Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-12-20
WILDWOOD
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Mayor called at z.01 for order, all eyes
were turned upon the acting city clerk
a. she began the Misunderstanding Tou-
tine, to see where we left of the week
before, and in exactly five minutes che
ran the race and approval followed.
For the fiscal week ending December
18th the finance commissioner reported
the receipts from taxes and assess
ments to have been $l6,668. So. In the
city's water department the receipts
were 81, 1874. The superintendent of
water supply next reported, stating
that during the past week water sup
ply was discontinued for thirteen con-
sumers and turned on for one, five
stock meters were repaired, three Leak
ing meters in service we're repaired and
ten inspected for readings. Commits
sioner on highways had his inning
next, and referred once more to the
periodical flooding of Park Boulevard
from 26th street, southwark, the strong
northeafter of recent date bringing the
subject up afresh. An effort to blame
the cause of the trouble on North Wild
wood city failed when the Mayor said
''the meadows are now just the way
they were when first made-natural
meadows'' and that our n~eighboring
municipality cannot help 1t that the
tides come In at Goth and Park Boule-
ward. In the fore part of this week,
the overflow was IS inches deep in
places on Park Boulevard. The COM
missioners all agreed yesterday that
something must be done. The build.
ing of a dixie, 1900 feet long and 2 feet
high was suggested. This will cost a
thousand dollars or more. The city
solicitor was directed to take up this
urgent matter and report on 1t soon
after the 1st Of January. AS a portion
Of this projected dixie will extend into
the city OF North Wildwood for some
distance, the consent Of that province
must be first obtained. Hence Mr..
Hand must clear away all legal OBJ
stacles. The reading of communica-
tions was next in order, and the first
one read was from john w. Young.
Chosen Freebooter Young delivered
this letter in person to the acting city
clerk before the meeting opened, and
he was present during the whole ses-
sion. When this letter was read 1t
created q sensation among the many
citizens at yesterdays meeting; show
ing as it apparently did great laxity
and inefficiency on the part Of the pres
: ent city commissioners. Mr.. Young
informed the commissioners through
the medium of this communication,
that he felt 1t his duty to call their
s'attention to the Illegal use some of
city-paid fremen are making of
the Fire companies' houses, as auto-re-
pair shops, to the disad vantage and
detriment of the LICENSED garages
or repair shops" "How," he asked,
are the licensed places going to meet
expenses, to say nothing of making a
living, if obliged to compete with city
employees who pay no license or rent?
Because of the factors of s'no rent to
pay" and .'no license fee to pay"
MI. Young commended in his letter that
the salaried firemen who are alleged to
be doing the work Of repairs to auto
mobiles, are Tin q position to offer SER
vices as low as 60c or zoe per hour for
work done.n The plain conclusion
from this statement is hat the licensed
garages or repair shops cannot meet
this alleged cheaper competition of
salaried employees. MIR. Young's letter
further said that sit is rumored that
the repair work OF one Of your tiremen
amounted in one week to $120. After
the reading of Mr.. Young's letter had
been finished, he tried to add to its
weight by offering to furnish a list Of
10 automobiles and trucks that had
been regularly repaired at the First
ward fire house, and he said he had
heard that even bills were made out
on regular bill heads and notices to
pay sent out to alleged customers.
Commissioner Ryan remarked that
this complaint of alleged irregularity
on the part Of certain city employees
must properly be referred to Mayor
Frank E. Smith. The Mayor replied,
feebly, that he did not know that any
thing like this was going on; and If it
be so, the offenders emust stop it."
The Mayor said practically the same
thing more than a year ago when a
similar complaint was made to him
over the telephone by a First ward
citizen.
At the instance Of City Treasurer
Kay the issuance of five notes was au-
thorized in the SUM of $1,000 each, or
$40, 600 total. These notes are to bear
date of December 23d, and at the rate