Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-12-31

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December, was held last Tuesday after
noon the 2Sth. The attendance was
limited. This lack of interest can be
attributed to a variety of causes, chief
among which may be mentioned the
attractions aud diversions incident to
the advent Of the annual holiday sea-
son. The session was short, lasting
barely more than half an hour. Pres
entation of the budget appropriation
for the year 1921, was the most i'm
portant subject preached at this meet
ing. The clerk was asked to read the
budget which had been carefully pre-
pared by the city solicitor. 1t was
then formally approved. 1t will now
be published according to law and
Tuesday, January 18th, has been fixed
as the date for a final hearing in the
matter. Any taxpayer has the privi-
lege of being heard at that date, should
he wish to have amended any Of the
appropriation items or schedules In
said 1921 budget.
After the minutes of last weeks
meeting had oeen disposed of, reports
were called for. The weekly tax re-
port was first read, giving total receipts
from December 18th to december 21st,
as So, 555. 02, distributed as follows:
Railroad tax received $~2,794.88; bank
tax $1,533.71; taxes from LIST ward
ST. 243 SO and interest $50; from I'd
ward 1872 so, interest 1888; 3D. ward
1886 OF, interest So 10; total taxes and
interest from the three wards S2,226. SO.
Water rent receipts from December
21st to December 18th, amounted to
1927. 81. In that week IS consumers
had the water supply cut off for the
winter months. Twenty-Five stopped
meters were repaired, and ~ more
taken out and removed to plant for
repair. All readings of melers for the
last quarter of 1920 have been complete
ed in 1st and I'd wards. Reading of
Sd ward is now in progress.
kanY COUn uiliChtlOhS ihHNAASc
the mayor. "Only one," replied the
city clerk. 1t was from Clarence G.
Cole of Atlantic City, attorney for the
Wildwood Department of Safety and
read as follows: 81 am enclosing the
commissioners a copy of taxed costs in
the suit OF Hendee against Wildwood,
which you may please file and see that
check is SEMI me for the amount when
the bill has beer duly approved"
The amount of Attorney Coles bill
of court costs is 800. SO and is made up
of a number of items, such as argu-
ment fee s., before notice of argument
$12, dispositions $34 go, printing state
ment of the case $500, clerks fee for
filing and docketiDg So, and for enter
ing judgment final S.. The letter was
ordered to be received and filed on the
Initiative of Commissioner Smith, sec-
onded by Commissioner Bright. The
mayor wanted his legislative associates
to TAX some action toward approving
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ignored.
Resolutions and motions pertaining
to new business were next in order.
A resolution was passed authorizing
the city treasurer to transfer $2O.59 OF
the light appropriation to the building
appropriation account for 1920.
A motion was passed that decreed
when the commissioners adjourned
that day it was not to be for long, and
to the interrogatory, "when shall we
three meet again ~ the formal answer
was: "On'Friday afternoon, December
SIst, the last day of the year, at I.30.
This action was to enable them to
cleanup the business for 1920"
Another motion was passed author
izing the clerk to advertise for bids
concerning the removal Of wet and dry
garbage for a period of five years-and
to specify that March 1st is when the
contract is to begin. All bids must
be in by two O'Clock on the afternoon
of Tuesday, January 18th.
Upon invitation by the mayor, the
meeting was now thrown open to the
general public. Joe McCurdy took adj
vantage of this opportunity to lay a
before the directors about
the soft condition of Lincoln avenue,
west of Park Boulevard. This he said
was caused by waste water from the
sewer pumps being operated in that
vicinity. He and his father are nearly
ready to start a saw mill plant on
avenue just west of Hudson
avenue. The firm will be known as
Peter McCurdy & Son. About eight
men will be required to run the mill
and a half dozen more will be needed
10 hew down trees off shore. Oak,
pine, cedar and gum tree logs will be
among the list to first come in contact