Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-11-19
Wildwood City Commissioners
Appeal to Board of Trade
to Help Solve Gas Question
Contract For Drainage of Park Avenue Awarded

sioner Smith to restrict the composition
of the Board Of Trade committee to
residents of Wildwood exclusively, but
this proposal was overruled, and MEM
bers of the Board of Trade are eligible
for selection, therefore, to serve on this
committee, nc matter on what part of
Five Mile Beach they may reside.
As no tax report was submitted last
week, this week a double installment
was electromagnetic total tax receipts
for the two weeks amounting to
Sc, &c. "a; and i'll the water department
the regular weekly report showed that
$685. had been receipted for.
The number of water consumers was
lessened very materially the past week,
when the crystalline flow was stopped
at the curb for forty owners of property
on Five Mile Beach, in anticipation OF
the Frost Kings invasion. No new
taps we're made last week.
This enactment Was now made effec-
tive by three affirmative votes: 'tBe it
resolved, that a temporary improve
ment note of the city of Wildwood be
made and duly signed by the proper
off That said note be made for
the sum of $6, 900, payable on demand,
with interest at the rate of six per Cent.
per aunum; that the said note be dated
November 10Th, and be issued in an
ticipation of the Issuance of water
bonds under ordinance No. 80, aud that
the proceeds be used in paying for ex-
tensions to the city water plant"
The laying of a water main on Hill
dreth avenue, from Holly Beach avenue
to Park Boulevard, was authorized.
Oliver H. Eachus, who lives on west
Hildreth avenue, " as present to petition
personally for this extension, as was
also N. R. johnson, paying teller of
the Union Bank, who is having a bum
Ralow erected on Park Boulevard, near
to HiIdreth avenue. Two more bun
galows are in course of construction in
the same block: one for Joseph Cham
bers aid the other for William Let's.
Thus the necessity for a main being
run out there was fully demonstrated.
A resolution was passed authorizing
Of Sc, 826 03 from the water bond ac-
count to the credit of the water depart
ment appropriation, to refund the
amount paid out by the water depart
ment appropriation from January 10Th
to August 31st, 1920, for construction
work in progress and for material and
supplies, the cost of which has been
provided for in the water bond account.
The bond of Andrew MUM, who
was elected in the First ward to fill the
unexpired term Of Constable Frank
Willetts, resigned, was approved,
ratified and con firmed" by the COM
missioners. The amount of the bond
is $500. John j. McNutt and George
S.. Webb were named as sureties on the
bond.
Mayor Hendee announced the APP
pointment of Jed Dubois to fill the
vacancy existing in the Board of Edu-
cation, owing to the resignation of
Clayton S. Lowe, which was accepted
at last weeks meeting.
Tuesday, November 10Th, being the
day and date designated in the adver-
tisement for the opening Of bids or
sealed proposals for 1.-The installation of
an Underground surface water drainage
system, covering sections of Pine, Wild
wood, Davis, Bennett, Hildreth and
Park avenues; and tidal valves on the
outlets into Sunset Lake Of the old
drains on Poplar, Maple and Oak
avenues" a motion was made shortly
after two o'clock to proceed at once to
open the bids. Commissioner Smith
proposed that all bids be rejected and
this undertaking be deferred until later,
when the cost, he said, would be much
less. Mayor Hendee remarked that
this plan to get rid of surface water
had been delayed too long already and
advocated immediate action; so the
motion prevailed, all voting yea. Only
one bid had been received, which was
now read. The several divisions of the
proposed i'm provement were estimated
upon and also a lump sum given. The
total was $l5,620. 10, being S12, 800 in
excess of the amount appropriated.
Attention was called to a clause in the
ordinance, specifying that the amount
may be increased or decreased. 1t was
claimed that this clause gave the Com
missioners authority to do q part or all