Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-02-10
Bill of Particulars
bv the Wildwood
Commissioners
Streets Leading to the Ottens
Harbor Fish Dock to be I'M
proved, as Well as Atten-
ton to Other I'm
portant Matters

III dH6Mtl " NAO6V VIM = dN9AA Jus
of knowing why the Commissioners
are repairing the City Hall, the Third
Ward Fire House, the answe is just
\ this. that the condition of the ceiling
in the basement of the City Hall was
such that it was dangerous for any
one using the basement, as big blocks
of master were likely to fall off at any
time. The same state of affairs ex-
listed in the Third Ward Fire House.
ANY of the firemen in the Holly Beach
House will tell you that pieces Of
MASTER would fall off the ceiling when
lodge members on the third floor used
a strenuous exercise or initiation,
and it was in the opinion of the City
Commissioners wise to repair the
property of the city rather than let it
go into decay, which state had started
when they took office.
This condition is practically the
same on the streets. The street ends
in the first ward from Juniper to Oak
venues, need fixing up, and he City
Commissioners intend to grade and
gravel the street ends in that locality.
They also plan to do the same thing
to the street ends in the third ward
from Davis to Rio Grande avenue in
elusive. This will facilitate traffic to
the end of the streets and improve the
appearance and increase the value of
the property nearby. So as to facili7
tate the shipment of fish at Ottens
Harbor, which is now ~patronized by
more than 100 boats, it is their inten-
ton that the following streets, begin
ming at the railroad crossing at Holly
Beach and Baker avenues, are made
possible for vehicular traffic. The
route as made out by the Commission
ers to the Ottens Harbor is as fol-
lows: Beginning at the railroad cross
ing at Holly Beach and Baker
and running westerly on Baker ave-
nue. to Park avenue, thence on Mont
gomery avenue from Park to Susque-
hanna avenues, on Susquehanna ave-
nue. to Dock street and on Dock street
to the City Wharf
The city, prior to the election of the
present Commissioners, bought three
lots on the Ottens Canal and built a
platform for a dock and that is about
all that was done. 1t is the intention
of the present Commissioners to COM
plete that dock and make it available
for motor traffic so that shipment Of
fish can be made over a regular route
to and from the canal. On Pine ave-
nue. from Park to S~usquehanna ave-
nues the street department will super
wise the ~regraveling of this thorough
fare as the present condition of.the
street will not permit of vehicular
traffic.
At the city barn the city only owns
| the lots on which the house and barn
stand, and they have for years past
used our peoples lots for stroage pur-
poses, yet charging the people regular
taxes. The present Commissioners in
tend to secure sufficient space near the
house and barn so as to have a bust
ness-like enclosure made and keep
track of the city property that belongs
to the Street Department, for when we
took office the equipment of the Street
Department was very meager.
Fire Department
In the Fire Department we found
IllaI IhClC 10 AOI 0uhASlOAN hO0O ~
combat a fire and keep the apparatus
supplied with hose should a large fire
start. Therefore, to meet this ond
ton and buy the amount of hose that
should have been bought within the
last two or three years, the Commits
sioners intend to buy 1000 feet of hose
this year, but this will not give the
companies the entire supply they
should have.
1t is the intention of the Commits
sioners to complete the comfort sta
ton built last summer at the foot OF
Glenwood avenue and to erect over 1T
a rest station. This is something also
that has been neglected in past years.
In this we found it necessary to in
clude certain items in the budget, one
of which was a bill for $1,400 to pay
Mr.. Albert Sherlock, the former chief
of police under Mayor Hendee, who
sued the City of Wildwood for his SAL
airy. He won the suit and the city
paid the bill, including the lawyers
fees and costs.
We find that the leasing and rental
of the wire system from the Eastern
Telephone and Telegraph Company,
commonly known as the Keystone
Telephone, has not been paid for two
years. The records show that it is
due, yet, it was not paid and that is
something the taxpayers will have to
take care of this year so as to put the
city on a business basis, and the ex-
penditures we make are in accordance
with business policies so as to i'm
prove city property and the city as a
whole and not for personal gain. What
we do is for the best interest of all
and we therefore ask for the coop
Grafton and support of every fair