Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-12-05
Wildwood City Commissioners
in Weekly Session
Fire Zone and Boardwalk Ordinances Finally Passed.
Many Municipal Matters of Interest Reported
For JOURNAL Readers

be forced not into the hands of a re-
c%eiver, but into the hands of some real
estate man, to unload his holdings
valued at something like $4,000, at a
great sacrifice and thus make his get a
way. Who wants to stay when life is
made miserable and deaf ears tur ed to
conditions now prevailing on west side?
The third communication vas from
Irving Fitch, clerk of Cape May Coun-
ty's Board Of Chosen Freeholders, en-
closing a certified copy of a resolution
passed at their meeting on Tuesday
last, December End, setting forth a
proposal or offer Of the county to take
over about four miles of streets on Five
Mile Beach as follows: Beginning at
the intersection of Walnut and Central
avenues in AngIesea and continuing
southwark to Goth street, thence west
erly to Park Boulevard and down Park
Boulevard TO Rambler road in Wild
wood Crest. After an unseemly
wrsngle over this sudden proposition,
action on it was properly delayed for
q week. Any citizen having OBJ
jections to this offer from the county
board, should prepare to spring them
now, or forever after hold his peace.
Ordinance No. 81, by a vote of two to
one, was taken up yesterday for third
and last reading. Whether legal or
not, it was declared passed 10y a two to
one vote. This is the ''new proposed
boardwalk" measure, carrying an APP
preparation of $4,000. 1t was pussy
footed through 80 gently and smoothly
as if to avoid arousing any violent
criticisms or objections. One of the
commissioners cast a wistful eye toward
the city solicitor and inquired if any
thing further need be done that day.
The attorney said no. at must be
published now according to law !" con-
tinued Mr.. Hand, land I'll attend to
that.n The extreme caution mani
tested in plotting this ordinance
through yesterday, might be interpreted
as indicating thai the promoters now
realize that there is a rocky road ahead
for it to travel.
Ordinance No. 9S was finally passed
yesterday. This is known as the fire
zone ordinance, according to the pro-
visions of which all buildings over
three stories in height hereafter erected
between 26th street on the north, Cres-
se avenue on the south, Philadelphia
avenue on the west, and the board walk
on the east side Of the city, shall be
constructed of fire proof material; that
is, the enclosing walls and roofs must
be composed of non-combustible or fire
proof material. Boiled down this pro-
vision means there shall be no more
frame structures higher THAI three
stories within the city limits east of the
railroad. In the central belt bounded
by 10Th street and Lincoln avenue,
. Philadelphia and Atlantic avenues, all
buildings must be composed of exter-
nal fire proof material. In the north
, ern belt or zone, bounded by 26th street
! and Pine avenue, and by lines $50 feel
: east and west respectively from the
: building lines on either side OF Pacific
. avenue, all future buildings must be
fire proof on the outside. In the south
ern zone, bounded by Lincoln and
. Hand avenues, and by lines $50 feel
east and west from the building lines
, on either side of Pacific avenue, all
, buildings must be hereafter constructed
of brick, stone. granite or other fire
proof material and have fire proof roofs
:, The requirements of this new law may
seem to be rather stringent, but nearly
everyone feels that it is wise Legislation
and probably the greatest step forward
that the city has ever taken. Not
:. voice was raised in protest against the
, passage of this measure. showing 1t tc
: he a work of necessity and of self
preservation, which is said to be the
first law of nature.
> The browning act OF yesterdays SEES
: sion was the passage of a resolution
, directing the payment at once toy the
city, the. usual $12 to each volunteer
fireman, as a reward for services rem
dered during the year. There are o;
members in each fire company. The
= resolution, therefore calls for the sum Of
$40. The money was gladly voted
for this meritorious cause. Adjourn
ment came at three o'clock.
5 Richard 8. ellis, in the early days a
$ member of the Wildwood Borough
Council, died in Philadelphia on Wed
, nesday, Nov. 5, 1919. The cause o.
death was gangrene, which set In aftel