The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-05-17
WORKS BOARD
HELD A LONG.
BUSY SESSION
SEVERAL ROUTINE MATTERS
WE'RE DISPOSED OF BUT MOTH
ING VERY UNUSUAL WAS CON-
slDERED-AcTIoN ON coRDovA
SQUARE MATTER DEFERRED
UNTIL NEXT MEETING.

with all OF the members except G.
F. Schad present, the board of public
works held a regular session last night
at o'clock in the Office of the city
clerk. at which considerable lot OF
routine business was disposed OF, but
nothing Of particular interest tran
spired. The most important matter,
or rather the matter in which the gen.
eral public In most interested, before
this board at present is the question Of
Recommending to the city council that
Cordova square be set aside for the
use OF the Fairgrounds Association, TO
be used as q Fairgrounds park and as
a place for a baseball ground Tor the
Twilight league, but no action was
taken on this matter. 1t being deferred
until the next meeting.
Citizens Protest.
Some two or three citizens were
present to protest, for various reasons,
against paying for water connections
which have beer. charged against their
property under the work now being
contracted for by the city. Among
them was Leslie r. Brooks. who pro-
tested against paying for the counec-
tons being made at his property near
the corner Of Guillemarde and LaRua
streets, because he said he already bad
connections, the connections having
been made from the Palafox street
main several years ago. The present
connections are being made with the
Guiliemarde street main, which has
been laid some time.
After some discussion. the board de-
cided that the work should be discon-
tinued until the opinion OF the city
attorney could be secured as to wheth-
er or not the city has right to force
Mr.. Brooks to make these connections.
DeViIIior Street Pavement.
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which he asked for further time to
thoroughly investigate the matter, the
city engineer presented a report OF the
Southern Paving & Construction Co.,
the G tractors, as to the paving on
the east side OF DeVillier street, be-
tween Garden and Chase. which has
recently sunk considerably. The re-
port was lengthy one and the city
engineer stated in his communication
that he did not fully agree with 1t. He
was gNEnted the necessary time to
contiql his Investigation.
TarraCona Sewer.
The city engineer also submitted a
written report as to the Guillemarde
storm sewer which was recently found
to be stopped, where the conduits Of
the Southern Bell Telephone Co. were
run through it, at Gadsdep and Tara
coma streets. The engineer reported
that only upon one occasion had this
happened and that 1t was then caused
by something which had no business
in the sewer lodging at this point He
said there was no other place for the
condpits to be placed without tearing
up the pavements and recommended
what he had already recommended to
the city council and the water COM
mittee. viz: the laying of a parallel
drain alongside this one on Tarragona
street. The report was received and
To Drain West End.
In a communication, the mayor
called attention 20 the damage being
done to health and property in the
west end on account of overfiows. He
attention to this part OF the city gen.
orally and enclosed a communication
from Mrs. VIM. d. Glass as a particu-
lar instance. This lady is asking for
damages and the matter Is now before
the finance committee, and at the In
stance OF the city council, the city en-
gineer Is now making an estimate on
a ditch west of Coyle street to drain
the section. The matter was laid
over until the next meeting and the
engineer was Instructed to conduct an
investigation Immediately and report
TO the board.
were read and disposed Of. after which
the officers under the supervision of
the board made their reports.
The plumbing inspector recommend
ed that w. ]. Sennott be appointed
foreman OF the sewer gang and his
Recommendation was adopted.
The report OF the building inspector
showed q big decrease In the value OF
buildings erected during the month as
compared with the month preceding
which Is attributed to the unfavorable
weather for building.
The matter of placing lights or
Twelfth street. between Sixteenth ave.
nue. and Rayview park. was referred
to the light committee. The proba
bilities are that this committee will
order the lights placed.
Before adjourning, the bills and
payrolls were approved