The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-09-20
LOCAL LEGISLATION
City Council Makes Appropriation OF
Six Hundred Dollars to I'M
prove Civic Center

All members of the council, the
mayor, city manager and city attor-
ney were present at the regular meet
! ing of the council last night. After
the reading and approval of the min
| Eutes Of the preceding meeting, the
president of the council asked if any
of the spectators present desired to
address the council on any subject.
Messrs. Jake Gerig and w T. Gary
were present as committee from the
Rotary Club and Mr.. Gerig acted as
spokesman. He ably presented his
case to the council, asking for the
$500 that was promised in this years
budget for the improvement of the
civic center lot at such time as the
Rotary Club should raise an addition
a! 5000. Mr.. Gerig stated that the
money and would be ready in the
course of thirty to sixty days to use
the money. The club has asked Mr..
Harold 3. Swope. of Eastlake, a noted
landscape gardener, to make an esti-
mate and submit plans for the beau
tifcation of the civic center lot and
Twill be ready to have the work done
as soon as Mr.. Swope makes his re-
port. The council voted to give the
Rotarians a check for $500 whenever
they were ready for it. Mr.. Gerig
thanked the council
Mr.. Pedrick introduced an ordinance
to close South Fourth street from
Main street east to Osceola street.
This street is never used. It is the
street from the old electric light plant
to the A. c. L. railroad yards and has
never been of any service because
there is no way of crossing the A. C..
L. tracks there. The city wishes to
, use this space for its new crude oil
storage tanks. The natural lay of the
land makes it possible to unload the
oil by gravity from the railroad tank
cars and yet have the storage tanks
, high enough to load the city trucks
: from them by gravity. This will do
{ away with the use of pumps either in
unloading the railroad tank cars or in
loading the distributing trucks in
I Ocala. In this connection Mr.. Brum-
r by was requested to get the consent
2 of the Atlantic Coast Line and the
Y George Giles estate for the closing OF
this section of street as they own the
prouartv toucbad bv II
Mr.. Goldman introduced a resolu-
, ton providing for the issuance OF
special assessment certificates cover
ing the property recently laid with
= curb and sidewalks by the city along
Main, Broadway, Sanchez and Tusca.
villa streets. This resolution was
y passed.
All bills were ordered paid upor
:, being approved by the proper depart
ments.
After prolonged and heated argu
ment in which Mayor Peek and Man
ager Brumby joined, the council de-
cided to increase the pay of Mr.. Ny
II by 500 per month, c. A. Holloway S2t
I month and Chief Gordon $50 :
" month for the upheek of their respec
tive automobiles which they are using
. in the city's work. All members O.
e the council recognized the fact tina
e these private automobiles are beins
used every day in the conduct of tn
city's work and thought that the cit,
should make some arrangements witt
u the owners Of the cars for the upkeel
Of the cars, but it took a long dis
: cussion for the members of the coun
e ell to agree on the cost each of thes
e men were due from the city.
Is Mr.. Brumbv read his report cover
g ing all departments of the city's work
W He reported that the street work wa
ot progressing very slowly because Q
ir the excessive rainfall. He said tha
lie Lake Weir avenue was finished wit
r, the exception of rolling and sandin
n and that this part of the work coul
In not be done nor the street opened t
'O traffic until several dry hot days ha
come in succession. Mr. Brumb
stated that he had placed watchma
day and night over this street becaus
7, people continued to break down til
barriers and drive over the unfinishe
m street. Oklawaha avenue is bein
O. curbed and the lime base is being lai
: but no brick work will be started Q
h. that street until the present rair
5. seem to be over. All lime streets an
.ic dirt streets have been patched ar
ed scraped as rapidly as the weather an
to crews would permit.
In the sanitary department NJ
Brumby reports the war on mosqu
toes still in full swing and said Il
- work on the septic tanks yas pr
>: crossing slowly but steadily and e,
''0 poets to have it completed before Il