Re-posted from the Jacksonville Fire Museum Facebook On this day in Jacksonville History: April 20th, 1886-The Jacksonville City Council passes an ordinance creating a paid fire department and imposing a levy of five mills to pay the initial cost. At that time, however, the five mills would only bring in $15,000. Because of the importance to the city, four banks advanced $10,000 to put the fire department into operation. The banks were listed as the National Bank of the State of Florida, The First national Bank of Jacksonville, Bank of Jacksonville, and the firm of Ambler, Marvin, and Stockton. The local newspaper said of the banks advancing the money that they were saying “it takes money to make the mares go.”
Posted on: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 20:20:01 +0000
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