Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-02-11
The February tide table will be found
on page five,

M Aking the tax assessment mans tn
Engineer Weir at his bid Of $84. A let
ter of request to place a gas light at the
corner of Washington and Burk ave.
nues was complied with. A note was
made for S2,354 in anticipation of bonds
to pay on sewer contract, also n
for Sl5,OOO in anticipation of taxes to
pay current bills. A~ssemblyman Lake
asked and received permission to stock
the pond at the Wildwood water works
near Rio Grande with trout. A COM
mittee from the Wild wood Athletic
Association waited on the Commission
ers and through their spokesman, r.
P. Fitzpatrick, asked for an appro-
priation. Commissioners Hendee spoke
in favor of the request. Commissioner
Ryan said the only way he saw they
could getan appropriation was through
the entertainment com nittee of the
Board of Trade and not through the
Commissioners direct. 1t was moved
to appropriate 5000 to the Board of
Trade for use by the Wild wood Athletic
Association. A new ordinance, pro-
viding for. the release of Oyster Bay
road, was taken up and will be adopted
March ID. A letter was read from
Horace Oppenheimer, of Philadelphia,
asking the city for $l07. AS, which repre-
scented thetaxes for the past three e al
for grounds used by the city for base
ball purposes at Spicer avenue and the
beach. The matter was referred to
Solicitor Hand. The meeting adj III
ed until Monday, February 14th, when
bids will be received for the sewage dis
posal plant.
The Reading Railroad is about to
issue the 1916 edition of pheasant
Places" on the Reading, containing a
directory of summer hotels and board
ing houses along its lines. Anyone
can list their house in the book with
out charg e by consulting the nearest
ticket agent, giving address, distance
from station, number of people accom-
modated and rates. Our hotel keepers
should attend to this matter.
The Wildwood Athletic Club will
hold a fair Monday, Tuesday and
WeGBs ~, February IA, Is, aud 18th.
Congressman Bacharach has donated
an article which will be auctioned off
as an unopened package. No one
knows what is in it.
The three Wild wood City Commits
sioners have brought suit against the
publisher of the Five Mile Beach Jour-
nal for $4,000 damages each. They
claim that their good names and repu-
tations were damaged to that extent
by the publication of a communication
headed "Who Can Answer This ?" and
signed citizen in the issue of January
%, 1916. Former Prosecutor Ernest
w. Lloyd is the lawyer for the Com
missioners.
George w. Matthew died from pneu-
monia in Philadelphia Wednesd ay
morning at nine o'clock, aged forty
seven years. Mr.. Matthews was a resi-
dent of Wildwood for about fourteen
years. For five years he was engaged
in the photograph business on the
board walk and also owner of the Ber-
wind on East Lincoln venue He
leaves a wife and nc children. Burial
will be made tomorrow noon at Cedar
Hill cemetery, Philadelphia, in which
city he vas born. During the past year
or two he kept a restaurant and candy
store on Pacific avenue during the
summer. At the close of the season
last fall he went to Bridgeton and later
to Philadelphia. He married the
daughter of the late Squire Harris, of
Rio Grande. Death took place at the
home of his cousin, Charles Dedaker,
1906 Marlboro street.
The first of q series of meetings will
be given under the head ola "Smokerp
in the Parish house of the Episcopal
Church on Wednesday evening, Febru-
airy 28d. They will be non %sectarian,
the main object being educational and
social, and to bring the men of Five
Mile Beach in closer touch with n
another. Next week will be published
the names Of the speakers and their
topics. An invitation is extended to
every man.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Il. Martinez went
to Philadelphia Tuesday to spend a
few days with relatives.
The stormy weather of Wednesday
evening caused the basket ball enthusi-
asts to remain at home, but the team
went over to Ocean City nevertheless
and defeated that team with a score of
"a to Is. Ocean City will have to get
more vim into their playing or show a