths
city's sewerage system construction
to take charge of the street paving
tc. be done under the bond issue. Mr..
Hatton is to do all of the engineering
connected with these vast improve
ments and TO be paid 3 per cent or
the amount of money expended.
The Maura ordinance providing Tor
permanent fagmen at the Hayne
street and the Zarragossa street cross
ings showed a division in the coun.
Gil by which substitute was adopted
which eliminates the flagman at the
Zarragossa street crossing.
The Session.
The city council met in regular SEES
sion with Mayor Bliss presiding, and
Aldermen Calm, Yonge, Watson Reil-
ly, Wright, McHugh, Christie, Ken
shaw and Mhura present
The Mayor reported that the Pen
sacola Electric Company had notified
him that it would, in a few days, re-
init, with accrued interest, $500 due
the city by the company.
The Mayor announced the prepare
ton of an ordinance establishing side
walks eight feet wide on Zarragossa
street on the north side from Palarox
street TO Zarragossa street, and on the
south side from Palafox street to Bar
racks street.
The Mayor presented the relinquish-
ment by the l.. & N. railroad OF GER
tain rights assigned to it by the Gulf
Machine Works, said right relating TO
a track on jefferson street north or
the junction of the l.. Bear Co.
Boards Present Budget.
The budgets from the Board OF Pub
lie Safety, the Board OF Public Works
and the Board of Health for appropria-
tons for the coming fiscal year were
presented and referred to the finance
committee. The budget of the Board
OF Public Safety provides for appro
priations amounting to a total or 1884,
1882; the Board of Health, $4,6S0
The Board of Public Works asked Tor
practically the same amount as that
appropriated last year.
A City Engineer.
The mayors letter is published else
where in this paper, urging the en-
ployment Of city engineer on sal
airy and opposing the making OF
contract with Mr.. HattOn to supervise
the street paving on a per cent com
mission basis.
A bill for an insurance policy writ
ten by Knowles Bros, was referred
to the finance committee, the mayor
saying that he had no record that the
policy had ever been ordered.
Finance Committee.
Chairman Reilly submitted the re-
port of the finance committee which
advised among other things that the
CITY purchase a block of ground away
from the central part of the city for
keeping the city stock, and that
stables be erected on same. Regard
ing the proposition TO have the patrol
wagon covered, it was recommended
that the matter be deferred until the
new police headquarters were erected
as a covered wagon would not go into
the present patrol house.
The City improvements.
w. X Hyer. Jr.. Of the bond trus-
tees, reported regarding the city han
site and recommended that the city
hall 5e placed as nearly as possible
in the center OF the lot. He also re-
ported that the contractor for the con-
structiOn of the city sewers had been
instructed TO commence work at once
Mr. Hyer submitted the letter from I.
Chalkey Hatton. consulting engineer
published elsewhere in this paper
relative to his proposition for the sup
ervision of the Street paving TO be
done under the bond issue. On mo-
ton of Alderman Calm, the bond trus-
tees were instructed TO employ Mr.
Hatton on the per cent basis as rec
commended.
The matter Of employing a resident
city engineer to fill the place made
vacant by the death OF Engineer
Lee was laid over 10 the next mech
meeting.
The Opera House.
Alderman Calm here asked that the
regular order of business be suspend
ed in order that he might make some
remarks on an editorial appearing in
The Daily News, entitled The Opera
House as a Fire Trap" He said that
IL there was anything in the mattel.
IL should be investigated by ths
Mayor and Board OF Public Safety
Chairman Ingraham, of the Board OF