The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-09-13

OF them receiving at least one vote on
the first ballot The applicants and
on the four ballots were as follows:
Name LIST. End. Srd- eth
J: w. Boyett 10000 o o o
Henry Garrett ......1 Va Q 2
II. q. MtmS.s.. 2 2 2
W. II. Fillingim. i i o
An unusual amount of interest was
manifested In the selection of this ON
Ger and. although the matter OF making
a selection was deferred until the last
thing before the adjournment of the
meeting last night, large number Of
citizens who were interested remained
throughout the entire meeting to as
certain the result Of the election.
Railroad Right of Way.
When the county attorney, to whom
the contract between the promoters
Of the Gulf, Florida & Alabama Rail-
ported on the proposition, the contract
was not altogether satisfactory to the
board and upon motion Of Commits
sioner Mcclellan was referred back to
the attorney for some changes.
Concerning the railroad, Mr.. McLel-
Ian said that, he had been informed
that the promoters Of this proposed
railroad were simply specializing and
that the road was liable not to be built
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was unalterably opposed to granting
them any right Of way unless the board
was guaranteed that the road should
be built within a certain reasonable
length Of time He said he realized the
need Of railroad to both the city and
the county, but that he was not In
favor of giving away the city and
county property to spectators. He
criticised the city council severely for
the manner in which franchises had
been granted to corporations, and said
he would not vote to give the road a
right of way unless he could be as
sured that 1t was really for the pur-
pose Of building the road Immediately.
Jail Extras Up Again.
When the bill CT the Blount> Con-
struction Co. for $1,432.60 for extra
work done on the new jail building
was presented It called for storm Of
protest on the part of Commissioners
A. w. Davis. Mr.. Davis said that the
board had adopted a resolution some
time ago to the effect that no more
extras would be countenanced and
that the architect had been instruct
ed not to give orders for any more
He said he would vote against the
payment Of any bin for extra work
since that time.
F. NJ. Blount, Of the Blount Con-
struction Co., said that this action
would place him in q very unsatisfac-
tory position, as he, as contractor. was
obliged to carry out all orders for ex-
ira work from the architect and re-
minded the board that according to
the contract the architect had the right
to issue orders TO-. extras not ex-
ceeding 5000, and that, in his opinion,
the contract was effective and the
resolution referred to by Mr.. Davis
was not The county attorney, how
ever, advised that the board could
instruct the architect not to issue any
more such orders, but that it was a
matter between the board and the
architect and not the contractor.
A. w. Davis made a motion that
the bin be laid over until the COM
pletion Of the building, but the motion
was amended to lay it over until the
next meeting and in the meantime the
commissioners will inspect the build
ing.
M'Ghan Has More Troubles.
A communication from the Pensa-
cola Gas Co. stated that the gas pipe
spected and that it had been found
to leak to such an extent as to render
it entirely useless.
Geo. Mccain, Jr., of the firm of Nc
Chan & Sons, the contracting plumb
ers for the Jail building. was present
and was asked for an explanation, the
work having been paid for by the
county several months ago. Mr.. Nc
Chan read a lot Of correspondence to
show that at the time the work was
paid for 1t was in a satisfactory con-
dition and had been tested in the pres
ence Of two inspectors Of the Pensacola
Gas Co., but that in doing the other
work on the building the pipe had been
cut in places, but had been repaired
caps which could not be put on the
pipe until the completion Of the work
accounted for the leak referred to by
the Gas Co, and closed by charging
| that the company had superseded their
right in making the test without noti-
| flying the plumbers or without being
asked to do so.
Mr.. Benz, the architect, substantiated
the statment Of Mccain and said that
pipe woul stand the test. The matter
was referred to the architect to adj
| just and report back to the board at
| the next meeting.
Applications Laid Over.
On account of the amount of other
business before the meeting last night
the selection of a probation officer was
deferred until the next meeting, which
/ is next Tuesday night
! Judge Henry Bellinger. who Is the
| Judge OF the recently created juve-
nile court, addressed the board urging
them to select probate officer as early
as possible, calling the attention OF
the board to the manner in which the
| judge of the court was handicapped by
not having any person to whom he can
commit juvenile offenders except tc
their parents, which, he said, leaves
them just where they were before they
were brought to him.
/ Judge Bellinger also asked the board
to defer the fixing Of the salary of the
judge OF the juvenile court until a few
weeks experience should show both
| himself and the board what would be
a reasonable salary for the office. His
request was granted.
Bills Protested.
A communication from ]. n. An
drews was read, in which he stated
that he as a taxpayer wished to en-
ter a protest against the payment OF