Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-10-18

Chas. NIckerson, fire chief, ....... 300
Total, $27, 1926
Note: Free house rent is included in
salaries of Howard Warrington, o. M.
Cobb and Warren Holmes.
1.-The gathering of the clans" at the
Wild wood city hall on Thursday, Dc
tober 18th, 1918, began p~rematurely.
City Clerk Whitesell, Board of Trade
Secretary Smith and the JOURNAL
ambassador arrived as early as 1.30.
From that hour, at intervals, ten o
persons strolled into the commissioners
meeting-room, up to the moment the
Mayor called for order, at 204. Joe
Sweet arrived at 2.06. Gilbert 81.
Baker, Wildwood's veteran amuse-
ment man, accompanied by Edward
E. Rhoads, had preceded Mr.. Sweet by
some fifteen or twenty minutes. The
presence of this bunch of promoters
excited considerable speculation as to
their purpose in appearing before the
commissioners. This curiosity vas
soon satisfied when the Mayor asked
Mr.. Baker if he'll had ''anything he
wanted to. bring up" The latter arose
and introduced Mr.. Rhoads to the
commissioners, revealing at the same
time an extensive plan to boost the
board walk attractions and indirectly
all Wildwood. Mr.. Rhoads proposes
to invest quite a sum Of money here in
the following u~p-to-the minute amuse-
ment features: A ferris wheel, rye
Olde Mill" a coaster, a whip, a frolic
and a shooting gallery. In the last
named attraction the marksmen may
shoot at submarines in real water.
The frolic is a pastime similar to a
merry-go-round, but on a larger and
more complex scale. At present there
are but six of these in the whole our
try. So you see what Wildwood will
miss if we let this chance slip through
our fingers. All his structures will be
painted white, a miniature Coney Is
land. To accomplish the ends sought,
fifty feet of vacated Ocean emu is
needed. ga fair exchange is no rob-
berry," Acting on this thought Blaker
and Sweet offer to deed twenty feet
each of their respective properties on
Atlantic avenue to the City of Wild
wood in exchange for fifty feet on
Ocean avenue south of Cedar emu
Ocean avenue ends at Pine avenue.
Its continuation Is plotted on the city
chart. This ground now being Of no
use to anybody, the proposition laid
before the commissioners yesterday,
looked pretty good. At the close of
the meeting all parties interested
walked with the commissioners and
City Solicitor Hand to the part of the
beach front indicated to view the prem
ises. Result of the negotiations will be
found in next weeks JOURNAL. Mr..
Rhoads let it be known at the meeting
yesterday that 1t cost $16, 900 to install
the Rhoads merry-go-round at Wild
wood, which proved to be a big attrac-
ton at the foot of our walk this sum-
mer. 1t will likely cost him not less
than $l00, 900 TO complete for this city
what he now has in mind. Prior to
the Baker hoads-Sweet presentation
City Treasurer Kay took the floor to
state that in making up the city bud.
get for 1918 1t was calculated that the
sum of S155, 9O4 would carry usthrough,
The budget was made up, however,
with the 1917 tax laws in view. Chan
gees in the tax laws having since been
made, this city cannot realize the sum
anticipated, and will be short in Its
revenue somewhat less than $4,000
This law-making business causes ne
end of trouble. 1t is almost impossible
to keep track of the endless changes
constantly being made. 1t was 2.St
before the minutes Of the previous week
were approved. Commissioners Ryan
having returned from the PoconC
mountains read his financial report
| himself yesterday and announced