The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-12-31
IN OFFICES
At CITY HALL
MAYOR REILLY PUTS IN SPARE
TIME IN SIGNING IMPROVEMENT
BONDS-WATER DEPARTMENT
VERY BUSY ALL DAY.

Mayor Reilly was putting some OF
the spare time yesterday in attaching
his signature to some of the improve
ment bonds, this being done just as
the bonds were used. Each of the
sheets represented something like
$500, as there were four certificates
coupons for interest. The beautifully
engraved paper is always attractive in
bunch of papers.
The water department had its
troubles yesterday, and all day at
taches were being ordered all over the
| city to give attention to bursted wa
| ter pipes. The report at the office
was that some seventy or eighty pipes
| had bursted during the early morning
Every time pipe is repaired some
| special free instructions relative to
further protection of the pipes is hand
ed out. The men from the office
worked practically the whole day, nm
ishing up job at the head of Palafox
wharf about 4:3O O'Clock in the after
noon.
L Hilton Green, the former pTesi-
| dent of the board of bond trustees,
who was one OF the most earnest ad-
vocates of the creOsoted wood block
for paving purposes, was rather dis
| pleased when he returned home from
Europe some time since to find that,
after his earnestness in having the
blocks adopted for some of the paving,
the city had placed in front Of his res
| idence the brick paving. Mr.. Green
based his desire to have the blocks
used from practical witnessing OF the
wear and tear of the material in Lon
don, Paris and other cities of Europe,
and believes that IL is the best for paw
| ing purposes. But the fact that the
city placed the brick in front of the
home of the gentleman who was the
most firm Of the advocates for the
block, did not seem to please him
much. He kindly took the bond trus-
tees to task in a friendly way uBon
his return but, of course, will abide
by the plan as mapped out. Mr.. Green
made extensive study of the wood
! blocks as paving material during mis-
late trip across the water.
Mayor Reilly stated yesterday that
he would call the council in session
| just as soon as he was advised that
| Mr.. Hatton, the consulting engineer,
was in the city. The mayor said that
| if Mr.. Hatton should reach the city in
| the afternoon, notices for a council
meeting for the following evening
would be issued aud sent oIt. AT that
meeting, the mayor said, the matter of
the DeVilliers street outlet, the con-
dition of the sewer and the matter OF
the treasurer appointment would all
be handled. He said that there would
! be no meeting of the council On SatJr-
day, even should the engineer be here
on that date.
TIL city hall will not be closed all
day New Years day, which is on Sat
urday. Some of the officials will take
the day of to visit their friends and
offer them happiness, etc, but the
building itself will be open practically
the whole day
Clerk L. Borras.in the office of the
street superintendent, is getting his
data assembled for the monthly report
Of the head of the street department,
to be presented at the meeting Of the
board of works early in the week
Iessebed lot of work, because of the
retrenchment which has been forced
upon the board of works.
Annual reports from all the officials
are now in order at the city hall, and
some of these reports may be rem
inventories of the several departments
have been furnished by the respective
heads.