Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-12-08
CITY SOLICITOR MAKES INTER
ESTING REPORTS TO COMMTS-
SIONERS AT WEEKLY MEETING

That the firm of Leap, Sharpless &
WAY. acting as city solicitors during
the absence of Solicitor Jonathan
Hand. have been busy during the past
week was very evident at the Com
missioners' meeting on Tuesday when
Attorney Leap took up a great part of
the time of the days session with re-
ports on various matters of interest
to the city.
One of the first Of these was when
he explained to the Commissioners
and property owners the reason for
the introduction of Ordinance No. 1853.
Years ago the Holly Beach Improve
ment Company was very generous n
donated a tract of land west of the
railroad tracks to be used by h city
as a park. Little did the company
realize the amount of work that would
be involved in later years by this do
nation. The borough did not accept
this park, or at least, nc record of this
acceptance has been discovered.
However, the attorney explained the
massage of Ordinance 153 will vacate
all rights to this tract by the city and
so clear up any difficulties that might
arise should this acceptance be found
in wears to come. This Ordinance will
not affect in any way the present prop
erty holders in this section.
Ordinance No. 154 was also intro
duced at Tuesdays session, and, as
it is of the same order as No. 153, 1t
might be we'll to mention it here.
This ordinance orders the vacating by
he CITY of two blocks in Fountain
Park and by it's passage it will clear
the title on this property and yet not
take any land from the present recog-
nized park.
The engineers reports, maps, etc.,
being completed and all legal steps
investigated, it was deemed advisable
by the Commissioners to introduce the
ordinances which will bring about the
improving of the beach front from
Schellenger to Montgomery avenues
and this was done in the introduction
of Ordinance No. 155. This provides
for the erection of a bulkhead to pro-
tect the beach front from Schellenger
avenue south and from Atlantic ave-
nue. east, and also provides for the
sand fill, protection of streets n
sewers. After the adoption
of this ordinance the city will then
introduce the ordinances providing
for the work for the lower half OF this
work. In connection with this work
letters were received from E. S. and
o. B. Culver and ]. T. Byrne granting
permission of the beach front in front
of their properties for the pump which
be used to fill in the properties
when the work begins, The letters
were ordered filed and the clerk was
informed to write to these gentlemen
thanking them for their offer.
In former meetings. the Commission
ers had asked the solicitors opinion
regarding the city's power to enforce
the cleaning of sooty chimneys and
also in regard to the stopping of the
menace of the fish oil plant on the
Rio Grande boulevard. Attorney Leap
both these questions on
Tuesday. To the first he stated that
the city had power, according to the
building code, to not only have CHM
neys cleaned out when there is danger
from fire, but also has power to tear
down the chimneys if safety so de-
In the fish oil plant matter
he stated that the city, when appealed
to in their capacity of health au-
thorities, may appeal to the State
Board of Health for instructions as to
the procedure of having the nuisance
from the plant abated and that after
this action is taken up the matter