Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-08-05
CAPE MAY POINT ROAD TO Be
RESURFACED WITH new MIXTURE
Freeholders Will Use New Material as Experiment on One
Mile and if Satisfactory More Gravel Roads VIII Be
Covered Throughout The County
GULAR MEETING OF COUNTY BOARD

also reported the work complete on
repairs to the Holly Beach bridge and
also recommended that big trucks and
buses Be kept from running 50 fast
over bridges He said 1t had been re-
ported 70 him that some Of the large
buses had not been slowing up for
bridges at all The engineer vas zu-
thorized TO have signs placed On AL
bridges in the county, giving the
length Of bridge. the time allowed 70
cross IT. The engineer Was also in
structed TO place q sign on the old
bridge Il gath street, Ocean City, used
by fishing parties. to the effect that
persons using It did so'at their o~n
risk
Mr.. Eldredge reported that . Ford
car had struck the railing on the Jack
son street bridge. Cape May. tearing
L partly away. The members from
cape May were authorized to Rave the
railing repaired
At LIS the Board adjourned for
dinner, re-conyening about 3 O'Clock
Engineer Rice reported for the cleo
trical committee that the use Of the
present engine direct would be best
Tor use on the Ocean City drawbridge.
end he was authorized TO prepare
plans and specifications for same.
Mr. Eldredge voting NO"
Mr.. Groves reported finally that the
Advertising Of the county had about
been completed and they had a bal
ance Of 1857 left ON hand.
A motion prevailed authorizing the
clerk to notify the Craythorn-Nicker-
son Co. to proceed at once with the
erection Of the fagpoIe at the public
building ordered erected sometime ago.
Mr. Eldredge asked that permission
be given t place a drain pipe on
Beach drive. Cape May, in the vicinity
Of Jackson street, to carry Of rain
water, and it was granted, to cost not
1ver 800.
Mr.. Groves asked for similar drains
70 be placed on Central avenue in
Ocean City. and the purchasing agent
vas authorized to get prices on the
pipe required and report at the next
meeting.
Mr.. Stein brought up the matter Of
The condition of Rio Grande avenue
where the bus Of the Reliance Trans
portation Co overturned last Friday,
and this brought on a discussion as to
how and by whom permits were to be
issued for opening streets under the
III of the county, and Solicitor Way
read a law saying permits could be
issued only by the Board to Munich
palities, and individuals must get their
permit from the municipality. The
Board has been working under the i'm
preston that the members had the
privilege of issuing permits in their
district. In June a motion was passed
granting a permit to the Craythorn-
Nickerson Co. to open Rio Grande
avenue with the understanding that a
f%reeholder bond be furnished to the
amount of 800. The clerk stated that
no bond had ever been furnished. A
motion prevailed that the clerk notify
that company to put the street back
in as good condition as before within
ten days or the Board would do the
work and collect from them. The
clerk was also instructed to notify the
City Of Wildwood to do the same with
some holes on the same avenue left
by them after repairs had been made
to sewers and water mains. The mat
ter of how permits were to be issued
in the future was referred to the so
licitor for a written opinion at the
next meeting.
Several members of the Board ac-
companied Col. Wittmore and the
State Highway engineer owe the TE-
tie Gut road last week and they re-
ported that he had assured them that
he would urge the payment Of s12,5OO
which they had agreed to give when
the inlet was stopped. The $4,000
from the State House Commission
would be available when placed in
the 1922 budget of the state. Mr..
Camp said he had taken up the matter
of completing the road with the COM
mission and engineer, and they felt
that a piling bulkhead with brush and
about eight or ten inches of gravel on
the top would be the best. The Ger
tificate of the county engineer that
the contract Of the Hill Dredging Co.
on Turtle Gut Inlet was complete and
a resolution was passed accepting
same. .
Mr.. Eldredge asked hal a meeting
Of the finance committee with the au-
ditor, clerk and treasurer, be held at
some neal future date to go over the
balances in their appropriations. The
report of the auditor was presented
and referred to the finance committee
to go owe at this meeting.
Mr.. Groves presented the name of
c. Elmer Shoemaker, OF Ocean City,
Is a member Of the Sinking Fund
Commission in place Of John r. Jones,
resigned.
The report of the sealer Of weights
and measures for July was read show
inc 0EA nunonff1ac noodn on r,1oc-~1,