Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-09-08
COMMISSIONERS MEETING

Tho weekly AlCCNAh6 VI WOOu .
c,4v commissioners was held in the
Osy Hall on Tuesday afternoon, Sep
@~'bar s. 1922. The reports for the
nth of August were submitted by
No heads of departments, Plumbing
,nsnector Fred Metz reported fifteen
Connections during the month with
saos amounting to $41.50. During Au-
st the taxes collected by Willard F.
~Somnbell amounted to $1S,1S2.68. The
mort of Building Inspector Frank
nivon showed that 43 permits were is
nod and the estimate cost of con-
Struction was $69,695. Forty-seven
normits were issued by the electrical
inenector and the fees therefrom
amounted to $1O5.
A communication was received from
T. q Slaughter, general manager of
,be wildwood and Delaware Bay Rail-
road Company regarding the improve
nant of Park boulevard along the
peading tracks. In a recent letter to
Mr. Slaughter the Commissioners had
reouested that his company fix the
bighway so that it could be used. Mr..
slaughter stated in his reply that a
force of men are now working on the
street and that it will soon be in first
class condition,
Ordinance No. 14S passed its final
reading. The Ordinance provides for
the repairing and reconstruction of
all sidewalks and curbs in the city,
not heretofore repaired. Ordinance
No. 149 passed it's first and second
readings. The Ordinance authorizes
the West Jersey and Seashore Rail-
road Company to construct, operate
and maintain a railroad siding across
Andrew avenue on the west side of its
present track. An improvement note
will be discounted at the Marine Ma
tional Bank for S 1880 which will be
used for the improvements on the west
side of Atlantic avenue, provided for
in Ordinance No. 145.
The report of the police department
of the arrests made during the past
week was as follows: Sleeping under
walk, 1; disorderly persons, 1; intent
to defraud, l.; begging money on
boardwalk, 8; grand larceny, 5;
drunkenness, 2; reckless driving, 1.
On a motion by Mayor Smith it was
decided to allow no games of chance to
be operated at bazaars or other social
functions held by organizations. "A
consistent policy is the only policy"
said the Mayor, "and I feel that this
is the only way to be fair to every
one"
City Engineer Harry Weir reported
that he had been unsuccessful in get
ting the Freeholders to bear the ex-
pense of finding and raising the grade
of the manholes along Park boule-
ward. According to Mr.. Weir the man
holes were first built to the established
grade of the city. When the county took
over Park boulevard it raised the grade
of the street and in doing so covered
up the manholes. 1t has been lmpos-
sible to locate several of the manholes
and all of them must be raised to the
street level. Mr.. Weir was sent by the
Commissioners to appear before the
Freeholders and ask them to stand the
EXPENSE OF doing this. The engineer
reported that his request was re-
ceived very coldly and that Freehold
ers Stein and Norton of Wildwood
were the two men who spoke most I'M
favorably of granting the request. the
matter will again be brought up at the
next session of the Freeholders. MT.
Weir was instructed to submit a state
ment to the Board, stating thai the
City of Wildwood expects the county
to pay the bill of putting the manholes
where they should be. Mr.. Weir also
reported that the Wildwood and Deia-
ware Bay Railroad Company will
stand the expense of the new surface
drain at Cedar avenue and Park bou-
levard. The company in repairing
their tracks broke the drain that was
previously there.
A communication was received from
Mr.. Garrigues, of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, stating hat the
work along Two Mile Beach was pro-
crossing rapidly and that as soon as
certain legal matters we're cleared up
the track would be completed. Inc
coaling and watering of locomotives
and the storage of car will then be
done along Two Mile Beach, thus
eliminating a nuisance that exists IN
Wildwood at the present time. Com
missioner CARL reported that plans
were being formulated for improve
ments in the water department