Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-03-18
CITY Hall Doings
Continued from page l

OttenS' haTb0T, q motion pr fVaiieu
shortly after the hour specified to pro-
coed with The opening Of the bids.
Only two offers had been received: One
from O6er & Woolsou, at 1928 per
front foot, or a total Of 81 1854 so for the
whole structure, which Is to have a
frontage of $50 feet; the other bid was
by Crsythorn & Nickerson, quoting a
lump price of 81, 564. so. The latter
firm did not make a unit bid. Ober q
Woolson, being the lower of the dual
bidders, a motion was passed awarding
the contract to this newly formed part
nership, but not for the whole dock,
only for two-ihirds of it, or 900 feet,
at the unit bid of 1923 per foot. A
clause In the specifications gives the
city the privilege Of increasing or de-
creasing the size Of the wharf at the
price of the unit bid accepted. AS the
appropriation for the building at this
wharf was 81 1000 the commissioners
decided that 1000 feet Of it was all that
could be undertaken at present. This
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struct for 1923, as per unit offer.
A motion was now passed directing
the return to Ober & Woolson of the
certified check for 81 900 which had ac-
com panied this firms bid or the pro-
posed construction of a new boardwalk.
A surety bond to the amount of the
c1ntrac'-S44,4 25 12-hss been furnish
ed by the Fidelity and Deposit Co., OF
Baltimore, Md. This bond was &C.
cepted at Tuesdays meeting and the
execution of the contract authorized.
This will be drawn up by the city
solicitor.
Ordinances No. 112, No. 115 and No
ia we're all Passed on third and final
reading. These three measures arrange
or provide for the Issuance Of $35 900
worth of water bonds aud $12, 900
worth OF surface drainage bonds,
making a total issue of bonds to the
extent Of $47, 900.
One new ordinance was introduced.
This was the much talked Of boardwalk
OIuA1ahOOs Ro0CO0 LOiOA '0
illegal, "would not hold water, " Accord
lng to the opinion of Justice Black, Of
the State Supreme Court, so a new act,
numbered III, has been offered and
will come up again for third reading on
Tuesday, March 18th. 1t seems awk-
ward to some citizens that u commits
sioners should advertise for bids and
award a contract to build a board walk
before the ordinance authorizing such
proceeding has been passed and filed
long enough.thereafter to become a law.
1t is a known fact that the original
specifications were changed, and 1t is
stated or charged thatth second set of
specifications was never adopted by the
city's legislators. If this be so that
omission alone would invalidate the
whole measure. The Supreme Court
long ago pointed out that our city
could acquire right Of way by con-
domination or by purchase. Our COM
missioners have taken nc steps to do
either; but persist apparently in blum
AClAuk Obs WltAOOt AC6ol0 AOA law anu
order and the city's future welfare.
Expediency seems to actuate their
every move, inviting 10 years to come a
repetition of the disasters that were
brought about in 1920-1921.
Frank L.. King laid before the COM
missioners a plan of the boy scouts of
Wildwood now under consideration, to
devise ways and means Of having built
or otherwise provided a hall or meeting
place of their own. Their present in
tention is to put up a building some
what on the order of the told log
cabin" styly, about 80 by so feet, and
Mr.. King was delegated to ask per-
mission OF the commissioners to erect
the proposed cabin on the west end OF
the public park, lying west of the rail
road and between Oak and Wildwood
avenues. Permission to do this was
readily assented to.
Mr.. King also requested the commits
sioners to reinstate officer Clegg in the
position of garbage inspector. When
contractor Graham, of Philadelphia,
took charge OF the garbage removal
work on March 1st it is said that Mr..
Clegg's duties as city inspector of gar
bage automatically ended. Mr.. Kings
request to have officer Clegg reinstated
was acted upon at once, the motion to
this effect passing by a vote Of 2 to l.
Mayor Hendee objected to the reap
pointment, on the ground of it being a
useless and an unnecessary expense
and an interference with his depart
ment. He claimed that the majority
commissioners had no legal right to
make this appointment over his head
and have the insr ector's services
charged TO the department of public