The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-10-20
THE
BUDGET To THE
CITY ATTORNEY
ORDINANCE MAKING APPRoPRIA-
TIoNs FOR FISCAL YEAR READ
SECOND TIME AND TURNED
OVER TO LEGAL ADVISER FOR
OPINION.

Quite an interested crowd assembled
at the city hall yesterday afternoon at
o'clock to await the outcome. or the
next step, on the budget ordinance.
Promises were held out that the ordi-
nance would be brought to a head, but
it was placed on second reading and
then was ordered referred to the city
attorney for opinion. 1t was stated
at the city hall after the meeting that
the attorney had been asked to make
an examination of the ordinance in as
short a time as possible, with a view
of presenting the same for final pas
sage or amendment, at a special meet
ing, which may be held some time to-
day if the attorneys opinion is forth
coming soon enough.
AS the ordinance was read yester-
day, there is no change from the origi-
nal. This means that thirteen or four
teen members Of the police force are
unprovided for; that the salaries OF the
police chief, the plumbing and build
ing inspectors, and the city engineer,
are sliced heavily, while there is no
provision in the ordinance at all for a
deputy to the chief. A motorcycle, to
cost $240, is among the appropriations
provided, but it was explained that
such a machine is already in use, and
the appropriation is asked to cover the
expenditure for the same earlier in
the year.
While the ordinance was not passed,
provision for paying the police and
other departments were made .oy the
passage Of a resolution authorizing the
comptroller to transfer a sufficient
amount from the general fund to the
several funds to meet the obligations
for the first half of the month Of Oc-
tober This was a crumb Of comfort
to the police force.
1t developed yesterday that each of
the three commissioners is divided on
the question as to the best manner of
disposing of a question that is intri-
cate, to say the least. OF course the
mayor, Mr.. Greenhut, favors the ordi-
nance as presented. He believes that
his stand is an eminently correct one,
in that the salaries Of some of the Of
ficials should be cut to conform with
the amount Of work they are at pres
ent required to do. and he is also IN
changed in his belief that the city has
an over abundance Of policemen. In
less he changes from his original and
publicly expressed stand, he will stand
by the ordinance as at present writ
ten.
Commissioner Johnson, while he did
not say so himself, is said to favor no
reduction of the force in any particu-
lar, believing that he is correct when
he holds that all the police are needed.
He was the first yesterday to move the
adoption of the resolution authorizing
the transfer of a sufficient amount of
money from the general fund to meet
the outstanding obligations, so far as
the salaries of employees are concerned.
Commissioner Pou never did favor
the reduction of the force, and believes
that there can be worked out some
way to keep all the present men on
duty. To attain that end, however,
ne was quoted yesterday as saying that
he would favor a. general reduction Of
salaries, in all the departments if nee
essary, to keep the entire force at work.
In fact Commissioner Pou, 1t
is said would add a few more men to
the force. Commissioner Pou also be
heves that a man is more capable of
doing better work in eight than in
twelve hours, and will likely stand out
for the three shift system as at pres
ent.
A petition, signed by 521 citizens, was
presented to the commissioners yester-
day, protesting against the reduction
of the force, and making especial men
ton of the necessity of not abolish
ing the position of deputy marshal
the office now held by Thos. F. Gu
sachs. This petition was read and filed
as was also lengthy communication
from Chief Of Police Sanders, repro
duced elsewhere in this issue
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