The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-13


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You next mention in your letter
that you are against using general
road money on special road districts"
You refer, of course, to money that
was appropriated in the 1853 bud
get. and money that was appropria-
ted in the 1890 budget to be used
I'm District No. 3. where partly lies
special road and bridge district No. 1.
You. of course. must know that the
unfinished road from the end of the
finished concrete to the Bayou Grande
bridge has had to be repaired and
kept in order and before the concrete
pavement is laid and finished. other
work will have to be done on the old
dirst road to keep it in order You
must know, or you should know, that
the detour road from the Barrancas
road around by way Of West Pcnsa-
cola. which was built to facilitate and
aid merchants and persons having
business and delivery with the naval
air station and Fort Barrancas, and
which has to be maintained. makes
IT necessary that money should be APP
propriated to maintain this road. and
YOU must know that in the main
.tenance of the special road and
bridge district concrete road. that the
general road money is available and
should be used for that purpose. as
the bond issue money was exhausted
In the building OF the road originally.
and the law does not require the is
suance OF additional bonds. nor of
any special tax for maintenance after
the road is finished. The special tax
is to take care OF the sinking fund and
interest on the bonds as originally
used.
Again, you say you are against
signing $4,000 road warrants until
securing legal opinion"
This is in line with the obstructive
policy that you have pursued since
the county commissioners undertook
to build this road, one of the greatest
assets to Escambia county. and save
money to tax payers. You know that
the legislature authorized the board of
county commissioners to issue the
$4,000 time warrant to finish the road
You also know that the road is in an
unfinished condition and almost inn
passible between the end of the fin
ished concrete road and the bridge
at Bayou Grande- The tax payers
and merchants who have business at
viii suffer in consequence of your
obstructive policy.
Again you say that you are against
paying salaries where no appropria-
ton is in the budget. as for county
engineer, $780,, also =tssirs. paying
the $4,000 per month Z, any health
county attorney"
In.
thcrizcs the board of county commits
sicners TO employ an engineer. and
certainly you know that as you were
informed. and in the discussion that
was lad. you were acquainted with
the fact that a civil engineer, skilled N
concrete bridge work. was necessary in
order that the county might build the
concrete bridge across Bapou rcSar.
Pine Barren creek, Eleven Mile creek.
Bayou Marcus creek and Jackson
bridge creek and look after the other
bridge work proposed to be done by
the county. You must know that
this bridge work was necessary to
be started at once as the bridge
across Bayou Texar. Pine Barren.
creek and Eleven Mile creek. espe-
ciaily. are in need of repair, and the
county is only wasting its money in
repairing these temporary wooden
bridges. when lumber is SO high. And
you well know. or should know. that
the board has authority to employ
an engineer for this work and cen
serve the need of the taxpayers ny
building permanent bridges instead of
repairing the old make-shifrs that are
now there.
In the second place. the board has
not employed a health officer, but has
Increased the salary of the county
physician, and increased his duties
requiring him to examine and treat
INDECENT children whose parents are
not able to supply them with the
necessary treatment. The resolutions
especially made provision that the
duties are not to conflict with the
state board of health. In making this
arrangement. the majority. OF the
board who voted for the work 70 be
done BY the county physician found
that it would be a great saving of
several thousands of dollars, as
against the plan proposed by the state
board OF health. Further. you must
know that the discussions OF the
board. that this employment il not
effective until October LIST. 1919. and
then only after contract defining the
duties and obligations OF the county
physician under such employment
You say that you are against buy
ing land for clay pits without adver-
tisement, or before needed"
This clay pit Is TO be used in re-
building the Kupfrian Park and West.