Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-02-14
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way, called to order
the regular weekly meeting of the city
commissioners. 1t is seldom that the
mayor requests the acting city clerk to
read the minutes of the previous weeks
meeting; she automatically, as it were,
begins this task Of her own volitiOn,
just the instant the calling of the roll
is finished, as if to get it lover with
as o on as possible. AS to rate of speed
in minute reading, it's a ''toss-up" be-
tween Wild woods acting city clerk
and acting clerk Fitch of Cape May
County's Board of Chosen Freeholders
Both are very SPEEDY" The minutes
OF the February 9Th meeting were read
in exactly four minutes of time yester-
day and their adoption as read moved
at 2.05.
The financial report being first called
for, the commissioner of, this depart
ment reported that for the week ending
February 9th, the receipts from taxes
and assessments amounted to So, 6 "a,
and for the same week in the water de-
partment, the receipts were So, 1868. 81.
The superintendent of water matters
was next asked to report, but the de-
tails he gave were so meager that the
publication of the few little items
would hardly interest anybody. AT
this point in the afternoons proceed
ings, the collector of water rents rex or
ted to the commissioners, with an air
of swelling pride, that in the past two
weeks, $40 900 worth of water anticipa-
ton notes had been paid off. "Get
that?" asked the water superintendent
of the JOURNAL reporter. "You want
to be sure to get that in; you always
publish the amounts of notes when
offered for discount; now you must give
both Sides" continued the interroga-
tor. AS stated in last weeks JOURNAL
there was a public inspection of the
new machinery at Rio Grande pump
ing station. According to information
handed out at the meeting yesterday,
all the machinery stood the tests per-
fectly. the new $5,46O pump exceeding
the guarantee of the manufacturers,
w. P. BALLET & Co., Of Philadelphia,
by two revolutions per minute. This
pump has a capacity of 1000 900 gall
Ions per hour. Shortly after the huge
pump "a installed, the city made a
payment on it equal to 80 per cent. of
the cost; some time later another pay
ment of 80 per cent. of the whole was
made; there yet remains 40 per cent. to
be paid, or $2,184. An unfortunate
accident occurred OIL Wednesday while
testing this big new pump. A 16-inch
water main burst somewhere in the
meadows, necessitating the shutting
down f the pump at once.
Scarcely had all this interesting data
been assimilated when everybody was
startled to see Sheriff Miller, Deputy
Sheriff Tomlin and Morgan Hand,
the latter president and solicitor OF the
Mechanics Build g and Loan associ-
alton OF Court House, walk into the
Commissioners room as If they meant
to take possession of everything in
sight. Deputy Tomlin a~poloeized for
the intrusion and the interruption of
the regular course of business, and then
proceeded to make known the object
of their sudden call by stating that
they had come TO levy upon and attach
the claim of a balance of 81. 473.4 AZ, said
to be due Stanley M. Kalbach by the
City of Wildwood. The contents of
Mr.. Kalbach's house at 100 east Mag
nolia avenue, which were sold yester-
day at Sheriff's sale, did not net a
sufficient sum to satisfy the building
association mortgage, hence the at
tachment referred to. Attorney Nor
gan Hand let it be known that he got
his figures of the status of the Kalbach
account from the JOURNAL. He also
suggested that the JOURNAL reporter
be sure to get all the news in today
This was too much for the Finance
Commissioner to bear and he assured
Morgan Hand that the JOURNAL re-
porter would get in all that transpired
land more too" MI. Hand seemed
eminently satisfied with this declara-
ton from Mr.. Ryan; and evidently
pleased to know how careful and paius-
taking the reporter is, so as not to miss
anything of public Importance, and
occasionally to enliven dead, cold facts
by a little play Of fancy. "Variety's
the spice of life that gives it all its
flavor"
Announcement was made yesterday
that the check of $40, given by G. s.
Burk in payment of his 1918 mercan-
tile license, aud on which payment had
been refused because of insufficient
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