The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-02-07

| The 6airy ordinance. limiting the
| territory In which dairies car be con-
ducted. Yves given an airing last night.
when the general ordinance commit
tee conducted public hearing in the
| council chamber and heard a number
of persons, some opposed and others
favoring the passage of the measure.
The ordinance is now before the coun-
ell and the general ordinance commit
tee to which it was referred will re-
port upon 1t at the meeting tomorrow
night.
Several citizens and ladies were
present and the question was given a
pretty thorough threshing out and at
times the argument became very spir-
tied. Two dairymen were present to
represent their side of the question,
and vigorously opposed the adoption
OF the ordinance. while quite number
of residents were on hand to insist on
the adoption of the ordinance.
Several people residing on East Hill
addressed the committee, and COM
planned of the presence Of a dairy in
their immediate neighborhood, giving
a number of reasons why they believed
the dairies should be placed in q re-
stricted district. Several Of these
property owners stated that had they
known when they purchased their
property that dairy was to be put
so near them they would not have
bought
I All of the speakers stated that they,
believed the dairy. referred to was kept
as clean as IT was possible for one ro
be kept. but that IT was unsanitary on
account of the number Of flies which
are bred and that the o0or was almost
at times. Some also COM
planned that at times the noise of the
cattle wss very annoying.
1t was stated that the committee hal
in its possession communication from
the Escernbia County Medical Society
endorsing the ordinance which is nm.
der consideration
Two or three ladies were among rhe
number who spoke in behalf of the or
and they weTe very emphatic
In their statements as 10 the urds-
STABILITY OF the dairies in their neigh
borhoods.
DAiRYMEN OPPOSE MEASURE.
Two dairymen addressed the COM
mittee in behalf of the opposition to
the measure They gave number of
why they thought the orii-
nance should not be adopted. They
,ontended that the presence of the
1airfes is not nearly so detrimental to
he health Of the community as is tha
presence of horses in the city. One of
he speakers quoted a number of phv
'1cians as stating that horses cause
more flies to be bred than cattle. II
vas also claimed by the dairymen that
he odor from a cow is not as offensiv.
Is that from a horse stable.
The East Hill dairymen denied the
litigation in the petition presented by
ome Of his neighbors which stated
hat his dairy is located in a thickly
ettled community. He claimed that
his community is not thickly settled
nd that there is an average of less
han three houses to the block for
adius of. eleven blocks around hi.
lace. He went further, and claimed
nat the agitation of this dairy ques-
ION was the outgrowth Of selfishness
nd Jealousy, and that the promoters
the measure were not SO Interested
the health of the community as thoy
retended
UNDER AMUSEMENT.
After listening to the arguments NJ
le parties interested in the matter for
n hour, the chairman stated that tba
would take the matter
nuer aoVlsement and would probably
port on the ordinance at the regular(
eetins OF the council Wednesday
ght OF this week.