Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-04-07
Wildwood Building Permits
For March Total $4,000

sioners were on HAND early last Tues
day afternoon, April 4th, the date of
their first regular weekly meeting in
the fourth month of 1922. They came
early but departed late, as adjourn
ment was not in order until 5 o'clock.
The principal cause of the long drawn
out session was the introduction and
consideration of Ordinance No. al, a
new measure embodying the building
code for a greater Wildwood. A pre-
vious ordinance of similar design, No.
1877, failed of adoption because of nu-
merous objections aimed at certain
features thereof; hence it was thrown
into the discard and a radically differ
ent instrument substituted. Because
of the technical nature of this docu-
ment, with it's many sections, it was
very difficult to read and the city clerk
could do no pacing in this instance.
1t might be said, in fairness, that he
hobbled through it, for Interruptions
were frequent, many questions were
asked and much discussion ensued
thereat. Some idea of the intricate
complexion of this piece of legislation
may be cleaned when it is learned that
an hour and fifteen minutes were con-
sumed in the reading of it alone, after
which arguments pro and con We're
listened to. After all who wished to
speak had been heard, the ordinance
was passed on its first and second
readings, and Tuesday, April 18th,
fixed as the date for final hearing and
probable adoption.
When the Commissioners strolled
leisurely into the local legislative
chamber last Tuesday afternoon, their
eyes beheld only n lower light burn
ing. 1t was the one that hangs over
or rather above the long oak table at
which the Wildwood solons sit. Sus-
pended by a green cord, much
stronger than that which sustained
Damocles' sword, the pure white cor
rugated bowl or shade of this swing
ing light c~onceals an incandescent
lamp of very high candle power.
Scarcely had the Commissioner
been seated when the city clerk got
his cue to let the upper lights be burn
ing, so he ambled almost the entire
length of the room (31 feet to turn
a switch on the front partition. In
| stantly a flood of pure white light
streamed from the two ceiling 1llu-
minations~ both of similar design and
power to the swinging one described
before.
The Commissioners DON is much
larger now than it used to be. Two
rooms have been thrown n one,
whose dimensions are 81 x Fl, quite
spacious enough for present needs.
Building inspector Frank B. Dixon
o~bligingly furnished this data for the
benefit of those inquiring minds eager
to know the size of City Hall.
1t was 2.05 when the Commissioners
got down to business, and as reports
began to roll in first, a series of carbon
pencils were ready to catch the sta
tistics as they dropped. The weekly
financial barometer BODIED fair weather
and clear sailing. The director of
revenue could not help but feel de-
lighted and his countenance lightened
as the figures for the week preceding
showed like this:
Tax receipts ............$4,OOS.90
Delinquent tax interest. 622.3O
Costs of collecting same $50
Street and eve assess
ments 1881
Interest delinquent assess
ments ............ $1,000
Costs for same 1888
Total tax receipts ....... $5,26S.66
Water rent receipts ...... 400.36
Total revenue for the
week So, 669.O2
The operating force of the water de-
partment put 81 meters into commits