The Pensacola journal., 1906-07-12


some months before, and continuing
the sanitary work that has already
been begun. The streets in the east
ern part of the old city had prac-
tically no improvements made upon
them since they were laid out, most or
them presenting the same sandy sur
face that they had century ago. TIE
board decided to make these streets
better and to do some work such as
would be permanent In its character.
taking the view that to make one
street good was considerably better
than temporary improvement on sew
eral streets. Accordingly the board
has graded approximately, miles OF
streets, built 10,150 feet of cement
curb and cutters, has clayed and
shelled over $4,000 feet of street;
clayed and cindered about one-half
feet of streets with sand taken from
the streets and from ballast ships.
Besides this there has been clayed
about one mile of streets and 1850
feet of streets built of ballast. An ex-
pensive piece of work was north Pala-
fox street 9,100 feet of which was
ditched and repaired With cinders
from the Goulding Fertilizer Works
Eight miles of new bitches were dug
and five miles of old bitches have
been cleaned. of which account has
been made. There has been pu. in
100 feet of wooden curb and 900
feet Of cypress flume 335 feet of s
inch sewer, and about 200 feet of "a
inch sewer. There have been auilt
"a bridges and culterts, and an under
ground drain has been built from
Main street to the foot of Jefferson
street. Several cargoes of ballast
have been secured and used it making
streets or filling in low places. R. E.
Lee square has been permanently int
proved by building a cement walk
through it, putting in cement founda-
tions upon which 10 mount the old
cannons which are there and making
cement circles - the flowers. In
addition to that the square has been
considerably graded and filled and
-four palm trees planted in it. A ce-
| ment walk has been built partly
around Seville Square and six
palm trees planted there. Fourteen
palm trees have been planted in the
Plaza and foundation made for one
of the old cannons dug up in the
southwest corner. Of the loads that
have been hauled by the city and
hired teams the record shows 2S.421
most Of which consisted Of sand, dirt,
clay, ballast and cinders.
improvement Bonds.
| During the year the city under act
of the legislature and ordinance of the
| city council has been authorized to
issue $750,000.00 Improvement Bonds,
which has been ratified by vote of
the people. The special purposes for
which these bonds were authorized
were $250,00000 for sewerage, $780,
100000 for water works, $3.50 100000
for paving, $10O,000.00 for City Hall
Police Station and Jail. Owing tG
cur misfortune in having the fever
last year several months were lost, in
which nothing was done toward es-
tablishing the public improvements
contemplated. Early this year the
work was taken up and on March
28th, 1905, s300,000.00 of Az per cent
bonds were sold at premium with &C,
/ crued interest. The special purposes
for which these bonds were issued
was sewerage and drainage $150,000,
public buildings 500, 100000 and street
paving S5O,00000. The Bond Trus.
tees, under direction of the city coun-
Gil purchased property as site for
City Hall, Police Station and Jail,
I paying the sum of $26,0O0.00.
Health Department.
During the past year an ordinance
was passed by which the City Physi-
clan became the City Health Officer,
thus combining the two Offices into
one. The City Physician reports a
total of 1,453 consultations and visits
during the year. During the epidemic
three assistants were engaged but no
re cord was made of the work during
that time, as all effort was put fcfth
to relieve the afflicted. There have
been nearly $4,000 inspections made
during the year and much of the
work has been directed toward the
destruction of mosquitoes and their
breeding places. Our death rate for
the past year was a little higher than
usual owing to the occurrence OF
eighty-two deaths from the epidemic
aside from that the general health OF
the city has been good. We have
some typhoid fever and I still hope
that when our sewers are laid and the
properly guarding Of the disease that
| this particular disease may be eradi
Gated.
Respectfully submitted,
l TIpAS II RTISS