The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-21
Drawn by the City Attorney
and Presented to Board
For Its Approval.
CoNTEMPLATES THE coNsTRUc-
TIoN OF NOT LESS THAN
TWENTY MILES MORE OF CON.
CRETE sIpEWALKs-No pEFk
MITE ACTION TAKEN At THE
MEETING - MANY MATTERa
CAME UP FOR DISCUSSION.

Some time was spent by the board
Of works last night in the consideras
ton of the sidewalk construction cons
tract which had been submitted By
the city attorney as per request Of the
board some time since. The contract
purposes to cover the construction Of
the aaditoinal lot of walks which have
beer roposed, and which will give
tn an additional twenty miles OF
WI with the maximum Of thirty
m and the privilege of extending
tn its quite beyond the limits al
ne ed by ordinance. The CONTRACT
avn after the city attorney had
HI conference with the engineer.
wao I'd drawn up the specifications,
ard cry phase had been discussed
By -Lse two officials. The board waa
not even satisfied with the time spent
in looking over the proposed contract,
and rather than accept 1t in its pres.
ent shape it was moved and seconded
that each member be furnished with
a proof Of the same before being
printed. Report of conclusive nas
ture will be made at another meeting
of the board, which may be called dur.
ing the week for the purpose.
Chairman Jennings presided at the
meeting last night, and Dr.. Quina, DR.,
L. DEM. Blocker and Mr. Schad ata
tended
After approving minutes OF two prea
vious meetings, the board heard from
ladies appearing in behalf OF the
Gadsden street Methodist church rela1
tive to the use of portion Of Garden
street during the two days of the car
nival celebration to erect a tent and
serve lunches. The permission was
granted.
-4cnMAuNICA
The city engineer asked the boards
advice relative to culverts ever the
Long Hollow drain on Strobe. stree
and asked if the city or the properly
owners would have to stand for the
cost. It was regarded as nothing but
fair that the city should care for that
section by ordering the culverts and
paying for them. This was the in.
struction for which the city engineer
sought
The Banks Transfer Company asked
permission to erect a telephone booth
near the San Carlos hotel, but the
matter was left to a committee con.
slsting of Drs. Blocker and Quina, who
were empowered to act In the
premises. Both of these members did
not favor the unsightly booths which
are already on some Of the streets.
and they will see to it that these are
removed. The intention is to haze
small boxes after the style of those
used by the police department sub.
stltuted for the other instruments.
A. A. Brown notified the board in a
letter that, so long as the Stag re-
in the grass plot in front of
lis residence, he would not spend a
cent in the improvement of the same.
he had previously written the board
'elative tp replacing Stag with good
'arth In the grass plot, making the
,ffer that If this was done, he would
levote time and money to aiding in
he beautifying of the streets. The
etter was received and filed.
The Pensacola Cooperage Company
es1red that East DeSoto street be
pened. This matter was laid over
ending the adjudication Of an indunc-
ION which has been taken out against
he city.
]. N, Andrews wrote the board con.
erning the lack OF protection which
Is property on East Wright street
'as having from the washes. He
oted that the board had informed
I'm there was no money available to
x the streets as it was desired and
e wrote that this was no protection
gainst the constantly recurring dam
ges sustained. The letter was re-
eived and fled.
Mrs. George Bell reported that q
riveway on piece of property ON
right street had not been construct
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