, 1904-04-27

A regular adjourned meeting of the
Wildwood Borough Council was held
on Thursday evening, April Il, l9O4,
with Mayor Baker in the chair, Council
men Bright, Cobb, Durham, Harris
and Hamilton answering roll call
Councilman Banks came IN a little later.
Solicitor Teller and the clerk Were also
present. A letter was read from ).
Eithian Tatem, Esq, relative to the
placing of a turnout on Atlantic avenue
for the Five Mile Beach Electric Rail
way. The Company desires this turn
out placed somewhere between CEDAR
and Magnolia The letter was
referred to the street committee.
A TIE VOTE ON THE SEWER FLUSHING
CONTRACr.
Bids were opened for the flushing OF
the sewers for the coming year. Two
bids were received, one from George
Ferris and one from Leonard Reeve.
The bid of Mr.. Ferris read as follows:
I hereby propose to flush the sewers and
| keen the manholes clean in the present sewer
system of Wildwood for the sum OF twenty
three years l23 90 per month. ms piu 10 II
clude the necessary help In doing the WORK.
Leonard Reeves bid was as follows:
In response to your asking bids for flushing
and care of sewers in WILDWOOD as proVlueu
by your body, l respectfully submit this my
| bid for one year, 500, or fifty dollars every
three months, my work being sup1ect 70
Water Committees instructions II so desired
| so to conform with work same as heretofore.
Mr.. Harris moved, seconded by Mr..
Bright, that the bid of Mr.. Ferris be
accepted and a contract entered into
with him. Mr.. Banks moved to amend
the motion to the effect that the name
of Mr.. Reeve be substituted for Mr..
| Ferris, which was seconded by Mr..
Hamilton. The vote on the amended
motion was a tie as follows:
Yeas-Banks, Cobb, Hamilton.
Nays-Bright, Durham, Harris.
Mayor Baker decided the tie by vot-
ing nay, stating that Mr.. Ferris had
| given good service in the flushing of the
sewers since they were first operated
and that he did not deem it wise to
make a change. The vote was then
taken on the original motion awarding
the work to MI. Ferris, resulting in
another tie vote, the Mayor deciding it
in favor of Mr.. Ferris.
Mayor Baker asked the chairman of
| the finance committee if Collector Van
| Horn had furnished his bono as yet.
| Mr.. Harris stated hat he had not.
Collector VanHorn was present and
stated that his bondsmen Would be
George w. Henderson, Chas. II. Sim
norman and Gilbert H. Blaker, and
| promised to have the bond all signed
and ready by April 25th.
The matter of procuring additional
fire apparatus was left to the special
fire committee of Council to act III con-
junction with the fire company.
Solicitor Zeller submitted the follow
ing written opinion in regard to the
filing in of lots, which was received
and filed:
I do not find in the New Jersey Borough law
any prescribed mode of procedure by which
Borough Council is authorized to fill up low
lots to grade; but my opinion is that this is
provided for under the Statutes OF the state OF
New Jersey relating to the public health, and
would come under the Jurisdiction of the
local Board of Health as described on page
No. 1876, sections IL, Ii, etc. of Circular SO,
issued September 1896, and would recon-
mend council to request the local Board OF
Health to take action in this matter.
G. w. Pettibone, who is erecting a
new building on Wildwood avenue, adj
joining the post office building, put in
another application to Council asking
permission to extend a bulk window
three feet or less beyond the binding
line. Mr.. Durham moved, seconded
by Harris, that the application be laid
on the table. After considerable dis
cussion in the matter the vote resulted
in a tie as follows:
Yeas-Banks, Durham, Harris.
Nays-Bright, Cobb, Hamilton.
The Mayor voted nay and dispelled
the tie. Mr.. Hamilton hen moved,
seconded by Mr.. Bright, thatthe request
of Mr.. Pettibone he granted. Another
tie vote resulted as follows:
Yeas-Bright, Cobb, Hamilton.
Nays-Banks, Durham, Harris.
The mayor decided the matter by
voting nay.
A report was made by the Com
m~issioners of Sinking Fund for the past
two years, which was attested by Aud
itor Rice. 1t was ordered received and
spread on the minutes. The bond of
George Ferris as Borough Marshal in
the sun of $500 with John Newcomb
as bondsman was read and accepted.
The Boardwalk Committee, consist
ing of Messrs. Banks, Bright and Dun
ham, made the following report in
writing, which was ordered received
and filed:
An observation of the approximate location
Oh the pTOpOStu new DOdruWdlk l1npfesSeS tine
committee that the boardwalk should begin
at the Eastwardly corner of the Casino at Oak
Avenue, about One hundred and Eighty $50
feet enthusiastically ofthe Southeasterly side
of Atlantic A venue at Oak Avenue, and should
be constructed thence Enthusiastically about
ten l0) feet Eastwardly of the old line of piling
TO a point One Hundred 400 feet Northeast
wardly of Pine Avenues; and thence by such
courses conformable with the outline or con-
tour of the front, over leased ground duly Sc
cured, to the best junction attainable with the
boardwalk coming down to Twenty-Sixth
Avenue And that the boardwalk should be
built in conformity with the plans and speci-
fications upon which the Anglesea boardwalk
is being built, that Is to say, upon plans and
specifications to be prepared similar to the
plans and specifications mentioned.
The following agreement was then
adopted by a unanimous vote:
THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into
Lord nineteen hundred and four 1904, by and
between the Wildwood Beach improvement
Company. a corporation of the State OF New
Jersey, and Philip Il. Baker, j. THOMPSON