Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-10-13

The County Treasurer, Harry Head
lev. now addressed the Board urging
economy on everyone in the matter Oh
shending the county funds. Treas
urer Headley stated that the funds are
running low in the various approprla-
ations and that the county is really
facing a serious position.
Director Foster and Assistant D1rec-
tor Eldredge now gave a few words
on this matter. Mr. Eldredge said that
he had been trying to impress ms tact
on the Board for the past two
and he was now glad to heal the
Treasurer sound the warning. MT.
Foster agreed with him and the Treas
urer and advised that everyone Il
down on their expenditures Tor n
balance of the year.
The report of the Inspector OF
Weights and Measures OF cape May
County showed that Henry w. B1tner
of Stone Harbor had been fined $50
for shortage in weight of ice on a sec
ond ~offense.
Resolutions were now in order. One
by Mr.. Shaw was for emergency notes
for $500 for money to feed the county
prisoners for the balance of the year.
A resolution by Mr.. Swain gave the
purchasing agent permission to sell
the house of Thomas Shaw at Grassy
Sound at public sale.
A resolution by Mr.. E~ldredge in
structed the county engineer to draw
up plans and specifications for h
paving of Beach avenue in Cape May.
A resolution for a note on the Union
Bank of wildwood for the payment
for the drawing up of plans for the
Grassy Sound bridge.
Two financial resolutions came next.
The first of these was for a loan OF
SIS, 900 from the Marine Bank of Wild
wood for general funds. The second
was for a 81, 900 loan from the Ocean
City Bank for Jail maintenance.
All the foregoing resolutions were
passed by the Board.
The engineers third and final report
on the Stone Harbor bridge work was
read, received and filed.
A resolution ordered the return of a
check to I. T. Woolson.
A resolution ordering beginning of
condemnation proceedings to complete
the Turtle Gut Inlet jetty work and
road to Two Mile Beach came next.
A resolution ordering the payment
to Contractor Woolson for the COM
pleted jetty work to Two Mile Beach
was next, followed by another resolu-
ton to reimburse Solicitor Way for
money paid by him for the county at
the condemnation proceedings for the
Grassy Sound bridge. These Tesolu-
lions also were passed by the Board.
The engineer now had three reports
that were received and filed.
A resolution by Mr.. Swain vas to
the effect that the county accept the
work done by Samuel Campbell on the
Stone Harbor bridge and that he be
paid for this work, and that the pen
atty for a few days overtime on the
contract not be imposed. This was
passed.
A resolution by Director Foster
proved n of the big things of the
days work. This resolution stated that
no expenditures for county roads or
properties be made before December of
this year for new materials or work.
This resolution is not to interfere with
the regular road work of scraping and
neither is it to interfere with work
for which material is now on hand.
After considerable discussion by
nearly every member of the Board in
which it developed that should the
Board run over their appropriations in
the expenditures that the entire body
would be liable to indictment. The
resolution was finally passed with two
or three members voting mo"
Mr.. Norton now reported that a
phone from Mr.. Waddington had in
formed him that the offer of the Board
would be accepted by Mr.. Waddington.
The bills were now ordered read and
paid after which the meeting was adj
journed.-Wildwood Sun-Tribune.
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