The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-09-11
THE CITY COUNCIL DOES A BIG
DAYS WORK

FdSSCS lWO 6OnQ NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
lie Buildings and Parks, Sewerage,
Enlarginp Electric Light and Water
Works, Building Municipal Ice
Plant.
The council held a special session
Friday afternoon for the purpose of
discussing and passing, if possible,
two bonding ordinances for municipal
improvements.
The following members were pres.
ent: C. W. Hunter, E. c. Bennett, w.
A. Knight, N. J. Roess, G. A. Carmi-
Chael, J. c. Smith, Fl. A. Fausett and
E. E. Robinson.
The clerk announced that the may
or had returned the ordinance provid-
ing for the sale of the city's paving
certificates, without his approval. On
motion the ordinance was passed over
the mayors veto, the vote on the
same being unanimous.
The clerk then announced that the
mayor had returned the ordinance
prohibiting the saleof cocaine ex-
cept in certain quantities, and under
certain restrictions, with his approval.
The bond ordinance was then taken
up and after considerable informal
discussion was read by it's title and
by sections.
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out the clause of $4,000 providing
for the erection of public buildings
and parks. Mr.. knight seconded the
motion. The motion was lost, three
voting for it and five against it.
An amendment was then offered to
the clause providing for the equipping
OF the electric light plant as follows:
"And for the construction of NUM-
cipal ice plant" The amendment was
adopted unanimously.
. The above were the only amend
ments offered, and the ordinance was
then passed by sections.
The election is to be held on Tues
day, October 9th, due notice of
which will be given.
The ordinance contains twenty Sec
tons, some of which are quite volu.
minous and provides for the follow
ing improvements:
One hundred THOUSAND dollars for
sewerage; one hundred thousand dol
lars for street paving; fifty thousand
dollars for public buildings and parks;
fifty-five thousand dollars for equip
ping and enlaarging the electric light
plant and constructing a municipal
ice plant.
The ordinance provides that the.
city may invest the amount provided
for a sinking fund in Ocala paving
interest
A separate ordinance was then read
by sections and passed, providing for
the issuing of bonds in the sum of
seventy-fve thousand dollars for the
en1arging and properly equipping of
the water works plant.
This ordinance was passed unani-
mously, and the day fixed for the cleo
ton is October %.
The ordinance was also passed pro-
viding for the closing of North Third
street.
The city council has done what it
conceives to be its duty. 1t is up to
the people to do theirs.
If we are ever going to have these
improvements now is the very best
time in the world to have them. Men
have been involuntarily thrown out of
employment and are seeking work,
and three hundred and eighty thou
sand dollars put into circulation now.
entering into the general arteries of
trade, for permanent and needful i'm
provements, will do million dollars
worth of good.
We hope that the bonds will pass,
and in the letting of the contracts
that our home people will be given
the preference-and in saying home
people we mean the people of the
county.
We shall from time to time from
now on until the election discuss
these bond issues from all points of
view, and in all their several phases.