Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-04-08

Tuesday, April 9th, being the date sci
for the opening of bids on printing OF
the city treasurer's annual report, the
two estimates asked for were accord
ingly laid before the commissioners, as
follows:
~ will print $500 City Treasurer's
reports for $194; 1900 copies for 1925.
All of the work will be done In the
JOURNAL building in Wild wood. |
will use go d paper, and 1 will give a
better and a neater job than you have
been getting. The printers on the job
live here and spend their money in
Wildwood. JED DUBOIS"
"We will print annual reports of the
city of Wildwood at the following
prices:
$500 copies, 2O,page reports $3.50
5000 -. $195
On 5O-pound book paper, same as last
year.
Trusting we may have the pleasure
of securing your valued order, we are,
yours respectfully,
"SUN PUBLISHING Co.,
&c. r. Page, Mgr"
In awarding the contract the question
OF quality was not considered, a motion
being passed at once, without discussion,
giving the work to the Sun Publishing
Company for $500 copies at the offer of
$3.50.
| Out Of a list Of five bidders on the
supplying Of a coal hoist for the Rio
Grande pumping station of the city's
water plant, the Atlas Engineering
Company, Of Philadelphia, was the
10 west at S45S, and the contract was
awarded them.
AT this meeting the applica ion Of
twenty-three members of the Hack
Drivers Association were received and
filed. Thirty days must elapse before
licenses can be Issued. After the meet
ing ano. her application was handed to
the city clerk by William 6. Riet-
heimer, of 152 east Hand avenue, whose
baIbering place Of business is at 252
east Oak avenue. All hackney licenses
for 1920 expired December 31st. AS no
new licenses may be granted for thirty
days hence, under the terms OF the
new TAXI ordinance, drivers of taxi
cabs in the interim are forced to operate
without the protection of license papers.
Ordinance No. 118 passed on final
reading. This concerns the removal of
the wrecked boardwalk. At the meet
ing of the week previous ordinance No.
III passed on final reading. The latter
authorized the building of the new
board walk, which is designed to take
the place of the one that was ami
hiIated as if a cyclone had struck it.
A resolution was now passed ap-
proving the plans and specifications
prepared by Engineer Rice for the
grading and gravelling, etc, of Atlantic
avenue, from Lincoln to Montgomery;
and i~nstructing the city clerk to adver-
tise for bids, returnable Tuesday, April
10Th, at 2 o'clock p. M.
A resolution was passed authorizing
the making of a temporary improve
meut note in the sum of 5000, / n an
ticipation of the issuance of water
bonds, under ordinance No. ia. The
proceeds of this note will be used in
making additions and Improvements
to the water system.
Mention was made of the i'm portance
of introducing an ordinance at an early
a to regulate and control the rapidly
increasing traffic on our streets and to
prescribe suitable penalties for nom
observance Of the stringent rules to be
laid down.
City Treasurer Kay submitted a list
of non-collectible personal and poll
taxes for 1919 and 1920, assessed against
life guards, ex-service men, firemen
and nonresident and deceased citizens.
The first three classifications are exempt
by law from paying those taxes.
The city treasurer submitted another
and a longev list of unpaid or uncollect-
ed poll and personal taxes for the years
1919 and 1920. 1t was Surprising to zee
how many names of prominent citizeL S
appear on this list.
No action was taken on this report.
1t was laid over for a week.
A motion was made that when the
meeting adjourned the board of COM
missioners would the day
folio owing, Wednesday, the 9Th, at l.60
p. M, for the purpose of taking under
consideration the selection of a site or
location for the new proposed municipal.
and memorial building. 1t was given
out that a committee of three members
of the Beach Realty Company would
be present at this adjourned meeting to
offer a free site for the city's memorial
building.