Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-02-13
Plant in
Wildwood
Again Deficits

LINCOLN, "one of the few, the i'm
mortal names that were not born to
die"
In commemoration OF his eminent
public service as President, and as q
tribute to his many virtues, a grateful
nation has set aside, as a legal holiday,
February 18th, the anniversary OF bis
birth.
'Lincoln's greatness consisted in the
sublime grandeur Of his soul, in the
unconscious devotion to the eternsl
cause of Truth and Right, Justice and
Equality"
As "the greatest truths are simplest;
SO are the greatest men," Lincoln said
he "alwsys plucked a thistle and
planted q rose where he thought a rose
would grow" Could any rule Of con
duct be nobler than that? His Gettys-
burg address, breathing inspiration In
its every line, is treasured as a classic;
and the hope expressed therein, chat
government Of the people, by the peo-
pie and for the people, shall not perish
from the earth,n has found an echo In
millions of liberty-loving he%artsthrough
out the world.
OF the many sage precepts and witty
sayings attributed to Lincoln, perhaps
non has been so frequently quoted as
this quaint and homely adage: "You
can fool some of the people all Of the
time; and all of the people some OF
the time; but you can't fool all OF the
people all of the time"
As February 18th fell this year on
Thursday the Wildwood City Commits
sIoners held their regular weekly meet
ing the day previous, and little busi-
ness OF any moment was transacted.
There was scarcely a handful of guests
present; and pnblic interest in local
legislative and executive acts, seemed
to be at it's very lowest ebb.
At 200 Mayor Frank E. Smith sig
nailed for the session to begin and the
roll was promptly called, followed by
the reading of the minutes.
For the week ending Thursday, Feb
ruary 5th, the financial report disclosed
that ST. ,056. 81 had been received by the
city in taxes and assessments, and
s. 2, 848 "a In water rents.
Water Superintendent Joe Brown
reported three less in Wild
wood of NATURES bountiful supply, be-
cause he shut off the service from the
street mains that many times last week
as per requests. Seven inspections of
meters were made for readings and for
efficiency; and a meter was delivered
to Glen wood and Atlantic for
the new Catholic auditorium. 1t was
not necessary to tap the main at this
point, as this precaution had been
taken and the service laid before At
lantic avenue was repaved several
years ago. The painting of the machin-
cry in Wild wood pumping station on
Pine avenue was reported to have been
finished, and the wells at Rio Grande
pumping station to have been thor
oughly cleaned.
Street Commissioner Hendee next
reported a broken sewer lateral on east
Maple avenue, not far from the rail-
road, and told Of his trip to Philadel-
phia last Monday, to consult William
D'Olier in reference to having some
repairs made to the brush trough Of
the machinery in the Wild wood dis
posal plant. MI. D'Olier, whose office
is in the Morris building, 18th and
Chestnut streets. represents the SAM
tation Corporation, Of New York, from
which organization our disposal outfit
was purchased. An expert in this line
of work will be sent here as soon as
possible to inspect the whole plant and
make all necessary repairs. 1t is near
ly three years now since this machil cry
was first set in motion, and the frs,
time any important repair work has
been needed.
The city tax collector now read his
report of searches made by him for the
month Of January last, the total num-
Der being %, as follows: For Palmer
M. Way two, Robert Bright four,
William II. Bright seven, John Bright
two, William s. DarnelI one, Real
Estate Search Co. three, Ocean City
Title and Trust Co. one, West Jersey
Title and Guaranty Co. one, and Frank
i. King me-. For making these
searches, the city tax collector receiv-
ed in fees the sum OF $46.75.
The collector of water rents now read
his annual report Of the City of Wild
wood Water D. partment for the year
1918. In giving his summary, the col
lector Of water rents gave the following
figures:
Income
Operating Revenues. ....... .$58. 1893. SO