The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-03
QUINCY, RICHEST
CITY IN THE u. S.
tcontinu.d from NInth pase.,

has been characterized by public
spirit and civic progress.
The council is composed of some OF
the city's leading business and profes-
sional men, the following being mem
bers for the ensuing year: Max
Wadeles, r. H. Ruford, w. w. Wilson,
Rudolph Getzloff, w. H. Wilson and
A. j. Key. The other officers are G.
W. Lamar, clerk and treasurer; G. S.
Gregory, marshall and tax collector,
and P. s. Thompson, tax assessor.
Capt s. T. Williams is chief OF the
fire department
Water Works and Electric Lights.
| Quincy owns a municipal water
works and electric light system, pos
sessing a $4,000 plant by which the
system is operated. The business is
managed by three trustees, A. l.. VIII
son, c. L. Love and A. L. Hearin and,
while it has only been installed short
time, the water supply system is
patronized by nearly everyone and the
/ lighting system is making good prog
ress. There is also a private lighting
| system in the city which has been in
existence for several years.
Fire Department.
A well organized fire department is
one of the chief features in which the
people of Quincy take particular pride.
1t is a volunteer organization, but it
!, is efficient to a remarkable degree.
The Fire Department Company, as the
organization is officially known, de-
cided little over year ago that 1t
needed a building of its own and with a
few enterprising citizens at its head.
a plan was perfected by which Quincy
got an opera house, the fire depart
ment got home of its own, and the
municipality will ultimately have a
fine piece of property and self-sup'
porting fire defense organization. The
plan was in brief as follows:
The company was incorporated, and
the citizens were asked to subscribe
for bonds sufficient to erect an opera
house building. The bonds being
taken, a fine brick structure was
erected and is now yielding a hand
some return on the investment, so that
the bonds are being retired as they
come due and surplus will soon be
in the treasury. In this building the
FIRE department has a fine club room
pool room and library on the ground
floor, while that part of the second
story which Is not used for opera
house purposes is leased to the EN-
pire Club, the city's chief social organ
ization.
When the bonds are all retired, the
profits of the opera house will be USED
for the purpose of buying the latest
fire fighting equipment and ultimate
" to provide salaries for a paid de
partment.
The Quincy Fire Department Com
pany, which is probably the only or
ganization of its kind in the country
owning an opera. house and and pro
posing to be self-supporting, is OH
cered by the following citizens: w
N. Cory. president; A. T. Hearin
vice-president; i. G. Gardner, secre
tary and treasurer; and these gentle
ment, with S. T. Williamson and
L. McFarlin form the board of direct
ors.
The building and ground which i
occupies are worth $4,000, and whel
the town grows to where paid de
partment will be necessary Quinc,
will have the unique distinction of hav
ing fire department which, wher,
other cities levy taxes to supper
their fire fighting force, will be sell
supporting and will probably yield
profit after running expenses are paid
Three Ice Factories.
Quincy is well supplied with ice fac
tories, as three plants will be in opera
ton when warm weather begins
These plants have a total daily capac
ity of about 80 tons, and the fact tina
: there are three of them, each unde
: separate ownership and management
Z insures competition in the bushes
and consequently the lowest prices t,
consumers.
Postoffice Rec.ipts.
The business of Quincy postoffic
furnishes an indication of how fas
D euO NOUA anu 10
In 1905 the stamp sales amounted L
5000, an immense increase over 1904
and In 1906 they amounted to owe
s6,400-an increase of more than 2
per cent over 1905. But that is
small showing when compared wit
what is promised for 1907 by the wa.
the first month of the year has starte,
of. During January the stamp sale
: were more than double what the,
were for the corresponding month il
i, the previous year and the indication
are that the business this year vii
be fully three times what it was il
1906.
Five big mails are received at an
; five dispatched from this Office ever
day, and there are in addition two sta
routes supplying nine Offices and tw
: rural free delivery routes which sery
: over 1000 people.
Board of Trade.
/. A live business organization is es
! sential to the growth and development
! OF any community and this Quincy ha
; in the Quincy Board of Trade who's
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