Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-12-30
Total receipts Sc, Toll


city water mains at the designations
as given:
On East side Of Atlantic avenue,
above Maple avenue, for Mr.. Croft.
On South side of Glenwood avenue,
West of Atlantic avenue, for Mr..
Mousley.
South side of Buttercup road, West
of railroad, for c.. ]. Scully.
South side of Buttercup road, West
of railroad, for C. j. Scully.
219 West Pine avenue, for Alfred
Thornley,.
1870 West Davis avenue, for George
N. Smith.
194 West Davis avenue, for George
N. Smith.
AIS West Montgomery avenue, for
Henry H. Ottens.
Four permits were issued by the
building inspector for the foregoing
week:
To John T. Byrne, for construction
of 4S additional rooms to his apart
ment building going up along the
boardwalk, between Spicer and Spen-
Ger avenues, at an estimated additional
cost of $4,000.
To Clara Tyson Miller, for the rails
ing of a building and the construction
of apartments underneath, on Glen
wood avenue, West of Atlantic ave-
nue.; also for the construction of a
garage; total estimated cost of these
improvements, $7,454. This is the
bungalow formerly owned and occu-
pied by Mr.. G%runinger.
To Mrs. Saltzman, for the erection
of a store building on Montgomery
avenue, West of Hudson, $1,000.
To William G. McMann, 153 East
Bennett avenue, for apartments,
5000.
The weekly report of Chief of Police
O. M. Cobb stated that five officers had
been on duty and that 2O4 signal boxes
had been pulled by them in making
their rounds. The report further men
toned that one person had been COM
united to the county farm and that
two men had been found dead. These
men were found in the condition men
toned last Friday morning about half
past 10 o'clock in the room of the
house where they lodged, 148 East
Montgomery avenue, in the rea of the
Fox tailor shop. One of the men was
James Welsh and the other, William
P. Donaldson, both said to be from
Camden. At the inquest held over
these bodies the next day, at City
Hall, the coroner's jury found that
death had occurred as a result of al
coholic poisoning. The coroner's
physician CDR. julius NJ. Way, of Cape
May Court House, was of the opinion
that the death Of the men had partly
resulted from asphyxiation, as a
strong odor of gas had been detected
in the room. He felt that suffocation
by the gas may have been a contribut-
ing factor in the case. The men were
carpenters employed by William H.
Smith and had only lived here a short
time. Donaldson belonged to the Car
penter's Union.
The report of the building inspector
was read next, in reference to the ex-
animation made by him of safety con-
ulIlO10 d L HIS Wdiu L uOu0C, DIS DGI
request of the commissioners.
81 have thoroughly inspected first
ward fire house and would recommend
that an iron fire escape be placed on
said building, the platforms of same
to take in one window and one door,
and that doorways be cut through to
connect with fire escape on the second
and third floors of said building"
A communication from A. N. Barber,
secretary of the State Board of Public
Utilities, was read, informing the COM
missioners as to instructions given
Norman Grey, 104 Market street, Cam
len, attorney of the Wildwood Gas Co.
Mr.. Grey was directed to have the
company report at once to the COM
miSsioners the number of gas meters
now installed through which gas is
supplied; the number of gas meters
in position in which the new rate
wheels have been substituted for the
former wheels and to state date at
which the company will complete the
installation of the new rate wheels in
all of the meters.
A letter from the Chief of the Fire
Department contained suggestions
relative to the purchase of a quantity
Of new fire hose, new tires for Webb
and a recommendation that all
purchases be made either by the Di-
rector of Public Safety or by the fire
chief, or by both. Heretofore it was
supplies for the fire de-
Dartment had frequently been ordered
and bills o. KID by other officials than
he mes specified, thus causing con-
fusion sometimes and an o~verdrawing
If the fire account.
The Mayor took occasion to say that
Ill the points made and suggestions
by Mr.. Nickerson had been an
icipated by the commissioners and
lad been gone over by them long be-
ore the receipt of the chiefs letter.
The Mayor further stated that at least
900 feet of new hose will be ordered
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