The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-29
Only Three Members Op-
posed Recommendation O.
Board Of Bond Trustees.
Mr.. Rornlnel is to Receive a
Salary of $275 Per Month
For Supervising the Exc
cution of the Work, as
Well as Drawing the Plans
Seven of the Ten Men,
bers Voted to Adopt the
Report.

Adopting report OF the board OF
bond trustees, recommending the en-
ployment of George Rommei, Jr., 10
supervise the Improvement work TO
be done With the issue OF $250, 900
bonds featured the meeting c. the city
council N regular session last night.
Aldermen Renshaw, Dunham and
Rocheblave opposed the adoption OF
the recommendation OF Inc trustees.
and during the course of HE remarks
in opposing it DR.. Renshaw took oc-
casion to say that the city had been
handed a 'decayed lemon" by the
former engineer. and he opposed the
employment of the latter's first heu-
tenant, though he ha6 the highest re-
CARDS personally for the engineer
recommended by the board. Those
voting to adopt the Recommendations
OF the board, after motion to lay
over mad been lost. were Aldermen
Bear, Concannon. DeSilva. KugIeman,
Moyer, Oliver and Pfeiffer. These op-
posing It were Aldermen Dunham,
Renshau and Rocheblave
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT
The recommendations of the board
of bond trustees. stating the terms OF
employment follow:
Pensacola, Fla. Dec. 28, 1910.
To the President and City Council,
Pensacola.
Gentlemen: This board begs to re-
port that it has employed George
Rommel, Jr., to plan, draw up specif7-
cations, forms oe contracts, forms of
advertisements. attend the letting of
contracts, supervise the execution OF
the work, and generally to act as the
boards engineer or the work to be
done with the proceeds OF the propos-
ed s25O,0 bond issue; at d salary oe
s275.00 per month: said employment
to be terminable at any time upon
fifteen GC) days notice; Mr.. Rommel
10 give our work his whole time. aud
(undcr ori supervision, to work in
harmony With the other city boards
and the city engineer, particularly in
the matter of grades; said employ
nlent to be subject TO a sale of the
proposed bond issue being effected;
and said employment being subject TO
your approval, which we now ask
IT is our idea that later on if auy
doubts exist in our minds. We will ASA
the council 10 sanction our submitting
Mr.. Rommels sewer plan to some
such engineering firm as Warins,
Chapman & FarGuhar, of New York,
or Metcaf & Eddy, Of Boston, for
checking.
Respectfully.
tSigncd) JOHN A, MERRITT.
Chairman Board of Bond Trustees
TO GRANT FRANCHISE.
Alderman kugleman introduced and
read for the first time an ordinance
granting to e.. ". Lamar and associ-
ates the right 70 erect and maintain
Il wharf at the foot of MAGNOLIA stree,
for period of twenty-five years, pay
ing an annual rental to the city OF $50.
and at tho end of the twenty-five
years the city to have the right to pur-
chase. 1t was referred to the fran
chiee committee.
An ordinance, on it's second read
ing, granting 20 Swift e. Co. the riSl.
TO construct q spur track was read the
second time lr. amended form aud re-
ferred.
The reading of this ordinance
brought Up , discussion as to what re-
muneration is being received by the
city. several aldermen favoripg max
ing charge for such rights, but the
ordinance passed to it's third readiag
without any action along this line.
Com munca1ions relative to back
taxes and paving We're read and re-
ferred 10 the finance committee
COMPLlMENTED MEMBERS.
lust before the unusually short SOS
sion adjourned President Greenhut
arose and announced that this vas
the last session of the council before
the ending of the old year. and he
took occasion to compliment the mem
bers upon their conscientious aud
good work, and said he believed the
laws that had been passed and the
general work done would he of much
benefit TO the city.
His remarks were received with
considerable applause.