Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-06-03
RECALL PETITIONS
FILED AGAINST ALL
COMMISSIONERS
Those Against Bright and Smith
Declared to Contain insufficient
Names and Will Be Returned
to Petitioners.
PETITIONS AGAINST MAYOR
HENDEE NOT CERTIFIED.

meeting of the City COMMISSIONERS
with all members present.
The report of the finance depart
ment was read, showing $11,249.64 col
lected in the tax department n
s3S7.16 in the water department. the
renort of the operating department
was read as follows: Service turned
on. AZ: meters reset, 10; service re-
haired. 8; stopped meters repaired,
70: new connections, Is. They were
Henri Hill, Schellenger avenue west
of Atlantic David Mck1Dpln,
Poplar avenue west of New York We
nue.. and Poplar avenue east OF Park
boulevard; Mr.. Frees, Bennett avenue
west of Holly Beach avenue; MT.
Locke. Wildwood venue west OF Phlla-
delphia avenue; H. H. Ottens, Surf ave-
nue. north of Fourth avenue; FRANK
Mattera. Third avenue east of New
York Mr.. Spencer, Seven
teenth and Delaware avenues; Jonn
A. Ackley, Magnolia avenue ana Doaro-
walk: A.. H. Johnson, Crosse avenue
east of Lake road; Koeneke Brothers.,
Spencer and Holly Beach avenues; j..
Turner. 4OS West Young avenue; ii.
n. Ottens, Eighteenth. and Ocean ave-
nues. and 305 West Sixteenth avenue
J. Keiffer, Juniper avenue east OF
Pacific
A letter was read from F. c. Mena-
min, of the Holly Beach Land CO.,
asking that water mains be u on
streets in the West side to connect
new houses built there. 1t was re-
ferred to the water department.
Aletter was read from the bonding
comnanv for the garbage contractor,
stating that they had taken up the
matter of local garbage collection ana
were informed that the work was be-
ing done satisfactorily to city officials,
which was contrary to the letter re-
eeiyed from the city clerk by them.
The communication was received ana
the solicitor instructed to write them
that the work was not being properly
done and to take the proper procedure
to have the city cleaned up.
A resolution was passed approving
the deed for the land offered by the
Wildwood Beach Co., of lane for a
Memorial Building.
Ordinance No. 122, an amendment
to the mercantile ordinance, was read
and passed first and second readings.
Ordinance No. 1923, a new ordinance
regulating the auto bus and Jtney
business in the city limits, was read
and passed first and second readings.
D. ]. Woods, of the Hotel Sheldon,
/. asked if anything was to be done In
reference to parking cars on Pacinc
avenue. He suggested cars be parked
nm side streets to leave Pacific avenue
open to traffic. He also asked If some
thing could not also be done to make
boardwalk storekeepers keep their
places in a more sanitary and present.
able condition. Secretary Smith,, OF
the Board of Trade, backed up Mr..
Woods and also asked that a rest
room be provided at the upper n OF
the boardwalk. 1t was left to the
street commissioner.
A representative of the advertising
company which is to furnish garbage
receptacles to the city, stated that they
had appointed Charles A. RossKam to
represent them here and he Would
take up the matter of location of the
cans and report to them.
A bid was read from the West
Jersey Electric Company for lighting
the city streets, as follows:
For Three Years
IS all year lights, $115 per year
each.
rs summer lights, four months, $15
per month each.
% summer lights, three months,
$3.50 per month each.
rs summer lights, two months, $40
per month each.
I~ncandescent lights, $36 each per
year.
For two years they offered to fur
nish lights at ten per cent more.
The present rate on street lights Is
$S5 per year.
Commissioner Smith objected to the
awarding Of the. contract on more
than a year basis.
Superintendent E. T. Nye stated the
company's side and there vas quite
a discussion on the subject. The bids
were rejected by unanimous vote and
bids will be asked for for one year.
The solicitor was instructed to draw
up an ordinance regarding parking on
Pacific avenue.
Building Inspector Nickerson then
brought up the matter Of a building on
Pacific avenue, between Pine and
Wildwood avenues, that is not being
built according to the building code.
1t was left to the building inspector
to abide by the ordinance and use his
own judgment.
Harry E. Wier asked for enlighten-
ment in the matter of engineers fees
on the gutter work recently done.
There are 220 lots whose owners had
the cement work done themselves and