Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-06-18
WILDWOOD

The City Commissioners met as usual
Thursday afternoon, June 18th. A de-
cision was read from the Commissioner
of Education in which the Board of
Education of Wildwood asked for an
appropriation of S100, 900, to be raised
by bond issue, and at a meeting held
here June 8th, members of the Board
of Education and School Estimate and
the Commissioners agreed there was
immediate need of more school DON
therefore, the Commissioners were
ordered to take such action as will i'm
mediately furnish to the Board of Ed
ucation of Wildwood the 500, 900 which
was found necessary by the Board of
School Estimate. All the bids for the
construction OF a sewage disposal plant
were rejected and checks returned. The
Draeger Oxygen Apparatus Company,
of Pittsburg, exhibited a pulmotor and
fully demonstrated its uses. This in
strument will be placed on the beach
during the day near Sweets baths on a
fifteen-foot square platform, about four
feet above the beach. During the night
it will be located in the fire house.
1t is invaluable in reviving those who
are taken from the surf or a burning
building unconscious. Sufficient gravel
will be removed from the streets that
are to be resurfaced to fill in and firm
up the sand on the beach front for base
ball purposes. Mrs. Anna Erick, of
Holly Beach and Montgomery avenues,
complained that the railroad engines
standing in that location during the
day ruin her property with smoke and
she is compelled to keep her windows
closed at all times, also some of her ten
ants will remove as a result. The
clerk was instructed to communicate
with the railroad officials looking TO
the abatement OF the nuisance. The
ordinance appropriating $1,000 for
school repairs was passed IN final. read
ing, as vas an amendment to the APP
preparation ordinance providing for
$4,000, to be used to furnish music for
the season, this amount to be raised by
general taxation. S. I. Dowler's bond
for paving the sidewalk on north side
of Garfield avenue, between Park and
Susquehanna was approved. Cyrus
w. Rice, representative of Edward F.
Harrison, of Philadelphia, exhibited
their system for the mechanical and
chemical publication of water and
sewage without filtration. Mr.. Rice
gave some very interesting data.
The real estate business, done through
the offices of William H. Bright, has
been beyond his expectations and he
feels that there is an upward tendency
along these lines. He reports renting
Sophie Rebels cottage on East Baker
avenue to Alfred T. Perry. of Phlladel-
phia; Cecilia Binns' apartments on
East Garfield avenue to A. P. Stradling,
manager of the Philadelphia Suburban
Underwriters Association, and Kill
mer's Blue Ribbon Garage on Garfield
avenue to A. R. Ball, of Lancaster, Pa.
BATHING SUITS, Caps, etc., new
stocks on hand-Harbison's.
A committee of the Tall Cedars will
be here on Sunday to arrange for the
convention which they will hold here
on July oath. Three thousand dele
gates are ex expected, coming from Rogers
ford, Spring City, Norristown, Chester,
Wilmington and nearby Pennsylvania
towns. Quite a large delegation is ex-
pected from Trenton and other cities
and towns enroute to Wildwood. The
Pennsylvania delegation will be head
ed by a committee from Tall Cedsrs,
No. 10. of Philadelphia, of which
Lewis Grow Is chairman.
Everybody is buying 1t. What? The
Good Luck Butterine. Better than
some butter. Don't forget the free
mixer. James Goddard, Pacific I'VE
nue., neal Garfield. Both Phones. n
Some two or three large drum fish
were caught off the Crest pier this last
week and at the foot of Twenty-second
avenue quite large crowds watched the
anglers and it was interesting to note
the frequency of the bites. Throw-out
line fishing is becoming quite popular.