The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-12-04
OTHER REPORTS.


ceived and filed.
OTHER REPORTS.
Fire Chief Bicker made report OF
the feed bill for his department for
November He had used 43 sacks Of
oats, 8 sacks OF corn and ~ bales of
hay, costing SI73.49, or about S10-S4
per head Of stock. This report was
also filed.
The chief also made. report upon
the matter of some indebtedness
which members of the fire department.
had contracted and which was now il
fair way of settlement.
The city electrician also made re-
peft for his Office. There had been no
wire trouble during the month and
there had been no interruption to
either FIRE or police service. The re
port was received and filed.
ALLOWANCES AND LEAVES.
Chas. E CObUTCeT asked for fifteen
days leave of absence to 90 out of the
city He IS a member of the fire de-
partment, and his application had the
approval of the chief and it was al
lowed.
Jas. P. O'Shea also desired a leave
of absence for fifteen days. This was
also granted.
Policeman Benjamin desired a fl
teen-day leave to go to his relatives in
Atlanta. This was allowed.
T F BTitson was granted two davs
of pay for time he had lost on account
of injuries received lie on duty It
was enoc-sed by the fire CHEF and
allowed.
Frank st. Mary. another fireman.
requested pay for eight DAYS of lost
time for injuries received while fight
ing fire. This was also endorsed by
the CHIEF and allowed.
NEW APPLICATIONS.
Applications for positions on IT,
police force were received from
James March, J. F. Skies and Geo. W
HOwse. None Of them bore the en-
dOrsement or approval of the police
chief, and all were referred back TO
him.
Applications for positions in the fire
department were received from r. c.
Forrest and John Campbell. Action
on these two papers was postponed
until another meeting.
To Repair the Trucks.
Bids for repairing trucks were re-
Ceived from the following: Herr7n@
& Co, 1927 and % cents for each new
spoke in wheels; Splitter Bros, SI26
and so cents for each new spoke. and
Pensacola Buggy Works. S105 and 60
cents for each new spoke in the
wheels The last-named bid was ac-
cepted- A time limit of ninety days
was put on the work by the board.
Attained Averages.
Mr.. Elliott, of the police examining
committee, reported upon the averages
of the four officers who were recently
examined. officer Jones made an
average of % per cent, while that
made by Henderson, Fillingim and
Clark was 80 Der cent. each. They
were all duly elected members of the /!
police department
Pay Roll Discussion.
All bills having been offered for ap- !
pTOval, the discussion on the city pay /
roll was prompted. The chairman /
had refused to approve the pay sheet /
on account of extra time which had /
been given to a good many of the /
Officers, but when II was explained that /
all the officers in uniform worked Z
extra during the several DAYS of the
circus being in the city, the roll was
quickly approved. The discussion was
led further on by the discovery that
members of the fire department had
been indiscTimiv tely signing for /
other members, and this was regarded /
as not in accord with the ideas Of .
good business management Attention
was called TO this by Mr. Arson, who .
explained that he only wanted things .
TO 60 through smoothly and in per
feet accord with anyOne'5 ideas of gC0d .
business management. He moved as
an offset to the claim, that men would /
be delayed in getting their money il /
they had to wait for the board to
meet, that the meeting dates be /
changed This was killed on a vote
To provide for better handling of paw
rolls in future, when the chairman /
said that he had not seen but a few
OF them, the chairman was authorized 4
to approve them and that the meet /
ing dates Of the board remain as at /
present
After accepting an invitation to par
take Of chOwd5T at the police station.
Z motion to adjourn was heard.