The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-07-17
.SAF Ely BOARD
IN REGULAR
SESSION
Lengthy Meeting Held, and Re-
ports Of Officers
Received.

The Board Of Public Safety held its
regular meeting last night, Chairman
Ingraham presiding and Messers.
Oliver, McGaughey, White and Mayor
Bliss present. The meeting was a
lengthy one. though no business out
side of routine matters was consid-
cred.
After the approval of the. minutes
Captain Riera Of the fire department,
was called before the board to answer
to the charge of conduct unbecoming
a fireman. He entered plea OF
guilty and was suspended for ten
days. The unbecoming conduct was
for stepping into saloon in uniform
and buying a sack of tabaccO.
The report of Chief Bicker, Of the
fire department, showed that during
the month of June the loss from fire
had amounted to $2,5S2, covered by
insurance amounting to $11,450
The MarshaI's Report.
The report of Marshal Schad was
receivd and read. 1t show that dur
ing June there had been All arrests
made by the department, of which So
had been discharged, 357 found guilty,
% sent to- the criminal court. SEN
fences suspended in 3S cases and two
cases continued. Fines assessed az
gregated $2,34750, while the amount
collected reached $1,80140. The re-
mainder of the fines were worked out
upon the streets.
The report showed a big gain over
June of last year, especially as to
collections. There were So more ar
rests than the year previous, and the
amount of fines collected exceeded
last year by 1901. 40. The marshaps
report further showed that 1873 meals
had been served city prisoners at a
cost of 71a cents per meal:
Miscellaneous Business.
Chief Schad reported that the col.
ored X. of P. building on North Coyle
street, where there are numerous
gatherings, appeared to be in a dan.
gerous condition. After some discus
sion a committee composed of Mr..
| White, Mayor Bliss and Chief Schad
was appointed to exam ne the build.
ing, preparatory to condemning it If
1 found unsafe.
| Communications were received from
the Business Mems Protective Asso.
| citation asking that the board collect
bills from two firemen and one police
officer. This brought on considerable
discussion, Messrs. Oliver and Ingra-
ham opposing the collection of bills
by the board. They took the position
that SO long as the city employee gave
good service it was all that could be
expected, and that the contracting of
bills and purchasing of goods were
their own private affairs. The board
finally decided to notify the associa-
ton that If it wished it could prefer
charges against the officers for unbe-
coming conduct, and the chiefs of the
department were instructed to Inform
the men what action had been taken.
Only one bid for feeding the stock
of the department for the month was
received, that of Marion Currie & Co.
Their bid was $40 per ton for choice
hay and so cents per bushel for
oats.
The application of Fireman D. d.
Shuttleworth for. ten days pay On ac-
count of time lost due to accidents.
was granted, provided he produce a
physicians certificate Of1cer Abbott
asked for seven days, which was
granted, and both were sent to the
council with request that they be
paid.
Assistant Chief D'Alemberte asked
for ten days leave of absence with
pay. He was granted the leave, but
not the pay.
The application of C. Ryan for a
position in the police department was
reported upon adversely and he was