The evening leader., 1918-07-18

mental aserSness of the men being
i trained Get next" to this movement
initiated by the National Security
league.
PROCEEDINGS OF CITY COUNCIL
JULY 2, 1918
The city council met in regular ses-
sion at City Hall July End, 1918, at
7:30 p. m.
The meeting was called to order by
the president.
Roll call, members present:
]. r. West, jr.,
j. R. Durance,
Costas Olympios,
j. E. Douglass;
absent:
Jno. K. Cheyney.
The minutes of the meeting of June
4th, and June 18th were read by clerk,
together with letter from Mr.. Chey-
ney stating that he was correctly
quoted in minutes Of June 4th with re-
gard to withdrawal of option. Motion
by Mr.. West, seconded by DIR. Doug
lass, that minutes be approved as read
and that Mr.. Cheyney's letter become
a part of The minutes of this meeting,
and further, that it be made part of
the record that the chair, Mr.. Olym-
pics, DR., Douglass and himself are of
the opinion still that Mr.. Cheyney
stated on June 4th that he withdrew
his proposal of May Oath. Motion car
ried.
Mr.. Cheyney's letter follows:
Tarpon Springs, Fla, June 10, 1918.
Esten F. Albaugh, Clerk,
Tarpon Springs, Fla.
Dear Mr.. Albaugh:
l am informed that at the meeting
of the council last night, you were re-
quested by the chairman to insert in
the minutes of the last council meet
ing that l had withdrawn my offer to
sell right of way across block 65, to
the city, and that you refused to com-
ply with the chairman's request, for
the reason that had not withdrawn
this offer. | am also informed that
the council refused to approve the
minutes of last meeting unless you did
make this incorrect entry.
| You were absolutely right in refusz
ing to comply with the request of the
chairman. | did not withdraw the of
fer of this property at the last meet
ing of council.
The chairman made very strong
effort to make me do so, for his own
purposes, but | specifically refused to
do so, saying that I should take my
own tire to do so, and would furnish
my reasons in writing, and further
! more as this property belonged to
Mrs. Cheyney she would have to be
consulted.
Later we decided that we would not
withdraw this offer. Therefore this
offer which you hold still stands.
| Our offer of this property was made
g he city of Tarpon Springs in COM
p'ianca with request of the city
council and a resolution unanimously
adopted by the council, for the pur-
pose of submitting this offer to the
voters of our city.
/ Later it appears that the chairman
and his colleague changed their minds
about submitting our offer to the vot-
ers of. the city and in order to get the
records straight" they tried to force
US to withdraw our offer.
| I understand that in face of the fact
that they have passed a resolution to
obtain an offer of this property from
us, and submit the question to the
voters of the city. that at last meet
ing of the council they passed reso-
luton requesting their attorneys to
enter into condemnation proceedings.
AS member of this city council I
am absolutely opposed to this action,
and can only regard it as further
effort on the part of the chairman of
this council to plunge the city into ex-
pensive litigation and misuse of the
taxes paid by our citizens, all of which
has been unnecessary and cannot ben
eft the city in any way, and has been
brought about by the chairman and
his colleague for their own personal
reasons and purposes.
Very truly yours,
JNO. K. sCHEYNEY.