Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-08-06
PetitiOn.C Commits
siOners to Appoint
VIM. Crawford
Police Chief q

80 duueu III 0ODOE VI Augustus OacoaA
the emperor who held sway nearly
twenty centuries ago, when Rome was
at the very pinnacle of her power and
spoken of as being then "the mistress
Of the world" This period in history
is often referred to as ''the golden age
of Roman literature, " or ''the Augustan
age" In the drama of "Rienzi,"
written by Mary Russell Milford, the
English dramatist and novelist, a
striking allusion is made in his address
to the Romans by the hero of the play,
a tribune, to the former prominence
and proves of this Latin race in these
words:
"Wby, in that elder day,
To be a Roman was greater than a
king !"
1t is rather a striking coincidence
that both midsummer months, July
and August, commemorate the names
and achievements of two great Roman
emperors.
The first weekly August meeting Of
the Wild wood City Commissioners was
held last Tuesday afternoon, the I'd, at
the regular time. All of the members
were in their seats early, and the
session began exactly on schedule.
The minutes of the previous meeting
were soon read, when the mayor said:
"You have heard the minutes read.
What is your p%leasure?"
Commissioner Bright took exception
to the published statement that Yeo &
Lukens, Of Philadelphia, was $lOS.
This sum, he said, covered only their
offer on the three tax duplicate books
one for each ward. But two other
books are needed, a field book for the
city assessor and a book for the use Of
the Cape May County Board of Taxa
ton. The estimated cost of these two
last named books is $78, making the
total amount $751;. Mr.. Bright moved
that the letter of Yeo & Lukens, setting
forth these prices, be spread upon the
minutes. This motion was seconded
and carried.
Mayor Hendee took exception TO the
minutes Of the last regular meeting
and refused to vote for their approval,
because certain resolutions and motions
he had ruled out of order at that TIME
had been forced to a vote and passed
over his head. He considered the &C.
tions brought about in this manner to
be irregular and illegal, and said he
would not vote to ratify these proceed
ings unless his objections were allowed
to be noted and spread upon the
minutes. AS this proposal was ignored
the minutes of the July 9th meeting
were adopted without the Mayors con-
sent by a vote of 2 to o. The resOlu-
lions and motions referred to concerned
the passage of the piece of legislation
requiring all appointments made by
the mayor to be confirmed by at least a
two-thirds vote of the board of commits
sioners; and also the action in granting
a stay of sixty days to the owner of
Hotel Elmira in which to comply with
the requirements of the city ordinance
In regard to the wiring of this building.
The city electrician, upon advice of the
mayor, had refused to grant a permit
to allow the current to be turned on
there until certain conditions had been
complied with. incorporated in the
M otion to grant the stay were instruc-
tions to the city clerk to direct the city
electrician to grant a permit at once to
the owner, David McKibbin.
Receipts in the department Of revenue
and finance for the last week in July
were reported to have been So, 1888. IL;
in the water department, 81, 1922 rs.
Monthly reports were next in order.
The city clerk read fret the plumbing
inspectors report for July. Sixteen
permits had been granted and $20.25
collected in fees for the city. The city
electrician was fairly busy the last
month, having issued 36 certificates
and granted "a permits to use electricity
that subtle instantaneousfiuid. For
his services the electrical inspector col
lected for the city $3.50.
The city tax collector made twenty
seven searches during the seventh
month as follows, collecting for his
services 1882 For Beeeher-Ka Realty
Company, 8; Palmer M. Way, 2; John
Bright, 2; William Fl. Bright, g.; Abra-
ham Salot, 12S east Baker avenue, 1;
Mary d. Roehm, Philadelphia, 1; Jesse
d. Ludlam, Cape May Court House, 2;
Real Estate and Search Company,
Cape May Court House, l; Ocean City
Title and Trust Company, 5; and
Fidelity Trust Company, of Newark, l.
During the past week taps were made
to water mains at the request Of the
following persons Allen e. Grace, Of