The Pensacola journal., 1907-06-27
An Exceptionally Important
Council Meeting Held
Last Evening.
Paving, Drainage and Har-
Dor Figure Much in
Deliberations.
INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE
LOOKING TO DETAILS THAT
WILL BE PART OF SYSTEM
WHEN SEWERAGE is COMPILE.
TED-MANY OTHER MATTERS
OF MUCH MOMENT.

I !.
Council was a busy one, and many
matters of an important nature were
considered. Among the more import
ant matters were:
The receiving of a message from
the mayor. recommending thar an or
dinance be drawn for the employment
of a superintendent of the water
/ works plant which is soon TO come
into possession of the city, and the
referring of the message to q COM
! mittee, to prepare, an ordinance
| The adoption of a recommendation
! to appropriate 1925 TO move large
| 1O-inch cannon and carriage from Ft.
| Barrancas and mount il in tho Plaza
! Steps to prevent the indiscriminate
driving of piling in the habOr and TO
remove the present unsightly wrecks
! Introduction of ordinances provid-
/ ing for the manner of making sewer
connections; providing for a plumbing
/ inspector; fixing the salary of street
superintendent at 81 200 per year, the
/ building inspector at $500 per year and
| the electrician at $1,000 per year;
placing a license tax of 81 and 81 on
dogs, and providing that they be muz-
zled during the months of June. July
and August; providing that parties
properly rObed can bathe in the bay.
Paving Ordinance Passes.
| The council passed the ordinance
providing for grading, paving and
otherwise improving streets of the
city.
| During the session there was a dis
CussiOn of the weed cutting and re-
/ mOval ordinance. as it took the power
/ from the Board of Health AMI trans
/ ferred il to the Board of Works AL
/ derman Meyer opposed the transfer
of authority on the ground that. as
the removal of these weeds related To
| the health of the city, it should be
vested in the Board of Health. The
ordinance was passed to its third
reading over his protest his amend.
ment receiving no second.
When the council convened in itl
! semi-mOnthly meeting. there were
present President Goodman presiding
and Aldermen Andrews. Brown, Calm,
Dunham. McHugh, Meyer, Roche.
/ Olave. Williams. Wright and YCnge.
| The lengthy minutes of the previous
meeting were read and approved.
Recommendations by Mayor.
! The mayor submitted a number Of
messages to the council. recOmmcrt3-
iI.g the passage of certain OTdianccs.
One of the most important was that
IIeIating TO the waterworks plant,
which the city is TO buy within
short time. He recommended that
an ordinance be prepared authorizing
the selection OF superintendent ano
an assistant so that when the trans-
Ter is made the city will be in a posi-
ton to place its own force in charge
Upon motion, the council adopted the
recommendation of the mayor tat the
matter be referred to the water and
gas committee and the city attorney
Another recommendation was that
the council select some person TO act
as recorder during the absence Of
the recorder. This was filed, TO be
called up later.
The mayor also recommended that
the bathing ordinance be amended,
which was adopted, and called atten-
ton to the fact that the specifications
of the new police headquarters do not
call for any doors 10 cells. and recon-
mended that the matter be referred to
the building committee and the mayor
for attention. Adopted.
To Mount Large Gun.
| Alderman YOnge for the finance
committee. submitted the reDoJ; II
that committee with recommends
tiCns. the most important or which
was that the sum of $325 he apDrO-
priated with which to move the
I large 10-inch gun and carriage from
: i OII bdITdHcdS ana mount me same
III the Plaza The gun was donated
- the city, and the carriage recently
! purchased. The bonds of Tax CoiIec-
tor Whiting, Comptroller Morgan and
| Tax Assessor Johnson, had been apt
| proved. The committee recommend
ed the employment of a deputy tax
collector for a short period, and -e-
dUction of the assessments of r. L.
rnundtree and E. L. Reese: and also
recommended that $4,000 be trans
ferred from the general fund TO the
street fund. The report was received.
and all recommendations adopted.
Harbor and Sanitary.
Chairman ROcheblave. of the har-
hor and sanitary committee. called
attention TO the many unsightiv OH
wrecks scattered along the water
front the wrecks of vessels in the
harbOr. the placing of ballast on PaIa-
fox wharf without .piling TO nrevsr:
same from rolling into the bav. am