Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-10-08

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Camden, a designer in the employ o.
the Van Solver Furniture Company
obtained his "snap" judgment against
the city Of Wildwood, because two o.
our commissioners then Smith and
RYAN, refused to defend the citizens.
They possibly forgot that they were
trustees of all the people and not simply
a portion Of them. Every citizen, be
he great or small, is entitled to con-
sideration and protection. Even the
minority has rights which the majority
is found to respect. At one stage OF
the hearing the Chancellor was heard
to remark that "the farther we go into
the matterthe deeper the plot thickens. F."
This was understood to have been ut
tered after learning how the Commits
sioners had transferred the department
of public safety from the Mayors de-
partment to the department of revenue
and finance.
The regular adjourned meeting of the
city commissioners was held Wednes-
day forenoon, October 9th, beginning
at the hour stated, 10 o'clock. All of
the commissioners were in their seats
when their names were called. The
record of the proceedings of the Sep
TENDER 2Sth meeting was speedily read
by the city clerk, and approved by the
method which has reached a chronic
stage, that is 2 for approval and l
against it, the mayor voting M because
of the alleged virulent attack made last
week on Jonathan Hand by the two.
majority commissioners, and because
Of their refusal like wise to consider or
accept that day any bills for payment.
AT that meeting he had strongly OBJ
jected to the passage of the two resolu-
tions aimed at the Gripping of the
power aud duties Of the city's solicitor,
and had urged consideration OF the big
stack of bills piled up on the long
legislative table, in consequence of
which omission none of the city EN-
ployees received any pay for the second
half of September.
Reports being called for next, the
city clerk started off with the regular
weekly summary of tax and water
rent receipts as follows: Receipts in the
tax department amounted to $5,254.47;
receipts for water rents were only
$171. 20.
AS the days shorten, the demand for
that sparkling liquid for which there
is no substitute, is proportionately les
sened at the seashore and Archer Hen
rick shut off last week the flow of the
artesian brand of Wlldwood's supply
for thirty-two customers; n break in
the service pipes was repaired and four
more new consumers were hooked up
to our water system: G. e. Banks,
Fern road and Park boulevard; Curt g.
Graef, Glenwood avenue, east of Ocean
avenue; MI. Solomon, Arctic avenue,
near Montgomery, and for John Mat
terra, Third avenue, east of New York
avenue, Anglesea.
Next came the monthly reports.
During September the city electrician
granted 3S certificates and issued 36
permits, collecting fees for the city ag-
gregsting $6l. rs. The plumbing in
spector for the same month Issued l6
permits, at an average price of about
81. so each, totaling $28.25 in fees for
the city. In September the city tax
collector made "a searches, as follows:
Jesse ID. Ludlam, four; William ii.
Bright, six; Robert Bright, one; Frank
l.. King, one; William E. Zeller, Il;
Palmer M. Way, three; William S.
Darnell, three; Real Estate and Search
company, four. The fees collected for
making these searches amounted to
S69.50. This money, by an alchemis-
tic process said to be a secret possessed
only by Wild woods alleged wizard
commissioners, is transmitted into sal
airy and so labeled monthly. LASTLY
the city clerk read his W report for
the ninth month, showing collections
as below:
Mercantile licenses . $525.00
Dog licenses 1852
License plates , Az
rlneS . 1'VV
Street permits . 2OOO
Rent, ID. of P . 25.OO
Rent, L. 0. o. F. $3.50. $500
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