Palatka daily news., 1922-06-21
COUkC|LPET|T|0NS.
COMP ANY
TO CUT ICE PRICES
City Attorney Instructed
to Proceed for Lower
. l. Current
REMEDY FOR SEWERS
Sanitary Ordinance to Be
Enforced Where Drain
Stopped

Unanimously passing resolution
asking the Southern Utilities COM
pany to reduce it's prices to level OF
those of other cities, instructing the
city attorneys to proceed at once
with the prosecution of cases against
the same company for observance of
it's lighting franches, referring to the
street and sewer committee and city
engineer plans for correcting causes
of recent flooding Of the city's streets
and instructing the city health Off
Ger to order all natural drains in the
city cleared, council put in a busy
session last night.
In addition to these important mat
ters council transacted a mass of
routine. E. w. Mann presented the
library report, following which How
ell Davis called attention to the con-
ditions in the streets durin gthe re-
cent rains, especially around his
home. He explained the causes of
this and asked remedy be applied
The matter, after much discussion,
was referred to the street and sewer
committee in connection with the city
engineer.
| Chairman Jarrett, of the finance
committee, said that at recent
meeting of the committee it had beer
decided to borrow a sufficient amount
of money at s per cent to finish the
paving on Thirteenth street, connect
ing it up with the paving just finish.
ed in the Heights. The COMMITTEES
was authorized to borrow the needed
money, and the work will proceed i'm
rnediately. ~
Mr.. Jarrett also explained that tht
city attorneys had agreed to TAXI
over the collection of back taxes, tht
records of which were in miserable
shape, provided the yare allowed :
small sum for clerical help for pc
riod, and are given the penalties
which accrue on each claim. Thi'
proposition was accepted, and th'
work is already under way. Man!
thousands of dollars due the city, i
is believed, can be collected.
, Mr.. Jarrett reported that the com
mittee had not yet been able to pre-
pare an intelligent report nthe re
ported shortage in the accounts il
the clerks office, as the auditor ha
not yet completed his work. A por
ton of the audit was submitted an
!. filed.
Council spent several minutes ar
ranging to include the volunteer fire
men in the refund of the 2 per cen
they were charged by banks whel
their pay vouchers were cashed som
time ago during the financial strin
gency in the city's treasury. Thre
or four dollars were involved, Alder
imam Johnson said, and he move
chat it be paid, after suggesting
that it was such small matter t
each fireman that he thought ther
should not have been a claim.
Too Many Sesrchlight Batteries.
Alderman Mullis provoked consid
arable discussion of the city's meth
o1s Of purchasing when he asked 70
instructions as to what should b
permitted in this line. He said tina
the police department had purchase
Il batteries during the last month "fror
here to there" indicating space o
i about four feet on the, council ia
bic. Il want to know whether o
:. not the police should be allowed t
!buy a battery every time they thin
they need one"
1t developed. that the ordinance
inake no provision as to how pur
CONTINUED on 1ags q