The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-03-04
CITY COMMISSIONERS WILL Sell
DOCK BONDS DESPITE ACTION OF
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN CASE
Mayor Sanders Asserts That
Report Investigating Com
mittee Was Incorrect.
CITY SOUND FINANCIALLY
Bonds Will Find Ready Sale.
Mayor Asserts and Adds He
Doesn't Expect Low Bid.

That the city will build the munici-
pal dock and that the city commits
sioners are preparing to put the bonds
on the market at an early date. was
announced yesterday afternoon by
Mayor Sanders. He said that the ma
sjority of the people of this city voted
for the bond issue to build the docks
and the people were within their
rights when they made the decision.
| therefore il was not a question OF
merce or even the city commissioners
| thought it best to proceed with the
sale The people wanted the docks and
voted bonds for them and it was up
to the city commissioners TO sell the
bonds, said Mayor Sanders.
| The bonds will be advertised for
sale at the earliest possible date. said
| the mayor further, and data and speci-
fications are being prepared TO present
10 probable purchasers when bids are
asked. AS soon as this data is com
piled. he said the bonds will be ad-
vertised for sale.
/ When asked concerning the reports
| that the city was heavily indebted
at the present time Mayor Sanders
said: Pensacola is in better condition
financially that IL has been for many
years, All floating Indebtedness is
provided for in funds now due or to
become due before the accounts
against the city would become due. We
have paid parts of accounts due from
the old aldermanic form of governments
and the remainder is provided for in
| accounts to become due.
THE city has a bonded indebtedness
THAT is considerably less than 10 per
cent of assessed valuation. This IS a
very small Indebtedness. The bonds
for the docks will not materially af-
| feet the bonded Indebtedness of the
| city of Pensacola.
That the bonds should find ready
sale was certain" on tinued the
. mayor. 'and the sale of these bonds
should not be affected by the bonds
already issued. The price of the bonds
should be very good and there is no
reason for a low bid being turned in
he said.
The mayor is getting estimates com
piled pm the cost of the dock and as
soon as figures already submitted can
be verified, he said that he would pro-
ceed with advertising the bids
| The following estimate was furnish
eG by Engineer Crandall of the Bruce
Dry nock company and submitted by
Thomas \. Johnstn.
| PROPOSED MUNICIPAL DOCKS.
1t is proposed to erect on city owned
property solid pile bulkhead 26O feet
in length, and 10 feet in height above
mean low water bullhead to run east
and west and to be located 1850 feet
south of south line of Main-st. This
1 IN 10
| fill in back of some. Bull1head will be
protected in front by double layer of
creosote sheathing, treated with 30
pounds of creosote oil per cubic foot
and pilfng are to be tied back TO dead
men spaced every ten feet with lax
I25 tie rods. Bu1khead is to be solid
'ly backed with 3"xs" before filling
I From the center line of this bulk
head a creosote pile pier 100 feet in
width and 1900 feet long is 10 be con-
structed, al elevation of 10 feet above
mean low water. This pier is design
/ ed to carry a safe load of 500 pounds
per square foot and is TO be construct
ed as follows: Sixty five foot creo-
lsote piling, treated with 20 pounds of
creosote oil per cubic foot Bents
ispaced eight feet apart. piles spaced
feet. Piling to be cross braced, and
lcapped with 12"x12~ long leaf yellow
pine. m g r h a t a b e specifications,
Stringers to be of I0x10 yellow pine
and decked with 3x9 decking fender
piling spaced 10 on centers driven on
either side of pier. This pier can serve
( six go $50 foot steamers of 5000 tons
carrying capacity each, at one time
F; Alongside each side of pier is chan
mel ship eighty foot in width and depth
OF 30 of water. Dredging is TO be
done alongside pier to give this depth
or water at mean low tide and same
is to be maintained 10 deep water
channel of Pensacola bay.
The dredging proposed, to be done
with pipe line dredge similar to United
States dredge Blackwater and sand
pumped from channel is to be carried
back of bulkhead making fill 10 feet
high, 260 feet wide and 1850 feet in
length, or approximately eight 90
acres Of ground.
The quantity OF dredging to be done
viii fill this area of ground to eleya-
tion required.
This land is to be used for ground
storage, storage tracks and tracks
leading to pier
Tho pier is to have three (3) rail-
road tracks running entire length, with
cross overs, and connection with Pen
Gulf, Florida & Alabama r. r. In adj
dition TO these three tracks the ground
storage is to be served by four a.
other tracks all interconnecting with