Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-12-26
"When shall we three meet again,
In thunder, lightning or in rain?
When the hurly-burly's done;

H.
The above quotation from Shakes
peare is suggested to us because of the
frequency with which our three City
OF Wildwood Commissioners have
asked themselves this question lately,
and have been compelled by circum-
stances to change their regular time of
meeting. Thanksgiving day always
falls on Thursday; so did Christmas
day this year, as will also New Years
day, 1920. For the third time, in close
succession, therefore, the Commits
sioners last Wednesday voted to change
their regular Thursday meeting day to
the preceding Wednesday. A repeti-
ton of such coincidence, as cited,
cannot occur again before the year
1925 or 1926.
AS five legal contests involving our
city are now pending argument and
decision, the use of the words "hurly-
burly" and "battle" may be consid-
cred as relevant, appropriate and APP
plicable. The legal battles must be
lost or won, and on the issues hang
many hopes for civic belterment and
the peoples rights.
1t was not necessary for Joe Brown
or any one else to lug extra chairs into
the Commissioners room at city hall
on Wednesday afternoon, December
oath, for the attendance was slim.
The ticking OF the patient city clock
was as rythmical and as distinct as
ever, and its faithful hands indicated
2.09 when the following mandatory
sentence was given birth by the Mayor:
"Meeting come to order" The three
Commissioners answ wered to the call of
their names with alacrity as the city
clerk sped on to the reading of the
minutes. After the approval of the
minutes q. V. Jackson, representing
the Tri-Stste Construction Co., with
headquarters at Langhorne, Pa, ap-
peared before the Commissioners to
make an offer to them for the sale of a
quantity of second hand cast iron wa
ter pipe, four, six and ten inch, at a
uniform price of $40 per ton free on
board at Cape Island. This pipe was
used by the government in its wartime
construction work at Wissahickon
Barracks. No action was taken by the
Commissioners on this proposal, as it
;e l.. Il 70 hoF to Ezn
chase amounting to $500 or more with
out first advertising for bids. Mr..
Jackson was understood to state that
there were approximately for sale at
Cape May 1850 feet, or los tons of four
and six inch pipe which is the kind
desired by our water department for
extensions to the system, and prepar-
atory to the purchase of which the
clerk has been authorized to advertise
for bids. The Tri-State company has
the contract for the taking up and dis
posal of this pipe. Reports being next
called for the finance commissioner
read statement showing receipts from
ending Dec. IS, as S8, ,44079, and from
the water department $124.32. During
the past week the water superinten-
dent reported the fultillment of 2S re-
quests to shut off the water from the
street mains. Communications were
next in order. Under this head the
clerk read a letter, addressed to the
Commissioners, signed by the following
real estate dealers: Beecher-Kay Real
ty Co., w. H. Bright, Oliver Bright,
Frank L. King, and G HI. Huppert.
The request was made that an annual
license fee of 500 be assessed upon
every firm or individual engaged in
real estate transactions, and that fee
OF 81 900 be exacted for the privilege of
conducting the business Of an auction
eer. The signers indicated their will
lingness to pay the 500 fee at once.
The present fee is $25 per year. 1t was
suggested that this matter be taken
under advisement, and the communi-
cation was ordered received and filed.
If such a schedule should be adopted
it would likely deprive any man with
his office in his hat," as Caustic Soda
mentioned, from doing business in the
City of Wild wood. A resolution was
passed approving plans prepared by
Engineer Rice for an underground
evstam of drainage tn coSt $40 600
The Commissioners were notified in
open meeting. that Judge Black, in
Jersey City, on December 20, 1915. al
lowed a writ of certiorari against the
City of Wildwood, at the suit of Gill