Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-11-04
F~reehoIderS Met
Last Tuesday

The regular monthly meeting of-the
Cape May County Board of Freehold
ers was held on Tuesday in the Free
holders room in the court house
building at Cape May Court House,
Freebooter Groves, of Ocean City,
acted as director, and the other men,
bers present and taking part in the
meeting were Fox, of Ocean City; De-
Bow, of Sea Isle City; Peterson, of
North wildwood; Stein, of Wildwood;
Shaw and Eldredge, of Cape May;
Foster, of Dennis township; Candy, of
Upper township. Camp, or Middle
township, and MacKissic, of Lower
township, convicted and under SEN
tence for malfeasance in office, were
present, but took no active part in the
meeting. They did not take a seat
at their desks, but occupied seats out
side the railing. In calling the roll,
Clerk Fitch called the names OF the
convicted members, but they did no
answer. Their names were called on
every roll call during the meeting.
r. Fendall Smith, the new engineer,
was also present. A letter was read
from the federal engineers at Will
mington, Del, urging the\Freeholders
to provide a power lift at the Stone
Harbor bridge. The state highway
engineers in a letter requested that a
committee of F~reeholders meet them
at Atlantic City on Friday of this
week to confer on the selection OF
roads in Cape May County upon which
state money is to be expended. The
committee will be composed of Direc-
tor Groves, Engineer Smith, and other
members who may find it possible to
attend. The clerk spoke of a firm OF
auditors who had written about u
diting the books of the county. Clerk
Fitch explained that the usual charge
for an accountant was $25 per day and
$40 per day for helpers. NO action
was taken on it. Road Supervisor
Lopez reported that there had been
some settling on the new county road
now being built between Anglesea and
the main seashore road, by way of
the village of Grassy Sound. This
road parallels the West Jersey and
Seashore railroad on the north end
of Five Mile Beach. Engineer Smith
was directed to examine the road and
report. Only one bid was received for
the Dennisville gravel pit, which the
F~reeholders had advertised for sale.
The bid was for $500 and was rejected
because it was considered too small.
The bidder was. w. K. Lovett, of Cape
May Court House. This gravel pit has
Is acres of ground with a railroad sid
ing running into it. No reason was
given why the county wants to sell
the property. By motion of Free
holder Eldredge work on the Corson's
Inlet bridge was ordered discontinued
because the amount expended had al
most reached the $1,000 mark. The
Freeholders are not allowed to exceed
the expenditure of this sum without
advertising for bids and such a pro-
cedure was not taken on this job.
Samuel Campbell, of Bridgeton, has
been in charge of this work. John
Morton declined to serve as inspector
on the Anglesea-Grassy Sound road
and Freebooter Peterson announced
the appointment of j. o. Little, of
Anglesea, as inspector. The appoint
ment was confirmed by the board.
Upon motion of Mr.. DeBow, it was
voted to repair the depression in the
street at the entrance to Wildwood
and send the bill to Craythorn & Nick
erson, who dug out the street and did
not put it back properly. Frank P.
Mattera, of Wildwood, vas also noti-
fed to remedy a spot nearby where a
plumber dug up a street to enable
him to do some work. G. A. Norton, of
Wildwood, having declined to serve
on the sinking fund commission, Free
holder Eldredge recommended the APP
pointment of John w. Mecray, of Cape
May, and he was appointed and con-
firmed. A transaction between the
county and the G. H. Clouting Lumber
Company, which has been hanging
fire for several months, was referred
to the solicitor. Solicitor Way re-
ported that North Wildwood had paid
the 1917 county taxes and still owe
another year. He said that Avalon
had paid up in full and that Stone
Harbor was making an effort to pay.
Engineer r. Fendall Smith was in
structed by resolution to make a sur
vey of the Wildwood Crest-Two Mile
Beach road and estimate the cost of
completing it in an effort to get state
aid. The board adjourned at $50
P. NJ.