The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-04-08

The city council met Wednesday
afternoon at 3 o'clock in adjourned
session, with the. following gentlemen
in their seats: Chairman Meffert,
Councilmen Tompkins, Gerig, Knight,
Roess, Moore, Smith, Nash and Faus-
eta full board.
The business Of the meeting was
taken up where left off the night be-
fore.
Considerable discussion followed
as to the methods of employing a
consulting engineer, as to whether
one engineer should be employed to
do al Of the work or that it should be
divided, and how the selection of such
engineer should be made.
Finally, after several motions pro
and con, it was moved and seconded
thai the propositions should be sep
arated, and an engineer employed for
the sewerage work and another for
the light and water projects.
A vote was then taken on an en-
gineer for the sewerage work, the
understanding being that the low man
should drop out each time vote was
taken. On the second ballot the j. G.
McCrary CO., represented here by Mr..
j. r. West, vice president, in charge
of the Florida work, was given the
contract, it to take over and give
credit for the bill of $3.50 paid to Mr..
Twombley. On motion, the election
Of the McCrary Co. was then made
unanimous.
A vote was then taken on an en-
gineer to take charge of the improv-
ing or rebuilding of the light and
water plants. Messrs. TWombley &
Hanney were elected, and on motion
their election was made unanimous.
AS their representative was not
preser the clerk was instructed to
notify them to have Mr.. Twombley
here by next Monday.
On motion Of Mr.. Roess, the light
and water committee is empowered to
proceed at once with the drilling of a
new 1O-inch well to augment the
city's water supply. in anticipation of
the needs when the new machinery
will be installed.
Mr.. Roess Of the street committee
reported that his committee had
unanimously agreed to recommend the
purchase of an Austin Western Road
Machinery Company's road scarifier,
same to cost $1,000 +. o. b. Chicago.
After much discussion the report was
adopted and the machinery ordered
purchased The contract was ex-
ecuted today. The makers of the
machinery absolutely guarantee it to
do the work required of it, or they
will take the machinery off the city's
hands and reimburse it for the
freight. The terms were most lib
eral, nothing down and easy terms
on the balance"
The Good Samaritan Army asked
for free lights in it's hall The request
was referred to the light and water
committee with power to act.
Petition of the Florida Power Co.
The following petition was read
from the Florida Power Company.
To the Honorable City Council Of
Ocala:
The Florida Power Company, hav-
ing made the following proposition I'd
the city of Ocala, viz:
The Florida Power Co. proposes to
sell the city of Oca1a electric current
at Dunnellon at / 1k cents per K. ". h
The city to construct line from Ocala
to Dunnellon; or, the power company
will sell the current delivered to the
switchboard of the city plant at 230C
volts, at q cents pere k. W. h., the city
to enter into a ten-year contract with
the power company. tt being distinct
ly understood and agreed upon, how.
ever, that the city is to have the priv.
ilege Of terminating the contract Al
the end of two years by giving tbs
power company thirty days notice.
As evidence of its faith in the above
proposition the power company sug-
gests that the light and water com
mittee Of the city council, and a com.
nittee Of three, appointed by the pres.
ident Of the Board of Trade, acting
jointly, select q competent consulting
engineer to pass on the merit of the
proposition. Should the engineer ad
wise the city to reject both PROPOSE
tions, the power company agrees tt
pay for the examination and report o
the engineer:
We, the undersigned consumers. cit