The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-02-17
PUBLIC WORKS
BOARD HELD A
BUSY SESSION
MATTERS WHICH HAD AC-
CUMULATED ON CALENDAR
AND NEW BUSINESS WAS ALL
CONSIDERED LAST EVENING.

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nings, who was called from the city
| by the death of a relative yesterday,
DR.. L. DEM. Blocker acted as chair
man at a meeting of the board of
public works, which was held last
evening at 6 o'clock in the office of
! the city clerk.
Two communications were received
from the city council. One of them
notified the board that the sum of
| $3.50 to build a drain on Eighth ave-
! nue. to relieve standing water at the
! Gadsden street intersection had been
allowed, and the other notified the
| board that the sum of $3.50, requested
| to remodel the doors of the patrol
house, had been refused For the
| patrol house work bids will be ask
ed. The appropriation granted was
| acknowledged, and both communica-
| tions were ordered received and
| filed.
The city attorney reported that the
| request from the Pensacola Electric
| Company, in the matter of laying
piping from the power house, should
be granted by ordinance. An ordi-
nance requesting the privilege of ex-
prepared for the councils considera-
ton, and copy of the attorneys
! letter to the board was ordered sent
| the Pensacola Electric Company.
! A letter from L. S. Brown requested
! the board for an extension of the
/ lighting system, suggesting that the
! lights be placed on either Spring or
| Barcelona streets, or both, northWard
! from DeSoto street. Mr.. Brown will
| be notified that the board is now ex-
! ceeding its appropriations for street
| lighting, but in the making up of the
new budget his suggestion will re-
| ceive due consideration.
! Mrs. NJ. P. Kelly, of FOG East La
Rua street, complained of the condi-
ton that sidewalk contractor had
| left the walk in front of her home,
and the letter was referred to the city
engineer for investigation and re-
port.
In letter to the marshal, who turn
| ed over the communication to the
clerk for the information of the board,
J. n. Andrews protested against the
railroad company taking sand from
the tracks east of Hayne street and
taking it away. On motion of DR..
| Quina the letter was tabled.
George w. Johnson, a park COM
missioner from Bayview park request.
ed work on the Twelfth avenue road
way. The street superintendent was
ordered to do the work mentioned
upon completion of work now mapped
out for him.
]. A. Ayant, commissioner for Geor.
gia square, desired the entire appro
priation for that square, to pay for
work done. 1t was ordered paid
him.
Mr. Schad reported that ladies are
planning to clear out the south halt
/ of St. MichaeIs cemetery, and asked
if the city could not give some labor
to aid in the work. It was ordered
that the chairman of the board of
bond trustees be asked to instruct
| the resident engineer to order sand
from Garden and Palafox street dump
ed on Aragon street, to provide for a
! concrete walk to skirt the south
/ boundary Of the cemetery.
The committee having the question
i Of causing the removal of unsight1y
telephone booths from the corners
of the Plaza and near the depot re-
| ported progress. Up-to-date telephone
boxes will be provided at nominal
figures by the telephone company
and the small houses sheltering the
street telephones will be torn down
A motion, made by Mr.. Schad, car
ried with it the request from the
council for the sum of $1,000 to be
used in hardening Twelfth avenue
from Gadsden street to Thirteenth
street. It was carried.
Mr.. Schad also made a motion
which was carried. calling upon the
city attorney to draft an ordinance
providing for the pavement of BayIer
/ street from the north side of Garden
street to the south side of Gregory
street. suggesting that brio to be
removed from PalafoX street be used
ron the job:
The matter of enforcing the city's
rights in the premises regarding the
occupation of the west end of Mag
nolia street by a small building was
ordered referred to the city attorney
and the engineer was ordered to pro
vide a plat showing the street lines
1t is understood that complaint has
d been made to the board of works
because a portion of the street at the
spot named is and has been occupied
by the Mitchell property for many
years. The question has been before
boards of public works for several
years and through several administra
tons
Mr.. Fisher complained that a re
pair carpenter in his employ had beer
arrested a number of times, and he
thought several times the man had
been arrested wrongly. The board
will address letter to the marsha
and the building inspector on the sub
| ipct shortly