Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-09-24

1880
Reeves plans and specifications, smith
and Bright answered yes; Hendee no,
the mayor explaining that he advocated
the construction on this site of a brand
new up to date fire-proof building
Tho city clerk was instructed to adver-
tise for bids in accordance with the
above resolution.
Quite a brisk, breezy argument be-
tween Finance Commissioner Bright
and the mayor took place over Mayor
Hendee's refusal to vote for the adop-
ton of the Reeves plan. Both men
warmed up very p%erceptibly. The
mayor said he Railways tried TO do the
best he knew how for the people"
Bright retorted that the mayor fought
to know by this time.n When Hendee
averred that he wanted to do what he
thought was for the best interests Of
the whole city, Bright exclaimed: ut
don't look to me as if you want to do
a~nything!n The mayor then fired back
at Bright by telling the finance head
in effect thai he could have it his W
way, the conflict ending in a
"draw" or ''stand off,"
The mayor then announced that the
services of all of the life guards ter
minated last Sunday, and said he took
this opportunity to notify all intending
bathers that if they went into the
water hereafter it was at their W
risk.
Miles d. Rigor, proprietor of Hotel
Brighton, arose at this stage of the
proceedings and remarked that he had
"a little matter he would like to bring
up" 1t had reference to the refund of
license asked for at last weeks meeting
by a half dozen keepers of inns and
dispensers of beverages. The rebate
asked for by each petitioner was $333.36,
making a grand total for the six petit
| TONERS of So, 600. 16. The question was
raised as to whether the commissioners
had any right or authority of them
selves to make such a refund as was
asked for. Commissioner Smith OBJ
jected to returning any part OF the
money. He contended that when a.
license is applied for, granted and paid
for, that the transaction is then COM
pIeted, and that there can be no "come
back" even though such licensee
"should keep open but n day" A
or1promise was finally reached by all
agreeing to turn the matter over to the
city solicitor to %unravel. So many
knotty things have been turned over
to him lately that he must feel well
nigh swamped.
When communications were called
for one could tell by the roseate smile
that spread all over Clerk Winter
burns face there was a bountiful crop.
The first one to be heard was dated
September 18th, from John H. Judge,
a New York attorney, whose beautiful
summer home is at ia east Leaning
avenue. Foul odors from the new fer.
tilizer factory on Richardson's channel,
along Rio Grande road, was the burden
of his theme:"I most earnestly enter
my protest and that Of my family
against the horrible stencil of the last
few days, and ask that you take imme-
diate steps to abate this nuisance. |
was stifled and made ill by these
noXious smells and am leaving on &c
count of them. If not remedied L
shall not return next season. Stop
scrapping among yourselves and get a
move on you, so as to preserve the
place for the people to live in, and thus
perpetuate your political existence"
The next communication along this
line was from the Wild wood Board of
Trade, informing the board of commits
sioners that the menhaden plant near
our city, erected by the Consolidated
Fisheries Company, has 'become OBJ
nOxious" and is "a dangerous menace
to health and property value, and has
a deteriorating effect upon the growth
of the resort" The commissioners
were further informed that the Board
of Trade had "gone on record' at its
last meeting, September 10th, "as de-
manding that the city take legel steps
Immediately to abste this nuisance"
A copy of a letter written by John
w. Hilton, secretary Of the CONSOLE
dated Fisheries Company, to G. A.
Norton, was the next offering: "We
are very sorry to think that these odors
have reached Wildwood at this time,
while we have been successful in keep
ing the odor down until a short time
ago. Then the fish arrived in such
large quantities the past W or three
weeks that we were unable to cope
with the situation, in not being able to
move the product quickly enough. All
we ask is for reasonable l~eniency for
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