Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-09-13

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around the Wild wood city hall as pre-
vailed yesterday, Thursday, September
II, 1918, due largely to the fact that
the draft registration board was in
session there. In consequence, that
unfalling public servant, the city hall
clock, said: 1870 gentlemen, time to
Begin" before Mayor Smith became
aware that the seconds were so rapidly
slipping by, and forthwith asked Miss
Ruth Hunt, assistant city clerk, to be-
gin the reading of the minutes. She
did so with alacrity, aided to a great
extent by artificial light. 1t may not
be generally known by the taxpayers
and citizens of Wildwood hat the leg
islative and executive chambers on the
second floor of city hall are invariably
dark and gloomy, and that it is almost
necessary at most times to "let the
lower lights be burning" and the up
per ones also. On the long quartered,
golden oak legislative table stands an
electric lamp shielded by a rich circu-
lar shade. Suspended directly over the
Mayors ample arm chair is another
powerful light, and a third incandes-
CEN bulb sheds its rays over the head
OF the city clerk. To the casual visitor
to the chamber there would seem to be
light enough to guide those on whose
shoulders rests the heavy responsibility
of the city's guidance. For the week
ending Saturday, SEPT. Z, the receipts
from taxes and interest were $5,946.62.
the receipts in the water department
for the same period amounting to 1868.
The highway commissioner next told
OF his discovery OF two more breaks or
holes in the main sewer artery on Park
boulevard, near Schellenger avenue.
Repairs on this and other breaks pre-
viously reported have been delayed be-
cause of the scarcity Of labor. A reso-
luton was passed formally legalizing
the bond issue as provided by OIdi-
nance No. 81, and which has been duly
published or advertised. A second
resolution was passed authorizing the
finance commissioner to advertise for
sale the new issue of $685. 600 worth OF
city bonds. Two papers were men,
toned as media of publicity, the Sun
Tribune and the New York Daily Bond
Buyer. The dog question came up for
a lengthy airing yesterday, and If dog
ears didn't burn yesterday, then there's
no virtue in the sting said to result to
ears of absent ones talked about. Mr..
Hendee started the animated discus
sion by citing a long list of depreGa-
lions chalked up against a "speckled"
setter dog said to be owned by Mrs.
Corson, of 22O east Bennett avenue.
According to Mr.. Hendee this dog has
killed quite a number of chickens for
different citizens of Wildwood, and has
even invaded the Crest for further vic
TINS. We understand that Mrs. Cor
son never paid one cent in damages for
h. chickens this dog killed, and as he
is not now nor never has been regis
tered a formal decree was unanimously
issued by resolution instructipg Officer
Clegg to seize this animal at first oppor-
tunity and stop his m~araudings. In
formation being asked for Miss Hunt
said $75 was received so fer this year In
payment of dog licenses. Last year
the receipts from this source were $40,
and in the year prior to that $500.
When Miss Hunt said that the books
showed that $500 in all had been col
lected in dog tax since 1914 or 1915 the
Mayor was led to remark with great
gravity that "the dog business wasn't
such a bad business after ALL" To be
consistent the Mayor should have ad-
ded the statement he made on a former
occasion: Zone more dog, n more
dollar" Scarcely had the dog excite
ment died down when in walked Mrs.
Charles Metz, of 112 west Rio Grande
avenue, rendering a twenty dollar bill
with which to pay a dollar license for
her dog. Miss Hunt was fortunate in
having change enough or hand so as to
expedite the transaction, and Mrs.
Metz, with her little girl in hand,
walked out smiling and happy. Otto
G. Koeneke, representing the Economy
Toilet Flush company, Of Philadelphia.
asked permission in person yesterday
to install one of these new patented
designs in city hall, which was grant
ed. Solicitor Hand told his confreres
yesterday how Thomas Cooper had
refused to clean and press for him q
suit Of clothes for the reason that Hand
belonged to the "city hall crowd"
which had failed to abate the alleged
nuisance of automobile parking on Ce.
dar avenue. 1t took every bit of legal
acumen possessed by the attorney to
convince Cooper that the accused was
not a member of the gang, but that he