, 1903-11-25
HOLLY BEACH COUNCIL.

The Gas Ordinances not Re-
ported and a Telephone
Ordinance Introduced.
Cement Sidewalk Controversy.
On Wednesday evening of this week
the Holly Beach Borough Council held
it's regular meeting with Mayor Smith
and Councilmen Barnett, Culver and
Pinker present. Borough Clerk Hew-
lit was in his chair and Councilman
Lopez appeared a little later. The min
utes of the last meetings were read and
approved. The collectors report was
read and accepted and in a condensed
form is as follows:
Balance on hand at last report, S27l9 90
Collected during the month, $3.50 W
500 "a
Expenditures, 1894 %
Balance on hand, S43l5 So
Deputy Collector l.. o. Smith i'll a
communication asked what disposition
to make of the exemption of taxes for
firemen and soldiers. In view of the
recent decision by the Supreme Court
Council directed him to discontinue
the allowance of exemptions for these
persons.
The two gas ordinances introduced at
the last meeting were no reported.
An ordinance granting a franchise to
the Eastern Telephone and Telegraph
company to string wires, ETC., for the
operation of a telephone was presented
hy Hahar ~ pnhinSnn of f'an.Hpn ald
passed first reading. Mr. Robinson was
present and spoke before Council say
ing that the company was DESTROYS of
extending it's service TO Holly Beach.
This company is bucking against the
Bell company and n of its promoters
is John j. Burleigh, the well known
Camden capitalist.
CEMENT WALK CONTROVERSY.
The question of advertising for bids
for the cement sidewalk and curbing
work was brought up by Councilman
Culver who strongly urged Council to
take action at once and get the work
under way. The Mayor objected and
said the cement walk contractors had
more work now than they could do for
sometime. The specifications for the
cement work as prepared by Engineer
Rice were read. Councilman Culver
moved that bids be asked for the work
to be in on Saturday of this week, but
the motion was not seconded. Finally
Councilman Pinker moved that bids be
asked for to be in at the next regular
meeting, which resulted in a tie vote,
Barnett and Pinker voting for the mo-
ton and Culver and Lopez against it.
The Mayor declared the motion lost.
MIR. Turner, a colored man who built
a house near the gasoline tank of the
Standard Oil company west of the rail
road in the vicinity OF Lincoln avenue,
appeared before Council with the COM
plant that he was unable to get insur-
ance on his property because of the
nearness of this tank. Mr.. Turner is in
a rather unpleasant position, as he de-
sires to get a loan from the local build
ing association and cannot do so until
his property is insured. In a commu-
nication Miss E. E. Parker asked for an
arc lamp on Davis avenue, between
Pacific and the railroad. Stephen II.
Lewry, a property owner and a new
conner here, was present and speaking
before Council asked for a light near
his residence on Rio Grande avenue.
The two requests were referred to the
lighting cOmmitte.
Grocer VIM. HI. Stein addressed
Council and asked for a reduction ill
the assessed valuation ofhis store goods.
He said that they were assessed at $500
and thought it too much as compared
with other assessments. He explained
why he failed to appear before the Com
missioners of Appeal OIL Tuesday to the
satisfaction of Council. His assess
ment was reduced to $3.50 by Council.
Ex-Councilman Charles A. Norton, i'll
speaking before Council, cautioned the
solons against allowing any gas COM
pany to erect their plant in the borough
other than on the meadows.
The following bills were ordered paid:
Harry S. Douglass, county searches for
Commissioners of Adjustment, $272. so;
l.. M. Rice, setting grade stakes, $3.50;
w. A. Shaw, assessors salary, SIPS;
West Jersey Electric Co., one months
lighting, $685. 8; q. A. kilmer, on ac-
count heating apparatus for the bor-
ough hall, $500; Elias w. Forcum,
Benz. f. Barker and A. w. Elmquist,
So each as Commissioners of Appeal;
John Woolson, janitor and marshal,
$23.91; VIM. II. Stein, oil, etc., SIPS;
Chas. Woodlin, garbage, $66.66; County
Clerk Julius Way, ~discharging and
filing tax releases, $38.25; Borough
Clerk Harry S. Hewitt, salary account,
$10.41; H. H. Hoffman, placing five
car loads of cedar brush in %jetties, re-
moving stones and replacing same,
S443.48