, 1905-05-10
HOLLY BEACH COUNCIL
MET LAST EVENING
REPORT OF COLLECTOR
Sheriff and Mrs. w. IN. BRIGHT
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Alter long walt last night the HOLLY
Beach borough council met in regular
session about 8 o'clock with Mayor
Smith, Conncilmen Barnett, Culver,
Lopez and Woolst0n, Solicitor Voor-
hees, Engineers Boardman and Rice
and Clerk Hewitt present.
The collectors report was read and
showed the receipts to be $56, $50 10
and the expenditures to lie S55, 637 IS
leaving a balance of 81, 237.5l.
A communication was read from the
Potter Clay Mfg. Co. i'll regard to sewer
pipe for Murdoch d Mullen which was
turned over to the solicitor.
A letter was read from l.. w. b. Fill
men saying that n lot belonging to him
had been filled in and made low by
other parties and he would hold the
borough responsible for any accident
which might occur from it. No action
was taken.
Mr.. Doughty, a property owner, sent
a letter to council saying that he had
been charged " cents interest on his
1904 taxes and asked it be taken off
and an order was drawn on the treas
ury for hat amount.
A communication was read from l..
w. Williams in regard to "a sidewalk on
Garfield avenue which needed atten-
ton. The lot is about three feet below
the cement sidewalk on either side and
IS dangerous to pedestrians. 1t was
moved that the clerk communicate
with the owner to have it filed in and
a suitable sidewalk placed there.
Three bills were received and ordered
paid.
Ordinance No. "A, the gas ordinance,
was passed on second and final reading
and ordered published.
Ordinance No. 40, the appropriation
ordinance, was also passed on second
and final reading and ordered pub
lished.
Solicitor Voorhees, presented a paper
to be circulated among the property
owners along the boardwalk giving the
borough the right 10 erect the walk
along the lands owned by them. The
solicitor was ordered to make some
changes in it.
The bond of the sewer contractors
was examined and found that they had
run over the specified time and it was
ordered that the bondsnlen be notified
to that effect.
The Wildwood Water Company re-
quested council to notify them of the
places where the water pipes would
have to be Lowered to let the sewer be
laid. This was turned over to Engineer
Boardman.
The four members of council present
were appointed a committee to meet
the committees from the Wildwood and
Anglesea councils about a fire alarm
system on the island. They were also
requested to meet Supt. Lowell in re-
gard to laying rails.
Council then adjourned to meet Mon
day, May 20, the 30th being Decoration
Day.
Money to loan in Wildwood in sums
of $500 or over at 81 per cent. See
John Bright.
Sheriff and Mrs. w. H. Bright have
been on an enjoyable trip south, taking
the spring outing of the 9th Pennsyl
vania Cavalry Lancers. They left the
Baltimore and Ohio depot in Philadel-
phia last Saturday afternoon at two
O'Clock, for Baltimore. After a carriage
drive through Baltimore they saileC
down Chesapeake Bay, passing For
McHenry and Annapolis, and arriving
at Newport News early Sunday morn
ing. Supper and breakfast were takel
on the Steamer. After breakfast cam
a trolley ride to Old Point Comfort AM
dinner at Hotel Chamberlin, said t