Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-03-25
City Hall Doings
Continued from page l

the first hole In q Deacn IIOnt Sanu "a
quick as q wink, thus paving the way
for the beginning OF the long talked o
boardwalk. The first piling was quickly
followed by the insertion of Others
These oak supports are for the first ap
proach and not for the main line OF
board walk proper. The pumping in o
the main line piling will require more
skill, and the work will be watched
with greater interest.
The stirring events of hat dsy-pre'
vlous to the beginning of the commits
sioners' meeting-had a tendency t.
put a damper on the proceedings Of
our legislative body on March 22d. and
the attendance was sparse.
Tax receipts and water rent receipts
were at low tide last week. The former
footed up only $422.S6 and the latter
1866. Az.
Thirty-three requests to turn on water
for the spring and summer were re-
ceived and complied with last week.
That report sounded encouraging; and
still greater demands for ION" service
will continue now from day to day.
The tapping Of mains also goes
steadily on. Four taps made the past
week: For N. A. johnson, northeast
corner Baker and Hudson; north side
OF Magnolia avenue, west of Ocean
II for Rebecca Loux; north side
OF Pine avenue west of Park Boule-
ward, for David Wilder, and corner
Twentieth street and Central avenue,
for John j. Kay.
Communications were called for next.
Holly Beach Lodge, Nc. 100, L. y. o. F.,
asked for the installation of q pay
station telephone booth in lodge room
OF the Third ward fire house.
George Himmelwright, of 2236 north
Twelfth street, Philadelphia, wrote the
commissioners in reference to the pur-
chase by him of lot No. %, owned by
the city, and lying on west Pine avenue
and Lake The city bought
this lot recently for the purpose of
running a sewer pipe line through it.
Mr.. Himmelwright enclosed a stamped
envelope for a reply. The matter was
referred to the city solicitor. II this
lot be sold the city will deed same to
purchaser subject to right of way for
sewer outlet.
An interesting letter from F. B. Cod
ling, of Philadelphia, president of the
Cooling Lumber Company, of that
city, was next read. He stated that he
purchased, a short time ago, from the
Manayunk National Bank two 40-foot
lots, Nos. IL and Is, on the north side
of Taylor avenue, near the boardwalk.
These lots, he said formerly belonged to
a Miss Fair, who Inherited same from
her aunt, a Mrs. Bridge. Before buy
ing these two lots he owned one 30.foot
lot adjoining these two on the east. He
therefore claims ITO feet front. But to
his great CONSERVATION he has dis
covered that he is seven or eight feet
short. at Is limited" he continued,
ithat borough measurements were once
based from a certain avenue, and after
wards changed to another avenue, thus
resulting in overlapping lines. AS he
is o%verlapped about eight feet on the
three lots he seeks advice and relief
from the commissioners. His letter
was turned over to the city solicitor for
adjudication. He denied the right of a
borough to thus stake from one and
give to another" The commissioners
suggested that the services of a sur
veyor should be procured to straighten
out the overlapping muddIe.
Bids had been solicited for the re-
papering Of the lodge room on third
floor of First ward Fire house, also for
re-papering the Pine venue water
works house, occupied by Archer
Henrick. William Grace bid $40 so
on the house job and 1913 to do the
Masonic lodge room; George P. Mac
Culloch bid 1920 on the house and
S85 on the lodge hall. A motion was
made to give the contracts to the lower
bidder III each case. SO Mr.. Grace was
awarded one contract and Mr.. Mac
Culloch the other, honors being easy.
Health Officer Ingersoll vas present
and took occasion to impress upon the
minds of the commissioners and other
persons in attendance at the meeting
that tan ounce of preventative is worth
a pound of cure" "That is why" he
said, 1.-THE Wildwood schools were
closed for q week and all of the rooms
thoroughly disinfected. The agency
used was that powerful germicide
known as formaldehyde gas. Our
health officer made it very clear that
there is not any danger of an epidemic
here. Only q few isolated cases of con
tagious diseases manifested themselves