Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-10-21
COMMISSIONERS MEETING
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the said city, through its proper Of
fcers, proceed at once in the courts
of the state for the proper foreclosure
of said tax titles, so that the said city
nav have and own said different prop
critics in fee simple as is provided by
statute"
The amount involved in these delin-
uuent taxes is quite large. The city
tax collector thought that up to 1917
there was at least $4,000 outstanding
in back taxes. The city will now en-
deavor to realize on the property taken
over for non-payment of taxes up to
1917. OF course up to date, the figures
will be longer-probably as much as
1927, 900. The Mayor was very an
xious to have a start made toward
getting some returns from these long
overdue taxes, as he said the city was
sadly in need If funds with which to
carry ON it's legitimate business and
meet it's current expenses. 1t was at
the Mayors urgent request that the
solicitor prepare the foregoing resolu-
ton. while the commissioners waited
for the composition of same and then
rushed it through Immediately after
the solicitor had read the resolution.
City Solicitor Hand was granted au-
thority to negotiate with all the own
ers of lots or property on the east side
of Atlantic avenue, between Lincoln
and Montgomery avenues, looking to
the acquisition by the city of a strip
of ground, 20 feet in width for the pur-
pose of widening said Atlantic avenue
between the termini mentioned. The
solicitor will ascertain the best terms
on which the city can secure title to
the strip of ground needed and report
to the commissioners as soon as pos
sible.
The Mayor announced that the chart
ing of all lots and property where
broken pavement and curbing have
been found and where lots are seen
covered with an ~overgrowth of hideous
weeds, or contain other impediments
to thrift and progress, is now nearly
completed and notices are going out as
rapidly as can be dispatched to all
owners of such lots or property de-
handing that the defects complained
of be remedied. In the event that any
of the notices are not promptly
needed, the Mayor stated that the city
will undertake said work and assess
the costs against the property con-
cerned. He said further that action
would be taken by virtue of Ordinance
No. 70, passed in 1916, but en-
forced. The city cement worker is
busily engaged, the Mayor told, in re-
pairing pavement and curb at all corn
ers of streets, hoping that this ex-
ample set by the city may prove an
incentive for individual property own
ers to follow suit.
A conference with David McKibbin,
owner of the Derbyshire Hotel, corner
of Twenty-sixth and Pacific avenues,
is to be arranged for with the object
in view of devising ways and means to
correct or overcome the dangerous
right angle where, Central avenue in
t~ersects T~wenty-sixth avenue. James
Kenney, owner of the 100-foot lot on
the west side of Central avenue at
Tw~enty-sixth avenue, has given a strip
of same, z feet in width, to the city
of North Wildwood, so as to lessen the
dangers of traffic at this critical in
tersection. If the D~erbyshire Hotel
were moved back about 10 feet, a fairly
nice curve could then be constructed,
leading from Central avenue into
Pacific avenue.
Harry E. Weir, former city surveyor,
has beer very much in evidence at
recent meetings. 1t was he who drew
the plans a couple of years ago for the
S1OO, 900 boardwalk project, to extend
from Cedar to Crosse venues 1t is
said he also made elaborate plans at
that time for the improvement of the
beach front. 1t was rumored that the
cost of the whole of the operations
planned by him exceeded 100000.
These plans, it was alleged by Weir,
were drawn at the request of the for
mer city commissioners. 1t has been
intimated that when they first saw the
engineers report, and realized what a
tremendous amount of expense was
linked I'D with the propositions, fright
overcame them and the plans and
specifications were promptly pigeon
holed and never given to the public.
The present Mayor remarked at this
weeks meeting that he wished to ar
range a meeting soon of the commits
sioners with Mr.. Weir to go over his
plans and see what suggestions he has
now to offer.
At the request of the Home Section
of the wildwood Civic Club, permits
sion was given that association to use
the third foo hall in the third ward
fire house as a meeting place, free of
charge, provided that none of their
gatherings interfered with or con-
ficted with any of the meetings of or
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