Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-07-05
HOUSING SAILORS IS
DISCUSSED BY SOLONS
Wildwood City Commissioners.
Sitting I'm Regular Weekly
Session, Give Attention to
Various Matters.
PIrTSBURC SINGER COTTACINC HERE


minutes of three on Wednesday after
noon, July 3, 1918, when Mayor F. f.
Smith called the weekly meeting Of
the City Commissioners to order. The
session was short, and barring q few
minor jarring matters things moved
along smoothly as the tinkling of a sill
yer bell. The Finance Commissioners
statement sounded better than the n
of the week before, as he reported tax
and other receipts for the week as
81, O09 40. The receipts in the city wa
ter department for the same period was
reported to be 5 1,404.1O. City collec-
tions seem to be showing up well now,
and a sigh of relief by the taxpayers
goes up, as the necessity of resorting to
notes and paying big interest on same
grows less. Joe Brown reported for the
water bureau that up to the present 375
meters had been inspected and passed.
At twenty-five curbs water had been
turned on in the past week. A matter
next came up for discussion on which
no action was taken. This vas a prop
osition presented by City Clerk White
sell relative to housing visiting sailors
from W~issahickon barracks, Sewell's
Point and other places. MI. Whitesell
intimated that the suggestion came
from Board of Trade headquarters on
the boardwalk, but is probable Charley
Lare, of the Sun Tribune, or Paid Sec
rotary Courtwright Smith will claim
priority in this move. The Commits
eioners were asked to convert the lodge
room on the third floor of the third
ward fire house into a domicile for the
sailor lads by installing therein a half
hundred cots, more or less. This plan
seemed too expensive, and then Mayor
Smith spoke of permitting the use of
the third floor of the city hall for the
purpose spoken of. Again the expense
item Of cots, mattresses, linen and
covers doomed up like 8 spectre, and
the second lodging proposal was dis
missed. There seemed to be unanim-
ity In the thought of the Commission
ers that it would be cheaper for the
city to ask hotel proprietors to lodge
the sailor sojourners at reduced rates,
rather than for the city to fit up a room
for their accommodation. It is a ques-
ton whether or not the government
would sanction the plan originally
proposed. The Mayor finally sugges-
ted that the subject be referred to the
Civic club, acting in harmony with the
Board of Trade. "Leave it to the
women to SETTLE" On complaint and
petition of Miss Leedom, of the MARI
ton apartments, the owner of the lots
on east 10Th street, Latimer r. Baker,
is to be asked by Commissioner Hendee
personally to repair at once the broken
or rather pulverized sidewalks along
his lots in that vicinity. To please
Miss Leedom and a host of others, the
Com missioners felt that because OF
Mr.. Bakers suave and condescending
waving his privilege of the 20-days'
notice law. Miss Leedom's grievances
are really we'll grounded and a remedy
urgently needed. This seemed to be q
day Of petitions and grievances. One
signed by a number of citizens of the
lower end of the third ward protested
vehemently against the practice OF
dumping on the low ground west OF
Park avenue and south of Rio Grande
avenue. This petition was referred to
DR.. Cohen, the heslth officer. Mrs.
Lydia johnson sent In a petition pray
ing for relief from the menace of poison
vines, spiders and mosquitoes thai
confronts. her daily at the corner OF
east Taylor and Holly Beach avenues,
Clerk Whitesell read another petition
from a woman living in the neighbor.
hood OF Bennett and Pacific avenues
complaining Of high grass and mos
quitoes and other annoyances, which
; was also referred to DR.. Cohen. YET
another remonstrance was to, be heard
when Thomas Carr, Of PIG east Gar
field avenue, asked for relief from the
annoyance of neighboring chickens,
which he claims, trespasses on his
premises. His complaint vas directed
against Joseph Empol, Walter SchotI
and Ebert Hand, all residents Of the
Rsidman block. This petition was re-
ferred to the Mayor, to be acted upon
by him personally. He called foi
Officer Clegg. and after telling this
policeman that there was more
trouble" directed him to proceed at
once to business. Chicken potpie was
spoken of as a result Of q non-compli-
ance with the restraining order. A
letter from U. 8. District Engineer
Frank G. Warner, stationed at VIII