Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-03-11

Third ward. Tnese lois are IOcdSeu VI
Davis enu west of the railroad,
where the new lumber and coal yard
has peer opened. The city tax col
Iector certified that all liens against
said property had been satisfied.
The building inspectors report COW
erIng the month of February gave the
number Of permits Issued as "a; the
fees collected as SAT, and the total value
of the building operations covered by
these permits as $50, l4O.
During the month of February the
plumbing Inspector reported IL permits
and one registration; fees, $25.75
The city clerk was instructed 10 pub
lish q notica of sale Of q pair Of black
horses owned by the city. Collars and
haIters are to be included in the sale.
The introduction of ordinances was
the next order of business. The fret
one to be read was ordinance No. rs
known as the taxi ordinance-the pro-
visions of which were drawn up by the
attorneys for the Wildwood Hack
Drivers Association. Under the terms
of this ordinance, as finally presented,
a license shall not be granted to any
person who has not resided for q year
prior in the s'ate, and for six months
prior in the city of Wildwood. A
license can not be issued until thirty
days after the application has been
made. A uniform fee of $35 will be
charged for each license granted. Not
more than forty licenses shall be Issued
In any one year, nor to any person
under tweHty-one years of age. "All
motor vehicles licensed under this or
dinance must be operated exclusively
by the bona fide owner thereof; or II a
C ~rpaation, by q of the stockholders
of the company.
"All applications must be made to
the board Of commissioners at a regular
meeting. An applicant must be recon-
mended by at least two reputable
citizens.
"Licenses shall be granted without
the necessity of formal application to
all persons meeting the residential re-
quirements contained herein, who are
taxi a operators or drivers at the time
of the passage hereof.
each passenger shall be allowed to
have carried and conveyed without
charge, upon any taxicsb, his ordinary
travelling hand baggage, not exceeding
so pounds in weight, 9th -rwise a charge
not exceeding 25c. may be made for
each extra piece of baggage"
The rate of fare permissible 10 be
charged each aud every passenger shall
not exceed 35c. within the city limits.
This taxi ordinance was passed on
first and second readings, and will now
come up for final reading and passage
on Tuesday, March 22d.
The constitution ality Of this measure
is doubled in some quarters.
Ordinance No. 116 was next taken up
and passed on first and second read
ings. This act provides for the i'm
provement of Atlantic avenue, from
ScheJlenger to Montgomery avenues,
by grading, graveling and all work in
cident thereto. This portion of Atlantic
avenue is to be only thirty feet wide for
the present. Provision is also made for
improving this streets Intersections at
Garfield, Spicer, Spencer. Young,
Roberts, Baker and Montgomery
avenues.
A clause in this ordinance specifies
"ihat so much of the costs, damages
and expenses of the improvements
made as represent The special and Pc
culiar benefits conferred upon the own
ers of the land and real estate benefited
thereby shall be assessed thereon in
proportion to the benefits each shall he
deemed to have acquired or receive ed"
City Treasurer Kay announced that
As boardwalk bonds, Of the original
series of SO, had been sold to the two
banks in the First ward, and that the
money in payment bad been turned
over to the city. The sum realized MAS
$46 200.
Last Tuesday was the day designated
ia the advertisement for the opening OF
bids on construction Of the pew board
walk. At the proper moment a motion
was 7 assed TO proceed with the opening
Of the proposals. The clerk then read
the three offers, as follows: &c IL E.
ODER and Israel T. Woolson, trading as
Ober & Woolson, $44,425.12; Craythorr
& Nickersop, $40 276; aud Ed~a ard 8
Graham, Of Philadelphia, $53 1892. Mr.
Graham is the man who was the love-
bidder on the five-year garbage con
tract, recently awarded to him. ODE
& Woolson being the lowest bidders,
motion al passed awarding this firm