Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-10-17

conception or tne cOmmerclal value OF
our modern products along this line
the operas, the Inn presarios, the prima
donnas, the wonderful orchestras and
bands 1t costs something to have the
discriminating tympanums of the goth
century music lovers tickled properly;
and Wild woods board walk music bill
last season footed up quite sum. The
contract price for the Pfeiffer orchestra,
for period of six weeks, was 81 ,026.5O.
The rental of the Casino auditorium
cost 81 800 additional. Extra for sing
ers, rental of piano, printing, adver-
tising, etc., ran the bill up still higher.
In next weeks issue Of the JOURNAL
complete statement of the eity's
music account for 1919 shall be given.
This accounting is due the people, so
that they may be strengthened and
guided in making their plans for next
years. feast.
Interest in city hall 'doings" was
revived yesterday afternoon in earnest,
comfortably crowded, as the regular
weekly session of the city's representa-
tives dragged it's slow length along
from 210 to 4.40. 1t was fully five
o'clock before all the stragglers got
away from the peoples forum
Long before the commissioners meet
ing begap, little groups or knots. OF
citizens were seen outside the building,
presaging a rush inside later, as proved
to be the case.n The course of the pro-
c.edings was orderly and decorous, and
nothing transpired TO seriously ruffie
the feelings of anyone. OF course there
were come differences of opinion ex-
pressed and some disagreements, but
no violent outbursts occurred.
A painful lack Of skill in parliamen-
tary technique cropped out yesterday,
but the commissioners managed to hob
Bile through somehow in sort Of hit-or-
miss fashion. Whether or not their
every move is legal, doesn't seem to
worry them much. This was disclosed
Yesterday when Solicitor Hand had
the hardest kind Of time to convince
two-thirds of the board of commits
sioners that it is absolutely necessary
to ''start all over again" and re-adver-
tise for bids for the removal OF garbage
and other waste matter for the year
1920.
AS previously announced, Thursday,
October 9th, at two p. M, was the date
and hour set for the acceptance and
opening of the sealed proposals. AS
there was not quorum Of the COM
missioners present on that day. meet
ing could not be held, and consequent
ly no business could be transacted
that would bear the semblance of reg
ularity or legality. The bids could not
even be accepted, much less opened at
that time, which was mandatory ac-
cording to the specifications Of the law
governing acts of this kind.
The proper mode of procedure on
Thursday, October 9th, would have
been for the Mayor to have returned all
of the proposals to the respective bid
ders, instead of receiving the sealed
offers as he did and holding same for
week Yesterday q resolution was
passed instructing the city clerk to do
this very thing, and in addition to re-
advertise for new bids on the garbage
proposition. The new bids cannot be
received now before Thursday, October
3Oth. Freeholder Otto G. Koeneke,
one the original bidders, and who was
present at yesterdays meeting, protes-
ted bitterly against this unfortunate
mishap and cons. quent delay, as milit-
ating against himself and other origi-
nal bidders. Mr.. Koeneke stated that
after passing their bids on October 9th,
the original bidders (whether wisely or
unwisely) disclosed the rate of their
respective offers to each other, and
that this state of affairs now puts these
contestants in serious dilemma, re-
lative to their wish and purpose to
enter the race again. The commits
sioners disclaimed any responsibility
for such acts of indiscretion on the part
of these bidders, aud acting upon the
advicebo the city's attorney, passed
the resolution referred to-declaring
null and void the Mayors act in &C.
cepting the bids on October 10th, when
there was s'no quorum" present and no
meeting held. All the original bids
will, therefore, be returned and the
competition started anew.
A letter was received from man in
Philadelphia, subsequent to October
9th, asking for information regarding
the garbage removal specifications.