Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-01-23
WILDWOOD
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At the urgent request of Fire Chief
Nickerson, a change in the plans and
specifications for the %remodeling OF
First ward engine house was ordered.
The change has reference to the en-
trance to the building The present
entrance Is on Pine avenue, but under
the revised plan, the entrance will be
from the alley on the east side Of the
building. All prospective bidders will
be NOTICED Of this change Of plan.
Walter Trout, an employee Of the
city's water department, presented
himself before the hoard of commits
sioners to ask for an increase in his
salary 81, $3.50 TO 81 200 per year. Com
missioner Hendee moved that Mr..
Trout's request be granted, but his
motion was not seconded, the Mayor
in~terposing an objection to any further
consideration Of the matter until he
had time to investigate to see If the in
crease Is merIted.
At this point in the proceedings the
grist mill stones began to grind rather
heavily, and lol and behold! what
came forth: Ordinance No 100, pro-
viding an appropriation of $4,000 for
the proposed drainage system so fire.
quently spoken of in the last six
months. The different clauses in this
latest ordinance described in detail the
manner of laying the underground
pipes, n of construc citing the man
holes and culverts. The money for
financing this work is to be raised by a
bond issue. This ordinance was passed
on first and second readings yesterday
and will come up for third reading and
final passage on February 5th.
just prior to the introduction Of Or
dinance No. 100, a resolution was
passed directing the chief financial Off
Ger of the city to file, according to the
requirements of the law, with the city
clerk, for the benefit of the public, a
supplemental debt statement, showing
The present net Indebtedness OF the city
to be $507. 793. 20.
The annual report of the city treas
urer for the year 1919, was now SUBJ
mitted to the commissioners for their
consideration and approval. A motion
was made, after the treasurer had
finished reading the voluminous re-
port, that 1t be received and filed, and
be published later in booklet form and
q copy mailed to each taxpayer. The
city treasurer stated that the annual
water report for 1919 would be forth
coming later.
The city clerk was instructed to ad-
vertlse for bids for printing 5000 OF the
city treasurer's reports.
Next Thursday a public hearing
1920. Some changes will likely be
made in the schedules, and all persons
interested are invited to attend. The
minute hand on city clock had swung
all the way around the circle, from
where it began, and stood pointing to
the quarter mark again, just n hour
later, when the meeting came abruptly
to a close at 3.15 ION the splinter" an
expression once used by the Mayor.
Elizabeth A, Dever and her son,
Francis J. Dever, both OF Philadelphia,
executors of the estate of her husband,
the late Patrick f. Dever Of the same
city, have sold furnished, to John 7.
Byrne, of Wildwood, the large twenty
two room cottage at the corner of
Juniper and Atlantic While
no definite figures are at present avail
able, it is pretty clearly known that
the consideration was about So 900.
This cottage was built by Mr.. Dever
fifteen OF sixteen years ago. Mr.. Byrne
will move his family down from Phil
adelphia in a few weeks.
The big new motor truck of the
Coombs Lumber company is laid up
for repairs. While being driven by
Charley Getsinger Tuesday morning,
it skidded over the icy street at Schel-
lenger and Holly Beach avenues and
struck a telephone pole. Roy Cum
minis is the regular driver for the truck
and he misses the new machine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson II. Shive, Jr.,
of Philadelphia, were among the ex-
cursionists last Sunday, visiting Mrs.
Shive's parents.
Building Association funds to loan
on first mortgage in amounts to suit.
Robert ]. Kay secretary, Wildwood,
N. J.-adv.
The Home Section of the Civic club
are anxious that the people Of Wild
wood become interested in the scholar
ship fund which they are about to
raise for the benefit Of any girl of
Wild wood who wishes to take a course