Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-11-18

Amount received for water
rents 5l1.fo
Total revenue for previous
week .S9,313.Sz
Fifty had water turned
off last week. Two new taps or con-
nections were made; one on Seven
teenth avenue, west of New York ave
nue., for Henry H. Ottens, and the
other on Green Creek road, east of
the Pennsylvania Railroad for D.
Golf.
The belated monthly report of the
plumbing inspector was now offered.
During the month of October Is in
spections had been made and the fees
collected amounted to $41.50.
Communications" pronounced the
Mayor. The city clerks offering in
this line was slim this week.
On November 18th the Commissioners
wrote a letter to the Public Utility
Commission, at Trenton, inquiring as
to what decision had been reached by
that body relative to the necessity Of
directing the Wildwood Gas Company
to install a larger main on East Rob-
erts avenue. Complaints had been re-
peatedly made to the Commissioners
that the main was of too small a
caliber to give proper service, some
persons claiming that it is only a
2 inch main. Replying TO this letter,
A. N. Barber, secretary of the State
Utility Commission, informed our
Commissioners that an investigation
had been made by the State Boards
inspector with the result that he found
the main tt be of 8 inch bore. He fur
Their reported that a test for pressure
had been made by means of a record
ing pressure guage, so located as to
definitely record at all hours of the
day the pressure of gas in the main,
directly opposite the Marlborough
apartments, owned by Mrs. McNerney,
who made the original complaint re-
garding the Roberts avenue service"
The inspectors report further stated
that "the pressure in that locality was
up to the standard of requirements as
set down in the company's book of
rules and regulations" 1t was the
opinion of the inspector that this
main is of sufficient size for all pres
ent purposes and will be adequate for
the future, unless some special de-
mand is made upon it, such as would
be caused by the needs of a large gas
engine or a commercial enterprise,
which is hardly possible to occur in
that vicinity" He also spoke of the
probability of a new large gas main
being laid under Atlantic avenue, in
the near future-said this would be
tied in with the Roberts avenue end,
thus completing the network and
would tend to improve the service on
the latter street"
On the tenth of November the Com
missioners wrote a letter to the Byron
Pennington Croker Post, No. 1874,
American Legion, to ascertain the sem
timents of it's members in reference
to the present status of the proposed
municipal-memorial building. The
Posts commander, Alfred Winter
burn, vas delegated to make the fol-
the 10th inst. in regard to the build
ing of the memorial as outlined by
the previous Commissioners and the
resembling of a certain ordinance to
release the 100000 tied up in the pro-
posed building, has been received by
IL n-o& - 7 Ior,o Io1, ,rI-oI ~, kl,O
members to answer the communica-
ton. They feel that under the pres
ent conditions, with no money in sight
to finish the proposed memorial build
ing, and from what we understand
(that the 100000 could be used for
making other needed improvements
on the beach 'front.', it is, therefore,
their desire, under these conditions,
that the ordinance be r~escinded, with
the hope that in the near future a
bond issue may be provided to build
a memorial that will be a credit to the
city and the Legion"
A letter of similar import had been
received, quite recently, from the
wildwood Athletic Association, in
which they acquiesced in the plan of
the present Commissioners to repeal
the ordinance referred to. Both of
these organizations are now on record
in favor of delaying the construction
of the proposed combination building,
because of lack of funds at present to
complete the building as originally
designed.
Tax Collector Willard Campbell in
formed the Commissioners last Tues
day that up to date almost 5000 0
had been received in payment of the
back taxes, since the foreclosure pro-
ceedings were begun" This was very
pleasing news to the Commissioners.
The Mayor stated that the cry had