Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-04-21
CONTINUED from last week)
Communications Continued

toned at Wilmington, Del, notified the
commissioners that a public hearing
will be held at 2 o'clock P. NJ, on Sat
urday, April 22d, in the Chamber of
Commerce at City Hall, Atlantic
City, to heal facts and arguments for
and against the ACCESSIBILITY of closing
to navigation, from October l, 1922,
to February 1, 1928, Beach Thorough
fare, at the drawbridge of the Phila-
delphia and Reading Railroad crossing
of that thoroughfare in Atlantic City.
All interested parties are requested to
be present and freely state their views.
This railroad bridge is in need of re-
pairs. which state Of affairs will be
fully explained by the Atlantic City
railroad officials on the date specified.
A lengthy communication from Sed-
ley Hopkins Phinney, executive secre-
tary of the New Jersey State League of
municipalities, appraised the Commits
sioners of what had been accom-
plished by this association during the
fiscal year which will end April 30,
1922. The headquarters of the league
are at 712 American Mechanics build
ing. Trenton. The membership now
embraces TIA municipalities. Charles
P. Gillen, Mayor of Newark, is presi-
dent of the league; Edward L.. Bader,
Mayor of Atlantic City, is Sd vice
president, and Clinton J.. Swartz, of
Trenton, is secretary. A bill for $12,
representing membership dues for the
ensuing fiscal year, was enclosed with
the communication. The Commission
ers ordered this to be paid and Wild
woods membership continued fortan-
other year. The leagues activities
were outlined under four headings:
l. Information and special report
service.
2. Legislative information.
8. Municipal lobby service.
4. Generalship in public utility rate
cases.
A letter from John Mecray Post,
Cape May, of the Grand Army of the
Republic, solicited financial aid for
Memorial Day exercises. 1T is our
purpose" the letter stated, "to place
a flag and plant a flower on each grave
OIL Ill Tie SOlNlCl0 anu 0dAlO DoAAON
in the 10 burial grounds in Cape May
County" Thomas Van Wrinkle, of
Cape May City, is quartermaster of
this Post. Contributions are re-
quested to be sent to him. The Com
missioners voted a donation of SO to
this Post.
This ended the reading of CORE
-spondence.
AT a recent meeting of the Board of
School Estimate it was recommended
to the Commissioners that the sum of
SIS, 900 be raised by a bond issue to
meet the additional requirements for
school improvements, furniture and
other equipment. Accordingly at
Tuesdays meeting, this week, the
Commissioners took cognizance of this
demand, passing a resolution looking
to the adoption of the plan to raise
the money as suggested.
Fire Chief Charles l.. Nickerson re-
ported that the new fire hose recently
purchased Il, 900 feet had been tested
under a maximum pressure of 275
pounds to the square inch. Not a drop
of water had oozed through at any
part. He considered this test suffi-
cient, that much pressure being rarely
used here. The hose is guaranteed to
withstand a pressure of 400 pounds to
the square inch.
N. Garfinkle appeared before the
Commissioners to protest against what
he considered hardships worked by
the operation of the restrictions of the
new traffic ordinance. He thought the
ordinance should be amended to ac-
commodate merchants; that they
should be made an exception in regard
to the parking features of the measure.
The Mayor e~ndeavored to explain to
this complainant that the ordinance
was drafted to promote the greatest
good to the greatest number and that
no discrimination could be made in
favor of any special class. To make
exceptions, he said, in favor of the
many business places established
along Pacific avenue would defeat the
very object aimed at, namely, to pre-
vent blockading of Pacific avenue, our
most narrow thoroughfare.
Archer Henrick, superintendent of
the city's water system, reports that
more than 400 taps of mains were
made by his field force in 1921; and it
is his belief that his number will be
exceeded by this years taps. This
rapid extension of the water supply is
an infallible index to the growth of the
nomination and Increase of business on
Five Mile Beach. Water supply is es-
sential to every new dwelling, apart
ment house, business place or indus
trial plant, hence the tapping of water
mains, like the issuance of building
permits, gives us a line Oh the extra
ordinary developments that have been
going on here for the past two or
three years.
In the month Of March AZ taps were