Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-08-09

its slow and steady way round the dial
until the hands indicated 2.22 yester-
day afternoon. Commissioners Ryan
and Hendee (who are noted for their
punctuality) were promptly on deck at
two O'Clock. So was Treasurer Kay,
Solicitor Hand and Clerk Whitesell.
1t looked for q time as if there wasn't
going to be any session and anxious
faces awaited the arrival of the Mayor
and the JOURNAL reporter. 1t was ex-
actly 2.22 when the latter, with his
coat under his arm slid into his accus-
toned chair, with his back to the
northern wall, and almost directly I'M
derneath the recorder of time. Scarce
Iy had the JOURNAL man time to mop
up the beads of perspiration that be-
spangled his brow, before he was re-
minded Of his hardness and inquiry
made of him respecting the where
abouts of the Mayor? MI. Hand said:
"The Mayor is lost" The retort came
back that 'it would be hard to lose a
23O pound man." That was the weight
the Mayor gave a short time ago.
Formerly he weighed 270. MI. Ryan
laughed on this occasion when the
Mayor said he was losing weight. Mr..
Ryan plainly classes the Mayor still in
the heavy weight class-and of the
kind that il is not necessary to shake
the sheet to find. "Well, let US co."
said some one, Mayor or no Mayor,
and to prevent the JOURNAL represen-
tative from "bending his eye on vacan-
cy," Solicitor Hand glided nimbly into
the Mayors chair, not 'abashed in the
least because he could not fill it to its
capacity. And SO the session was on
and the reading of the minutes of the
previous week called for. Before the
city clerk had proceeded far in his read
ing, in %strolled the Mayor at exactly
2.S5, and Mr.. Hand scampered out of
and away from the Mayors reserved
seat. The minutes were approved as
recorded and read. At this moment
an enemy alien appeared to give his
name and to show his photograph to
the city clerk. This alien then asked
to be directed to the post office, 1t being
compulsory for him to report to that
government official next. This alien
came to Wildwood on a vacation.
Clerk Whitesell refused to divulge the
aliens name. Finance Commissioner
Ryan did not report yesterday any COL
lections from assessments and taxes,
but gave big figures from the water
department books for the week ending
July 31st: 81 ,340.7S A discount OF five
per cent. had been allowed on all water
bills paid before August LIST by consum-
ers in North Wildwood and in Wild
wood Crest. This new regulation &C.
for the heavy receipts at b
water bureau. A similar privilege Is
extended to all water consumers in the
three wards Of Wildwood, up to August
18th. The Wild wood water bills were
SEM out later than the bills to the other
two districts; hence the discount period
for Wildwood had to be extended to
the middle of this month. Further
very bulky receipts may be looked for
in consequence, to be reported at next
meeting. In the absence of Building
Inspector Nickerson, the city clerk read
the inspectors report, showing that
from February 1st to August lst, the
value of the new work and repair work
inspected to be $4,045. In the absence
Of Water Superintendent Brown, the
city clerk reported for him that from
January 1st up to date, 391 water me-
tiers had been inspected, repaired and
passed. During the past week water
was let in to only three buildings. The
conclusion of the matter is that about
everything on the Five Mile Beach is
opened now that is going to he this
year. The hot days must be telling on
officials, for the city auditor was also
among the missing yesterday, and
once more Clerk Whitesell had to act
as proxy for Frank s. Lloyd, the reg
ularly appointed municipal auditor,
who went over the books of all city de-
partments for the quarter ending June
30, and deposeth and sayeth that he
found all accounts correct and satisfac-
tory, and that further deponent sayeth
not. Craythorn & Nickerson, as lowest
bidders at 20 cents per square foot, were
awarded the contract to lay a cement
pavement in front of the Swisher lots
on Maple avenue, near board walk. The
front is rs feet. Owner disregarded no.
tice to repair. City will now do it at
owners expense. The broken pave
ment on Juniper avenue, near Marlton
Apartments, is to be repaired by the
city also, and collect from the owner