Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-09-17

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of the construction; therefore / cannot
render a bill at this time as said work
is not completed"
The following petition was lastly
read: "Your petitioners respectfully
request that a refund be made Of the
license fees paid to the courts and
turned over to the city for the purpose
Of conducting al inn and tavern; said
fees to be returned pro rata according
to the business allowed under "Dry
Zone" created by the navy in 1918 and
the Prohibition act OF 1919 as follows:
1918, license application granted $4,000
1918, dry zone established, No.
VembeT 10 ........ ..........
1918, Time open, seven months
M week Sl4o Oh
Amount to be refunded. ..... .S104.16
1919, license fee paid June 4th.. $250.OO
1919, closed July Let ...........
1919, time open, n month -. 20.9O
Amount to be refunded ...... $229.2O
Total rebate asked for. ....... S333.36
Signed:
Dorothy Pullinger, Grenoble Hotel.
Christine Hansen, Hotel Hamlet.
William j. With, Wirth's Hotel.
Frank b. Wrisley, Union Hotel.
Ellwood Thompson, Brighton Hotel.
William McClain, Hotel Pacific"
Architect Mark B. Reeves appeared
before the commissioners with a set of
blue prints showing plans for a public
open pavilion, 40x20 feet, to be erected
at the foot of Magnolia avenue, on the
ocean side of the board walk. MI.
Reeves said he represented John A.
Ackley, of Vineland, and Joseph Me-
Kibbin, OF Frankford. Permission was
asked to locate the proposed pavilion
on the site mentioned, with the under
standing that it is to be dedicated to
the city. The estimated cost of the
structure is $500. Mayor Hendee OBJ
.jected to the proposal for the reason, as
he stated, that the city had already de-
cided to build a public comfort station
and rest rooms there, and for which
plans have been drawn. Commissioners
Bright and Smith favored the Ackley.
McKibbin grant, and it was passed,
2 to l, the mayor protesting that his
right and left bowers were making a
mistake. The question of the legality
of this hasty procedure has been already
questioned, Inasmuch as an ordinance
had been previously passed and money
appropriated for a city public building
at this point. That legislation vas
never repealed or Tesclnded, and is
supposed 10y some to stand regardless
of the action taken as above. 1t is not
long ago that the old board of Wild
wood commissioners tried TO license
Ackley out of business by putting a
81 900 fee on him, but now he is well
coined with open arms to erect a
pavilion On the site previously selected
for a city structure. How things do
change!
Among the big bunch OF bills pre-
scented for the city to pay was one from
j. H. Coombs Lumber Company in the
sum of SITS for material and tools
furnished the Base Ball Club. The bill
was O.Kd. by Forrest Rich, bat it was
not passed on Tuesday. 1t was laid
over for a week for inspection.
A bill Of $50 was presented by Mar
garet Mace, M. D., for medical and
surgical services rendered Joseph Gulla,
from September I'd to 5th, inclusive,
for injuries sustained by him in a
collision on Holly Beach avenue, at
the intersection with Taylor avenue.
MI. Gulla was riding his wheel when
he eollided with a city truck driven by
Charles Each. The bill was not O.Kd.,
but referred to the city sole itor for in
v~estigation, etc.
Adjourned, 2.45.