The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-03
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MAYOR BLISS REPLIES
TO Mr.. A. " CLUBS

! Editor Pensacola Journal:
/ note Mr.. A. V. Clubbs in FRIDAY
mornings journal asks the Honor.
able Mayor ana Chairman of tbe
; Beard of Public Works why a certain
gas lamp proposed by Alderman Man
r. should be changed from the corner
( % Stoddart's Ave. and 18th ST. to the
Dalh house district of ZarragOssa
Street"
As Mr. Clubbs has publicly asked
the question / shall take pleasure in
answering in the same way that the
public may know the full facts.
ia the first place there has been no
/ gas lamp charged from the corner of
Stoddarts Ave. and 18th street to the
bath house district on Zarrapossa
street or any where else.
There has never been a lamp there
10 change.
What Mr.. Clubbs is Directing to is
that the Board of Public Works did
Lot establish light at that point
The public will understand why he
objects when il is made known that
THIS point is at the corner of his
property aud practically no one but
Nj. Clubbs would be benefited bv
such lamp at the present time.
Mr.. Clubbs is a large property owner
and taxpayer and of coOrse is entitled
Ia consideration, and he got il. He
occupies whole block and the Board
OF Public works established two Isrps
or Two corners Of the block he lives i'm
and now he is .Objecting because the
Board dio rot give him the third
lamp. The Board believes that there
are other taxpayers in the city enti-
tied TO consideration
In view of the fact thar the city
council only allowed an increase Of
twenty gas lamps for the entire CITY
this year and twelve of them have
been placed about Mr.. Clubbs's neigh.
borhOOd il certainly seems to me that.
Mr.. Clubbs occupies a very incousis-
tent and unenviable position in this
matter.
Further than that il seems to me
that he is very uncharitabIe 10 say the
least, in charging that the lamp was
changed TO the bath house district on
Larra gOSSa street. "a covert insinua-
ton that 1 had the lamp changed for
my private benefit as / had purchased
property in that district recently
There is not a syllable of truth in the
insinuation.
As before stated the council ONLY al
lowed an increase Of twenty gas lamps
this year. Alderman Maura made a
motion in the council suggesting 10
the Board of Public Works thai
twelve Of said lights be placed in his
district in New City and Alderman
MuldOn asked for the remaining eigbt
TO be placed in his part of the citv.
Subsequently Alderman Maura SEM
the Board a map for the twelve lamns
ard the Board went over the ground
and ADOPTED ten of the twelve sug-
gcsuOns. The two neglected was the
one referred TO and another further
out in the black jacks.
Instead OF these two lamps being
placed where only one or two persons
v ould be benefited they were placed
further toward town where built up
heishbOrhOOds had no lights at All
By the way these two lights were
placed on Ninth Avenue near Mr.
Clubbs's property In view of these
facts he should have been the last
Iaan in the city TO interpose Objec-
IONS.
But suppose we had move0 one of
he lights 10 the bath house district"
as charged. What of il? Have not
he people there just as much right
e light as Mr. Clubbs? They were
here paving taxes many years ago
when Mr.. ClUbs's district was black
Sck wilderness. ] certainly hope that
ny purchase Of a home in that part of
he city viii not fOrestall all public
for that section.
do not know that Mr. Clubbs isl
for the head Las ssar ~