Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-04-14
Notes From
Wildwood City Hall
By A. F. LEIBY

TINS little WORD reYerDefdJed through
City Hall, when the roll was called by
the city clerk, last Tuesday afternoon
at the opening of the second regular
weekly meeting of the Wildwood
Board of Commissioners in the month
of April. The Mayors rudy gavel
was functiOning again after a brief
respite. The week before this little
hardwood mallet had been conspicu-
Gus by its absence. At that time a few
persons in the lobby protested to find
amusement at seeing the presiding
officer use the butt end of his briar
wood pipe as a substitute for the gavel.
It was further noted that the sounds
made by the gavel's proxy were almost
as distinct and effective as those
awakened on former occasions by the
real article itself.
Nearby the spot on the Commission
ers' table where the gavel usually
rests, may be seen on meeting days a
compact, notified, electric device,
known as a cigar lighter. This minia-
ture furnace is metallic, of course,
but is stained to initiate woodwork.
In shape it is almost a perfect four
inch cube and like the gavel, it is
mahogany-hued, but of a darker shade.
Projecting above the top of the little
box or chest a couple of inches is a
nickel-plated funnel, slightly curved,
looking for all the world like the peri
scope of a submarine. 1t is said that
e. T. Nye, superintendent of the West
Jersey Electric Co. presented this
electric cigar lighter to the Commits
sioners. Does it light up quickly?
You'll say it does when you see it
operated; and one of the clerks It
City Hall had the sensitive cuticle of
her finger tip slightly scorched in a
few seconds of time, last Tuesday af-
%ternoon, while testing the caloric
properties of this latest electric nov
city. Both the lighter and the gavel
nestle close to the base of the big
bronze table lamp, whose hexagonal
shade of richly stained glass, some dis
lance above, throws over them its mel
lowing rays. The lamp, the gavel and
the cigar lighter, complete the list of
table adornments at City Hall at pre-
ent.
It was 2.15 O'Clock when the gavel
had sounded a tattoo for order and the
calling of the roll began; a third of an
hour later the clerk had wound up his
reading of the previous weeks min
utes and new business was under way.
No financial reports were submitted
this week, but Fred C. Metz, city
plumbing inspector, turned in his re-
port for the month of March, during
which period "a plans of plumbing
operations had beer filed with him and
the work inspected. The fees collected
for his services amounted to $97.
The weekly report of Oakford Cobb,
chief of police, stated that 215 calls
had been made by his officers, on their
beats; that three requests for lodging
in City Hall lookup had been granted
and that two persons had been COM
mitted to the county farm or aims
house, about a mile north of Cape May
Court House.
During the first ten days in April,
Frank B. Dixon, the building inspector,
issued IA permits for work as given
below:
To Oliver J. Leigh, to make alter
ations at the corner of Andrew avenue,
just West of the railroad, 500.
To Lemuel P. Garrison, contractor,
for A. j. Tyndall, to construct a gar
age at 225 East Magnolia avenue, $3.50.
To L. Kozman, contractor, for Dare
Bros, to erect stores and apartments
on boardwalk, between Lincoln and
Garfield avenues, to cost $4,000.
To George w. Delaney, contractor
and owner, to build a house on Taylor
avenue, West of Park boulevard,
$1,000.
To Loren Thompson, to build a gar
age for himself at LAP East Spicer ave.
To Albert Cline, contractor, for
Beecher-Kay Bungalow Co., corner
Wildwood and Lake avenues, bunga-
low, $1,270.
To Mark B. Reeves, contractor, for
Konowitch Bros, a one-story brick
addition, On Oak avenue near Pacific
avenue, $500.
To Charles Parsons, 23O West Maple
avenue, repairs, SIPS.
To Albert Cline, for Beecher-Kay
Co., Wildwood avenue, West of Hud-
son avenue, bungalow, $1,270.
To Albert Cline, for Beecher-Kay
Co., Wildwood and Lake avenues, bun
galow, $1,075.
To c. D. Ritter, 12O East Andrew
avenue, repairing, $125.
To Samuel Radcliffe, tt build a gar
age on Roberts avenue, West Of rail-
road, at SIS.
To Albert Derringer, 42O West Wild
wood avenue, an addition Of four
rooms, $500.
To William A. Thompson, contrac-
tor, for Mrs. F. Saltzman, 142 East
Montgomery avenue, porch, S175.
Last Tuesday, April 18th, was the
time designated in the advertisements