Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-06-10
$3S,42O.O7
.$15,967.57
. S22.452.5O

Balance on hand........$zz,40z.oO
Regular monthly bills were read and
ordered paid. Mr.. Ostenrieder COM
planned that the garbage was not being
collected properly in his neighborhood
and asked that $25 be deducted.
Bids for lighting the city streets for
three years from the West Jersey Elec-
trio Co. were read as follows:
65 all year arc lamps at $115.00 each.
35 summer lamps, 4 months, at
$500 per month; 3 months, at $3.50
per month; 2 months, at $4,000 per
month.
Superintendent Nye stated that a
part of their new equipment had been
lost in transit but expected it any
day, and as soon as it arrives the
boardwalk lights will be put on. Mr..
Tatem explained the new lighting sys-
tenn recently installed by the city,
saying it cost wei $4,000 to install it.
On motion the contract was awarded
to the bidder.
A communication was read from
Attorney Robert Bright, saying a
mortgage held by N. R. S. Yewdall on
the city barn on Fourth avenue would
soon be due, and as the amount had
been included in this years budget it
will be taken care of when due.
A letter was read from the Wild
wood Board of Trade asking that the
city's appropriation of $500 to the
Board of Trade be placed to their
credit at the earliest convenience.
A letter was read from e. G. Ray
mond Young in reference to the grad
ing of Pine avenue, where a sewer
line was recently laid. The clerk was
instructed to advertise for bids for the
work, bids, to be in by the next regu-
lar meeting.
A resolution was passed adopting
daylight saving time to become eff
fective at II P. NJ, June 18th.
Four applications were read for life
guards, from Ralph Bloomell, James
Taylor, Ralph Powell and Charles
Joslin. They were referred to the
Mayor.
Ordinance No. 152, providing for the
erection of a city pavilion at Seven
teenth avenue and the boardwalk,
passed second and final readings. The
form of bond to be used for bonds pro-
vided for in the above ordinance was
read and approved.
Ordinance No. 1853, the new plumbing
code, was read and passed on second
and final readings.
Ordinance No. 154, the new building
code, was read and passed on second
and final readings.
A resolution was adopted setting the
opening time of hotels at six O'Clock
A. M. and closing time at twelve mid
night.
The matter of a pier and public
toilets on New Jersey venue was
again brought up and the clerk was
instructed to advertise for bids for the
pavilion according to plans and speci-
fications as prepared by Engineer
l.. M. Rice, bids to be in by June 21st.
Mr.. Watson, representing the Balti-
more Sun, asked Council if they cared
to go in on the fsnermen's page to be
published in their resort section on
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tt the advertising committee.
The condition of Spruce avenue vas
spoken of by Robert Pearce, a resident
of that street, who said autos get
stuck there in the soft ground nearly
every day. 1t was referred to the
street committee with power to act.
Mr.. Hewitt said the beach seemed
to be washing away in the vicinity of
Seventeenth avenue, and that there
were a few piling washed out under
the boardwalk. A bulkhead was sug-
gested to protect the beach there.
The opening of the channel to give
the boats an outlet was a vital ques-
ton taken up and caused considerable
discussion. Mayor McLinden stated
that he and others had been over to
see Congressman Bacharach in refer
nee to getting the government dredge
here and he had promised to have
government engineers here to look it
over.
Solicitor Tatem said he thought it
would not be right to take away any
of the jetty that had been placed
across the south inlet to protect the
property in that location.
Director Hewitt was authorized to
&c the services of an expert n
gineer to confer with in regard to the
best method of providing more water
for the boats to get in and out of the
inlet.
Council her adjourned.