Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-03-31

Lewis g.. Green, dwelling, 325 West
Andrew avenue $500.
To P. McShane, contractor and
owner, of 25O9 North 34th street,
Philadelphia, to erect apartments on
Pacific venue at T~wenty-sixth avenue,
$4,000.
To Albert Cline, contractor, for John
Simpson, to make improvements, cor
ner Juniper and Holly Beach avenues,
$3.50.
To Frank B. Sharp, for Frank Nc
CLAIM, to make repairs at Hotel Pacific,
corner Andrew and Pacific avenues,
500.
To Frank B. Sharp, for Joseph B.
Brown, to build a garage, Davis ave-
nue., West of Pacific avenue, 5000.
To William H. Smith, for Mary A.
Harbster, to repair cottage, ITO East
Magnolia avenue, 5000.
To Kilmer and CARL, to raise house
for William Neill, 23O East Spencer
avenue, 5000.
T. w. A. Thompson, for Mrs. Fanny
Click, improvements to house, Schel-
lenger and Atlantic avenues formerly
Blaker's), $40.
To w. A. Thompson, for Mrs. G.
Lenhardt, 100 West Leaning avenue,
alteration and addition, $3.50.
To LISP. Garrison, for Anna Marti-
net, two additional rooms to apartment
on Juniper avenue, East of Atlantic,
$3.50.
To w. B. Fields, contractor and
owner, to improve house at 238 East
Andrew avenue $500.
To T.. D. Donaldson, contractor, for
Mrs. X. Dole, 30S West Cedar avenue,
alterations, $500.
To Ober and Woolson, contractors,
for w. B. Fields, to raise house at
23S East Andrew avenue, 5000.
Ordinance No. 1877 had been sched-
uled latter two postponements) to be
called up for third and final reading
last Tuesday, but it was again de-
ferred. The city clerk informed the
Commissioners that two more petit
lions had been filed, protesting against
the passage of this ordinance, known
as the new building code ordinance.
One of these petitions contained Al
names, the other 80. Five petitions
presented previously, on March 18th
contained, collectively, 126 names;
thus a total of nearly 200 citizens have
registered their protest against the in
corporation of section so in the new
code that is being formulated. The
4 Mayor took occasion to state very en-
phatically that the Objectionable sec
3 ton has been eliminated, and he re-
quested the city clerk to address a
letter to each person whose name APP
pears on any of the seven instruments
lodged against the ordinance in ques-
ton. Just what shape the new pro-
: posed code will be rounded into has
! not vet been revealed. On Tuesday al
ternoon, April 4th, the measure will
! be ready for submission again and
subject to approval or d%isapproval OF
any citizen who may wish to voice his
sentiments pro or con.
Ordinance No. 1879, known as the
!, traffic ordinance, came up for third
and final reading last Tuesday. Not
a single objection was offered to any
, of its provisions and it went through
swimmingly. In ten days from that
: date it will become effective.
One new ordinance, No. 140, was in
+ troduced and read. 1t was entitled
. Gan ordinance to amend an ordinance,
= relating to and prescribing the duties
of and fixing the salary of the city en-
!. eineer which said ordinance was
adorted November 14th, 1912"
Ordinance No. 40 was passed on
first and second readings last Tues
day. 1t will now come up for final
consideration on April 18th. The full
text of this ordnance appears on an
other page of this issue of the Journal.
At the request of the city treasurer
the Commissioners passed a resolu-
tion authorizing the issuance, for dis
count, of a note in the sum of $25,OOO,
said note to be dated April LIST, and to
r. he made due and payable December
81, 1922, or at any prior late at the
] option of the city. 1t was stated that
: this note lis issued in anticipation OF
the receipt of taxes to be levied ana
not delinquent for the year 1872.
The discount on this note for nine
months will be about $115. Borrow
ing by the city has become such a
. chronic custom that if ever such a
time should come when no necessity
for such shifting existed, the corporate
body would wonder what was the mat
ter and really imagine itself to be IN
an abnormal state. The habit OF con-
> ~tinually resorting to borrowing on
notes is much like the habit OF using
: sticking plasters-hard things to get
rid of: "The more you try to pull them
off the more they stick the faster"
: When the Mayor called for commu-
nications there was a pricking up OF
ears and the assumption of expectant
and listening attitudes. The face OF
the city clerk wore a quizzical LOOK
ond overyhodv wondered what he had