The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-01-23
CHECK FOR $1,000
IS RETURNED
Board of Bond Trustees Is
Holding Matter of New
Bond Issue in Allegiance,
and Intimates That if One
of the Proposed City
Charters Is Adopted An
other Bond Election Will
Be Necessary.

That the Louisville & Nashville
Railroad Company does not own and
has no right to use the Alcaniz street
wharf, a franchise for which was
granted to ]. E. Callaghan by an ordl-
nance passed June l, 1882, was the
opinion given by City attorney John
B. Jones to the finance committee OF
the city council, to whom the matter
was referred at a former meeting of
the council. The franchise expired
several years ago.
The matter was first brought to the
attention of the council in a communi-
cation from Mayor Reilly, who stated
that he had received a check for SO
from the railroad company in payment
for the annual rental Of the wharf for
the year 1913.
At the meeting of the council last
night the finance committee recon-
mended that the check be returned to
the railroad company. The recommen-
dation of the committee was unani-
mously adopted.
According to information in possess
sion of the finance committee, Mr.. CAL
laghan drove some piling and con-
structed a frame for a wharf on AL
caniz street, but the wharf was never
completed, and the piling and structurs
which he placed there rotted or were
washed away before the expiration of
the term of the franchise. He sold the
franchise before the expiration of it's
term to Messrs. Chipley and McCor-
mick, who in turn transferred it to the
Pensacola & Atlantic Railroad Com
pany, and through the latter the Louis
vile & Nashville Railroad Company
secured it.
The rights and franchise granted
under the ordinance to Mr.. Callaghan
have expired by limitation, and the
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Com
pany. notwithstanding the payments
which it claims to have made subse-
cuent to the term for which the fran
chise was limited, has no right or
privilege in or to Alcaniz street. and
the finance committee recommended
that the check for $40 IN payment for
rent for the year 1913 which the COM
pany rendered to Mayor Reilly be re-
turned.
The vote to return the check to the
railroad company was unanimous.
HOLD UP BOND MATTER.
The board of bond trustees furnished
TIE council with an estimate from
Dillon, Thomson & Clay, bond experts
of New York. covering the cost of
passing upon the LEGALITY of the mu-
nicipal dock and belt line railroad bond
issue, but did not recommend the ac-
Ceptance of the estimate at this time.
en- account of the existing uncertainty
in the city charter matter.
The charter as prepared by Alder
man Semnes and which will be sub
mitted to the voters. according to the
report of the bond trustees, abolishes
tie board of bond trustees, and should
this charter be adopted the bond ex-
perts would likely require all steps
taken by the board to be retaken by
the new authorities who would be
elected under the commission form OF
government, and, according to the bond
trustees, it is possible that they may
require the bond election to held over.
The trustees in their report to the
council, which was received and the
recommendations adopted, said they
were continuing their investigation into
the dock and belt railroad matter.
$500 is APPROPRIATED.
The sum of $500 was appropriated
for the purpose of employing assistants
in the city health office, and for the
purpose of putting the city in first
Class condition so far as health is con-
cerned.
Those present at last nights session
of the council were Mayor Reilly. Al
Germen Kent, DeSilva, Pfeiffer, Avery.
Oliver, Semmes, Renshaw, Meyer and
Concannon.