, 1905-04-19
Wildwood Council Meeting


Wednesday evening, April II, and
transacted the regular business for the
month. Mayor Baker presided and
Councilman Bright, Cobb, Durham
and Harris were present, as were also
Solicitor Zeller and the clerk.
The minutes of March "a and April
3 were approved as read.
A letter was read from L. f. Shute
suggesting that the borough pass an
ordinance taxing express wagons ten
dollars per year., as well as all livery
wagons, public busses, etc. The letter
was referred to the law and ordinance
committee.
The collectors report was read and
referred to the finance committee.
The matter of changing the lines of
the walk at Goth and Juniper
on the property of f. G. Pfeiffer was
referred to the street committee. The
borough hall committee was authoriz-
ed to procure cocoa mating for the
second story lodge room of the hall.
Engineer Rice was present and sub
mitted a map of the borough for the
inspection of Council. The borough
officials examined the map and was
much pleased with it. By motion
the same was adopted as the official
map of the borough and the street COM
mittee was authorized to arrange for a
number printed on linen and paper,
the linen ones to be sold at SO cents
apiece and the paper ones at % cents
apiece.
GARBAGE BIDS
Two bids were received for the re-
moval of garbage. The bid of J.. M.
Craner read as follows:
"My bid for removing garbage from
June %, 1905, to June %, 1906, as fol
lows: Fol- June, 500; for July and
August, $50 each; September, 500
and the other eight months of the
year $62 so per month. From June %,
1906, to June %, 1907, $1,000. All gar
bage to be moved to the mainland, all
ashes, cans, etc., to be moved out of
the limits of Wild wood.n
The bid of John M. Vance read as
follows:
81 will remove all garbage and
ashes, paper and refuse matter for the
sum of $1,000 for each year,
Mr.. Craner's bid for the first year
figures to just $1,000 and he was award
ed the contract for one year.
The street committee was authorized
to arrange with the Wild wood Water
Co. for a fire plug lea the new ocean
pier.
Ordinance No. 81, providing for the
grading and graveling of west Cedar
avenue, was finally passed.
The finance committee was author
lied to discount a note for the pay
ment of current bills. The street COM
mittee was directed to investigate thu
matter of the approach to the board
walk on Pine avenue and also to the
a and pier at Poplar avenue and
obtain bids for the construction of
same. 1t was also voted that all prop
erty wner east of the railroad be noti-
lied to put their sidewalks to the estab-
lished grade of the borough. The
street committee was authorized to
procure any necessary gravel for street
purposes for the coming season. The
clerk was directed to notify Collector
VanHorn to furnish bills of delinquent
taxpayers to Marshal Ferris, as re-
quired by law, for unpaid personal,
poll and dog tax for 1908 and 1904.
Mayor Baker named Chas. H. Mick
ell as inspector On the cement sidewalk
work to be done by r. S. Blome Co.
The appointment was confirmed and
the pay fixed at So per day.
The Mayor was authorized to ap-
point a new standing committee to be
known as the Committee on Fire Pro-
lection and Messrs. Harris, Hamilton
and Bright were appointed as the
members of this committee.
The subject of the purchase of a hook
and ladder truck for sale at Chester.
Pa, was discussed and a committee
consisting of Councilmen Bright,
Cobb, the Mayor and Fire Chief Wash
burn, was appointed to go to Chester
and examine the wagon, with author
ity to purchase same if deemed advis-
able. The clerk reported that the CO.
ment contract between the borough