Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-07-26

At the July 18th meeting of the City
Commissioners, Mr.. Ryan reported
total receipts for the previous week
from taxes and assessments as $2480.03,
and the receipts from water rents as
$1526. 48. Joseph Brown said 3S6 water
meters had been inspected and passed
up to date, and water indicted into IL
buildings during the past week. A
new meter for the baseball park was
inserted and a new connection made
for Henry Ottens at 14th and New
York Clerk Whitesell read
a letter that had been received from
Walter Buzby, of Atlantic City, in
forming the commissioners that Wild
woods formal protest against the re-
cent woodworking ruling by State
Fuel Administrator Jenkinson, would
be laid before this official at the earliest
possible date, and expressing the hope
that the knotty problem may be adjus-
ted to the mutual satisfaction of all
concerned. Walter Watson, city engi-
neer at the water plant at Rio Grande,
having been drafted, a resolution was
passed authorizing Launcelot Lean
ing to work overtime in aiding the as
sistant engineer, and for all overtime,
beginning at 5 p. m. each day, MI.
Leaning is to be paid extra in addition
to his regular salary.
At yesterdays meeting, beginning
at 2 50 p. M, the finance commissioner
reported total collections for past week
as $3775 .98, taxes and assessments, and
SI532.5l for water rents. Mr.. Brown
reported 397 water meters inspected up
to this point and IL requests for water
to be let in at the curb were com piled
with during current week. Credit for
a payment of $50 made by Oscar Rls-
ley, proprietor of the Hollywood Laun-
dry, last summer, was ordered to be
placed on the water department books.
This payment had been made by Mr..
Risley to John Giltinsn for the city;
but in. some, as yet, una%ccountable
manner, the city did not receive the
money, Mr.. Risley holds the receipt
for thaE$50 payment made to Mr.. Gilti-
nan. Harry E. Weir, city engineer,
took formal leave yesterday, shaking
hands goodby with everybody present
at the meeting. He started same day
for Camp Lee, Va, where he will train
for the engineers corps. Mr.. Weir is a
graduate of the Engineering depart
ment of the University of Pennsylvan-
la in class of 1905.
Charles Heinle, N of the two own
ers of the Washington building on the
boardwalk, appeared at the meeting
yesterday to inquire about the rules
governing sailors in respect to bathing
He wanted to know if bath house
keepers were allowed to rent bathing
suits to sailors, thus permitting the m
dant at Cape May was called on the
phone to settle this mooted point, and
the message came back to let the boys
battle all they want to, to their hearts
content. This was good news and will
be received with universal satisfaction.
Word went back over the wire to sec.
ton base that Mayor Smith had noti-
fed every hotel keeper and saloon
keeper in Wild wood to sell no intox-
icating drinks to any one wearing a
bathing suit.
A medicine man, a stranger, asked
permission yesterday to exhibit stere-
optican views, in some public place,
his object being to advertise patent
medicine preparations about 25 in
number. He assured the Commission
ers that nothing was to be sold by him
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