Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-04-19
|NEW COUNCIL TO
RECEIVE MAYORS
FULL sYMPATH|ES
DIR. Steen Advises Econ
omy and Care in City
Affairs
ANTsMEW AUTO LAWS.
Rules Adopted and Com
mittees to Be Named
at Once

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council his fullest cooperation and
support in all of its efforts to ad-
vance the interests of the commu-
nifty, and adjured council to practice
the most rigid economy compatible
with good judgment during the next
twelve months that the city might
take full advantage of it's natural
advantages and resources, when he
addressed the council for the first
time. Mayor Steen was sworn in
yesterday morning at $3.50 o'clock
by retiring Mayor H. M. Fearnside.
Mayor Stems address came soon
after the organization of the new
council and was given the closest at
tention. He called especial attention
to the abuses of the automobile traf-
fic laws, the leaving of trucks and
cars parked on the streets over
night, and the parking of cars on
Lemo nstreet in front of stores from
in the afternoon until late at night, |
SO that cars legitimately entitled to
parking spaces while owners were
doing their shopping, were denied
the privilege of parking spaces.
Mayor Steen said that he would
seek to correct these abuses, and was
very emphatic in his statement that
he expects to enforce the ordinances
as they appear on the books, and if
they are. irksome to the citizens that
it would be up to council to give
redress. He spoke of the splendid
natural facilities of Palatka and said
It would be his ambition to lend I'M
oetus to every enterprise seeking the
'ity's advancement. The mayor said
hat he did not resent ohnest criti
'isms; that no man was big enough
o escape it, and that few men were
'eally worth while who did not draw
t, and that constructive and honest 8
riticism was help to any man.
Old Council AdjOurns Sine Die.
After the old council had assem- I
lied, the minutes had been read and {
ills paid Alderman Smith moved, I
efore the board adjourned sine die, G
hat the thanks of the council be ex- t
ended to the retiring president, W.
;. Dineen, for his faithful and eff Il
lent service as head of the body e
uring the last year. A rising vote n
as taken, and was unanimous. II
Mr.. Dineen was visibly affected as II
rose to thank his colleagues, and A
aid high tribute to the faithful 81
embers of the body who had work -
for the many improvements that =,
I'd been made during the year and -,
r the many accomplishments. The IN
otion to adjourn was then put. ds
When the new council assembled -,
|. Gay was made temporary presi-
mt, who said that the first business nm
Is the election of president, and NJ,
e name of Alderman Smith was of No
red by Alderman Johnson, the nv
closed and Mr.. Smith u,s
animously elected. Rules of the
council were adopted, subject to 20.
iendment, and DR.. Steen was in eft
,duced.
The first official action of the new ito
lncil was the referring of petit Il;v
n of the building committee of the TIL
,thodist church to the city engi- on,
er with power to act in extending tier
, steps of the church out onto the Gle
ewalk and the installing of curv- Ger
space on the paving to make full !
ith. It;o,
Alderman Gay submitted a report lsor
the city engineering recommend Ines
! the immediate purchase Of 100 iMr
boiler for the old water per
rks plant, which would fit in with ]
proposed consolidation plans, and