, 1904-10-05
HOLLY BEACH WILL
ERECT BOARDWALK
Regular Monthly Meeting of
Borough Council
Bids opened for Additional &C.
ment Walks. Boardwalk
Ordinance Passed and a
Committee Appointed TO
Prepare Plans and
Specifications.
OTHER ITEMS of INTEREST

OIf1EN L L EINlO VI lin Li>LoA
The regular meeting of the Holly
Beach Borough Council was held on
Wednesday evening, Sept. 28th. May
or Smith was present, as were also
Councilmen Barnett, Culver, Long
and Woolston. Borough Clerk Hewitt
was also present and after reading he
minutes they were approved.
Street Supervisor Dowler reported
that he had ordered a couple of cars OF
gravel.
BOARDWALK ORDINANCE PASSED.
Ordinance No. AZ, providing for the
construction of a boardwalk along At
lantic avenue was finally passed and
is printed in this issue. This ordl-
nance authorizes a boardwalk to be
erected of a width of thirty-two feet,
beginning at Crosse avenue, the eX-
treme southerly borough line, and eX-
tending almost in a straight line along
Atlantic avenue TO a point near Gray
sons cottage, in the vicinity of Gar
field avenue, where it curves ocean
ward to connect with the front porch
of Bakers pavilion. The ordinance
directs the Mayor to appoint three
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the boardwalk committee, who shall
have charge of the construction of
the walk. This committee, with the
assistance of Engineer Rice, is also
charged with the duty of preparing
plans and specifications for the build
ing of the boardwalk, the same to be
submitted to Council for approval.
The walk will be a little over a mile in
length.
A quit claim deed was ordered exc
cuted in favor of Chas. w. Saul re-
leasing a lot or lots.
CEMENT SIDEWALK BIDS.
Bids were opened for the construc-
ton of cement sidewalks and curbing.
The bids and bidders were as follows.
julius Martinez being the lowest reg
ular bidder:
James McLinden:
Sidewalk, l5c per square foot.
CURLING, 32c per lineal foot.
Gravel, SOC per cubic yard.
Sand, 25c
George w. Banks:
Sidewalk, l5c per square foot.
CURLING, 34c per lineal foot.
Gravel, soc per cubic yard.
Sand, 25c
Julius Martinez:
Sidewalk, lac per square foot.
Curling, SAC per lineal foot.
Gravel, 60c per cubic yard.
Sand, l5c
John Meehan:
Sidewalk, l3c per square foot.
CURLING, SOC per lineal foot.
The latter bid did not specify any
price for moving gravel or sand.
The cement contract was not awar-
ded, as the Mayor wanted to know
definitely where the money was COM
ing from to pay the contractor. Coun-
Gilman Barnett was delegated to see
the Marine National Bank about TAX
ing the improvement certificates which
are to be issued to provide money to
pay the cement contractor. Council
adjourned until Saturday evening, De-
tober L.
ADJOURNED MEETING.
Council met in adjourned session
Saturday evening and about nine
O'Clock when Clerk Hewitt called the
roll Mayor Smith and Councilmen
Barnett, Culver, Long and Woolston
answered to their names The delay
in calling Council to order was occa-
stoned by the want of legal advice in
the matter of awarding the cement
bids. Judge H. H. Voorhees, was tele-
phoned for and as soon as he appeared
and consulted with the Mayor and
Council the solons emerged from the
committee room and were called to
order. Mayor Smith stated that
through a misunderstanding the certi-
fled check of one of the bidders Mr..
Martinez, was for only 500, whereas
the specifications required it to be 5000.
1t appeared that in the advertisement
inviting bids ON the work this point
was not covered. 1t was deemed adj
yisable to reject all bids and a motion
was passed to that effect and fixing
the time for the next meeting on Sat
urdaY, October s, when new bids viii
be received. The clerk vas directed to
procure from a Supreme Court Judge
an order authorizing the opening OF
the ballot box for the special election
on October Is. 1t was decided thai
be completed by November Is, 1904.
Father w. p. Tighe, rector of ST
AIMS r.. G. church. sailed to-day fol
Europe to be gone two months being
sent by Bishop McFaul, of Trenton.
VIM. G. Hand, D. ID. S., dentist, Of
Court House, will be at Cohen Bros,
drug store on Tuesdays and Fridays OF
each week.
County clerk Julius Way, of Cape
May Court House, was a visitor here
on Thursday last.