Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-12-24
Doings at The Wildwood
City Hall
Many Matters Taken up of Interest to Citizens,
Including The Court Decision UNFOLDING
Mayor Hendee

through the voluminous records made
at the previous meeting on December
18th.
Then the weekly tax and water re-
ports were asked for, and the clerk
read as follows: "For week ending De-
cember 14th, the sum of 81 was received
in poll taxes and 81, 72l. 83 in taxes on
property-total, 50, 725 SO. For week
ending December 2lst the water rents
from metered private service amounted
to 1886. 35; of and on fees, So; tapping
fees, $l4; penalties, 1881; miscellaneous
rent revenus, $l5-total receipts, $427.86
Five requests to discontinue the sup
plying of water for the winter were
scrupulously observed; and Archer
Henrick, head of the operating depart
ment, had a main tapped on Glen wood
avenue for M. j. Franklin. Readings
for the last quarter of 1920 were COM
pleted in Districts No. l and No. 5
(Angleses, North Wildwood and Wild
wood Crest). Fifteen stopped meters
repaired during hat week.
A resolution was next passed author
izing the collector of taxes to cancel of
record taxes in the amount of $65 SO,
assessed against lot No. 15, block No.
81, in the Third ward, IN the name of
Louis Goldstein, for the years 1905, 1909
and part of 1907. The reas u given
was that returns show same cancelled
of record in the office of the county
clerk" q
Communications were next in order,
and the first one came from the Sunny
South. 1t was from Samuel B. Lo Ike,
Daytona Be- ch. Mr. .Locke said he had
received a letterfrom Wild wood inform
ing him that any u who built houses
now will be exempted from taxation
for a period Of five years. He wanted
u know from the commissioners if the
Information he had received is correct
aud when he must begin any building
operation contem plated so as to take
advantage of the exemption proviso?
1uis 10 WAutCL tihuc1 nC rdlO a. IL nC
feared that unless he proceeded at once
he would not be entitled to the benefits
of this piece of leg Station. The mayor
suggested hat this letter be r,fefred 10
the Board of Trade for an ans wer, but
Commissioned Smith said that body
"wouldn't know any more about the
law on the subject than the commits
sioners;' sothe city clerk wa instructed
to write Mr.. Locke, giving him full in
formation and assurances regarding the
details concerning the enactment Of
this very recent statute.
A communication from COPYRIGHT
Smith, secretary of the Board Of Trade,
appraised the commissioners that the
president of that organization, Heber
Crane, had appointed Charlie A. Norton
a member of the gas committee, to fill
the vacancy caused by the resignation
OF Palmer M. Way, attorney-a'-law.
City Treasurer Robert j. Kay Is the
chairman of this gas committee. When
asked on Tuesday what was the result
of the last meeting of this committee
last Monday afternoon, he replied that
"very little was accomplished" He
admitted that an examination of the
assets and liabilities of the Wild wood
Gas Company shows a deficit. MIR.
Lightfoot, the tressurerof the company,
ran down from Philadelphia to be pres
ent at the meeting of this special COM
mittee. The affairs of the company
were gone over in a general way, but so
far no conclusions or plans as to how
the service may be bettered were
arrived at.
The discussion of alterations and inn
provements to the First ward fire house
occupied a considerable portion Of the
commissioners time. Chief Nickerson
said he came to the meeting at the re-
quest Of some of the First ward iremen
to protest against the change in the
construction of the stairway as origi-
nally designed. At last weeks meeting
an agreement had been reached to
change the original speclncatlons LOT
thestairway running up to the thirdfoor
hall, where Hereford Lodge of Free and
Accepted Masons meet. 1t is under
stood that the contemplated deviation
from the plans as first drawn would be
more acceptable to the members of this
order, but Chief Nickerson said the in
terests of the memoirs of the fire COM
pany should be considered fret. be
let 1t be known that Hereford Lodge
may not want this place of meeting
more thar two years longer. He was
oppo-ed to catering to this society
in the changes proposed for this reason.
He stated further that the electric light
bill charged against the fire companies
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