, 1902-10-31
Wildwood Council r1eeting.


A regular meeting of the Wildwood
Borough Council was held in the Dor
ough hall on Monday evening, October
9th. President of Council Slaughter
called the meeting to order shortly after
eight o'clock, and Councilmen Banks,
Buck and Harris answered to their
names when the clerk called the roll.
Councilman Cobb was not present at
the meeting. The reading of the min
utes was ordered dispensed with. Mr..
Slaughter then directed the clerk to
read the communications, when Mayor
Baker and Solicitor Zeller appeared.
The Mayor then directed the clerk to
! read the minutes. The minutes of
Sept. %, 26, 30 and Oct. 6 were then
read and approved.
A communication signed by Howard
G. Banks, Norman w. Ryan aud How
ard Blaker asked permission to use the
borough hall on Wednesday evening,
Nov. II, for an entertainment to be
given by the Baptist Young Peoples
Union. Request granted.
Mrs. e. Slaughter, secretary of the
Ladies' Aid Society of the Wildwood
Baptist church, in a letter asked for use
of the Council chamber for Wednesday
evening, Nov 5, asking also when the
upper hall would be in condition for
renting with stage and janitor and the
f,zi.O, as t1sJ cvatSLn PLACED nUiGins aa
entertainment in the ear future. Re-
quest granted.
Communications We're read from
Lucy Wick, G. l.. Siebert, Mrs. HI. s..
Quimby, A. T. Thompson, John New
comb, Ella A. VanHorn and B. v.
VanHorn, all property owners in Wild
wood, notifying Council that they
would lay their W cement sidewalks
and curbing, a number of them stating
that the work done by Contractor
Sweeten was not satisfactory. The
reading of these communications pro-
voked a great mount of discussion.
John Newcomb, HI. S. Quimby and
Frank Sheppard spoke before Council
and said hat the proper materials in
the construction of the walks were not
being used as provided for in the con-
tract and specifications. Councilman
Banks, who is employed by Contractor
Sweeten to keep the time of the men
engaged in laying the cement walks,
spoke and defended Contractor Sweeten.
The following letter, addressed to the
borough of Wildwood, was also read
from Frank b. Sweeten, trading as b. f.
SWeeten IL Son:
Camden, N. j., October p, 1902.
Gentlemen: Sometime since your borough
entered INTO a contract with me for the con-
struction of sidewalks on the streets in your
borough and at the time the contract was
awarded to me it was represented that |
should do all the work, with the exception of
Some tWenty-eight properties, a list of which
was filed with the clerk. AT the time of MAX
ing the contract the price given the borough
was, TO Il certain extent, regulated by the
amount of work that was to be done. In or
der to meet this contract and procure the ma
terial All the most favorable cost to me it was
necessary to get the largest amount of mate
rial that l would require to comply with the
contract. Since the awarding of this contract
to me l am informed that independent con-
tractors are making private arrangements to
do and perform a portion of this work, all of
which is against my protest. l desire to in
form you that II you permit this private work
to go on that l shall hold the borough of Wild
wood responsible to me for the amount of
work contracted for by me, and which work
l am now ready and willing to do in accor-
dance with the terms of said contract.
All the above communications were
ordered filed. The finance committee
was authorized to renew a note for
$1,000 for three months due at Marine
National Bank On Oct. 20. Collector
VanHorn's report, showing a balance
of $974.47 OIL hand, was read and filed.
A warrant was ordered issued to the
collector directing him to advertise and
pNl1 u anu oSoiApO h1lCD dnJ ldAGS
or assessments remain unpaid for the
year 1900. The street committee re-
ported streets cleaned and that water
plugs, telephone and telegraph poles
had been removed where necessary.
The clerk was directed to request Engi-
neer Rice to submit a new proposition
for the surveying of lots for sidewalk
improvement, fixing the price at 81 per
lot. Solicitor Zeller was authorized to
make a settlement with Contractor
Joseph N. Costill for the borough hall
improvement, the final payment not to
be made, however, until the bill is rem
dered by Mr.. Costill and approved by
the Councilmen having the work in
charge, with the release of liens prop
erly signed. Ordinance No. rs was
passed and is printed in another col
umn. Two bids were received for fur
nishing electrical fixtures for the bor-
ough hall as follows:
Kalbach Bros, $54.75
VIM. r. ellis, S54.9S
The bids were referred to the borough
hall committee with power to award
contract. b. f. Sweeten d Son were
the only bidders for delivering sand on
the sidewalks for the contractor laying
the cement walks, Their bid was 20