Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-06-04
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who lost money in last years. base ball
venture /; but he held that the Conn
missiOners can lawfully appropriate
money to be used in repairing the build
ings or fence which are public property,
although located on leased ground.
Consequently the Commissioners made
q motion TO transfer $500 from the
boardwalk fund to the Board Of Trade
committee interested in the promotion
of one-day outing excursions. 1t is the
one-day e~xcursionists who clamor
Ioudest for base ball. With the shore
ball park put in fine condition, a sue
cessful season may be looked for by all
devotees of the great American sport.
The Commissioners were flattered by
the visit Of Mrs. Eva Wardell to the
municipal chamber. She was on her
way to the depot to catch q train for
New York, where she residesin winter.
Mrs. Wardell betrayed evidences of her
haste to depart, but she had breath
enough left to read to our city scions
the composition she had so carefully
prepared for their delectation. She
said some mighty cute things, and you
could see by the expression on their
faces how Mrs. Wardell's rich contralto
tones swayed the i~maginatlons OF the
Mayor and Commissioner Bright.
Mrs. Wardell had read the opinion
OF the justices of the Supreme Court Of
the state upholding the validity of the
$50, 900 boardwalk ordinance. Mrs.
Wardell's hopes have been raised there
by, and, like d. F. Hsllahan and Ebe-
nezer Yenney, she, too, has had dreams
of a gold mine at her very door. Pray,
why all this greed for gold? Why all
these dreams of wealth, when 'all you
can hold in your cold, dead hand is
what you have given away? Mrs.
WardeIl spoke patronizingly to the one
new Commissioner-used the word
"progressive'' as If it were the haven
of her hopes-and begged that their
honors would not "stand still.o Mrs.
WardeIl said she once upon a time
owned the ground on which Sweets
bath houses now stand, but sold 1t for
$3.50. "He made a fortune out of it,"
she exclaimed, "why not give me an
opportunity to improve my present
property further down the front?"
Among the big batch of bills ordered
paid was one by John Harris in the
sun of $3.50 and another by Jonathan
Hand in the sum of 800. These two
bills we're presented for services rem
dered in defending the city's interests
in the Gilbert H. Baker certiorari suit.
SPECIAL MEETING
An adjourned meeting of the City
Commissioner was held yesterday af-
rnoon The object of this meeting
was to pass Ordinance No. los.
Although called for a special purpose,
yesterdays meeting had under consid-
Grafton some unlocked for and rather
weighty business, the first Of which
was a demand of Stanley M. Kalbacb,
by letter, that the city pay him a bal
ance Of $1400 claimed for day work done
in 1915 and 1917. The matter was re-
ferred to Solicitor Hand. 1t is init
mated hat unless satisfactory settle
ment OF the Kalbach claim is speedily
effected, litigation may follow.
City Collector Kay read q letter from
the Tri-State Construction Co. of Lang
horne, Pa, demanding immediate pay
ment of balance of $1,000 claimed on
second hand water pipe. The city paid
The Tri-Stste Co. previously, $3.50 80.
E. It. Nye appeared before the Com
missioners to ask for help in his efforts
to have two large double-truck trolley
cars shipped from New York. He was
advised by telephone from Gotham
that unless the city authorities here
would officially state that these cars
are absolutely needed, it would be inn
possible to obtain means of transport
tation for them. The Commissioners
names were soon affixed to the docu-
ment presented by Mr.. Nye, setting
forth the public necessity for these cars.
Adjourned at 2.45 p. M.
Devotees of the dance thronged the
Ocean Pier ballroom Saturday night,
where Professor Roselle directed the
dancing and Billy Rushton's orchestra
rendered the music.
Special Csc broom for 39c at Empol's
Variety Store.-adv.
Lieut.. G. E. Krouse, formerly of the
Canadian Royal Flying Corps, excited