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

the Court HOUSE lot d oV udyS tlioA'
which, if it did not save rs per cent of
the coal bill for the month should then
be returned to the company, This was
put into a motion which carried with
an s to 5 vote.
A report from the State Hospital
for the Insane showed % county pa
tients on the hospital lists. Also two
paid patients.
The Finance Committee report stat
ed that this committee had refused to
approve the bill of Mr.. Waddington for
interest on a former bill. Their action
was sustained by the Board.
The Finance Committee went on to
say that the bills appropriation was
overdrawn by more than $500, and as
a result all Freeholders' bills were
held out at this time along with a bill
for Contractor Calhoun for more than
$500. The Jail appropriation was also
reported overdrawn to more than 500
and this information caused some lit
tie comment. The solicitor and others
we're heard on the matter.
Road Supervisor Lopez reported that
the money for work on the roads was
about exhausted except for an amount
which will keep the roads scraped for
the balance of the year. He said that
West wildwood still had a balance for
work in that district. He had bills for
the damage to railing along the Wild
wood boulevard which was caused by
trucks of Loef1er's Express and the
philadelphia Inquirer and turned these
ayers.
Mr.. Norton reported that Foreman
Muller was away on a honeymoon
trip and that during his absence the
Clydesdale truck had been disabled
and sent to the shop for repairs and
that the county Tiffin truck had broken
another axle, the third this year. Mr..
Lopez now again took the floor and
stated that there were two carloads
of gravel yet to be put on the West
wildwood road and said that the
Clydesdale truck would be out of the.
shop ready for work on Wednesday of
this week and that it would be i'm
mediately put to work on his job.
Judge Thompson, of Atlantic City,
representing the Atlantic City Electric
Company, now addressed the Board.
He stated the plans of the Atlantic
City Electric Co. to run a high trans
mission line from Ocean City to Wild
wood and stated that the Public Utili-
ties Commission had granted them this
power, the property owners had grant
ed permission to erect the poles and
that now permission was necessary of
the Freeholders before anything fur
Their could be done.
He then read the petition asking for
a SO years grant from the Freehold
ers to erect this line from Ocean City,
over the boulevard and then down to
the Shore road to Duval's Run. A
grant of permission from Upper Town
ship was then read by Judge Thomp-
after which he read a resolution
to be passed by the Freeholders calling
for a public hearing on this matter
to be held at an adjourned meeting of
the Board at 1890 A. M. on Wednes-
day, November Sth.
A motion that the petition and con-
sent be received and filed and that
the resolution be passed was voted for
unanimously by the Board.
Freeholders Stein and Mcneil were
now instructed to look into the matter
~repaving the washout on the Wild
wood boulevard.
Mr.. Swain reported on the condition
of the Old Oak tree on the road lead
ing to Delaware Bay and said that
the tree was rotten and standing on
the county property. He was instruct
ed to have it chopped down and re-
by a motion which carried.
the proposed right of way of the
Grassy Sound Bridge was brought up
by Mr.. Stein who suggested keeping
one of these houses for a bridge ten
der's house, two outhouses for tool and
sheds and for the sale of
the second large house. This met with
the approval of the Board and action
taken later in the day accepted his
suggestion.
Mr.. Norton brought up the matter
of the Two Mile Beach road and said
that some additional jetty work was
to properly protect the fill
over this section. Solicitor Way was
also heard from on this matter after
which several other members of the
Board spoke both in favor of and
against the work. It was developed
that the state refuses to aid finan-
cially in this work. The matter was
finally "shelved" for future action.
Mr.. W~addington, whose bill for in
terest on a balance due him had pre-
viously been refused by the Board,
now appeared in person and spoke of
the matter of the cinder contract for
last month when two cars, filed par
tally with beach sand. had been ship