Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-04-07
DOINGS OF BOARD OF
FREEHOLDERS
, Sea Isle CITY Times.)

(FrOm sea Isle Clty lILueS'J
At a regular meeting of h Board
of Chosen Freeholders, held on Tues
day. March 21st, legal opinion was
filed by County Solicitor Way, that
Grover C. Richman, appointed by JUS
tice Black to assume duties of Pros
ecutor of Pleas, could not receive the
compensation of said office unless he
had filed an oath of office in the County
Clerks office. Legal opinion was also
given that the County cannot lease or
grant permission of a permanent char-
acter, or give away any portion OF the
Cane May Point Boulevard, for rail-
road or other purposes, except by va
cation and then selling portion so va
Gated to the highest bidder.
The Almshouse Committee informed
the Board that the matron of the
Almshouse is confined to her room by
illness. and Mrs. Levi Wentzell has
been engaged to assist with the ma
irons duties.
Bids were received for $151, 900, two
wear six per cent Notes to finance the
construction of Route IA, Section D, OF
the State Highway System and award
ed to the highest bidder, the Marine
National Bank and Wildwood Title and
Trust Company, jointly, for $152,5lO,
other bids being George B. Gibbons
& Company, $152,011.75; R. M. Grant
& Company, $151, 551.30; Ocean City
Title & Trust Company, $~151,377.5O;
Merchants National Bank, $152,057.OO.
Bids for special advertising for sea-
son of 1922 were received and contract
awarded to lowest bidder, Dorland Ad-
vertising Agency, Atlantic City, for
S3.749.9O The other bidder was CORN
Iey-Smith-Peifer, Inc, for $3,765.91.
A resolution was adopted to request
the State Highway Commission per-
mission to construct about seven
eighths of a mile more of ement paw
ing on State Highway, Route Ia, Sec
ton 5, which would bring the paving
this year to the Avalon road, said work
to be done under the reimbursement
plan for which Cape May County has
been allotted $200,0 900 for 1924 and
$780, 900 for 1925. 1t is not likely, how
ever that Cape May County will reach
the limit to be reimbursed in 1924 as
the tendency of the Board is not to
issue bonds to an extent that will eff
feet the regular bonding capacity of
the county.
The purchasing agent was instruct
ed to get information and prices on
~fireproof safe in which to file records
in the custody of the clerk. Lewis T.
Stevens, employed to audit the ac-
counts for 1921, presented a large bum
die of cancelled bonds and suggested
that same be destroyed. To this the
counsel did not agree, and stated that
he considered the cancelled documents
as a permanent record or evidence of
payment. They were returned to
the County Treasurer to store in some
bank vault until the county has suit
able fireproof storage space.
Earl M. Waddington was awarded
bid to furnish 5000 tons, more or less,
of cinders, price 22h cents per ton,
the only other bidder being Edgar F.
Endicott, at 80 cents per ton.
Final adjustment of payment to Cas-
sedy and Holman on contract for North
Wildwood-Grass Sounds road was or
dered.
Samuel Campbell vas designated to
make the emergency repairs to the
Holly Beach d~rawbridge under the
supervision of the County Engineer
and to furnish a bond in approximate
cost of work, $4,000.
The County Engineer as'instructed
to prepare plans for a bridge over
Grassy Sounds Channel, on line of the
new North Wildwood-Burleigh road.