The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1906-12-01
MUCH ADO AND
LITTLE DONE
At the City Council Meeting-Efectric
Light Question Ignored and It's
Solution Still in the Balance.
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Light QUESTION ISnOScu dhu It's
Solution Still in the Balance.
The regular semi-monthly meeting of
the Daytona city fathers was held Mon
day evening, with all the members pres
ent. Much time was consumed by this
august body in celebrating on import
ant measures, but no material results
were accomplished so far as a final dispo
sitior of the matters were concerned.
BILLS PAID.
Three bills were presented and ordered
paid, US follows:
Street sioi w
Gus Lndberg, for blacksmithing % 50
Daytona Auto Transit Co, re-
pairs to the fire engine.-......... ~
This is the smallest budget of bills
which have been passed at any meeting
recently
GRANTED DOCK PRIVILEGE.
L. E. Fleetwood petitioned for per-
mission to build a dock at the north
side of the foot of Volusla avenue, the
dock to be eighty feet long and six or
seven feet wide Mr.. Fleetwood also
proposed to dredge a channel so that
boats can come up to the proposed dock.
The city council granted the request
upon the understanding that the dock Is
to be of public nature, and that the
dredging be under the supervision OF the
street committee Mr.. Ellenwood runs
a ferry from the foot of Volusla avenue
to Seabreeze and Daytona Beach, and
the dock will be used as ferry landing,
and also as landing for the Cherokee at
times. The dock will be of sufficient
length to allow other boats also to land.
ONE LANE MULE.
Street Commissioner RiX reported
that the pedal extremitles of one OF the
city mules was out of business, and he
believed the cause to be rheu matlsm
The city has been hiring mule At fifty
cents per day for some time to take Its
place, and Mr. Rix suggested that II
would be economy for the city to pur-
chase one to take the place of the one
that is on the pension list, it being the
opinion of both Mr.. RiX and DR. French
that the aforesaid mule had seen its best
days of usefulness. The street commit,
tee was authorized to purchase another
mule, also a cart and harness. to bt
used In picking up rubbish
POSTMASTER JOLLEY KICKS.
Postmaster J. NJ. Jolley presented
written protest against Street Cummls
sioner Rix forbidding the mail-carriel
from driving on the sidewalk when de
hvering and taking the mail to and iron
the pOstoffice According to MIR. RiX
statement, the mail-carrier had been II
the habit of driving on the sidewalk ant
remaining there from ten to twenty MN
utes until the mail was ready TO be load
ed, thus compelling pedestrians to g
out In the street regardless OF mud
The matter was laid on the table unit
the next meeting. 1t seemed to be tn
consensus of opinion among the mem
bers of the council that no objection
would be raised to tie mail-carrier back
ing up to the postoffiee and delivering
the mail if he would Immediately drlv
forward and not obstruct passage o.
the sidewalk.
SANITARY ORDINANCE AGAIN
The sanitary ordinance which ha
been hanging fire so long was taken u
and passed on third and final reading
A slight change was made in section
as published in the GaZette-NeWs las
week. The change makes a charge
80 cents for two OF less buckets and l
cents for each additional bucket
Also provides that only closets which al