, 1904-04-13
Wildwood Council Meeting.

Inc wildwood Borough Council con-
Vened in a regular session in the bor-
ough hall on Tuesday evening, April
IL, 1904. Mayor Baker and Councilmen
Bright, Cobb, Durham, Hamilton and
Harris answered roll call, Mr.. Banks
coming in later. Solicitor Zeller and
the clerk were present.
HAMILTON OBJECTS TO MINUTES.
The minutes of the last three meet
lngs, March 18th and 3lst and April
9th were read. Mr.. Hamilton made
objections to the minutes in a general
way and particularly in the paragraph
recording him as Directing to the kind
of a bid put in by Mr.. Ferris at the
meeting of March 18th, for the flushing
of the sewers. The paragraph in the
minutes objected to by MI. Hamilton
read as follows:
but n bid was received for the
flushing of the sewers that being from
George Ferris. He agreed to do the
work for Is cents each time a sewer was
flushed, Objections to this kind of a
bid were made by Messrs. Banks and
Hamilton, and Mr.. Ferris withdrew the
bid.u
On a motion to approve the minutes
as read the vote was a tie, Messrs.
Bright, Durham and Harris voting in
the affirmative and Banks, Cobb and
Hamilton in the negative. Mayor
Baker decided the tie vote by instruct
ing the clerk to make the correction ac-
cording to Mr.. Hamilton's ideas. The
clerk in his defense stated that Mr..
Hamilton did make such objections and
several witnesses in the room at the
time W positively that the minute was
correct. In his remarks criticizing the
minutes Mr.. Hamilton stated that it
vas the first time in all his twenty-five
years experience around legislative
bodies that a clerk made a minute of
the remarks of a gentleman not a men,
Der of the booy. Mr.. Hamilton ev-
identity referred to the part of the min
utes where allusion was made to the
talk given by Philip p. Baker in refer
ence to the gas amendment, when Mr..
Baker severly scored Mr.. Hamilton for
opposing the amendment. The min
utes were approved as read with the
exception of the paragraph concerning
MIR. Ferris and his flushing bid.
A letter was read from Mark Hall
applying for re"appointment as special
officer for the coming summer. Mr..
Harris moved, seconded by Bright, that
Mr.. Hall be engaged again on the same
terms as last year. Banks and Cobb
moved to amend the motion to lay the
matter aver until Eext meeting, which
amended motion prevailed. A letter
from Joseph Geisenberger asked the
consent of Council to enter the Wild
wood sewer at Cedar avenue from his
new building TO- being erected at the
corner of Pacific and Sc%hellinger aves
By motion of Harris and Durham his
request was ordered granted upon the
payment of the regular fees and o
rentals.
In a letter to Council G. w. Pettibone
asked permission to build a bulk win
dow toextend three feet or less in depth
beyond the building line on the first or
basement floor in the front of his new
building being erected on Wildwood
avenu Mr.. Bright and Harris moved
that the request be granted and after
some debate the motion was lost by the
following vote: Nays-Banks, Cobb,
Durham, Hamilton. Yeas-Bright,
Harris.
James M. Craneri in a letter requested
that his contract for collecting garbage
be considered closed at the end of the
one year term, June 22d, 1904, and that
proposals for bids be advertised for
with some changes in plans and specl-
f~ications. The letter was referred to
the sanitary committee.
A letter was read from Henry ii.
Ottens calling the attention of Council
to the low condition of the lot and side
walk adjoining his Wildwood avenue
property, stating that water often stands
there. The clerk was directed to answer
the letter and state that the borough
had already taken measures to abate the
nuisance.
The Collectors report was read and
accepted, being al follows:
Renort in General Fund............... a2,OS5 %