, 1903-08-19
Wildwood Council

AXaS gotten together 10 40 Dusl1lesS AT
/ he regular adjourned meeting of the
Wildwoo3 Borough Council, held on
Monday evening, August nth. Mayor
q Baker and Councilman Banks, Bright
and Durham were present, as We're
i lso Solicitor Zeller and the Clerk. The
most important business of the evening
Ryas the reading and the confirmation
Hi the report of the commissioners OF
Assessment on the last grading, gravel
jng and curling improvement, which
Avas recently completed. The report
Ayas a voluminOus document and much
lime was consumed in its reading. The
Streets included in the report which
have been graveled are all the avenues
In the park section of Wildwood, eX-
rent Cedar avenue, and the avenues in
the upper part of the town north OF
Pine avenue and between the railroad
and the ocean. The total cost of this
Improvement foots up S2i, 750.49, and 1t
1yas the duty of the commissioners to
assess this sum upon the lots fronting
on the streets so improved to the eX-
lent of the benefit received. The 0 S
of a 40X100 foot lot on Oak avenue Is
S36. "a. Corner lots are slightly more.
ghe cost of a lot in the new extension is
so. 46, somewhat less than i'll the old
of the town because the lots are
fmaller in the new part. The amount
Df the assessments will vary in some in
STANCES because of the difference i'll the
width of streets. The wider the street
the more gravel it takes, and therefore
tlle amount assessed against the adj
joining lot is prOportionately larger.
l'he report was confirmed by the adop-
tion of the following
RESOLUTION.
Be it resolved that the report of the
4 Commissioners of Assessment of the
Borough of Wildwood, in the matter of
assessment of benefits for the improve
anents of the various streets is hereby
adopted and confirmed. And that the
collector be and he hereby is author
lied to send out the bills for the same at
sonce. Said assessments are hereby
made payable on or before the first day
'of October, A. d., 1903, after which
date i interest will be added at the rate
'of six per centum per annum.
And be it further resolved that the
Owners of any lands upon which said
assessments have been made, may have
1.-THE privilege of paying such ASSESS
|ments in equal yearly instruments, not
Exceeding five, with legal interest there
or such instalmcnt payments can be
made at the same time as general taxes
are payable, with interest from October
list, 1908 provided, that any party as
.sessed shall have the privilege of pay
ing the whole of said assessment or any
balance of instruments, with accrued
interest thereon, at n time.
Before the adoption of the above reso-
luton Mayor Baker gave any parties
interested or affected by the said i'm
provements a chance to be heard in the
matter, but nobody appeared with any
protest.
The following letter was read from
John b. Smith, professor of entomology
at the New Jersey Agricultural College
Experiment Station at New Bruns-
wick
Gentlemen At its last session the
Legislature of the State of New Jersey
provided for an investigation of the
mosquito pest in our State and placed
the work in charge of the Agricultural
Experiment Station. The undersigned
was designated to make the necessary
Investigations and among other things
| have made a careful study of the spe-
cies that is SO troublesome along the
shore. | send under separate cover a
copy of my Report for 1901 and of Bull
letin Il which gives some information
on this point.
The seashore of the State is mex
eelled in its attractions to summer WIS.,
Itors but except at a few points mos
quitoes occur in such numbers as to
keep away any persons that would
otherwise be glad to stay the season or
even to invest and build.
1t has been my policy, therefore, to
survey the conditions favoring mosquito
development along Il beaches, and |
send you Enclosed herewith a tracing of
Five-MIile Beach in which the chief
breeding places are indicated in red ink.
Within the limits of your own borough
there are few places that need attention
except at the marsh side of the island,
and there a simple drainage system to
carry out surface water left by extra
tides or heavy rains is all that is neces-
sary.
But Wildwood cannot secure perma-
nent benefits acting ~alone-acting in
concert with Anglesea and Holly Beach
a comprehensive plan al be formulated
that will in a year or two practically
rid Five-Mile Beach of the mosquito
pest.
/ therefore suggest to your honorable
body the appointment of a committee
to meet similar committees from An
glesea and Holly Beach for a discussion
of the subject. / will hold myself ready
to attend any joint meeting of such
committees to give information, to eX-
plain at length what is necessary and
to show how a result so desirable as the
practical abolition of the mosquito pest
may be attained.
In the hope that this communication
similar to others forwarded to Anglesea
and Holly Beach may receive your
favorable consideration.
Messrs. Bright, Banks, and Durham
were appointed as a special committee
to confer with Mr.. Smith.
NEW BOARDWALK.
The following resolution was passed