The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-17
ARREST THE MAYOR
PENSACOLA OFFICIAL IS CHARGED
 WITH TREsPASS.

Criminal Prosecution so he Undertaken
 to Settle Disputes Over Ownership
 of Water Front Cleared by
 Storm.
 Pensacola, Fla, Oct, I6.-(Special) The disputes between citizens and city of Pensacola over the ownership of water front property, which was cleared of all buildings and fences by the recent storm. culninated this af- ternoon in the arrest of Mayor Chas H. Bliss on the charge of trespassing after warning.
 the parties who the Mayor alleged has sduatted upon city property and whose fences and portions of a house were destroyed by direction or the Mayor and removed from the land. Temporary restraining orders have been issued preventing the mayor from further , molesting these claiming possession Of the land. but not satisfned. the parties are to enter into criminal prosecution of the Mayor. This will he heard to. morrow before County Judge Belling- CT.
 The action of Mayor Charles Fl. Bliss in removing from what he claims as city waterfront property. fences and buildings today resulted in Court Com i missioner Coston granting an injunc- | tion upon the petition of Mrs. Barbara Pape. restraining the mayor and city l of Pensacola from further interference | with her in the possession of this prop | erty and erecting buildings thereon. The complainant in her bill of com plaint set forth that she had purchased 1 the property in good Yaith from other holders, and they from other parties. l who had given titles and deeds, and | that for the past thirty years the property had been enclosed and a home l occupied the site. which had never 1 been removed until the hurricane de- | stroyed the entire property. and that then she decided to rebuild but was prevented by the mayor, who came to 1 the premises with a force of laborers and police officers and destroyed what l buildings and fences that had been erected.
 The temporary injunction was grant l ed. but 1t is understood that now the case has reached the court that the city will prove its claim to the proper ty, by exhibiting titles issued by the waterfront commission, and will move to have the injunction dissolved. An other development in the waterfront cases occurred yesterday afternoon.
 
 tion of lower Alcaniz street. and placed men at work enclosing the property. with the result that the foreman was quickly arrested for blockading streets.
 It Is understood that during the next two or three days several parties who are now prevented from claiming waterfront property and who formerly occupied 1t will apply for temporary fr-t, l~t interfering wish them in rebuilding. Contract is Let. The first contract to he awarded for the floating of any of the stranded foreign ships in port, was let today to the Pensacola towboat Company to float the Norwegian bark Heimdahl. the price being S5.000. The Pensacola Towboat Association secured the con- tract. The vessel. which draws about sixteen feet of water is stranded In about four feet at point near Brent's Mill. three miles west of the city The vessel Is not insured. and consequently the master was free to act. and award ed the contract for placing the ship in deep water. The towboat association intends digging channel with the towboats to deep water. and believe that the big bark can he easily floated. The work of floating the other strand ed vessels is being greatly retarded by the lack of tOwboats and barges. and the fact that none of the big wrecking concerns have as yet sent any vessels or equipment here for the work.
 Numerous vessels are now lying In the same positions as the day after the storm, with the underwriters wait ing for wreckers to come to the point and enter into competition for floating the craft. Some of the cargoes are be- ing unloaded, but these will require about all of the available lighters. leaving none for the dozen or more ships now beached ana which arc partly loaded.
 New Life Saving Station.
 Superintendent w. A. Hutchins if the Ninth District Life Sewing Scr vice. and Captain Robert BroadbcEt. captain of the local station. today received telegrams from the depart ment at Washington. constituting them commission :o select site for the new life sav;ng station. "nl tomorrow they will visit Slata Rosa Island and select 4 -~i1.t w.ieln the elevation is greatest aud there are new buildings will be er-ctod.
 Superintendent Hutchlns a few days since notified the department that 1t would be inadvisable to have the sta tion located at the old point owing to the terrible wash made there by the seas during the hurricane. almost lev cling the island. and recommended that a commission be formed to select new site at once. that the new buildings might be erected without delay.
 It is expected that the site of tho
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