The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-04-05


Mr.. Goldman introduced an ordi-
nance requiring all cars for hire to
carry sign designating those cars
as for white people or for colored
people. Failure to comply with this
ordinance draws a $25 fine the first
time and forfeiture Of the drivers
license for the second offense.
While this business was being
transacted by the council steady
stream of citizens had been pouring
in the door. Finally, President Mar
tin saw that something special must
be on the minds of the people and de-
cided to see what it was. He asked
that the meeting be again thrown un-
der the head of personal communica-
tions and asked if there were any
present who wished to address the
council. Before the words were half
out of his mouth, Mr.. John Taylor
took the floor and waded into the
question of street paving. Mr.. Tay-
lor had heard that the council was
planning to pave the city with brick
as far as the money would go and not
pave the rest of the streets that were
originally in the schedule Mr. Tay,
lor called this plan of the council to
use brick an Experimentation" He
said that the city was about to use it's
money in experimenting with brick
when it should use cheaper type of
paving in order to cover a greater
portion of the streets with a perma-
nent paving. He read figures that
contractors had submitted in bidding
on some paving work in cities south
of Ocala. The bids there ran about
81 on Pinch sheet asphalt or asphal-
tic concrete and 81 on brick Mr.. Tay-
lor contended that Ocala could not
afford to pay for brick now because
the people voted for bonds to get GER
tain streets and that they must be
given as nearly what they voted for
as possible. Mr.. Taylor said that Mr..
Brumby ought not to have to expert
ment on the cost of brick because he
came from town paved entirely with
brick. Mr.. Taylor urged the council
to consider the wishes of a majority
of the people in selecting the type of
paving used and put himself on re-
cord as desiring concrete asphalt or
sheet asphalt on lime base. He said
the council would throw money away
if it fools with brick and said he will
vigorously oppose this experiment of
the city in laying brick.
Hardly had Mr.. Taylor seated him
self when Mr.. w. T. Gary arose and
also spoke in behalf of asphalt paw
ing. He said that it was so much
cheaper than the brick that we could
pave many more streets with it and
called attention to the many South
FLORIDA towns that are using it and
over whose streets many of those
present had driven and seen how good
they are. Mr.. Gary closed by assert
ing that he was not a knocker and
that he would stand by the council no
matter what choice it made. He was
voicing his opinion now but if the
council saw fit to go against his
: wishes he would back it up in all it
7 did.
Mr. George MacKay next took the
: floor in an appeal for paving done by
: skilled contractors selected by compe-
! titive bids. He voiced his fear that the
? city would lose money if it attempted
: to do its own paving. Mr.. MacKay
contended that the city should get bids
: on all types of paving and then select
: the one that seemed to give US most
for our money.
Mr.. F. w. Ditto's argument against
: brick was it's high cost. He said we
r would only be able to pave a very
small area with brick with our limited
amount of money and then we would
: continue to sink money on our lime
!. streets like pouring money into RAJ
| hole.
e Mr.. M. w. Lloyd argued against
: brick because he said it was noisy anc
1 rough. He cited as an example the
S streets in his old home town in Vir'
. ginia. They put in some brick anc
r some asphalt there fourteen years
: ago. The asphalt is still good while
e the brick is rough and the people liv
e ing on the brick streets complain
n about the noise.
n Mr.. John Taylor asked President
;. present as to the type of paving de
r sired Mr. Martin refused on tn,
n ground that it was council meeting
5 and not mass meeting of citizens.
e Mayor Peek had been silent as Ions
e at he could. He was sitting by th'
: door and one would have thought h
It was listening to the singing in tn