Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-08-13
DOings at wildwood City
Hall and Other Matters
of Local Interest

roll. Clerk, read the minutes" These
three short imperative sentences, utter
ed in rapid succession by the mayor OF
wildwood last Tuesday afternoon, the
10th instant, at City Hall, started the
proceedings when the board OF COM
missioners met for the second time In
the month Of Augustine origin OF
which name, as before pointed out,
dates back to the days OF the Caesars.
Thus may it truly be said that from
hat distant point to the present,
Twenty centuries are looking down
upon usp'
Prior to the opening Of the meeting
this resistless sweeping on Of time was
referred to, and coupled with it was the
ceaseless roll OF the tides, both Of which
are said to nwalt for no man." AT the
suggestion of Isaac Robinson, the ven
cradle political leader Of the Second
ward, the saying was amended on
Tuesday TO read: slime and tide and
taxes wait for no man" This caused
a ripple OF laughter The city clock az
usual came in for its share OF comment,
and was in reality the innocent cause
for the launching of the learned dis
cussion on time and clocks that was
INDUCED in.
After the minutes Of the previous
meeting bad been read they could not
be approved, as only the mayor and
the finance commissioner had answered
to their names on roll call and the
mayor said he could not vote for their
approval. Hence the disposition Of
same was deferred until LAS, at which
time Commissioner Smith arrived. A
vote was then taken, resulting 2 to !
for approval. Mayor Hendee refused
to vote for ratification Of the record be-
cause Of alleged un%wsrranted inter
ference in affairs concerning the
mayoralty and the department Of
public safety.
Reports were called for next, and the
city clerk first proceeded to read the
regular weekly returns from the finance
department. For the week ending Sat
urday, July 3lst, the receipts in the
city tax Office amounted to 1851 So;
the water rents received during the
same week were 1868. Is.
Water was stunned onn In two more
instances the past week, and three
more new connections TO water mains
made. One tap was made for IL. j.
Hughes on 18th street, North Wild
wood, east of New York avenue; an
other for Mr.. Clements, 316 East First
avenue, Anglesea; and the third for
Hill Dredge Company, corner Rambler
road and Park Boulevard.
The reading Of communications was
next in order. One from John j. Egan,
proprietor of q rooming house, orner
Cedar avenue and Park Boulevard,
complained about the deplorable gas
service-or rather lack Of service-and
urged the commissioners to do some
thing toward lettering conditions for
Of gas.
A second communication from At
torney John H. Judge, ia east Lean
ing, reiterated the complaint contained
in his letter of the week before relative
TO the alleged unnecessary shrill whist
ling and other noises made by locomo.
tlves of the West Jersey and Seashore
Railroad Company in early morning
hours. He also inquired of the COM
missioners if they had "got a Whit yet
from the fish fertilizer factory" estab-
lished lately along the Rio Grande
road. From the tone of the letter it
could be inferred that Mr.. Judge had
scented some odor from that direction.
The city clerk was instructed TO write
Mr.. Judge in reference to the noises
caused by the locomotives, informing
him that the city has 40 jurisdiction in
this matter, no power 10 compel the
railroad company to change its
methods. Ii is thought by some per-
sons that the shrill shrieking or
whistling complained of may be the
result of extraordinary efforts put
forth by trainmen to avoid further ac-
~cidents, a couple of which occurred not
ling ago, when 8. II. Dowler and
Frank p. Mattera narrowly escaped
death while attempting to cross the
tracks. 1t is understood that claims
were made in both OF these cases that
sufficient warning had not been sound
ed or given.
A letter signed by L. 8. Johnson,
Charles A. Douglass, Ralph CARL and
Edward e. Rhoads, comprising the
boardwalk committee Of the Board of
Trade, protested strongly against the
custom of allowing beach bonfires,
signs on the boardwalk and on the
beach front, and against rubbish aud
dirt being allowed to accumulate on
the beach A letter IN Mr. Tohnuon 0f