The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1921-01-21


condition of Daytona Beach. as stated
! by Mayor r. E Niven. Clerk r. L Sci
den, Councilman c. L. yining ana 9th
ers. at the regular meeting of the
council Wednesday night, postponed
from Monstay evening. il viii be nee
lessary 10 vote boad issue of nor
less than Si5.eeo al the next election.
In order to prepare for the voters
to pass upon this matter at the next
election, il will be necessary TO give
notice that such action is contemplate
ed not later than Monday evening.
January 81. the time of the next regu-
lar council meeting.
Mayor Niven said that according
TO the investigation he aad been able
TO make, the financial condition of the
town IS in bad shape and that. in his
opinion. not less than $4,000 would
be needed TO carry the expenses
through the next year. He said the
tax money. amounting 10 about S35.-
zoe. which Was to provide for 1927.
was pretty well gone now and the
year only just begun. He said the
street improvements and the new
water sof;ening plant and practically
lall improvements that had been made
had cost considerable more than the
engineers had estimated and that con-
ssequently the various funds were de-
aeient
Clerk Selden said that he had cas-
nally gone over tie figures and looked
up the conditions aad he thought that
it would take at least $4,000 to
bridge the city over for another year
and put the council in comfortable
working shape. Il was the concensus
of opinion among the councilman, eN-
lcept President Bleekman. that prepa-
ration should be made at once to get
permission from the people TO issue
bonds They expressed the opinion
THAT if a detailed statement was pre-
scented to the public showing exactly
how the money had been spent ana
the facts were properly presented to
1.-THE taxpayers that such bond issue
would carry President Hickman,
| however. thought there could be some
way arranged to pull through without
lit He thought there would be con-
siderable income from the water plant
under the new prices and that this
would help some.
/ Clerk Selden was requested to go
lover the public books carefully ana
report all OF the necessary facts and
figures at the next regular meeting, so
that if necessary notice OF bond issue
proposed can be given at that time.
Concession Matters Aired
/ All of the members of the council
and Mayor Niven were present
when President Bleeaman called the
session to order 1t was not long UNI
til real hornets nest was exposed.
Samuel Pickett. the New Yorker who
lis running the little concessions down
or the beach days, nights and sun
days appeared and said he wanted to
know where he was at. and that he
understood that there we're objections
being made 20 his running on sunday
He said it had cest him $500 TO get
ready TO do business, and that his ex-
penses were $50 per week beside his
moving picture operator. and that II
was necessary for him TO do all the
business he could in order TO keep go
ling. he seemed to think that his
keeping agoing was a necessity to the
Interests of the town. He took the
Iposi;ion that his games of chance
were all fair ones and that he was
doing a legitimate business. He made
luo reference whatever 10 his hoop
game. where a boy could throw the
ihoon over a clock or some other ar
iticIe thousand times and never get
Ia thing, nor anything about his signs
THAT no one under 1e years old would
he allowed to take part in the games
Iof chance, while a dozen or more chill
idren. who would not be 1e for several
wears. were handing IN their pennies
and taking their chances. which were
mighty sim. right under the sign
Councilman Barrie stood right up
and frankly told Mir. Pickett that he
was running a gambling game; that
he hal lot of little children about
his place and was taking their money
and was running wide open on sun
DAY. and that ne was in favor OF shut
ting up his place unless he would keeF
the children away and close on Sun
iday.