The Pensacola journal., 1906-04-12
To INVESTIGATE
BOARD Of
WORKS
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g.es. The gentleman referred to the
Daw matter during the course OF his
remarks. He concluded by referring
TO the law in the premises and said
that all he asked was due and
courteous consiI grafton which he ex-I
pected to receive from the council
Alderman Calm movsd that the fl. /
nance committee be appointed al
committee to investigate the, acton
of the Board Of Public Works, in the
Gingles, Daw and all other matters
thereto pertaining.
Mr.. MuIdon's Motion.
Alderman Muldon stated that hsI
thought an investigation OF the Board |
OF Public Works was necessary HeI
sa-G that he had read papers where !
/ in it was. stated that the board in |
! tended to ignore the council The
| truth of the matter he d. not know
I'm view OF what have read" said
! Mr.. Muldon, Il believe an investiga. /
ton should be made" Mr.. MuldOnl
offered the following motion:
That the finance committee be in
structed to make an investigation Of
the board of works, their minutes
and other documents. with view of /
Gscertaining their attitude toward
the carrying cut of orders from the
council; their contracts. particularly .
those for the removal of garbage and
the cleaning of Palafox street; their
expenditures Of money; their appar. |
ent carelessness in plunging the city
into trouble, and perhaps lawsuits |
over the street superintendent mat
ter Also the matter Of the suspen-
sion Of ]. A. Daw ami other en-
piOyees Of the board of works, and
that said committee be requested to |
report sas early as possible at a
speciaf Or the next regular meeting
Mr. Calm withdrew his motion by
consent and Alderman MuldOn's mo-
ton prevailed unanimously.
Committee Reports.
ChaiFman Reilly Of the finance
committee submitted a report deal
ing with minor details The com
m1ttee recommended that the treas
uTer's bond be fixed at $4,000 and
and additional bond of $4,000 was
recommended.
The recommendation of the Board 4
of Safety for extra policemen was
approved to the extent that three ex-
ira officers be placed on duty Sat
urday nights and other times when |
needed but not to exceed a cost of II
5000 for the remainder of the year Il
1t was recommended that Fireman
IT, NJ. ODonovan be paid for lost
time.
lin reference to two city bonds
held by BIount and Blount, further n
time was asked. The report of the
committee was received and all
recomrn endations approved
The franchise committee reported
favora1Jly granting the Gas Company
privilege of extending a spur track
or TaTragona street between De-
Soto and Congress streets. The con-
fscation of concealed weapons was
also reported favorably. It was
recommended that a record of all
weapons confiscated be made and a.
ordinance providing for two sales a
year be adopted. The committee
asked for and was granted further
time in the matter of the Electric
Light company.
The Board of Public Safety sub
mitted the report for the month of
March.
Mr.. Turner Resigns.
C. H. Turner submitted his resig-
ration as member of the Board of
Public Works, claiming that a lack
of harmony between himself and the
ether members of the board caused
the resignation. The resignation was
unanimously accepted.
Alderman Muldon moved a suspen-
sion of the regular order of business
and the election of Mr.. Turner'S sue
ceSsor. Mr. MuldOn nominated r. E.
L. Daniel for the Board Of Public
Works vacancy and on motion of Al
derman Calm. the clerk cast the
vote of the council for Mr.. Daniell.
The report of the Board Of Public
Works was received. The report
showed the building Of a lawn tennis
court at one of the public schools,
which caused Alderman Maura to
ask, by what authority does the
Board of Public Works construct lawn
tennis courts?" Mayor Bliss explain
ed the matter by saying that several
ladies' had asked him to have clay
hauled to the school. With this ex-
PLANTATION the report was approved.