Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-05-06
CITY COMMISSIONERS TO
CHANGE BUILDING CODE

~ ~ ACSo41A $500 @NL
Commissioners on Tuesday afternoon
each member was in his accustomed place
with Mayor Hendee presiding.
There was quite a large number of
spectators present, interested in the
various matters to come before the
Board. Report for the month of April
were read as follows:
Electrical Inspector, receipts $ll7.50
Building Inspector, receipts $500
Collector, searches, ........ 1915
Clerks office .............. l77.64
The collectors report of receipts for
the week showed $9,669.3l collected for
the tax department and s633.89 in the
water department.
A communication from Stanley M.
Kalbach in reference to a balance he
claims is due him on contract work was
read and referred to the solicitor.
Five applications for jftney Licenses
were received and placed on file.
Henry H. Ottens asked permission to
lay three-foot sidewalks on the west
side in the Harbor section instead of
fve-foot walks, but the request was re-
fused.
Ordinance No. 10, providing for a
police court was taken up and passed on
its third reading, Mayor Hendee voting
no.
The city clerk was instructed to noti-
fly L.. F. Williams, owner of the Contin-
entail hotel property, to have the nu.
slightly remains of the fire there a year
ago removed at once.
Mayor Hendee and W. COPYRIGHT
Smith reported on their trip to AT.
lantic City on Monday to attend the
gas hearing.
o. l. Blackwell, secretary of the One
Day Outing Committee, made a lengthy
plea for a base ball ground and asked
that the Commissioner do something at
once so that the work Of the convention
and excursion committee could go on
without fear of hold-up on the base ball
matterS He said that he believed that
the excursion business of last year could
be doubled this year but they must have
the assurance of a base ball diamond to
offer the various industries as that is a
great pastime with them during the
summer and always count IN a big game
on the day of their annual outing. Mr..
Blackwell was assured hat each Com
missioner was in favor of base ball, but
that the wishes of the residents of Car
field avenue must also be respected, but
the Commissioners made themselves a
committee of three to take up the mat
ter on Wednesday morning and see what
could be done.
During the base ball controversy a
few spirited words were exchanged by
Miss McNerney, a large property WI
err on Roberts avenue and Mrs. John
Kirkbride, of West Rio Crande avenue.
A lease was offered for confirmation
by the music committee between them
and ]. W. Hallahan for the use of the
Atlantic Pier where the municipal on.
certs are to be held this season. The
rental consideration is 5000 and the
lease was confirmed by the Commission
ers.
A communication was read from the
jitney drivers association Directing to
the city granting a license to the large
buses to operate between this city and
Cape May and asked that they adhere
strictly to the city ordinance which re-
quires a residence in the county of at
least six months. o. l. Blackwell, sec.
rotary Of the W. & D. B. r. r., also
voiced his objections to the buses from
the railroads standpoint and a letter
from the Five Mile Beach Electric Rail-
way Company asked that due consider
alton be given the matter before the Ii
censes were granted. Samuel I'll. Beam
err, Jr., representing the South Jersey
Supply and Transportation Company, OF
Camden, spoke from the bus company's
viewpoint and said it was not their in
tention to take business from anyone
but to run a perfectly legitimate bust
ness. The matter was referred to the
solicitor to receive his written opinion.
Bids were opened for the cement gut.
ter work as advertised for, $500 square
feet more or less, as follows:
Craythorn-Nickerson Co., zoe So. it.
Thomas Delaney ........23c So. it.
Frank p. Mattera ........25c So. #.
The contract was awarded to the Cray
thorn-Nickerson Co. at their bid.
Ordinance No. III, an amendment TO
the building code which prohibits the
use of beaver board and similar wall
boards in the construction of buildings
in the city, was taken up and passed on
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After the payment of bills the meet
ing adjourned.