Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-06-02
COMMISSIONERS MEETING

WlldWOOdS "lemple OIL JustiCe was
the scene of much activity on Monday
afternoon at the weekly meeting of the
Citv commissioners. The session was
held on Monday due to Tuesday, the
regular meeting date, being Memorial
Day. Shortly after o'clock small
groups of individuals, comprising law
vers. reporters, merchants and trades
men began to congregate in small
groups in various parts of the CITY
Hall where they discussed every con-
ceivable subject from the new golf
course to the winning of the Chevrolet
touring car which was ratified off by
the Legionnaires. The session was
opened at two o'clock, Mayor W.
COPYRIGHT Smith presiding and Com
m~issioners Ralph L. CARL and Alfred
TAYLOR at his side. The body 1mme-
diately settled down to the business
of the week, functioning with an un-
usual smoothness and rapidity, vast
ing very little time in unnecessary dis
cussion of petty problems. City Clerk
Alfred Winterburn read the minutes of
the previous meeting which were ap-
proved and a report of the city's I'M
ances was made by City Treasurer
Kay. showing a substantial increase IN
the amount of receipts in comparison
to the report last week. There has
evidently beer a slump in the amount
of building during the last few days
according to the report of Building In
spector Dixon. Only three building
permits were issued and two of these
were for minor alterations. The list
follows:
To Frank E. Smith, contractor for
Max Baker, Holly Beach avenue, be-
tween Montgomery and Baker avenues,
store and dwelling. To cost about
$4,000.
To Rufus Hays, contractor, for H.
A. Schaffer, Beach avenue, between
Garfield and Spicer Alter
ations and additions to store front to
cost about $3.50.
To William H. Smith, contractor, for
DR.. Yubas, corner Andrew avenue and
boardwalk. Addition to store n
dwelling, to cost about $500.
A communication from Mark B.
Reeves, architect, asked for an extern
sion of time for the completion OF the
Public Comfort station at Glenwood
avenue and boardwalk. Mr.. Reeves
stated that there was a scarcity OF
plasterers and that he was unable to
finish the structure at the time spec1-
fed in the contract. He was given
until June 18th to complete the work.
Harry Schaffer, of Garfield and
Spicer avenues, made an application
to operate a five passenger Ford car.
His application will be filed and after
thirty days he will be granted this
privilege. Hacking licenses were
granted to Harry Gill, ia Rio Grande
n ]. H. Thomas, 124 East Tay-
lor avenue, and William E. WEIGH, $50
West Hand avenue.
A resolution was adopted providing
for the purchase of a playground at a
cost of $4,000. The land, o a barren
tract, will be transformed into a rec
reation center, unrivalled by any in
the state and will be an attainment of
one of the points in the Getty beautiful"
plan. It was stated in the resolution
that the plot would be purchased only
on condition that the city be given a
clear bill of sale for it.
The commission then opened for dis
cussion the question concerning the
purchase of the Electric Light Com
pany's plant. General Manager E. T.
Nye presented a petition signed by 81
business men for the consideration OF
the Commissioners. The petition read
as follows: whereas, the owners of
the West Jersey Electric Company
and the Five Mile Beach Electric Rail-
way Company have suggested to the
City of Wildwood that the city con-
slider the purchase of these properties,
We, the following undersigned, recon-
mend that the Mayor and City Com
missioners appoint a committee OF
business men to investigate this ques-
ton fully and report to the Honor
able Commissioners any suggestions
or recommendations that the commit
tee sees fit to make" In commenting
on the question and expressing the
sentiment of the people, the Mayor
said: There seems to be no concen-
trated effort for or against the prOpO-
sition. We will investigate the matter
and express our opinions at the next
meeting of the commission"
George A. Keller was appointed
special policeman by the Mayor at a
salary of $40 a month, payable BIZ
monthly. He will report to the chief
of police for duty On the fifteenth of
June and remain until the fifteenth of
September.
Resident citizens were present to
complain about the noise coming from
the exhaust pipe of the Crystal Ice
Company. A complaint about the
noise was made several weeks ago and
at that time the Mayor ordered the
company to find some means to have it
muf1ed. For a short time the exhaust