Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-10-24
Commissioners and Citizens
Agree to Provisions of
Fire Zone Ordinance

was asked TO READ. Ii proved TO be q
request for a street light in that vicini-
ty, and stated that their apartment at
the foot of Wildwood avenue was in
utter darkness at night.
When the street repair question came
up next for discussion a tart, wordy
war broke out between the Mayor and
the street commissioner, relative to cer-
tain repair work on west Montgomery
avenue and other spots les there.
The Mayor became highly excited and
told Mr.. Hendee in a rude, boisterous
manner that he 1.-THE Mayor could at
tend to Mr.. Hendee's department as
we'll as to the duties of the Mayoralty.
This burst of anger occurred when
Hendee told the Mayor 10 attend to
his own affairs and not NEEDLE with
street department matters. For some
moments the tension between the two
men was great, and in the resultant
friction the hopes of the safety first"
people present, rose perceptibly.
Hendee seems to be the peoples only
mainstay in this crucial political period
through which we are now passing.
Ryan and the Mayor can hardly eX-
pect him "to go alone' any further.
1t looks as if the trio had come to the
parting of the ways" 1t was very
indiscreet for the Mayor to exclaim in
a defiant tone that he ''didn't care for
anybody's opinion.n He may change
his mind on this point sometime in
the near future.
The Introduction of Ordinance No.
SO was next on the program. This
document was read by Solicitor Hand,
and according to its terms the approp-
Ration of IS, 500 is recommended and a
bond issue authorized to this extent.
Seventeen bonds in the sum OF $500
each will be issued, numbered from 10
to 20 inclusive. The bonds will ear
interest at the rate Of five per cent,
payable seml-annually, and will be
dated from December 18th. These
bonds will mstur in 1928. The pro-
ceeds from the sale of these bonds in
the oren market, will be applied to
the re-modeling aud reconstruction Of
first ward fire house, the plans and
specifications for which were approved
and adopted at the adjourned meeting
on Monday, October Goth, as previous
Iy stated in these columns.
A request was made by the commits
sioners that Lynn H. Boyer and Mark
B. Reeves, architects, make drawings
for three new lavatories and rest rooms,
one to be located at Magnolia avenue
aud a rdwalk, a second at CEDAR ave-
nue. and the third at Lincoln avenue.
The cost of each is not to exceed Sc 900.
Ocean City's advance along this line
was referred to and a hint dropped that
Wild wood should follow suit.
And 10Y came to the front the all
absorbing question of the day, the con-
sideration of the fire zone Legislation.
Fire Chief Nlckerson was there to give
the Commissioners the benefit of his
kno Wedge on the fire topic. As a re-
suit Of the deliberations the original
boundaries of the supplemental belts
were curtailed and some of the most
stringent requirements modified or
eliminated entirely. The central zone
is 10 remain as it was, bounded by Pine
avenue on the north, by Lincoln avenue
on the south, on the east by Atlantic
avenue and on the west by the railroad.
In this main or central zone no struc-
ture may be built unless constructed of
fire proof material. In the upper sup
Elemental zone, extending from Pine
to Goth street only fire proof structures
may be built for a distance Of 200 feet
east or west of Pacific avenue. This
distance is not to be measured from the
center of the street, but from the sides
OF the street, hat is from the building
lines along Pacific venue The same
arrangement is to be put in effect in
the second subsidiary zone TO extend
fpom Lincoln TO Hand avenues, aud
the width of this zone to be the same
as in the first minor zone; namely, 200
feet east and west of Pacific avenue.
In these two secondary zones, You'd
the 200 foot limits, frame buildings of
all kinds may be erected, provided the
height of any such proposed building
shall not exceed three stories. Between
the 200 foot lines in both smaller zones
all buildings hereafter must be of stone,
brick, granite or other fire proof ma
terial. These new proposed n
seemed to give satisfaction to every
body present, and a resolution was
passed calling upon the solicitor to pre-
paIe an ordinance to meet the views as
expressed at this meeting.
A communication from the Wild