Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-08-25
COMMISSIONERS MEETING

Wildwood's City Commission held
its regular weekly meeting in the City
Hall on Tuesday, August %, 1922.
Mayor w. Courtright Smith presided
and Commissioners Ralph L. CARL and
Alfred Taylor were at his side. The
clerk read the minutes of the last
meeting which were approved, and
City Treasurer Kay reported that he
had received $3,24S.2S taxes from Col
Iector Millard F. Campbell Chief
Cobb, of the police department, re-
ported the following arrests: Parking
without lights, 6; narcotic drugs, l;
assault and battery, l.
The Mayor stated that several were
under,the impression that the city had
taken over the garbage contract be-
cause city equipment was being used
in the work. He explained that the
contractor who was collecting the gar
bage was needing help and that the
city had furnished him with addi-
tional teams and apparatus. The costs
will be deducted from the original con-
tract price. Fred P. Yocum, 232 West
wildwood avenue, made application
for hacking license.
The clerk was instructed to notify
the Wildwood Gas Company that the
street opening at Holly Beach and
Maple avenues must be closed at once.
The Gas Company opened the street in
order to make repairs on the booster
system, but have been slow in doing
the work, keeping the street open en-
tirely too long. A communication was
received from Contractor Thomas De-
laney concerning the work to be done
on the sidewalks along Montgomery
and Schellenger avenues. According
to Mr.. Delaney two property owners
in that section have awarded private
contracts for the work to Ruric
Adams. Adams failed to file certif-
cate stating that he was going to do
the work and Delaney has ordered the
material to carry out the specifications
of his contract. He stated that he
would hold the City of Wildwood re-
sponsible for any loss he may sustain
by not doing the work. The clerk was
instructed to notify Contractor De-
laney to proceed with the work and to
notify Mr.. Adams to that effect.
The solicitor was instructed to see
what the city can do to compel the
owners of the fish factory along Rio
Grande avenue to stop the foul odors
coming from the plant. "The factory
is certainly a poor advertisement for
WILDWOOD said the Mayor, and we
are going to do everything in our
power to abate the nuisance" The
chief of the fire department will be
notified to have an Anglesea fire house
call. This will alleviate lot of con-
fusion which frequently occurs when
there is a fire in North Wildwood. The
mayor suggested that the clerk send
a bill for $25 to North Wildwood for
use of Wildwood's fire apparatus ON
Monday night, August 21, 1922. Or
dinance No 148 passed it's first and
second readings. The ordinance au-
thorizes the repairing and reconstruc-
ton of sidewalks, curbs on all streets
and avenues from 26th avenue to
Cedar avenue, from boardwalk ap-
proaches to Susquehanna avenue ana
from Cedar to Cresse avenue, from
points west of Atlantic avenue to Park
avenue. A resolution was passed au-
thorizing the city to pay Mace's Hos
pital the amount of $1SS.64, which was
charged in error on water taxes. Two
improvement notes were issued. One
was for $1,395.9S and will be used for
work on the branch sewers under Or
dinance No. 130. Another was for
$4,000 for improvements listed under
Ordinance No. 146. The notes are on
the Marine National Bank, payable IN
five years with six per cent interest
payable semi-annually. G. A. He'll, Jr.'
asked permission to construct rail-
road siding along the Pennsylvania
Railroad track at Andrew avenue. The
request was refused by the Commls-
sioners pending legal investigation
by the solicitor. =.
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