The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-02-08

The principal feature of the meeting
| OF the board OF county commissioner
which was held yesterday afternoon u
6 o'clock was the adoption Of plans foa
| the furniture for the new county jail
and the adoption Of resolution to ad.
vertise for bids for the furnishing oi
| the jail according to the plans and
specificat!ons adopted by the board M
tAis meeting.
Quite & lot Of routine business was
disposed Q. at this meeting. which
lasted for nearly four hours. but tia
session was otherwise dull and unin.
teresting.
THE PROCEEDINGS.
After calling the meeting to orden
the chairman extended an invitation "a
any persons who might wish TO I'd
dress the board on any matter before
going into the regular order of husi-
ness. G. w. Owen. of The firm @.
Owen-Clark Co., appeared before the
board in reference to the matter of
placing the insurance on the comfy
property, and asked that his firm be
given a part Of the business this year.
Under this head a communication
was read from Hooton & Watson on,
the same subject, and containing a like
request The communication was re
ceived and filed and it was announced
that the insurance matter would nc
taken up at a subsequent meeting. or
when the policies now in existence
should expire.
Mr.. Wieburg. a representative Of tho
Jamestown Art Metal Co.. appeared
before the board with a set of plans
and specifications for the furniture and
Office fixtures for the new county jail
He stated that he had submitted the
plans to the various officers of tho
county who would have offices in the,
iail building and that they had ap-
proved his plans. After an examina-
tion OF the plans the board voted to
accept them and to advertise for bids.
The advertisement will be prepared
Immediately and will be run for four
weeks. The plans are for steel fur
niture throughout.
Architect Benz presented a state
ment showing the cost Of a proposed
change in the work in the circuit
clerks Office and the court Of record
room in the new Jail building. He had
been requested to furnish this data at
a previous meeting. The extra cost
will be $2,140.60. The report was
adopted.
At this point Mr.. Benz asked that a
special meeting be called as early As
convenient in order that he might sub
NIT several matters to the board. Tho
meeting will be called next Tuesday
morning at 10 o'clock.
A communication was read from tho
A,,If
ing the services Of an expert account
ant to audit the books OF the county
commissioners. It was the sense Of
the board, however. that it is the busi-
ness Of the state auditor to audit the
books Of the commissioners. The COM
munication was received and filed.
CLAIMS DAMAGES.
A communication was read from
Jones e. Pasco, attorneys for Mrs. Fan
ME ARIZONA, in which 1t was charged
that the contractor for the new Jail
building had damaged her property
sdjoining the building and that, ac-
cording to a recent survey, the build
ing encroached upon her property.
The letter stated that the attorneys
were instructed by their client to take
steps to obtain damages unless tn.
county should immediately arrange for
a satisfactory settlement
In reference to the matter. the con-
tractor stated that when he began
work on the Jail he was governed by
a stake which had been placed there
for him to go by. In regard to any
damage done to the adjoining property
Of Mrs. ARIZONA, he said that he had
gone over the situation with a con-
tractor selected by Mrs. ARIZONA in or
der to see what repairs he should
make for her, and that he had state
ment in writing from the contractor
referred to that no damage had been