Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-07-01

did business as Usual on Tuesday with
nothing unusual happening.
The finance department reported
receipts as follows:
Tax Department ..........$5,73l.14
Water Department ........ 4S4.19
Total
The operating department of the
water Office reported IL as having
water turned on, two bursted mains re-
paired and 10 new connections. They
also reported the completion of the
reading OF all meters as of June Both.
A letter was read from the Board of
Trade stating that an automobile
bearing Pennsylvania license No.
525234 had hit n of the brick pill
lars at the entrance to the Wildwood
road at Rio Grande on Sunday, de-
molishing it and suggested the solicit
tor to, take it up with, the owner with
a view to having it repaired. 1t was
referred to the solicitor.
The music committee of the Board
of Trade, through Oscar Huebner,
chairman, asked that Frank W. Rob
inson be made a special officer at the
Atlantic Pier where the municipal
concerts are to be held. 1t was re-
ferred to the Mayor.
The entertainment committee of the|
Board of Trade stated that arranged
ments had about been completed for
a display of fireworks OF the beach
-. T,.I,x ar o.1 oclyad for tho COMO
ton of the City Commissioners which
was granted.
A letter from William Early, a
Philadelphia lawyer, was read request
ing some action be taken in reference
to a suit of Mrs. Annie E. Delaney
for damages for injuries received
when a section of the boardwalk col
lapsed at the time of the baby parade
last August. 1t was referred to the
solicitor.
A letter was read from John N.
Reeve offering the store at 1904 Board
walk to the city for use as a public
rest room for $500. The letter was
ordered received and filed.
Licenses were granted to Kraus and
Webster for two Stanley steamers and
to the South Jersey Supply & Trans
portation Co. to run bus lines in the
city limits. The ordinance calls for
only two lines and this cuts out the
Reliance Transportation Co., which
has been running buses for sometime.
They are still running.
Five applications were read for
jitney licenses which had been on file
the proper length of time. The city
ordinance calls for but 40 licenses to
be issued, and as SO have been granted,
but four could be allowed and they
were granted, as follows: Charles
Greco, Arthur Mccartney, William
Amore and Benny H. Dickinson. The
fifth one, Herman Lampe, of Cape
May, was held over. A new applica-
ton for a jitney license was received
from Harry Shaffer and ordered filed.
Solicitor Hand reported that the
Borough of Wildwood Crest would pay
half the cost of lights or Crosse ave-
nue., the dividing street of the two
municipalities.
A letter was read from E. S. Culver
calling attention to an article pub
lished in the Journal last week to the
effect that no provision had been made
to connect the new boardwalk with
the old walk at Cedar avenue where
there is a space of about eight feet.
The matter was referred to the Com
missioners, solicitor and engineer.
Beach baseball came in for another
jolt when a petition, signed by prop
erty owners and residents of Davis
avenue, was presented protesting
against the fence just erected or the
beach between Montgomery and Burk
avenues, cutting off the view of the
ocean down Davis avenue, which is
between these two streets. They de-
manded it be removed at once and
insisted on knowing when they could
expect action. Mrs. B. A. Denton, of
the Haverford, acted as spokesman
and said they were willing to consider
having a section put on hinges so
that it could be opened when the
games were not in progress. 1t was
referred to the solicitor.