Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-01-16
Weekly Meeting Of
City Commissioners
1920 Budget of $229,Ooo Adopted an Increase of
$4,000 Over Last Year. Laning and Ryan
Have Tilt Water Rates

hearing on this matter at next meet
ing, January 22d, at two O'Clock p. M.
"I hereby submit the following re-
port of all monies received by me as
collector OF taxes OF the City Of Wild
wood, for the year 1919, and paid to
the city treasurer. Robert ]. Kay.
Total collection of taxes. -. $685., ,273. .6S
| Assessments. ................ o,zIo.oO
Miscellaneous .............. 1876. OS
$3.50, ,25S So
AS secretary OF the Sinking Fund
Commission, Mr.. Kay reported as
| follows:
Bal. on hand Dec. 81, 1918. S 13, 1917
/" Z" 81, 19l9.. 172,SS0.72
Following is the report Of Lester W..
Smith, chief OF police, for the year 1919:
Number of arrests. ......... ...... .ll6
Number of arrests for other cities... l5
Calls answered ..................2,2 2,2ll
Lost children found. 300
Bicycles ......... .........'...''..'S -
Sick cases reported. ..................2l
| Fine collected. ..... ............ $32O
Goods found and returned. .... $14 1880
Autos stolen and recovered in city. B
here elsewhere Il
" elsewhere, recovered here, 6
Autos found and not called for.......l
Arc lights reported out. .167
G as lights reported out. 40
No objections having been made yes
terday by anyone, either In person or
by letter, to the provisions Of the local
budget for 1920, resolution was passed
approving, confirming, Iatifying and
adopting the budget, which carries APP
propriations amounting to $229, ,5l9.26,
aa increase over last year of SIS, 100, or
nearly five times the amount of the
increased appropriations Of year ago.
Among the bills paid yesterday was
one to g. w. Myrose, of Atlantic City,
in the sum of $24.58, for stenographic
report Of the testimony taken at city
hall on Monday, Dec. 29th.
The invincible manufacturer of Crys-
tai ice, s. A. Laning, was present again
at yesterdays meeting, and for a time
he made things lively while locking
horns with the Finance Commissioner,
whom he singled out for attack. FL
nalIy the Mayor interpOsed by saying
that the remarks of both men were
growing too personal and called halt
to the alteration. The fuss started
over renew al of Mr. Laning's request
of the week before that an ordinance
be passed by the Commissioners fixing
a lower rate for large consumers of wa
ter. 1t was stated by the Finance
Commissioner that 1t cost the city in
1918, II and So one hundredths cents
to produce every 1000 gallons of water,
and that under present conditions no
change can he made at this time in the
published rates of 35, 80, 25 and zoe per
1000 gallons, according to quantity
used. Prior to 1918, it was stated, it
cost the city 10 and five one-hundredths
cents to produce each 1000 gallons
Mr.. Laning furnished statistics show.
ing the rates of the water department
Of the City of Bridgeton to be very
much lower than those of Wild wood,
and argued that our excessive rates
discourage the continuance of present
manufacturers and the establishment
OF new enterprises. He blamed Max
imum Salary Ryan for trying to block
the city's progress in industrial lines
because of the inf1exible stand the
former has taken on this Question of
water rates. 1t was 800 when the.
meeting adjourned.