Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-01-28
City Hall Doings
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cute the necessary note to secure tint
sum so borrowed"
A communication from Mayor Chas
p. Gillen, of Newark, was next read
We quote some OF its contents: ut is
intended to introduce a bill at Trenton
to change the method of cond ucting
elections in ommission-governed cities
in New Jersey. 1t is proposed to go
back to the old form of holding pri-
maries previous to elections. The pro-
posed legislation is Of the most reac.
tionary character imaginable and would
probably put the political party enact
ing it out of power"
Mayor Gillen claims that commission
form of government should be kept
strictly nom partisan. he argues that
if the law is amended SO as to reiutro-
duce the primaries, as was the case
when the law was first enacted, partisan
lines would be drawn and the aim of
commission form of government de-
feated. The commissioners are urged
to communicate with our assemblyman
and our state senator in an effort to
block the proposed change r~e-establish-
ing Or maries for commission governed
municipalities. "Either abolish COM
mission government altogether or else
keep it non-partlsan" was his final ap-
peal.
The unexpected happened at Tues
days meeting when ID. J.. Woods
paved the way, apparently, for the
presentation of a petition signed by 56
citizens. Mr.. Woods asked the COM
missioners if anything had been done
by them toward relieving the gas stu
alton? A negative reply was givenfb by
the mayor. Thereupon, Charles Albig
advanced to the long legislative slab
and rendered a petition, which he said
he had been requested to present. 1t
has since been learned from Mr.. Albig
that Joseph Brown is the man who
had originally intended to offer the
document, but for some reason did not
do so. Instead, he turned 1t over to
Albert r. Austin, who in turn trans
ferred it to Mr.. Albig. The latter was
obilging, although he had not signed
the petition himself, he tried to be
neighborly-to accommodate Messrs.
Brown and Austin:
1--WE, the undersigned, citizens of
Wildwood. property holders and voters,
and fhn nrr0ha ca ~ kha nv
~ and franchise of the Wild wood Gas
Co., price and terms to be determined
by a board of arbitrator. We would
recommend hat the project be pushed
} through at as early a date as possible,
SO that we will be able to be in a posi-
ton to take care properly OF next sea-
sons business and insure our hotels,
cottages. ETC., a full supply Of gas that
will be equal to the demand of our
growing necessities" The names of
the signers follow:
Clayton s. Lowe. George I. Stein.
Martin Long, Martin Long. Jr., F. B.
Sharp, E. 3. Culver, L. T. Woolson,
Harry M. Leaning, Eden Mitchell,
Raymond Holmes, Paul Herfert, Clar-
ence Brewer, Joseph B. Brown, John
Erickson, Linwood Filler, Edwin M.
johnson, ST., Frank Barker, Warren
g. Mount, William A. Rebel, w. 8.
Crawford, Howard Cattell, Walter II.
Treen, B. B. Stull, George Morrison,
Edward 2 Fox, Sam Fox, Henry
Chalmers, James G. Wigham, A. W.
Johnson, Harry Heating, David Gras-
80, w. F. Wentzell, Charles H. SIM
kins, William McClain, John Taylor,
James e. Whitesell.
A motion vas passed that the petit
ton be received and filed. Commits
sioner Smith then moved that the COM
missioners appoint themselves a COM
mittee Of three to go over the matter
with the city solicitor and make a re-
port at next meeting.
Edwin M. Johnson, ST., whose sigma
ture appears, as noted, is authority for
the statement hat he signed this petit
lion a long time ago, several months
before the very exhaustive and satis-
factory report made by the gas COM
mIttee OF which Robert j. Kay was
chairman. That committee advised
against the purchase by the city of the
gas plant. That committee had been
appointed by the president of the
Board of Trade at the request of the
commissioners themselves and the
commissioners formed part OF the COM
mittee. The people felt that the find
ings of that committee we're just and
commendable, and now we behold
these same Commissioners entertain
ing an absolete proposition opposite to
what had previously been concluded.
A card from DR.. S. E. Corle this