The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-04
Mayors Ordinance Makes Inso-
lence, Disorderly Conduct or
Favoritism Punishable by Jail
Sentence or Fine.
BANK HEAD PROTESTS
OLD TAX ASSESSMENT
Coyle Street Sewer to Be Relaid
and Property Owners Will BE
Required to Make Their Own
Connections.

Passage of an ordinance regulating
the duties and conduct OF ice dealers.
drafting of a new ordinance for the
reconstruction of the Coyle street sew
er and decision TO open bids for the
extension of the city water mains to
the Texas oil company plant and the
Bruce Dry Dock, featured the meeting
of the board of commissioners held
yesterday afternoon.
In the future any retail ice man who
refuses to weigh the commodity which
he sells. who gives short weight, who
unJustly discriminates between neigh
boring customers. or who is insolent
or discourteous to patrons, or guilty
of disorderly conduct will be prosecute
ed. The penalty for any or all of these
offenses Is $50 fine or so days i'm jail
or both. The ordinance was drafted
as the result of many complaints made
to Mayor Sanders by the women Of
-'ensacoia.
The reconstruction snd repair OF the
Coyle street sewer. ats branches. late
rails and connections win obligate citi-
zens living in the district which Il sup
Plies to make connections. Abutting
property owners will be required to do
this at their own expense and
and upon failure to do so a lien
will be made on the property
City Engineer Garrett is drawing up
plans for the relaying of the sewer.
Under the emergency clause tho city
has ordered hurry-up advertising for
bids for the extension OF the water
mains to the Texas Oil company and
the Bruce Dry Docks. Bids will be
opened and decision made next Mon
day.
Claiming that the property upon
which the firm stands has been sub
ject to double taxation, j. Simpson
Reese, president of the Citizens and
Peoples Bank. protested against the
assessment. The property upon which
the bank stands has been advertised
for sale for non payment OF 1918 taxes
amounting 10 s1,162.s2. inclusive of
penalties. Mr.. Reese contends that i'm
1918 the bank property was assessed
at s56,000 i'm the name of the former
owner, w. w. Downing. he says, was
dead at the time the tax was actual
ly extended on the books OF City Tax
Assessor Largue. He said that an i'm
justice had been done the stockholders
of the bank and that in the stress of
war times when employees were rush
ed with Liberty loan and other work
he had neglected to notify the city.
He said that the city should cancel
this obligation in it's entirety. but that
he was willing to compromise. The
bank was acquired I'm April 1913 after
the January assessment and Mr.. Reese
asks that his firm be relieved of two
thirds of the amount.
Notice was given the board by w.
v. McNeir, of the former II. S. en-
ployment office, that the Knights of
Columbus who have been financing the
bureau could not continue it after Sep
tember 80. Aid of the city was ask
ed. 1t had been a previous plan OF the
commissioners TO create such an office
for civilians in connection with an in
formation bureau The Frank Mars
ton Post American Legion has plan
by which the members you'd consti-
tute themselves a working body to place
former service men i'm peacetime Jobs
Harry Thompson, commander or the
post is working out the details.
City sanitary inspectors have Joined
other departments in asking for in
creased salaries to meet the high cost
of living. They petitioned the board
yesterday for a raise from $40 TO $125
a month. supplementing the petition
with a plea that they could no long
er buy food and wearing apparel and
educate their children at the salary
fixed The matter will be taken up
when the annual gudget is decided up
on.
An ordinance which woud give per-
mission to L. @. Crosby to operate a
spur track connecting with the l. &
N r. r. at Alcaniz street. was put on
first reading