The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-06-15

HIS SUCCESSOR.
! At the meeting Of the city council
: last night a substitute foE the sock
ordinance proposed was submitted By
! Alderman YOnge, which was read
] twice and will be placed upon final
! passage at the next meeting Of the
council. 1t was thought that the stock
measure wOulG be the cause of a ON
! troversy, but there was not the slight
| est opposition TO It. In fact the enc
! mics Of the measure we're noticeable
| principally for their absence.
Mayor Bliss locked horns with the
board Of bond trustees, claiming that
the board had no right to act in the
matter of the proposed improvements
further than to make the necessary
contracts, the power Of supervising
the work being vP-tcd solely in the
board Of public works.
The resignation Ou Alderman Baa-s
as alderman at large from precinct II
was received and accepted and DR..
Frank G. Renshaw was unanimously
elected to succeed him.
A number Of matters of more or
less importance were acted upon.
The Proceedings.
The meeting was the regular session
adiOurned from the night previous and
there were present Aldermen Calm.
Christy, D'Alemberte, Hays, Muldon,
McHugh. Reilly, Watson, Wright M
YOnge.
The minutes Of the previous meet
ing were read and approved.
Mayor Bliss read a communication
cit h.,
bond trustees with reference to the
duties of that body The mayor con-
tended that all work should be under
the supervision Of the Board Of Pub
lie Works and not unuer the direction
of the board whose duties ended
when they had made contracts for the
work. He stated that Chief Engineer
HattOn should report to the board OF
works and not to the bond trustees, as
provided for In the contract which the
council had approved appointing Hat
ton chief engineer. Several Of the al
dermen had' something to say on the
subject, and it was passed over. finally
being referred to the board Of bond
trustees and the city attorney with in
structiOns that a contract in conform
ity with the law be drawn.
Mayor Bliss submitted a second
communication relative 10 the pavirg
Of a certain portion of Chase street, a
petition for which had been referred
to the board OF bond trustees. He con
tended that the council was the proper
body to pass upon the matter and that
the council had no authority to dele
gate its power OF the power Of the
board of public works to the board of
bond trustees. The matter was laid
over for consideration under the head
OF unfinished business, when the com
municatiOn and ordinance should be
taken up together.
Owing to the fact that some Of the
officers of the city were absent the
mayor had found it impossible to pre-
pare his annual report for submission
at the meeting. He was grante,F fur
ther time to prepare said report.
Street Car Tenders.
Several Of the council committees
made reports on claims and minor
matters, and then the question of fen
ders for street cars was taken I'D. Al
deTman MUldOn stated that he had
been in conference with the represeu-
tatives of the new owners Of the Pen
sacOla Terminal Company and they
had expressed a willingness TO adopt
any style Of fender which the council
might recommend. Inasmuch as the
Company was willing TO do this Alder.
nan MuldOn thought IL wOU1c' be only
just that the matter be not forced. but
allowed TO run along for time. pend
iCg the adoption Of a device thought
to be suitable.
In connection with the proposition
that all overhead wires be placed IN
foreground COnduits Alderman MUidOn
read parts of a letter on the SUI jet
received from Engineer HattOn. Mr..
HattOn was Of the opinion that con-
duits should be put in previous to the
vaving Of the streets, at least within
a certain district. and that an ordin-
ance should be passed requiring the
various companies to place their
wires in them. He suggested several
plans for the construction Of tha con-
Quits. one Of them being for the city
to construct the cOnduits and rcEt
the use Of them 10 the companies. An
other was for a local company 10 be
formed and granted an exclusive privi-
lCge 10 control the cOnduits, with a
provision that the cOnduits could be
purchased by the city within a sDGSE
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