Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-05-13
RECEIPTS
EXPENDITURES

EXPENDITURES
Regular orders paid, = 996 So
Wildwood Board of Trade, 800 90
Interest on bonds and certih., 1850 90
Balance on hand, 1858 81
A letter from l.. Gruninger asked for
q light on West Oak avenue, which
was referred to the light committee.
The street committee was authorized
TO have the sewer cleaned on Juniper
avenue. The ordinance giving the
right to the new railroad to lay rails
and operate a line was finally passed.
Two garbage bids were received and
the contract was awarded to John
Newcomb TO remove the garbage for
the coming year for 50, 267 81, The bid
of James McLinden, who has had the
contract for several years past, was
81, 700. Bids were also received for
removing surplus sand on Oak avenue,
between Hudson avenue and Sunset
lake, the sand to be deposited in Cedar
Park. For doing this work the bid of
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of Eben Evan was$97. The contract
was awarded to MI. Evan. The West
Jersey Electric Company was given
another five year contract for street
lighting at the same figures as the con-
tract just expiring, viz, 35 lights, to
burn throughout the year, at the price
of $50 per year, each, and Is additional
SiI2bts for the months q june uIy.
August and September for SO per
mouth each. The Wild wood Water
Company, whose Is year contract ex-
pires next month, submitted a bid at
the existing prices for five years, viz;
maintain the fire hydrants as now To-
Gated upon the system, and any adj
ditional hydrants which may be on
nected Herewith, at the rate of $25
each per year; the water supplied to
the borough for all other municipal
purposes to be at the rate of fifteen
cents per 1000 gallons, with a mini
mum rate of ten dollars per year per
tap; also to furnish free of charge
$50, 900 gallons of water per year for the
use of street sprinkling and borough
hall. The water bid was laid over
until the next meeting. Before the
light contract was awarded Mr.. Saul
advocated the rejection of both the
light and water bids, since neither
company showed a disposition to re-
duce their bids. j. Fithian Tatem, vice
president of the electric company, was
present and after the light contract was
awarded add ressed Council and told of
the excellent service furnished by the
company and drew comparisons of
prices with other municipalities. The
Clerk was directed to draw an order for
$500 in favor of the Board of Trade.
The Clerk was also authorized to order
five cars of grit for covering the ma
cadam streets, as Mr.. Durham said
that this material seemed to be giving
satisfaction where it was ex perimented
with on the street. A letter was read
from the entertainment committee of
the soldiers, Messrs. James f. Gibson,
John p. Bennett, Chas. Young, j. w.
Marsh and Mark Hall, asking for a
contribution for entertaining the SOL
diers on Decoration day, and SIS was
voted them. John Boyd McCurdy and
Ben B. Roberts applied by letter for
positions as life guards for the summer
and the applications were laid owe
BY motion of Saul and Goslin the col
lector was directed to correspond with
the holders of the six per cent. Bor-
ough of Wildwood bonds and notify
them that the borough has taken steps
to refund the bonds at a lower rate of
interest, and that the holders thereof
may retain these bonds at a 5 per cent.
rate after June l, 1910, If they so desire.
John N. Reeve was present with a
large photograph of Atlantic City
taken from an air ship out at sea.
This photograph is a remarkably plain
one, SO distinct that most every build
ing of any Importance is distinguish
able with the naked eye. As a repre-
sentative of the George r. Lawrence
Co., New York and Chicago, Mr.. Reeve
is taking orders for the Lawrence Aer-
ial Photographic Contact Print at $40
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