Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-10-13
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The issue of a quit claim deed to
Thomas Keyworth was authorized
This concerns lot No. 80 in block 80,
third ward. all municipal liens or
claims against same having been Salts
fed.
A resolution was passed authorizing
the suanc of a temporary improve
ment note in the sum of $4,000, in an
ticipation of a later issue of water
bonds. The proceeds of this note will
be used in making extensions to the
water plant. The West Jersey Elec-
trio Co. was granted permission to lay
or string all necessary cables at the
western end of Andrew avenue, in or
der to connect, under the water, with
transmission lines supplying cleo
trieity to Five Mile Beach, this permis-
sion being given in accordance to the
provisions of a franchise granted Jan
uary 6, 1916.
The city clerk was authorized inc
instructed to advertise for sealed pro-
posals covering new concrete work
and repair work:
No. 1, for laying concrete curbs, gut
tiers and sidewalks on Baker avenue,
from Arctic avenue to S-usquehanna
avenue, and on Young avenue from
Park boulevard to Hudson avenue.
No. 2, for repairing and rebuilding
of broken sidewalks and curbs in va
rious streets of the city.
The specifications and conditions
governing the work to be done will be
found in another column of the Jour-
nal.
A long resolution was now read and
adopted. 1t was the preliminary move
in a plan to have the city taxi over the
ball park and athletic grounds, lying
between Spicer and Young avenues
and between Park boulevard and Hud-
son avenue. The resolution started out
this way:
at being necessary and ~expedient
for the City of Wildwood to provide
grounds and facilities for the conduct
of baseball, it being one of the neces-
sary attractions for the summer vaca-
zionist; and also necessary to provide
an outdoor recreation center n ath-
letic field; now therefore, be it resolved
that the city proceed by the proper
ordinances to acquire the said ground
and ball park for the sum of $20,623.33
and provide for the issuance of bonds
in any amount not to exceed $25 5000, to
provide for said purchase and i'm
provements."
The resolution also authorized the
city clerk to publish a notice of inten-
ton that such an ordinance will be in
troduced at the regular meeting of the
Commissioners on Tuesday, October
81, 1922. This notice of intention may
be seer on another page of the Jour-
nal. The resolution also contained
clauses preliminary to the vacating of
Spencer avenue as a thoroughfare,
from Park boulevard to Hudson ave-
nue.. 1t was recited that this was
deemed necessary and advisable in or
der to complete the ball park and
recreation center, aforesaid, and a
notice of intention was authorized to
be published to the effect that such
a vacating ordinance will be intro
duced on October 31st. This notice
of intention appears in this issue of
the Journal.
The resolution referred to the fact
that the two blocks of ground in ques-
ton had been purchased originally by
the Board of Trade, that the plots had
been filled in and graded and that a
grand stand and bleachers had been
constructed. An itemized bill of all
expenditures, it was stated, had been
submitted by the Board of Trade to-
falling the sum specified of $~20,623.33.
The relation of a board of trade to
a city government and the proper and
legitimate functions of the former may
not be clearly defined in most minds.
Upon one occasion during a former
administration n of the Commission
ers compared the relationship as that
of "a wheel within a Wheel" that is,
the city government vas the outer
wheel and the inner wheel, with the
proper interlocking cogs, represented
the Board of Trade. Under such an
Interpretation the two bodies would
form a pretty perfect piece of machin-
cry. Most everyone likes to see wheels
go round and a wheel within a wheel
is about as fascinating a thing as can
well be conceived. If these ordinances
go through without striking any legal
snags the beauty and perfection of the
machine as outlined by u ex-Com-
missioner will be fully demonstrated.
The Importance and value of the
park in question is another matter. No
one will deny that it meets a long-felt
want-that it is now established where
it belongs and not on the beach front.
For the first 10 days in October
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