Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-01-28

The last regular meeting of the Wild
wood city commissioners in the month
of January was convened by Mayor
Hendee last Tuesday afternoon, the
18th, at 1877 o'clock.
Owing to voluminous stock of min
utes taken down by the city clerk at
the meeting Of the previous week the
reading If same took the best part of
half an hour. Almost breathless from
the effort, the clerk looked relieved
when he had finished and heard their
adoption moved without objection.
Former Assessor Lynn H. Boyer and
Attorney William E. Zeller appeared
before the commissioners to talk over
the matter of making a new map OF
lots 10 the Second ward OF Wildwood,
to be filed in the office of the county
clerk. The size of some of the corner
lots in the vicinity of Hudson and Sus-
represented on the present map filed
there. At MI. Zeller's request MIR.
Boyer has agreed to prepare a revised
map.
The first report to be heard was the
one from the tax collectors Office,
giving receipts for the week previous
Pm taxes on real estate as $798. 96; in
terest and costs, $14.4O; poll tax, 81
total, $s14.S6.
For the same period the water rent
receipts for metered private service
we're 5 6,s78.62; penalties, 81 81; off and
on fees, 500. 5O-total, IS, 1928. SO.
One bursted street service was re-
paired and % stopped meters were
overhauled.
One new connection to the water
system was made on the west side Of
Hudson avenue, north of Poplar ave..
for George Zehr.
The laying of a main across Park
Boulevard, on Taylor avenue, has been
completed, and work begun on the
laying of a main on Bennett avenue,
west from Holly Beach This
will be continued as far as Park Boule.
ward.
During the past week waite was
turned off for ten more consumers.
Surely the limit of off service must
now have been reached, as in six weeks
hence spring time demands for on
service will begin.
A resolution was passed authorizing
the collector of water rents to credit
the account of Vincenzio Di Vasto, of
1913 west Baker avenue, in the sum of
500. 93, being one.third of an excess
water bill, due to a leak, amounting to
$62.79.
A second resolution authorized the
water rent collector to credit the &C.
count of Mrs. Anna Smith, wife Of
Leavitt Smith, the milkman, to the
extent of $12.45, being one-third of an
excess water bill of $751; 5. This excess
registration was due also to a hidden
leak.
The collector of taxes was authorized
to credit Angel Visit Baptist church,
on west Garfield avenue, 81 for the year
1918 and SAL 5 for the year 1919. These
amounts, it was stated, were assessed
in error against this church, this prop
erty having been exempted from taxa
ton since 1915.
Launcelot Lehman, the engineer at
the Rio Grande pumping station, re-
ported that from January 1st, 1920, to
December 31st, inclusive, of the same
year, 200, 841, 900 gallons had been de-
livered, all from the Rio Grande plant.
III he had a dollar for every gallon
pumped Mr.. Lehman could retire and
live In comfortable circumstances for
the rest of his natural life.
A resolution was now passed author
izing the issuance of a $25, 900 anticipa-
ton note, with interest at six per cent,
to be dated January 26tb, and made
payable on December Slst, 1921, or at
any date prior at the option of the city.
This note is drawn in anticipation Of
the collection of taxes to be levied and
not delinquent in 1921. The proceeds
from the discounting of this note will
be used to meet the lawful expenditures
under the appropriation for 1921. The
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