The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-29
CHARGES OF MAYOR
SAYS BAD CEMENT IS BEING USED.
 IN WORK.
Declares That Material Used In Con- struction of City Hall of Pensa- cola Was Damaged By sePtem-
 ber storm.

Declares That Material Used In Con-
 struction of City Hall of Pensa-
 cola Was Damaged By sePtem-
 ber storm.
 Pensacola. Fla, Oct. 2S-(Special)- charge which will cause stir and investigation, was made this morning by Mayor Charles H. Bliss, who, in an interview, and also a letter to Chair man l.. Hilton Green. of the Board of Bond Trustees, states that the cement of which the foundation of the new and costly city hall Is being built, is damaged by water and should not be used in the construction of any build ing much less d building of this size.
 He states that he discovered that damaged cement was being used in the foundation of the building a few days since, but inasmuch as the Board of Public Works, which is supposed to have charge of all public buildings has not even been notified officially that a building is even contempla ted, he could not call that body's attention to the fact, but later decided to notify the Chairman of the Board of Bond Trustees.
 The latter replied to him stating tha the matter was of serious moment, and that he would notify Architect Aus field, of Montgomery, whc has the con- tract lOT super NlSIhS thO SohSSi The Mayor this morning announced that he would in all probability exer- else his power as chief executive Of the city and tomorrow order the con- tractor to stop work on the building, and call a special session of the City Council to consider what should be done
 The Mayor charges that the entire consignment of cement for use in ,i, fnuniufinn of the city hall, was uncovered during the hurri- cane and exposed to the heavy rain. The building in which 1t was stored was partially carried away, ana the cement has become set" thus making if unht for use lie states further that the barrels have bee nbroken open and that portion which not formed IS heinz used in the construction work
 rather peculiar situation exists in connection with the building and other improvement work for whicn bonds were floated to make, Tn that the Board of Public Works, the ooay supposed to have the superVlsloh or lhe work, has so far said nothhs aooo' those who shall inspect the WorK. The council chose Architect Aus1eid to superyise the construction or the city hall, but he has not been nere during the laying Of the toundatioh' and there is likely to be consloeraple discussion when the Councll meets us to why an inspector was not present 'o represent the city in the la!lh6 oi MY foundation.
 Cannot Move Dock.
 The big spanish steel floating docK refuses to move from the position where it was blown during the hufrl- cane The three big naval tugs Hei cules. Uncas and Osceola which at tempted 10 float the dock ten days
 oil .l on account of broken propeller of one of the vessels. have again and again during the past few days made the at tempt and failed. The dock seems to be firmly secured in the sand, and the combined power of the tugs have not succeeded in moving 1t one men d. 'he hi.,best tides This work, however. has not been abandoned. but to judge from the opinions of those familiar with the dock and conditions, it will never be removed in this manner. The immense structure, when It hnally moved from it's moorings and snapped the cables. went hard aground on the beach, and with d force which would have wrecked a stone building, and ap parently it is there to stay unless other means are adopted than are now being used.
 It is believed by some, familiar with such work. that by putting the pipes of a suction dredge under the structure that the sand can be removed to such an extent that it can be hoated after a channel is cut by dredges from the point where it is grounded to deep water. This will prove successful, it is said provided the dock has not land cd on the tops of a quantity of ere l osoted piling placed in the harbor as | a mooring place for the dock. and which it is feared have injured the bottom. Goes To Federal Court. The big damage suit of O. H. smith and Son. vs., the Louisville and Nash vile aRilroad Company, which was filed some weeks ago in the State courts, has been transferred to the United States Court, and was made of record there yesterday.
 Tine suit is for the sum of s5O, ,0OO | the firm, which is timber brokt rage one, alleging that the company failed and refused to furnish cars at mills where it was known that the timber thus causing the latter loss. not only ture business.
 voluntary petition in bankruptcy was filed yesterday in the United States Court by Hoist Brothers. liauor dealers who had formerly conducted a ! business on Zarragossa street. They give their liabilities at s4.000. and as- sets at s4,00o