Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-11-07

avenue opened through the present
boardwalk in order that he may have
free and unobstructed ingress and
egress to and from that portion of the
beach where his lots are said to lie.
Attorney Harris informed the COM
missioners that the law firm Of Harris
& Harris not only represented Mr.. Cul-
ver, but also a number of other clients
who W property along the beach
front from Schellenger avenue south
ward, and he gave notice that a bill is
now being filed in Chancery and that
the case will be carried to the Supreme
court of the state, praying that the
whole Of the old boardwalk be removed
on the ground that it is an obstruction
and is Illegally maintained by the
City of Wild wood. In the writ served
yesterday, a limit of twenty days is set
within which our city commissioners
may file an answer to the complainant
or plaintiff in the suit of ejectment-E.
s. Culver VS.. the City of Wild wood.
When our city attorney asked the
Mayor if he wanted to defend this suit,
the latter replied: "What's the use if
we can't win it?" Our attorney tried
to brace up the Mayor by telling him
that he (Hand) "didn't see why we
couldn't win out" Our city attorney
isn't SO easily scared as the Mayor may
think. Mr.. Hand is said to have fight
ing blood in him and he smiled COM
placently, no doubt buoyed up by the
thought of that powerful legal axiom
which says: "Possession is nine points
of the law" "Who's afraid, anyhow"
is the kind of look Attorney Hand
wore, as much as to say: an show
them cause and show it to them quick
ly.r People who would like to zee
dIiveways cut through our boardwalk
may be sadly disappointed before Law
yer Hand gets through with them.
He don't look like a ''quitter."
1t was because of this ejectment writ
that friction between the Mayor and
the City Solicitor was renewed. 1t
wasn't very courteous in the Mayor to
say that he hadn't heard of Mr.. Hand
winning many suits. The latter re-
sented this slur, as he called it, by il
timating that the Mayor was at liberty
to "swap horses in the middle of the
stream" If he wanted to. MI. Hand
didn't care. This defiance on the part
Of the Solicitor sort of staggered the
Mayor; and his Highness drew in his
horns a bit by telling MI. Hand that
the language used vas not intended
a slur. Solicitor Hand was so much
by the Mayors severe remarks
the former withdrew for a time
into an ante-chamber to seek relief for
his wounded feelings. At this partic-
ular moment Mr.. Hands resignation
could have been had for the asking.
In this respect, however, the Mayor
may have reflected that the city might
''look further and fare worse" Ordi-
nance No. 95 was now taken up on
final reading, passed unanimously and
ordered published according to law.
This is the ordinance which authorizes
the issuance of city bonds to the extent
of $4,000, said bonds to be in the sum
of $500 each and to bear date of Deem
Der Is, 1919. The rate of interest will
be five per cent, payable semi-annually.
This series of bonds is so arranged that
three of them will mature in each year,
from 1921 to 1924, inclusive, and two
bonds each in the years 1925 to 1880,
inclusive. The proceeds derived from
the sale of these bonds will be applied
to the purchase of a new fire engine
and other necessary fire equipment for
the First ward fire house. In drafting
all ordinances where an appropriation
of money is concerned a "supplementel
debt statement" must be incorporated
in such acts, and must also be filed in
the Office of the City Clerk, so that any
may have access thereto. The
supplemental debt statement accom-
panying Ordinance No. 95 declared
that the net debt of our municipality
to October 10Th was S471, 1858
Ordinance No. So, which will be passed
its last reading on Nov. 18th, shows
the city's net Indebtedness on Oct. 2Sd
to have been $4S0,176.58. Ordinance
No. So calls for the issuance of bonds
to the amount of $500 to obtain mol
ey for the remodeIing of the First ward
house. At next weeks meeting
another ordinance will be introduced
carrying an appropriation of $4,000.
This is Mayor Smiths avowed pet
boardwalk project, and he will strain
every nerve TO try to force it through,
bat Commissioner Hendee may be de-
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