The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-09
City Attorney Gives a Ruling
-WaterWorkS to Be
Taken on July 1.
Mayor Goodman Calls At
tention to Lack of Street
Car Service and VetoeS the
Pensacola Gas Conpany's
Ordinance.


$1,000 certified check posted as for
felt by the first purchasers of the
S0oO,OOO worth of improvement bonds
unless II has suffered damages by the
bonds not being taken, is the opinion
OF City Attorney Jones, and inaSmuch
as the board of bond trustees state
| dnat no damage has re4ulced the
check VIII be returned by the city TO
| the Cleveland party who posted it,
1hlS, as well as a resolution by The
council. upon request of the Pensa-
| cola Water company, that the CITY
not take over the plant and proper
ties until July /, 1908, the vetoing of
what is known as the Pensacola Gas
| company measure by the mayor. and
| the latter S comm niCatiOn calling at
! tentlon 10 the fact that the Pensacola
/ Electric company Is not rendering a
| service, Were some of the matters dis
! cuSSed at the regular Semi-monthly
! meeting of the city council last night
/ When the council convened at 7:3O
| O'Clock there We're present President
! Yonge presiding, and Aldermen An
| dreWS, Brown, Calm, Durham. Ingra-
! ham, McHugh. Meyer. Wright, Reilly.
! Rocheblave and Yonge
STREET CAR SITUATION
| IN d communication, in which comics
OF letters sent 10 Manager Leadley
| We're attached, Mayer Goodman called
] attention to the fact that the Pensa-
I cola Electric company has not fur
! nished street car SeaYiJe in this city
since Sunday night at Z O'Clock. The
mayor cited the council to the fact
/ that under sect ions 1929 and 1924 of
| the revised statutes of Florida that
/ should the company not furnish ser
! vice within five days after notification
| by the mayor, that all its franchises.
| rights and grants are subject to for
| fixture.
| The communications were received
and filed
ORDINANCE is VETOED.
| The mayor returned to the council
! without his signature the ordinance
| recently passed by It granting to the
| Pensacola Gas company the right to
| connect TO the sanitary sewer on
| North rarragona street. The reasons
| assigned by the mayor for vetoing
/ the ordinance We're that the passage
/ of tar and similar substance from
! the gas works would cause the sewer
/ to become stopped up; also that the
4 city engineer diSapprOved of such re-
1 fuse being passed through the SAM
| tary sewers.
The communication was received
| and laid on the table.
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
| Chairman Reilly, of the finance
! committee. subplEtted his regular re,
| port. in which the committee recon-
| mended that $50 be returned to J.
| ID. Hughes as a part of the license
paid by the Pensacola Brokerage COM
| pany. Regarding the requests Of the
boards of safety and works for an
! appropriation of money with which 10
| harden certain streets, the commit
| tee reported adversely; also adverse
| " upon the request for two additional
i men for the CITY engineers office, al
! though the amount necessary for the
/ purchase of additional instruments
| was allowed.
Regarding the certified check for
i $1,000 posted as a forfeit by the first
i bidders for the bond issue Of $3.50, 900,
i the committee reported that the city
attorneys opinion was TO the effect
that this money could not be collected
! If the city had not suffered any dam
: age by the bidders taking the issue.
The opinion OF the attorney was
! read. and he also stated that from
j what he could learn from the bond
trustees no damage had resulted. 1t
: was therefore recommended that the
| city return the check
! The report with its recommendation
= Mover and Andrews spoke on the SUD
ject-
i REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
+ Chairman Rocheblave. of the haTbor
and sanitary committee, reported upon
the ordinance 10 cut weeds, stating
) that it was the intention of the com
mfttee to amend the ordinance 50 that
the height of weeds shall be IS in
stead of IL inches, and that the city
and not property-owners. dispose OF
; the weeds after being cut Further
time was granted the committee 10
report the amended ordinance.
The general ordinance COMMITTEES
reported upon the request OF the war
rem Fish company for the revival Of
an ordinance granting certain rights
to waterfront property, stating that
if the company desired an ordinance
passed for it 20 present this ordinance
TO the council.
Chairman Calm. OF the franchise
committee, reported progress in tbs
matter OF arranging rates to bt