The Ocala evening star., 1922-05-03
COG|TAT|ONS OF
THE CITY COUNCIL
Marshal Gordon, Clerk Sistrunk And
Other Officers Reelected At
Last Nights Meeting
IL. T. ID

The entire membership of the city
council, the mayor, the city manager
and the city attorney were at the
meeting Tuesday night.
DR.. w. P. Wilson, representing the
Metropolitan Realty and Investment
Co., asked the council to lower the as
sessment on block "a. This is the
property that was sold at auction re-
Gently, situated at the end of Okla
waha avenue. Mr.. +. w. Ditto spoke
in favor of lower assessment in view
of the fact that other property close
by was rated much lower. The mat
ter was referred to Mr.. Pedrick as
committee to investimate and report
at next meeting.
Mr.. Baxter earn asked the council
to reduce some sidewalk paving certi-
fcates that the city holds against his
property on Dougherty street. Mr..
earn and the city attorney say that
Mr.. earn had man on the job to put
down this sidewalk and the city let a
contract to another man. Mr.. earns
man was to do the work on a back
debt and he would have saved that
much. Mr. earn now wants to pay
the city the cost of the material used
in the sidewalk but not for the work
City Attorney Hooker advised that
this claim was just one and the
matter was referred to the city man
ager to determine what the material
would have cost at that date. Mr..
earn also asked to redeem some tax
certificates without paying back inter-
est. This request was refused.
Mrs. Perdue appeared before the
council in the interest of the humane
society. Mrs. Perdue stated that she
had heard much complaint about the
way the city's force of pound men
handled the cattle and other animals
they were taking to the pound. She
preferred charges against a negro
that she said was called "Cow Boy"
for whipping a goat until it could not
stand up and then stamping it into
the ground and also made bitter
charges against the mounted police
man for using his whip. She charged
that he not only whipped the cows un-
mercifully in driving them to the
pound but that he also beat them after
they were shut up, and charged that
he drove one COW down into the rail-
road cut and caused it to break it's leg
and then left it there for three days
until some one forced him to go there
and shoot it. The council took no ac-
tion on these charges.
Mr.. C. G. Rose asked that the coun-
ell give the baseball association spe-
cial police at the ball game. Referred
to Mayor Peek
Mr.. E. P. Townsend appeared with q
petition from people living in hi:
neighborhood asking that two streets
be opened up through the Townsend
property, to-wit: Alvarez from S. 8tf
to S. 10th and S. 10th from Orange
avenue to Alvarez. Mr.. Townsend
wants to sell this property the city
for $1,000 an acre This matter was
referred to the street committee anc
Manager Brumby to report at the next
meeting of the council.
The Ocala Auto & Garage Co. re
quested, in a written communication
that it be allowed a share of the city:
garage repair and sales business, ant
offered 10 per cent cut on all tires
tubes and accessories that the city
bought from it. Mr.. Brumby said tina
it was his intention to divide the cit!
business among all the merchants ant
he was already trying to do it, but h,
was not yet familiar with the lines O.
goods carried by each, and was work
ing along that line.
Mr.. J. M. Meffert sent in a lette
demonstrating that he was over
assessed on city property. He listet
his small amount of household goods
his automobile, his dwelling and thel
drew comparison with his neigh
bors, Gerig, Osborn, Jack, Clarence
Clifton and William Camp on thei
assessments and showed where he ha
nothing compared to their propert.
and yet was assessed on par, or nearl,
so, with them.
The Florida Knitting Mill requeste
that its supply of power and light
be cut off for period of sixty day
while the plant was not in operation
This brought up a discussion as t
whether the city could. afford to
3 this. If the transformers are up the
use current whether the knitting mi
is using II or not and il will cost cor