The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-02-10
| FRANCHISE
REJECTED, ONE
IS FAVORABLE
CITY COUNCIL ACTS UPON TWO
IMPORTANT MEASURES, AGAIN
REJECTING PROPOSITION FROM
BEACH HAVEN COMPANY.

Discussion relative to the adopti0"
of the franchise committee repor
upon the rejection of the new offers
from the Beach Haven Construction
company was prolonged at the meet
;nS Of the city council last night, re
v21iirg in the sustaining of the COM
:Iittee action by the council, and for
tha second time rejecting offers from
the company named to get franchise
rights into the city. The company
through the franchise committee, had
made two propositions, both of which
we're found unsatisfactory and which
were Sc reported by the committee.
The cor2rany made a fiat offer of So
Geo for the privilege Of entering the
city through and over West Garden
erect, to be paid at the rate of 81 ,000
1er year, thus making the payment of
the SIM named in five years. For the
privilege CT entering the city over and
through Romano street, the company
proposed to pay over to the city the
sum realized from IS per cent. of the
net earnings, this to be paid at stated
tines Speaking for his company
President Ball, interrupted at many
times, sought to get the council to
held W final action on the adoption
of the committee report. He was
given the privilege of the floor and
sought to show that his company
stood ready to offer anything within
the meaning Of consistency to get
here. The committee report was
adopted. and that meant that the
Beach Haven company is yet without
franchise right to build into the city
as desired. The committee, reporting
upon the offers of the company, simply
stated that they had no reason to
change the original recommendation
made, which was an adverse report
upon an application for franchise.
THE COUNCIL MEETING.
President Greenhut called the coun-
Gil to order in regular session, and
Aldermen Bear, Concannon, Durham,
Meyer, Renshaw, Pfeiffer, Rocheblave,
Kugleman and Williams.
The finance committee reported
upon number of matters. The re-
quest from the board of works for the
sum Of S165, to be used in renewing
standing water on Gadsden street and
Eighth avenue, was reported favorably
upon, the money to come from the gen.
eral fund. The boards request for the
sum Of $3.50, to be used in remodeline
doors of the patrol house, was refused.
the committee reporting that It could
not see that a change was necessary
With a slight error, which had been
corrected, the comptroller's report was
reported all right, and the same was
reported on the water departments
showing for the preceding month
The committees report was received
and the recommendations adopted.
Alderman Kugleman, of the water
and gas committee, reported for the
water department, showing a net earn
ing of nearly $4,000 for the month of
January. This report was also re-
ceived and adopted The committee
showed that, despite the fact that
compressor, worth about $1,000 had
been installed, the earnings were good
Alderman Meyer, of the franchise
committee, offered substitute for the
old ordinance No. 1875, which gave the
L. & N. company the right to unload
cars north of Intendencia and South
of Garden streets. The substitute was
to allow the privilege the ordinance
contemplates, subject to police regula-
tons This is on second reading.
Slight amendments were made to or