Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-04-23
Citizens of Wildwood

Albert F. Leiby, the Journal Re-
porter, takes this opportunity to offer
his services as City Commissioner
for term of years not exceeding four.
He is the taxpayers friend and the
friend of the faithful City Clock,
whose gentle admonitions made the
present commissioners :" sit up and take
notice."
Mr.. Leiby has been citizen of Wild
wood for ten years, during which time
he has held a number of responsible po-
sitions. He has been entrusted with
and has handled thousands OF dollars
much Of it city money. For two sea-
sons he was identified with the Arctic
Ice Co. as collector, and held the same
position third season with the Inde-
pendent Ice Co. Another year Mr..
Leiby had charge of the furniture de-
zasr. In 1915 he was selected to serve
as time-keeper and paymaster on the
street paving contract awarded that
year to Stanley M. Kalbach. When
Mr.. Kalbach started his big sewer
contract in the fall of the same year,
he retained Mr.. Leiby as his time-keep-
er aud paymaster This operation
lasted about two years and cost, ap-
proximately, $l50,0G0. All this money
passed through Mr.. Leiby's hands
without the loss of penny. In addi-
ton to keeping the time carefully and
accurately, and filling the pay envel-
opes from week to week, he was made
further responsible for the proper dis
play of danger signals. Many persons
will remember seeing Mr.. Leiby, lam
terms In hand, go up and down the
trenches on Park Boulevard from Mag
nolia to Cresse avenues, in storm and
rain, in cold and snow, as we'll as in
sunshine.
During wartime activities. he was
employed by Cramp & Co., Of Phila-
delphia, as bookkeeper and assistant
time-keeper on their big operations at
Wissahickon Barracks and Emergency
Hospital, near Cape May. While there
the government officials in charge had
Mr.. Leiby tabulate for them the cost
of the numerous buildings erected at
that busy camp. This was tedious
and difficult task, requiring patience
and great care. Being a percentage
Job, the government wanted to know
how much was paid out for every
branch Of the construction work-hOw
much to carpenters, how much to
painters, etc., how much for trucks and
teams, and so on through every divi-
sion of labor. And the maze Of figures
from day to day was almost bewilder-
ing.
After the work at WIssahickon was
finished, Mr.. Leiby applied for employ
ment to Jed Dubois, owner, editor and
publisher OF the FIvE-MILE BEACH
JOURNAL, and received all appoint
ment from him as reporter, having now
filed this role for nearly two years.
His reports of city hall doings have at
tracted much attention. The late Hon.
j. Thompson Baker several times COM
plimented Mr.. Leiby on his newspaper
work, telling him on one occasion that
his articles "displayed real ingenuity. +"
In offering his services to his fellow
citizens, Mr. Leiby is deeply conscious
of the responsibilities of the office and
pledges himself to render eight hours
labor daily, except Sunday, to the pro-
motion of the city's interests. He has
no selfish ends to serve, is actuated by
no ulterior motives, but stands for the
com mon good of all. Regardless of
what others may do. Mr.. LeiOy shall
not accept, if he be chosen, more than
the minimum fixed by law, $S3 335 per
month, for the faithful performance of
his duties; for the reason that he feels
strict economy is demanded, and that
every dollar saved will count in reliev-
ing the present distressed condition of
the taxpayers. He feels also that care
ful steering will be required to get the
city back to safe and sane financial
basis.
Mr.. Leiby is Normal School grad
uate and was a teacher IN public schools
for a number of years. He conse-
quently knows that plus 2 makes 4.