Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-02-20
HOLLY BEACH COUNCIL
In REGULAR SESSION
Grading and Crawling Contract
Not Awarded. Cost Of Same
Will Be About $4,000.
The WEEKS NEWS In PARAGRAPHS

The Holly Beach Borough council
met at one o'clock last Wednesday
afternoon at the borough hall. Mayor
Smith and Councilmen Albig, Long,
Matsinger, Nickerson, Rauch and
Woolston present, as were also Clerk
Hewitt and Solicitor Voorhees,. After
the reports of the committees the fol-
lowing bills were read and ordered
paid: ]. M. Sweet, COAL $33.33; S. T..
Dowler, street supervisor, $500; Henry
Major, street work, $3.50; B. w.
Thompson, streetework, $3.50; Jas.
Bolden, street work, $3.50; Geo. Nc
Clintock, street work, $3.50; ]. e.
Bailey, street work, 1925; VIM. Sgd
nor, street work, $5.25; S. B. Thomp-
son, street work, 1925; Harry Saltz-
man, street work, 1925; Jas. l.. John
son, street work, $3.50; w. U. Ames,
street work, 1925; Daniel Dreyer, street
work, $5.25; Chas. Mcneil, street work,
Sc. .25; Thos. Fisher, street work, $5.25;
Richard Bowers, street work, $5.25;
Stephen Thompson, street work, S5.25.
E. w. Forcum was re-appointed chief
of the fire company upon the recon-
mendation of the company. The ap-
preparation ordinance was finally pas
sed and appears in another column,
the sum of 3,394.91 being appro-
priated for the expenses of the borough
for the coming year. OF this sum
$1,000 goes to the sinking fund for the
payment of bonds. A letter was read
from d. w. Garrigues in reference to
balance claimed to be due him for
auditing the borough books, which
was laid upon the table. Two bids
were received In response to the adver-
tisement for the grading and gravel
ing of number of streets from John
w. Young and Jas. McLinden. There
was only about couple of hundred
dollars difference in the two bids, Mr..
McLinden's being the lowest. Mr..
Young's bid was 94 cents per cubic
yard for the gravel, % and 25 cents for
t1ssa rc 4ef Hfk Nj! NJ 4
NJ n Lnden's bid was SO cents for gra-
vel % cents for the sand cut and 20
cents for the sand fill. The amount of
gravel needed for the nine streets is
estimated approximately to be 1900
cubic yards, and the work is to be
completed by June 18th next. In his
bid Mr.. Young offered to take in pay
ment improvement certificates bearing
six per cent. interest. The total cost
of the work will be in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000. The awarding of the
contract was deferred until the next
meeting, which was fixed for Satur-
day afternoon, February 23, at one
o'clock. The Solicitor was directed to
draw an ordinance for the refunding
of bonds now due or about to become
due. Upon the motion of Mr.. Nickerson
the finance committee was directed
to ascertain the cost of auditing the
Collectors books for the fiscal year OF
1906, from January l, 1906 to Decem-
ber 1, 1906, inclusive. Just as Coun-
Gil adjourned Mr.. Matsinger notified
the Mayor that he would decline to
stand on any committees, stating that
he had not been treated right in the
committee assignments.
Protect your houses and household
goods against fire. Insure through
Stanley M. Kalbach & Co., Daggan
building, Wildwood avenue.
Martin Donolan, of West Philadel-
phia, has awarded the contract for a
So, 900 boarding house to VIM. Il.
Garrison, to be located on Lincoln
avenue, east of Pacific. Work was
commenced this week.
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