The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-06
WANT CAR TENDERS
 PUT BACK IN PLACE
Mysterious Box is Unearthed in
 Pensacola
THEN AS QUICKLY IS GONE
City, However, Has Not Yet Been Flooded With Coin of Pre- Historic Date-NeWs
 of Pensacola.

Historic Date-News
 of Pensacola.
 Pensacola, Fla. March 5.--(Special1- One of the saddest tragedies enacted here was the killing. a little more than week ago. of the little 3-year-old son of Ml. and Mrs W. II. Carr by street car OH the East Hiu line This has led to the institution of damage suit for SlO0oo by the father against the company. While at first sight, in view of the fact that the motorman and conductor were eXonerated from all blame by tho verdict of the coroners jury, it would seem that the ! company was blameless; the fact that the ordinance requiring all cars to be | equipped with lenders has been violated for months When this fender ordinance was first put in force each car was equipped with huge scoop substan- tial frame of iron pipe with a rope net woven across. II was ugly, cumbersome and gave rise to many a joke, but it did 1 it's work. Many a canine was lifted from the track and tossed easily to one side or carried along until taken out. It is ! even asserted that COW was thus lifted out of danger but the company was not satisfied until little makeshift was sub 1 stituted that skinned the surface of the 1 track immediately in front of the whees and entirely under the platform. And yet it would seem that the city authorities are as much to blame for permitting this | t1,a
 cials of the street railway for using this useless contrivance.
 l Thomas r. Ranscher was arrested some days since on the charge of forgery, and, being unable to make bond, Is still incal- cerated in the county jail. The prisoner is young man of good family, and ran restaurant on the corner of Baylen and zarragossa streets. The amounts realized aggregate more than S1200.
 Box Has Disappeared.
 The city has for some time past been engaged in improvement work on Beach street, more generally known as cush- mans alley. This is a short street, con meeting Government and lntendencia, and it was decided to change the name to DeLma street, in honor of the first set tier of Pensacola. While the workmen were engaged in digging in this old Span ish street Git is one of the oldest in the ] city) they struck something hard. Curi- osity led to an investigation, and it was found to be an old box or casket Visions of buried treasure, hidden there by pi- rates in days long past, when this spot was on the beach, caused those worllmen | to work with will. but the harder they dug the deeper the treasure sank into the quicksand. They covered it over on quit ting work for the day. and it is said lot of young fellows went there after dark and spent some hours endeavoring to raise the box. but failed. Next morning no trace of the box could be found by | the discoverers, and the question is, did the wonderful box sink down to the cen ter, or did those young fellows succeed in raising it? Pensacola is not yet flooded with coin of prehistoric date.
 Hard on the Postmaster.
 The Pensacola Journal. in recent is sue, took a step that should entitle it's editor to the gratitude of every public spirited citizen of the city. This was nothing more nor less than the inaugura- l ton of movement for the removal of v It would take too much time to go into details concerning the utter lack of man. agement since Northrups appointment (which was a disappointment even to the better element of his own party) or the inconveniences the people have been compelled to put up with. It is d cOnsummation deVoutly to be wished that <, the citizens may be sufficiently aroused to go to work for their own good. But the editor of the Journal belongs to . | class of men who are used to doing things, while there are lots of good people in this old town who dream dreams, and time alone will determine the outcome
 Street Superintendency
 The matter of the street superintendent 1 cy it seems will not down and would be amusing but for the fact that the whole matter is becoming monotonous. Gingles supporters have been hammering away for 1 weeks with his reinsta tement as the end to be attained. The city attorney rem i dered a decision that the action of the board in removing Gingles and appoint | ing Long was illegal. Thereupon the ] City Council ordered the board of public ! works to reverse it's action, and at the l same time passed a resolution that all | employees of the city were by the month. and not by the year. thus paving the way to Gingles shelving. after eating it's l ilitSS pi tION -NOW tblItS J. F.. Long with an injunction against the board l of works to prevent his removal and there you are. my masters,
 Another matter of vital interest to the public was taken up at recent meeting of the council. and is causing much com ment and much unfavorable criticism. This was the appointment of a board of arbitration for the appraisement and pur- chase of the present water works by the city. In the last municipal campaign, Mayor Bliss made the matter of new water works for the city one of the main issues. His stand made him mayor by the largest vote ever given any candidate and far Mayor Bliss is consistent for he has not approved this measure, nor is 1t believed that it will have his sane ton.
 Checking Up the Books.
 State auditor was recently in the city checking tho books of the county commissioners. He has since made rul ing that many of the members both of the old and of the present. board have received more money than the law allow ed. and that all who have drawn sums in excess of slNo in the course of year must refund the difference. Then. too. the Pilot commissioners have instituted mandamus proceedings against the coun- ty commissioners to compel them to pay for the harbor police. Several years since. owing to violations of harbor regulations hN- ,-assa1c in the hay was fOIld Oec-