The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-09-25
BONDING ORDINANCES PASSED
OVER The MAYORS VETO

Il ne SpeClal meeting OF the city
council called for the purpose of con-
sidering the mayors veto of the bond
ing ordinances was held at the coun-
Gil chamber Friday afternoon at five
o'clock.
The following members responded
to their names as the roll was called:
c.. w. Hunter, NJ. J. Roess, w. A.
knight, E. c. Bennett, E. E. Robin
son and J. G. Smith.
The reading of the minutes of the
previous meeting was omitted and
the mayors message vetoing the or
dinance providing for the issue of
SIS, 900 for the enlargement of the
electric light plant was first read, and
on motion was passed over the may
or's veto by an unanimous vote.
The ordinance providing for bond
ing the city in the sum of $305,O00-
100000 for sewers, 100000 for paw
ing, $4,000 for public buildings and
parks, $4,000 for equipping and en-
larging the water works plant, and
the construction of an artificial zee
plant-was then read and considered
In answering the objections of the
mayor Alderman Roess said that if
any time was opportune he thought
now was that time, when there was
general depression of business, and
so many people were out of employ.
ment. If the city council could change
"bad times" into "good times" he
thought it was it's duty to do SO, and
putting down sewers, paving streets
and erecting buildings would certain
ly aid in that direction.
AS all the Improvements contem-
plated in the ordinance were needful
and essential to the city's present
welfare and future growth he saw no
objection in punching them together.
He thought that the voter who favor
ed bonding for the purposes named
would vote for bonds as they were,
and the voter who was opposed to
bonding would vote against bonds if
they were put separately.
AS to the third objection of the
mayor, as to the doubtful constitu-
tionality of the construction and OPP
Grafton of a municipal ice plant, Mr..
Roess said that the municipal owner
ship of ice plants was now being re-
ceived with much favor in many
states and cities throughout the Unit
ed States. That in the city of Cleve-
land, where Tom Johnson made such
a reputation as a progressive mayor
the city not only operated a municipal
ice plant, but cold storage plant as
we'll
Mr.. Roess said that the municipal
ownership of ice plants was urged as
necessary to public health. That ice
among the INDECENT poor was regard
ed as essential to health, and for that
reason municipal ice plants were b.
ing urged and operated.
Mr.. Roess said that he wished to-
disabuse the public mind that tits
was done to run Mr.. Taylor ont Of
business, for no member of the coun-
Gil had any such intention.
If private individual were to es-
tablish an ice plant in Ocala would
it be said that it was done to run Mr..
Taylor out of business?
If someone were tC come ard estab-
lish a dry goods store would it be
said that he did so to drive other dry
goods merchants out of business? Not
at all.
Then why would the establishment
of an ice plant by the city be for the
purpose of running Mr.. Taylor out of
business?
Mr.. Roess said that he believed and
hoped that if the bonding ordinance
carried that it would so accelerate
the growth of the city that Mr. Tay
lor would be compelled to double the
capacity of his ice plant instead of
being run out of business.
AS to the mayors objection that
investing the money for sinking
fund for the final redemption Of the
bonds in paving certificates would de-
feat the sale of the bonds Mr.. RneSs
said that the city of ST. Petersburg
had identically the same clause in
it's bonding ordnance, and that it
strengthened instead of weakened
the sale of them. That they sold
readily and commanded handsome
premium.
All the other members of the coun
Gil expressed themselves along SINH
lar lines, except Alderman night.
Mr.. knight said that he was heart
lily in favor of the bond issue as il
stood, but as some of the features in