The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-14
ShUbBED AND
IGNORED. SAYS
AN ALDERMAN
SOME MEMBERS OF COUNCIL
THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE
BEEN "REcoGNIZED" REGARD
ING SILVER SERVICE BANQUET
INVITED FOR So PER, SAYS
THE MAYOR.

Claiming city officials had been
sighted and ignored Alderman Rem
shaw. supported by Alderman Semmes,
featured the city council meeting last
night, when a discussion arose regard
ing the silver service presentation,
and to placing lower Palafox street in
presentable shape for this occa sion on
next Monday, when the alderman de-
clared that as representatives of the
city that aldermen should be "recog-
nized'-evidently referring to invita-
tions to the banquet to be given at
the San Carlos hotel on the evening of
the presentation.
Mayor Reilly informed the alderman
that city officials who desire plates at
the banquet can get them at $6 per
just like any other citiZen-and that
the invitations being extended to may
ors of other cities are being sent out
by the Commercial Association, which
is footing the bill at so much per
plate. The discussion ended shortly
afterward.
/. G. N. ORDINANCE.
Besides offering a substitute ordi-
nance for the ordinance granting GER
tain privileges to the Louisville &
Nashville Railroad Co, which had been
referred to the committee for investi-
cation, the franchise committee re-
ported that the promoters of the Mem
phis & Gulf Railroad Co. had asked
that the ordinance granting them a
franchise, which is also pending before
this committee, be held in allegiance
for the present, for the reason that the
promoters of the road are considering
changing the name. 1t is probable
that the name will be changed to the
Memphis & Pensacola railroad. A
number of other important matters
were discussed and several ordinances
were adopted at the meeting, which
was an interesting and busy one.
SALOON ORDINANCE AMENDED.
Proposed ordinance No. 80, which is
an amendment to section 513 of the
city code, governing the opening and
closing hours for saloons, was adopt
ed last night, after having been re-
ported upon by the general ordinance
committee, and, after a recess, by
| special dispensation, recommended by
that committee. Alderman DeSilva
voted against the adoption of the or
| dinance, all other aldermen voting for
it.
The substance of the ordinance is
that it allows saloons to remain open
until IL o'clock on Mardi Gras night
| and the night before and on Christmas
eve and Christmas night, unless either
| Christmas or Christmas eve shall fall
upon Sunday.
DRINKING CUP ORDINANCE.
| ordinance, recommended by the board
OF health, prohibiting the use of COM
| mon drinking cups in any public
| places, such as hotels, restaurants, de-
pots or other places This ordinance
| carries with a penalty of fine or i'm
prisonment, or both, not to exceed
| 500 and sixty days for violations. At
ter being read for the first time, the
| ordinance was referred to the harbor
| and sanitary committee
PRESENTATION CEREMONY.
| When Alderman Concannon made a
| motion to the effect that the board Of
public works be instructed to repair
! the foot of Palafox street and place
| it in a slightly condition before the
presentation ceremony, which is to
| occur here next Monday, he precipi-
| tated a lively discussion, and one in
which some sweeping remarks and
| some direct charges were made, but
| amendment to the effect that the eX-
penditure for this purpose should not
| exceed $3.50.
| SAYS COUNCIL WAS IGNORED.
| Alderman Renshaw opened the argu-
ment, charging that the council had
been ignored by those in charge of the
silver service presentation and had
been kept in ignorance as to the en-
tire program. He said he was no
stickIer for personal or individual
recognition, but that as a representa-
tive of the city he did demand some
recognition on an occasion like this
Are we to sit as nincompoops % he
asked, "and then tare around and
spend the city's money to help make
a big celebration out of an affair in
which we have been altogether
ignored?" He said the council was
not asleep to the Indifference with
which it's members had been treated
by the committees from other cities