Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-11-25
Notes From
Wildwood City Hall
rontinued From Last Week
By A. F. LEIBY
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numbered, respectively, l26 and 127.
Tho first one was what is known as a
-anoa1er and the second was an ordi-
moe TO amend an ordinance. The
finance to be amended is the one
,rbicb was passed on third and final
.oading on June 14th, of this year, by
.ho former Commissioners, and some
tines referred to as the jitney ordi-
nance. regulating the operation and
nroviding for the licensing of auto
buses and other motor driven We
vicles." This ordinance, as amended,
Affects chiefly the big bus lines and
laws down more stringent rules for
,beir observance. The license fees re-
main the same, namely, $50 for the big
motor buses and $35 for the smaller
cars. No limit is placed upon the
number of licenses granted. The
original measure limited the number
to be issued in any year to 40. On a
test such a provision would never
stand the scrutiny of the court. 1t
would surely be declared unconstitu-
tional. Hence it looks like an act of
wisdom for our present executives to
move to "cut it out" The big liners
are to be confined to one thoroughfare
exclusively and that is Holly Beach
avenue. They will not be permitted
TO ply on any other street, and on
Holly Beach avenue only between Rio
- o,,1 Wildwood ouan11aC Tho
barking place or terminal for them in
wildwood is designated as Opposite
the Pennsylvania Railroad passenger
station, on Holly Beach avenue, be-
tween Oak and Wildwood avenues"
No longer will they be permitted to
run down Oak or Cedar avenue to
Pacific or Atlantic avenues. Coming
or going, these big hacks are per-
mitted to make but two stops within
the city limits, to take on or to dis
charge passengers: at the intersection
of Rio Grande and Holly Beach ave-
nues and at the intersection of Rio
Grande and S~usquehanna No
other stops may be made, except at
the terminal aforesaid: No passeng-
ers will be allowed to ride on outside
steps, running boards, mud guards or
on hoods of any vehicle operated I'M
der a license. A fine of 5000 may be
imposed for violation of anysof the
provisions of this ordinance, which
passed on first and second readings
last Tuesday and will come up for
final reading and passage on Tuesday,
November 18th. Not a single protest
ing word was offered in an effort to
rerard the movement of this piece of
legislation. 1t seemed to meet the APP
prevail of all present; but the intro
duction of Ordinance No. 1875, encount-
cred some opposition. Frank L. King,
the real estate man, tackled. this or
dinance vigorously and W. L. Jamison,
of the Overlook apartments, also
took a fling at it. They both were
credulous and did not hesitate to say
that they suspected Interior motives
were back of this proposition to re-
peal the ordinance which was passed
on third and final reading, May 10,
1921, by the previous set of Commits
s~ioners, providing for an appropria-
ton of 100000 for the purpose of con
structing and erecting a public build
ing, dedicated to public use and to be
known as a memorial building"
The repeating clauses read as APP
pears below:
And whereas, it is now deemed
advisable and for the best interests OF
the taxpayers and citizens OF this city
that the above mentioned ordinance be
now repealed;
BE it therefore ordained and d1-
rected that said ordinance be and
hereby is repealed and rescinded."
This repeating ordinance (No. 1850
will come up for final discussion and
passage on Tuesday, November 18th.
The object in repeating or resc1nd-
ing the original ordinance is to re-
lease the money appropriated thereby,
which is said to be needed urgently
for other and more necessary improve
ments on the beach front. People
having interests out there are clamor-
ing for sewer connections. 1t is prob
able that when this sum of $4,000 is
released that it will be utilized at once
for the purpose of establishing a sys-
tenn of sewers on the new front. The
Mayor tried to assure Frank l.. King
that there was no Interior motive back
of this. action or any other action that
the Commissioners had taken since
they were indicted into office. I'VE
have nothing to hide or to disguise
and are acting solely for the best IN
terests of the city and the entire BODY
polite" continued the Mayor.
After the current weekly bills were
read adjournment was voted at BIO.
REAL and