Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-09-03
Wildwood Commissioners
Annul Garbage Contract
Mrs. MintZer Asks for 500
Damages as Result of
Boardwalk Break

month since the days of julius and
Augustus Caesar.
1t uniformly maintains its reputation
of being one of the hottest months OF
the year, but despite the intensity OF
the solar rays on that last day in Au-
rust and the excess of humidity in the
atmosphere quite a large and eager
eyed assemblage was early on the
scene at city hall to watch the progress
of events in that busy mart. Contrary
to expectations, nothing startling &C.
Cured to severely shock ones sensi-
bilities. No attempt was made-if any
had been contem plated-to transfer the
Department of Public Time over to the
Department Of Revenue and Finance,
which latter office, some may think is
considerably overburdened already.
The department of time is therefore
still intact, and is likely to remain so,
under the wise provisions of both the
Charter act and the Walsh act.
The nearest approach to anything
unusual was the brief clash between
the mayor and Commissioner Bright
in. the early stages of the proceedings.
The friction arose over the refusal of
Mayor Hendee TO approve the first
semi-monthly bill to be presented by
William s. Crawford since his appoint
ment as chief of police, No. 2, by the
votes of Commissioners Smith aud
Bright. The bill was in the sum of $50
for two weeks pay. The mayor stated
that he considered Mr.. Crawford only
an ordinary officer, not a chief, q as
such was entitled to but $50 for two
weeks pay. Commissioner Bright was
evidently taken by surprise when he
suddenly realized that the refusal to
approve bills is a ''game that two can
play st.n He was demonstrative in
his assertion that he had not lent his
authority to bring about this alleged
increase in Officer Crawford's pay. MI.
Hendee told Mr.. Bright that the min
utes would show that the latter had
seconded and had voted for the motion
creating Mr.. Crawford chief of police
sat the same salary as the former
chief" Lester w. Smith. Bright denied
that be had sanctioned any increase In
salary. During the wrangle the mayor
was understood to say hat Commits
sioner Bright intimated or asserted that
the minutes had been tempered
with" At this point in the confusion
the press of other business forced the
quarrel to the background and the I'M
pleasant incident was closed.
When the roll was called at the
opening of the meeting only the mayor
and the finance commissioners answered
to their names. 1t was nearly quarter
of an hour later before the street COM
missioner arrived, when the squabble
over the approval of the minutes Of the
August Oath meeting was precipitated,
Mayor Hendee voting s~trenuously no,
and asking thai his reasons be spread
upon the minutes. The mayor had
opposed the selection of Attorney John
Harris, of Camden, to defend Commits
sioners Smith and Bright in the GER
tiorari suits recently instituted. He
had also opposed the passage OF the
motion ordering the Wildwood Post
master to turn over all mail arriving at
Wildwood post office, addressed simply
to ''chief of police" to William s.
Crawford. Because of these two al
legged s'overt acts" the mayor said he
could not approve the minutes of the
fourth August meeting.
For the last week in August the de-
partment of revenue announced that
the city had received in taxes and as
sessments the sum of So, 144.0l; in water
rents, $2,0OS.55.
The operating division of the water
department reported that for the fifth
week of August the mellifuous flow OF
sparkling water had been stopped in %
instances because Of non-payment OF
that many water bills, but not for long,
as In that same week, as the report
showed, water was turned on" again
the identical number of times it had
been 'sturned off," thus happily re-
storing the equilibrium.
Four leaks at meters and three breaks
in street mains were repaired in the
same week, and four new connections
to the water system made at the fol
lowing places: Northwest corner 18th
street and Pennsylvania avenue, for ii.
Fl. Ottena; on Oath street, west of New
York, for l.. Gross; on east side of Park
Boulevard, south of Glenwood avenue,
for Beecher-Kay Realty Company; and
northeast corner First and New York
avenues, for Mrs. Scott, of Anglesea.