Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-12-09
ANCLESEA

The North Wildwood City Council
met IN regular session on Tuesday
evening. Mayor McLinden was pres
ent as were also Councilmen Erickson
Elmer Hewitt, Ostenrieder, Penrose
and Webster. Clerk Redding, Solicitor
Robert Bright, Engineer Rice and Col
lector Peterson were also present.
Bids were opened for the grading.
graveling and curbing of Pine avenue
from Delaware to Maryland venues,
a distance of one block. The railroad
runs through the easterly end of this
block near the fish platform. The low
bidder was R. H. Coney and he was
awarded the contract. There were
four bidders as follows:
Versaggi Bros. .........$2,918.3O
1. T. Woolson ........... 1,93O.5O
Frank S. Mattera ....... 1,S58.0O
II. II. Coney ............ 1,669.10
The material in the street is to be
five inches of gravel on top of four
inches of cinders. Engineer Rice
called the attention of Council that the
against the abutting prop
erty for this street improvement would
be between $135 and $14O per lot. In
reference to raising Mayor McLin-
den's salary to $4,000 per year, So
licitor Bright in a written opinion
said that it could not be done during
his term of Office. Sewer Inspector
William Streaker reported fire hy-
drants on Tenth and Twelfth avenues
out of order, and same was referred
to fire committee. Clerk Redding told
of Loefiler's truck running over three
sections of fire hose in the street and
damaging same. Mr.. Aoeff1er was
present and explained that the truck
was driven by James Ingram to an
swer a hurry call to haul fish from
Anglesea to Wildwood to go out On the
Wildwood and Delaware Bay Short
Line Railroad Company's one o'clock
train for the New York market. He
promised to pay for the repair of the
hose and Council let it go at that. A
letter from the North Wildwood Civic
Improvement Association said that
pigs were allowed in the city contrary
to ordinance. The letter also called
attention to broken glass in the streets.
Clerk Redding stated that he thought
the glass came from broken milk bot
ties. The clerk was directed to notify
Abbott's Diaries to take more care in
gathering up empty bottles. An ap-
peal for a donation for the New Years
Mummers' Parade was laid owe until
January because of no available funds
in this years appropriation. John A.
Pew complained of water backing up
on his lawn at Seventeenth and Della
ware venue during high tides, and
same was referred to sewer committee.
H. Nidorf, one of the firemen, stated
that the fire company would build
a building for fire purposes if the city
would donate a lot. More room is
needed for voters on election day and
it would be necessary to use the room
where the fire apparatus is now stored
it was stated by City Clerk Redding.
Robert Bright resigned as assessor in
the first ward and John A. Carlson
was elected by Council at the Novem-
Der meeting to fill the unexpired term.
At the last election Mr.. Carlson vas
elected a Councilman, but now he will
not qualify for that office. Therefore
there will be a vacancy for Council to
fill. The meeting adjourned until
Tuesday evening, December 9th.
Mrs. Gertrude Taylor, of the Hotel
Germantown, was in Atlantic City for
a few days to visit her relations.
Miss Linda Holmes spent the week
end with her parents On Walnut ave
nue..
A food sale was held in Allen Grace's
store on Saturday for benefit of the
Methodist Sunday-school, netting the
church quite a sum of money.
Benz. Jensen and Carl Peterson are
getting things ready to go c~odfshing
from Anglesea this winter.
Mrs. Charles Sanders passed sew
eral days in the Quaker City last week.
Marie Godfrey entertained over the
weekend Mr.. and Mrs. Stevenson, OF
Philadelphia.
Mrs. w. Holmes had the misfortune
of falling down a flight of stairs Mon
day morning. Fortunately no bones
were broken, although she was badly
bruised.
Miss Marion Green, of Philadelphia,
visited her mother on Chestnut ave-
nue. over Sunday.
Mrs. Lundy, of Brooklyn, mother Oh
one of the drowned fishermen, spent a