Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-11-10
MONTHLY REPORTS FEATURE AT
COMMISSIONERS MEETING

The monthly reports of the various
inspectors and collectors of the city
were the feature at the Commission
ers' meeting held on Monday after
Dol Following the roll call and
reading of the minutes the reports
were brought out. The weekly report
of the collector showed a total of
$9,153.04. The police report showed
three arrests. One of these was for
Federal Government work, the second
for non-support and The third for re-
ceiving stolen goods. The electric
ian's monthly report showed So GER
tificates issued and 81 permits with
fees, totalling $120.50. The plumbing
inspectors report showed Is inspec-
tons with fees amounting to $46.75.
The building inspectors report show
ed 100 permits had been issued during
the month of October. Estimated cost
of these building operations came to
$136, 705, while installation of heat
ing plants was estimated at $21, S69.
The fees of this official totaled 5000.
The collectors report on tax
searches showed 81 searches had been
made during the month and the fees
on these searches came to SOL. The
city clerks report totaled $326.76. Of
this $159.26 came from licenses, $50
from public service collections, $3.50
from fines in municipal court actions
and $25 from rents. Communications
were next in order. The first of these
was from j. Levy, of the Bureau of
Child Hygiene of the State Depart
ment of Health. Mr.. Levy gave va
rious suggestions and recommended
tons relative to the installation of "a
permanent nurse in Wildwood to aid
in school hygiene work and in the
Better Babies" campaign. This COM
munication was referred to the Mayor.
The second communication was
from Superintendent H. H. Garrigues,
of the Eastern Division of the Penn
.sylvania Railroad. This letter was d.
rected to the Mayor and read as
follows:
Referring to your letter of Sep
TENDER 21st, receipt of which was &C
knowledged under date of 23d, in re-
gard to additional train service to
wildwood during the winter months.
Careful consideration Of this matter
and a record kept of the number of
passengers between Philadelphia and
wildwood Branch points develop that
the total number of passengers
handled by the present trains is very
low; and while it is realized that
400 P. M. is rather early for the last
train leaving Wildwood, unfortunately
the traffic handled by the present SER
vice is not sufficient to justify in
creasing the present train service at
additional cost" And so Wildwood
loses her last hope Of a later train
from this place to Philadelphia dur
ing the winter months and we will
still continue to be, as Mayor Smith
once stated in a public address here,
"a One Night Stand"
A resolution providing for the issu-
ance of an improvement note in the
sum of $117.22, same to be used in
grading and crawling as provided for
in Ordinance No. 1874, was adopted by
the officials.
Mayor Smith asked the city solicit
tor if the city had ever adopted the
Tenure of Office Act" and was in
formed by that official that this had
never been done and to do sc would
require a vote of the people. Engi-
neer Weir spoke to the officials rela-
tive to the sewerage system in old
Holly Beach and was advised to put
the mater into writing and to confer
with the solicitor on the matter.
Upon motion the sewer contract of
Bell and Hendee was accepted and
the bondholders released.