The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-07-12
To ADVERTISE
FOR BIDS FOR
BOND ISSUE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS LAST
NIGHT ADOPTED RESOLUTION
TO THIS EFFEcT-sIDs TO BE
OPENED TUESDAY, AUG. 18TH,
AT 10 P. MOTHER MATTERS
DISCUSSED.

The board Of county commissioners
last night adopted a resolution provid-
ing for the advertising for bids for the
$3.50, 900 worth Of bonds to be issued bv
thu county to pay off the Indebtedness
incurred in building the new county
jail. According to the advertisement,
ly4ds will be received Tuesday morning
shown that a number of letters Of in
quiry had alreary been received bv the
board from firms who make a business
of buying bonds.
Some time was taken up in the dis
cussion of the proposed bridge con-
Meeting Escambia and Santa Rosa
counties, but of course no action could
be taken on this matter until after the
meeting of the committee composed of
three members Of this board and three
members of the Santa Rosa board
holds its meeting in Milton today.
However, the commissioners seem TO
be enthusiastic on the subject and de-
ternined to do their part toward the
building of the bridge
Aside from these matters very little
else was done at last nights meeting.
although the session was a lengthy
one. The full board was present, with
the exception of Commissioner Bag
gett, and the minutes of all meetings
held since the 18th Of June were read
and approved.
H. P. Ferriss addressed the board in
regard to a road running diagonally
across what is known as the Mcmillan
addition. Mr.. Ferriss contended that
the public road should run parallel tC
certain blocks instead of across them
and asked the board to have the road
changed. The matter was held up to
obtain advice from the county attor-
ney.
Edw. Forcheimer, of the Boston Shoe
Store, addressed the board relative tC
furnishing shoes for the convicts OF
other prisoners for whom the county
would have to buy shoes. The board
agreed to consider the proposition al
the proper time.
1t was agreed to offer the Fisher
Real Estate Agency SIS for the lot ad-
joining the county clay pit This mat
ter has been before the board for some
time, the real estate company claiming
that the county had destroyed the
value of the lot by digging into it and
that the county should purchase same
The notary bond of Morris Levy
being in proper form. was approved
and accepted.
The application Of W. Y. Johnston
and W. E. Smith to sell liquors in dis
trict 10 was received and being II
proper form it was decided to let the
IaDpllCaIlOn take the usual COURSE.
Some correspondence between County
Attorney r. P. Reese and T. F. McNea
in regard to ten acres of land occupied
by McNeal and which the county
claims to own, was read. 1t wa:
shown that McNeal had offered to pay
the county $50 for the ten acres, eX'
elusive of one acre in and around th'
county clay pit which is included in the
ten acres. On motion. the offer wa!
rejected and the county attorney wa:
| instructed to bring suit for the posses.
| sion of the county.
The report of the superintendent o
the county poor farm was read. The
report showed that during the pas
month there had been 80 occupants O
the poor farm and that the avera g
cost of feeding the inmates was nine
cents per day. 1t was also shown tha'
three deaths had occurred at that in
stitution during the month.
The application of Mrs. Carrie Q
| Mitchell, wife of the late DR.. Thos. S
Mitchell, for a pension as a soldiers
widow, was not granted, II being
claimed that according to the law she
| had not been married TO the deceased
sufficient period of time to allow tht
pension.
After approving the bills and pay
rolls for the month OF June. the meet
Ting adjourned.