Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-03-04
HOLLY BEACH

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met In regular session last Tuesday
night with Mayor Smith, Councilmen
Collins, Leaning, Nickerson, Pinker
and Scully, Solicitor Voorhees,, Clerk
Hewitt and Engineer Rice present.
The bids for the laying of ewers on the
Ottens Harbor tract were opened and
were as follows:
James McLinden, $ 8,033.50
HI. II. Hoffman, 8,854.5O
A. III. Lupton, 9,115.00
J. Harvey Bennett, $4,000
On motion of Mr.. Scully the CON-
tract was awarded TO Mr.. McLinden
and the Solicitor was instructed to
draw up the proper contract. TIE bids
for the erection of three approaches at
Hand, Hildreth and Bennett enu
were opened aud was awarded TO q. A.
Norton at S2.473 per lineal foot. There
were two other bids, one from Il. p.
Mexican for $3.50 per lineal foot and
one from James McLinden for 1898 per
lineal fooot. There was but one bid
for street crossings or Holly Beach ave-
nue. from Cedar avenue to Crosse ave
nue., that being from James McLinden
of IT per square foot for cement, and
the contract was awarded to him. All
the checks of the unsuccessful bidders
were ordered returned. Bills to the
amount of $8S9.08 were ordered paid.
A discussion took place on the ad visi-
bllity of increasing the advertising APP
preparation from 81 900 to $500 and
the ordinance was amended to read
that way and passed on first reading,
all voting in favor Of the increase ex-
cept Scully. Ordinance No. II, for the
grading and graveling of streets on the
west side, passed final reading, all
voting la favor except Mr.. Seully. The
Clerk was instructed TO advertise for
grading and graveling Railroad, Hill
dreth and Bennett avenues, bids to be
accompanied by certified check for 500
and to be IN at next meeting and the
work to be done before the opening of
the season. The original motion was
put to only grade and gravel Railroad
avenue and was lost, Messrs. Leaning
and Scully voting against it, MI.
Leaning giving his reason that he
thought Hildreth and Bennett avenues
needed the same attention SO they
were added and the motion was then
carried. The street committee was In
structed to make some needed improve
ments to Holly Beach venue. Mr..
Hoffman, for the Ottens Dredging Co.,
was present and said that his company
had the contract to fill in all the low
land on the west side, with the excep-
ton of one block, from the Baker fill
TO the Ottens Harbor and that one
block they expected to hear from favor
ably sooD and that they were only
waiting for Railroad avenue to be
graded and graveled so that the sand
could be kept in place after it had been
pumped in. Solicitor Voorhees, pre-
scented a copy of the $40, 900 refunding
bond for the approval of Council and a
resolution from the firm who took the
bonds, asking them for the approval of
their action on said bonds at the pre-
vious meeting. The clerk was instruc-
ted to advertise for bids for the re-
moval of garbage under last years
specifications to be in at the next meet
ing. The Odd Fellows asked Council
TO grant them the refusal of the third
floor of the borough hall as they claimed
some Of their property was being mis-
used in there and the clerk was in
structed to draw up a lease 10 be read
at the next meeting. A note for 81, 600
in the Marine National bank was re-
newed for thirty days and Council. adj
journed.
The advertisement OF the only tea
and coffee house on Five Mile Beach
is on the first page.
Mrs. Lillian Holdsworth, of Phila-
delphia, was a week end visitor with
her mother, Mrs. j. r. Black, Taylor
avenue.
The w. 9. T. U. held a business
meeting yesterday in the M. E. church.
A number of plans were discussed.
The following program has been ar
ranged for this month: Thursday.
March 10, Peace and Arbitration, led
by Mrs. John Newcomb, in the Holly
wood M. e. church. March II, Echoes
from the Delaware County, Pa, Con-
vention, led by Mrs. Sara Maxwell.
March "a, parlor meeting and roll call
at the home of Mrs. Carlisle. March
81, evangelistic meeting, led by Mrs.
Mershon.
At the meeting of the Holly Beach
Motor Boat club last night it was vo-
ted to give the president and secretary