Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-10-21
Wildwood City Commits
sioners Will Foreclose
Its Tax Titles
City Has About 100000 Worth of Such Property,
Bought in at Tax Sales. Many Cement
Walk Street Corners Being Repaired.
Commissioner Doing Good Work
in This Respect

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the local order of the Daughters
of America, appeared before the COM
missioners relative to improving the
conditions and janitor service of the
third ward hall, where the order meets.
She complained that frequently cleo
trio lamps were missing in the room
and because of this neglect to supply
a sufficient number of lamps at all
times, the business of the meetings
was seriously interfered. She sug-
gested a number of improvements that
might be made in the hall that would
add greatly to the comfort and conve-
nience of all organizations paying rent
for the use of this room. One of these
suggestions was for the installation
of a dumb waiter and another for the
construction of a chute to convey to
terra firma waste paper and other
waste matter. She felt that a ~janitor
should be on duty there every night
when meetings are held.
Some comments we're made by the
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but no definite promises were held out
that any radical change will be made
in the arrangement of the hall at the
present time. In regard to the lamps,
assurance was given that that lack of
service would be remedied.
Alexander McMurray, of Hotel Day.
ton, next addressed the commissioners
on the subject of telegraphic commune
cation. He wondered if the commits
sioners could do anything to induce
the Western Union Co.. to maintain an
Office here all the year round? He
way of getting a message sent out of
Wildwood during the fall and winter
months. 1.-THE Pennsy and Reading
operators" he said, take messages,
but only at their own convenience"
He meant by this that they are not
at their respective keys at all times
often only at train time. Mr.. McMur-
ray thought that the public is at a
great disadvantage in consequence.
He was informed by the Mayor that
efforts had been made a number of
times to obtain better telegraph SER
vice, but they were futile. at is a
matter of dollars and cents exclu-
sively," was the only answer to all in
q~uiries. Unless it can be shown that
the Western Union can make money
here by maintaining an Office, to be
open during business hours, every day
in the year, there will be no hope of
establishing a permanent service.
Upon certificate of the collector of
taxes that there be nc unpaid taxes
or municipal liens On record in his
office, affecting lot No. 6, block No. 81,
in third ward, it was deemed right
and proper by the commissioners that
a quit-claim deed should be given to
Julia R. Mellor, covering any interest
which the city may have therein by
reason of former unpaid taxes" Au-
thority to execute such a deed was
granted by formal resolution.
The issuance of two more quit-claim
deeds were duly authorized: one con-
corning lot 6, block los, second ward,
in favor of Anna Stanton Parkinson;
the other affecting lot %, block II,
third ward, to William ]. Nolan.
One new ordinance was introduced,
No. 125, and passed on first and Sec
ond reading. This ordinance was no
small affair; it was very deliberately
drawn, and the reading of all the
clauses and conditions consumed some
minutes. 1t proposes the raising of
SIS, 100000 more for use of the city
water department in laying additional
water mains and service pipes, to-
gether with the putting in of necessary
plugs and the supplying of various
connections and accessories. Accord
ing to the terms of this ordinance, the
money is to be raised at once by is
suing, for discount, temporary i'm
provement notes. These are to run
one year or less at the option OF the
city and to bear 6 per cent interest.
The ordinance arranges for the issu-
ance of a SIS, 100000 bond issue later,
when it shall be decided opportune to
float same and call in the temporary
note.
This ordinance will come up for final
reading and passage on Tuesday, No
vember Sth. Any taxpayer having any
objections to offer at that time to the
passage of this ordinance may be
freely and fully heard.
By far the weightiest piece of legis-
lation attempted at Tuesdays meeting
was what we now proceed to quote:
Whereas, there is due the City
of Wildwood, for taxes, a large sum
of money, amounting to several thou
sand dollars, to which the city has
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