Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-10-03
Wildwood is to Have a
Stringent Fire Zone
Frame Buildings in Centre of City to be Prohibited
According to the Terms of an Ordinance to be
Introduced by City Commissioner
MANYPROPERTIES CHANGING HANDS

Time was slipping rapidly aW ay
yesterday afternoon in the commits
sioners' room at city hall, as Solicitor
Hand stood facing the long legislative
table, behind which sat Commissioners
Ryan and Hendee. Turning sudden
ly upon his heel at 2.05 the attorney
asked abruptly: "Where's the Mayor?
Has anyone seen anything of Hump
No one gave the desired information,
%whereupon the solicitor-as if he were
the Mayors keeper-marched quickly
out of the room, until be reached the
portico of the building. From that
point of vantage he was heard to call
loud and Justify for the city's High
ness. A few moments later these ex-
traordinary efforts were rewarded, the
Mayor was found and proceedings thus
permitted to begin.
The attendance yesterday was very
slim, being in marked contrast to that
of the week before. There were no ex-
citing or sensational episodes, and sober
ness and gravity seemed to be the order
of the day. The motto on the door-in
large letters-"Safety First" took on a
deeper significance and bore a more
heedfuI meaning than ever before, and
it is gratifying to note how public OIL
Gals will trun to cover" under pres
sure of the peoples might, when citi-
zens choose to exert their inherent pow
err. Better days for Wild wood ''ioom
up large" and prospects now are bright
for civic betterment in many ways.
"Do something il now the slogan.
For the week ending September 25,
the financial report showed 5 8,363.I5
received by the city treasurer for taxes
and assessments; $150.63 for water
rents. During the week ending Sep
TENDER 18th, the tax receipts were
5 $685.. 10, and water rent collections
S276.91 Last week water was turned
off for the winter at the street curb for
SO consumers, this week there were but
20 of-service requests.
The reading of the city clerks report
for the month of September revealed
the collection of $332.60 from mercan-
tile licenses, $40 from fines aud $l5
from permits. total 1888 so.
Yhe city electrician reported eleven
certificates issued and eleven permits
granted, swelling the city treasury to
the extent of 1902 {.
A report was received by mail from
j. Fithian Tatem, chairman of the
committee on music. The city clerk
was asked to read the report, which
stated that total receipts by the COM
mittee had been s. ,63O.31. The city
appropriation to the board Of trade for
music was $4,000. Therefore the re-
ceipts from admission fees and other
sources were $2,630.31. With the re-
port a check in the sum of $3.50 was
returned by Mr.. Tatem to the city.
This seemed almost ''like finding the
money" The music committee chair
man INDUCED in an eulogy Of the or
chestra and its leader, and spoke of
the appreciation manifested by the
summer visitors for this ''high-grade"
music as he termed it.
A communication was next read
from Park Pease, of Corpus Christi,
Texas, appealing for funds to be ap-
piled to the relief of flood sufferers in
that city. The writer is chairman OF
the relief committee and stated that
20 million dollars worth of property
was destroyed, and that rs per cent OF
the population there is destitute. The
commissioners decided to appropriate
s25 TO the Corpus Christi relief fund.
The honey is to be taken out Of our
city's health and charity fund and to
be forwarded direct to Mayor Gordon
Boone of that city. The question OF
the legality of this action being raised,
the Mayor remarked: do it any way;
everybody does it whether it's legal or
not"
Lynn HI. Boyer, architect and teach
er, presented himself before the COM
missioners yesterday to submit plans
and specifications for the ~remodeling
of first ward fire house. The estimated
cost of these changes and improve
ments is about $4,000. About $4,000
will be required for the purchase of a
new pumping engine and additional
fire hose. On Thursday, October 10th,
an ordinance will be passed on first
and second readings appropriating APP
proximately $40, 900 for the fire protec-
ton requisites, cited above. Mr.. Ryan
leaves tomorrow on a weeks vacation,
hence the necessity for deferring action
on this important piece Of legislation
until his return. A "full house" is