Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-12-08

feature Oh the meeting OF n Board
of Chosen Freeholders of Cape May
County held in the Court House on
Tuesday afternoon. The Freeholders'
room, usually of ample proportion to
accommodate the visitors to the meet
ing, was uncomfortably crowded with
representatives of various construc-
ton companies and interested parties
in connection with the opening of bids
for the construction of the Grassy
Sound Bridge, connecting North Wild
wood with the mainland, and also for
the paving of Beach avenue in Cape
May City. Though the latter bid must
be considered to some extent it COM
pares little in Importance with that of
the bridge work.
The opening of the bids on the va
rious work was not the first thing
taken up at the meeting. Following
the reading and approval of the min
utes the communications before the
clerk were read and action on these
taken. One of the first of these was
from the Wildwood & Delaware Bay
Short Line Railroad regarding the
tracks they have laid across Park
boulevard. They stated that they had
obtained permission for such work
from the City Commissioners of the
City of Wildwood in time past, and
that in this recent work they felt this
permission was still good. They
stated they would investigate further
into the matter however.
Another communication was from
the bridge tender of the Sea Isle
bridge stating that he had been en-
ployed in this capacity for II years
and asked that he be granted a vaca-
ton of about two weeks with pay.
This matter opened up some little
controversy, but it vas finally agreed
that this request be granted as the
majority of the members felt that any
employee who remains in an employ
er's service for II months deserves
some vacation, and that surely a man
who has been employed for IL years
is entitled to this consideration.
Several other communications were
brought before the meeting at this
time and disposed of in the usual
manner.
w. H. Stein, as chairman of the
Bridge Committee, reported that the
contract Of Mr.. Corson on the bridge
work he has been doing is about COM
pleted and he advised acceptance of
his work on the contracts. Solicitor
Way also made a report at this time
of much importance to the county and
especially to Wildwood folk. He
stated that the final work in connec-
ton with the securing of the title on
the Grassy Sound road had been COM
pleted and that the condemnation pro-
ceedings were now finished so that
the work may go along unhampered.
This report has been forthcoming for
sometime and the Freeholders were so
pleased at hearing it that they ordered
it placed on the minutes.
A. C. Gle, Of Cape May, was now
heard by the Board in his capacity of
a representative of the Monument
Committee of the Progressive League
of Cape May. Mr.. Gle, a G. A. R.
veteran, asked that the Board con-
slider making a donation to the fund
to be used for the erection OF a me-
mortal monument in Cape May to the
soldiers and sailors of the county. He
stated that an amount Of $500, consid-
cred when the Board prepares their
1928 budget, would not be amiss and
would be greatly appreciated. The
matter was referred to the solicitor
to look into and report on at the next
meeting.
The bids for the paving Of Beach
avenue in Cape May were now con-
sidered. The advertisement was read
and then the bids were ordered open
ed. They were as follows:
Mercer Construction Com
pany, of Trenton. ..... .$24,l67.5S
E. A. Corson, Ocean City,. 23,694.5O
E. Riley Mixner, Goshen,
N. ]. z1'i1I.oi
William Eisenberg Wood
bine, N. .............. zz,l5u.i1
They were OrueIeu i0SOA'cU ~
ferred to the engineer and Finance
Committee to report upon.
The Grassy Sound bridge construc-
ton bids were next in order. AS these
were called for the construction COM
pany representatives were seen to get
their pencils and pads ready receiv-
ing the figures that would tell them
whether they were the lucky bidders
or not. Ten bidders made trials for
the construction of this bridge. These
bids were as follows:
Edward L. Bader, Atlantic
Lind & Griffith Co., Newark,
N. J. .................... 1913, SOC
Frederick Snare Corp, New