Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-05-27
COMMISSIONERS MEETING

a.
places on Tuesday afternoon at the regular
meeting of the City Commissioners, but
the number of spectators was very small.
The finance department reported col
l~ections for the week ending May 18th,
as follows:
From taxes, assessments,
etc. Sb,848.Ol
From water rents.......... l1O.ol
The water department reported as fol-
lows:
Turned on, fifteen; inspections, six;
meters reset, five; stopped meters re-
paired, ten; bursted service repaired, two;
new connections, twelve.
A letter was read from the bonding
company for the garbage contractor stat
ing that they would at once take up the
matter with him of better service.
A letter was read from Fl. L. Sutton,
representative of the convention and ex-
cursion committee, stating that he had
made arrangements for baseball with
many excursions and urged that a park be
secured without fail. A proposition was
presented by Henry H. Ottens of a plot
of ground 80 X 800 feet at Niagara and
Baker avenues on the Harbor tract on a
lease or purchase proposition. This
brought up the question as to who was
to conduct baseball this season, and
Harry S. Dry stated that a club was be-
ing formed for that purpose, but we
learned later that the same parties as
before would no doubt run it, Forrest
M. Rich, Bob Latimer and Gus He'll, and
they state that arrangements are about
complete for the placing of the ball park
on the beach just south of the Montgom-
erv avenue connection of the new and
old boardwalk.
Treasurer Kay stated that the W. & D.
B.. S. L. railroad was ~elevating its tracks
on Oak venue in the vicinity of Sus-
quehanna avenue so that it made it very
bad for the property owners on the south
side of the. street, and the solicitor was
instructed to take up the matter with the
railroad company and report at the next
meeting.
The solicitor reported that in the mat
ter of the water bill against the City of
North Wildwood amounting to $4,000, he
had taken it up with them and had been
informed by the collector hat they would
be ready to pay $4,000 on account by
June lst.
A resolution was offered approving the
deed of the Beach Realty Company deed
ing land on the ocean front to the city
for a Memorial Pier, but it was laid over
until next meeting.
Solicitor Hand presented a new mer-
camille ordinance to replace the present
one, as it was necessary to make a num-
Der of changes. Mr.. Bright stated that he
understood there was only to be an
amendment and did not care to go to the
expense of passing and having published
the entire ordinance again. No action
was taken.
A letter was read from Charles L.
Heinle asking that the holes be filled
in on Atlantic avenue before Decoration
Day if possible.
Five applications we're read for Jitney
licenses and they will remain on file for
thirty DAYS. They we're from Charles
Greco, Arthur Mccartney, Herman Lampe,
William Amore and Benny H. Dickson.
Nine licenses that had been on file the
required length of time were granted as
follows: Charles L. Nickerson, Sherman
T. Bowler, C. A. Norton, Joseph c. K.
TAYLOR, Lucius C.. Harris, Clarence b.
Ross. Warren C. Holmes, Joseph Sutton
and David W. Pierson.
A letter was read from the W. & d.. B.
S. L. railroad requesting the city to con-
slider the question of adopting daylight
saving time for the summer, and o. l.
Blackwell, secretary of the company.
spoke on the subject, but no action was
taken.
Treasurer Kay reported that some OF
the city appropriations were getting low
that the boardwalk appropriation was
within $500, the street and park account
about exhausted and that the sewer &C
count was overdrawn. An emergency
note will probably be necessary to tide
over until next year. The removal OF
the old boardwalk and several sewer
breaks are the cause of some OF this
shortage.
G. C. Kendig spoke of condition;
around his property on the west side and
asked that the city give him an outlet
The solicitor will take up the matter and
report next week.
Clerk Winterburn stated that recall pc
titions had been filed with him at one
O'Clock that day and he would go over
them and certify them by the next meet
ing and if O. K. he would call an cleo
ton.