Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-01-27
Total water department


receipts .$S,117.34
Total revenue receipts, $10.3S6.60
Only one turmoil request had been
made the previous week to the water
department; 2 bursted services in a
street had been repaired and 43 meters.
Four more properties were connected
to the city's water system at
South side Of Poplar avenue, West
of Ocean avenue, for w. Barber.
South side of 25th avenue, East of
Surf avenue, for Mrs. Fuchs.
South side of Myrtle road, West of
Pacific avenue, for Lawrence Con-
struction Co.
West side of Ocean avenue, South of
Maple avenue, for W. T. Walker.
Commissioner CARL announced that
the work of laying a new water main
on Nineteenth avenue, North Wild
wood, from the railroad to Surf ave.
nue., had been completed and that the
operation of laying a main on Crosse
avenue, from Park boulevard west
ward to Lake avenue, is now under
way.
The report of the chief of police for
the foregoing week recorded one ar
rest on the charge of drunkenness. On
the night of January 18th CWednes-
day., the report disclosed, arc lights
were out all over the city from TAO to
1870. After this report had been re-
ceived and filed, the Mayor took oc-
casion to admonish the city clerk to
bear a wary eye" in s~crutinizing the
light bills for this month to ascertain
if a proper allowance or deduction be
made for the period of darkness re-
ferred to.
The report further stated that in the
performance of their duties the Of
ficers on their beats had pulled 24O
boxes, thus indicating that they were
on deck pretty steadily.
During the previous week the books
of the building inspector showed that
several permits had been taken out
for making alteration and additions
and for doing repair work in the build
ing line. T. Beckwith and Son, South
east corner of Spencer and Pacific ave-
nues, asked for a permit to build a
tailoring shop, 9 feet x 20 feet, in the
ear of their present building, at an
estimated cost of 5000. A permit was
granted to Charles G.. Glenn to make
alterations at Bright's garage on Pa
cific avenue near Garfield avenue, al
an expense of about $500. The con
struction of a show room for new al
tomobiles is n of the improvements
covered by this permit.
Another application was presented
this week for a jitney license, by Will
liam Sydnor, colored, 142 West Lin
coin avenue. His age was given at AZ
and his vehicle classed as a 20 horse
power Ford sedan. Director of Streets
Taylor made a motion that the appli-
cation be laid over for 80 days. Sc
ordered.
When at last the subject of commu-
nications was reached the city clerk
was noticed to blush perceptibly as he
conveyed to the Commissioners the in
formation that he had a bunch OF
them. AS a rule the correspondence
feature of the Commissioners bust
ness is looked forward to with interest
In some respects this department
might be considered a sort of CORE
spondence school. Some of the liter
ature received from time to time is
higly instructive and educational. Oc-
casionally wit and humor are inter
woven in the letters and auditors are
amused as well as informed. Once in
awhile a communication comes to hand
that is difficult to read or decipher and
tries the patience of the clerk. He
does not always read this correspond
ence as if he relished it, but rather as
a disagreeable task that had to be
performed and gotten over with as
DON as possible. Certain deluded per-
sons may think that the city clerk of a
municipality the size of Wildwood has
a cinch of it; but if they would like
to be disillusioned a close observation
of what such an official has to go
through with, week in and week out,
might tend to change their minds ma
terially. Monotonous, indeed, is much
of the routine work at City Hall.
The first communication to be read
last Tuesday afternoon was from Geo.
A. Redding, the city clerk Of the City