The Pensacola journal., 1906-07-12
SUBMITS
HIS ANNUAL
REPORT
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lighting, a large part of which could
very well be charged up to the drink
Ing habit Next comes disorderly
conduct, which numbers 542 the
Cnences against the public health
numbering 14S and vagrancy, 103.
On the charge of dangerous and sus-
picious character, which includes q
multitude of things, there were 234
arrests, the remainder of the arrests
were on various charges. During the
year an effort has been made to les
sen the concealed weapon habit and
to reduce materially the cursing habit
and the wife-beating habit. Heavy
lines have been imposed for carrying
concealed weapons and also for wife
beating, while those using profane
language have usually been made to
do duty on the rock pile.
1t is probable that the concealed
weapon habit has been materially de-
creased and also the wife-beating
habit, and to some extent the ours
ing habit.
Fire Department.
There has been considerable pains
taken to improve the Fire Department
during the past year. In order to get
more efficient men the salaries of the
flremen We're increased as well as the
number OF them. A modern and up
/ to-date steel hook and ladder truck
has been added to the department as
well as 1,500 feet of the best 21A inch
fire hose, and four of the modern
spraying nozzles. which enables fire
men to walk up to a burning build
! ing and into a room behind a sheet
o. water. The fire apparatus has been
repaired and put in first class condi
ton. -Four new horses have been
purchased and four horses that have
become incapacitated have been dis
posed of. new sawdust wagon has
been purchased and the old one dis
posed of.
The Fire Department is divided into
four districts and truck houses are
located so, as to be handy to any part
of the city. The equipment consists
CT one fire engine, one hook and lad
der truck and -four hose wagons. II
has 4,500 feet of 21a inch hose 1;
fire extinguishers together with smaller
hose, play pipes. shut off valves, etc
/ The force is composed Of 26 men as
followss / chief, l assistant chief,
captains, II fremen, 1 engineer ant
1 electrician. There are 33 fire alarm
boxes in the city and 210 fire hydrants
of which II are private.
Board of1PubIic Works.
During the past year the Board O.
Public Works has been very busy ant
has accomplished large amount o
work. 1t is impossible, however, Il
make full report in this department
because of several reasons. The ad
vent of the epidemic last year disOr
ganized the board and working forces
and brought upon the board an i'm
mense amount of work. All effor
was bent upon cleaning the cit.
rather than making any record of tht
work that was accomplished. 1t !!
estimated the city hauled out ovel
1000 loads of old cans, weeds. ant
rubbish of which no strict account
was kept. Many premises that were
vacant or temporarily abandoned
were cleaned new bitches dug ant
| low places drained. Through thu
work of this board the city was pu
into better sanitary condition than i
had been for many years.
No sooner had the epidemic closed
than the Board Of Public Works pro
ceeded to take up the work of repair
ing and improving the streets ant
public ways where it had left of