Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-01-18
Wildwood Schools Close
For Want OF Fuel
Trolley Cars Have Stopped and
Electric Current Will be Shut
OFF Today TO Conform With
Government Order
FROZEN PIPES COST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS

The coal shortage has become so
serious in Wildwood that all the public
schools were ordered closed on Mon
day and will rem ain closed indefinitely.
Fires are out and the water has been
turned off. II is a hard matter to get
coal for home consumption. Last
Saturday and Sunday the shortage
was at its worst probably, when it was
almost impossible to get w a quar-
ter of a ton. Mr.. Saul was entirely out
and has been ever since. Mr.. Colson
had but very little, but two car loads
came in for the Austin com pany dur
ing the week, which relieved the ten
sion for the present. Mr.. Saul went to
the city Monday in a vain effort to get
coal. He expects a car in any day,
however. The trolley cars have stop
ped altogether because of the coal
shortage. Superintendent Nye was
ordered by Mr.. Tatem to shut off the
power at the electric plant today to
conform with the government order
which goes in effect today.
Snow rain and sleet fell at Wild
wood last Friday night aud the streets
were slippery. 1t became warmer and
a rain set in with thunder and lightn-
ing during the night. Saturday morn
ing it was balmy, with the tempera-
ture about 40 degrees. 1t dropped to
20 degrees during the day and Satur-
day night was a cold one, as was Sum
day, but it did not get lower than Is.
There was another hard rain in the
early morning hours of Tuesday, since
when it has been nice winter weather,
and much milder yesterday about 35 de-
grees. The damage caused by frozen
pipes on the island will amount to
thousands of dollars. Snow aud ice
is piled high on the beach and sailors
walked on the ice from Cape MAY to
Wild wood.
Winchester Bonhsm, Harry s. Dun
ham and Frank A.. Dunhamreturned to
Philadelphia last Sunday from a trip
to Cincinnati, where they attended a
heater mems convention. They also
crossed the Ohio river and visited Cow
ington, Kentucky. Harry Durham
was here the first of the week to
visit his family and also to visit his
brother William, who is seriously i'll
with pneumonia at his home in the
Aldine Apartments.
Raymond Moore, who has been en-
ployed in the Baldwi Locomotive
works for the past seven years, was
down from the city on Tuesday to see
his wife and infant child, who reside
10 the Poplar apartments. His mother
is employed in the Interior department
at Washington at S $4,000 per year.
Three big truck loads of furniture
from The Towers and The Wilmington,
two houses on Cedar avenue, were tax
en- to Philadelphia a few days ago by
Brights' Express. 1t is reported that
the two houses will be torn down and a
new building erected on the site. Dew
lex and Waldo are said TO be the own
ers.
Miss Josephine Hancock was down
from the city last Sunday visiting
friends. She and Miss Sophia Bright
are employed in the Frankfort arsenal
Raymond Bush. Is years old, who
has been employed In Camden by the
Public Service corporation, is sick with
typhoid pneumonia in Philadelphia.
Oliver Bright, Jr., was among the
Sunday visitors, visiting his parents.
He is now employed by the Public Ser
vice corporation as foreman of the tool
shop.
Lewis HI. Provost, an aged resident,
is very ill at his home on Taylor ave.
nue, suffering from bronchitis and a
plication of diseases.
A little girl arrived at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Heston on Sun
day, January 10, 1918, at their home
cofner Taylor and Pacific
Webster Bright moved the family of
John Hancock from 815 West Burk
avenue to 1888 Glendale street, Phila-
delphia recently, also the family of
William Moore from Seaville to Wash
ington, d. q.
The Wildwood Tall Cedars went to
Court House Monday night to visit the
lodge there.
Mrs. Katharine Camp and daughter,
Mrs. Curt Graef, started for Florida on
January 6th and when last heard from
were in st Augustine. -
MI. and Mrs. Thomas Delaney, of
Sea Isle City, were In Wildwood Sun
day visiting Mrs. Delaney's parents,
MI. and Mrs. Oliver BRIGHT.