Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-07-14
COMMISSIONERS MEETING

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wood City Commissioners held last
Tuesday. Every seat was taken and it
really seemed as if a %grandstand were
needed. Mayor w. COPYRIGHT Smith
presided and Commissioners Ralph L..
CARL and Alfred Taylor were at his
side. The minutes we're read and ap-
proved and Collector of Taxes Willard
F. Campbell reported that the receipts
from January LIST to June 30th were
1856, 1885. Building Inspector Frank
Dixon reported the following applica-
tons for building permits:
To Frank NJ. Hess, contractor, for
C. w. Higgins, 200 West Maple ave-
nue.. Repairing porch and new roof,
SIS.
To Potter and Stevens, owners, to
erect apartments at Andrew and Arc
tic yenues to cost S 1000.
To ]. Wright, owner, 141 West An
drew avenue. Two new rooms to cost
$3.50.
To R. P. Hayes, contractor, for J..
Bush, Young avenue East of Pacific.
Add story on garage, to cost $780,
To wildwood Pier Company, to erect
a building 20 feet by 80 feet. To cost
5000.
To Mark B. Reeves, contractor, for
wildwood and Delaware Bay Short
Line r. r. Co. To move building to
wildwood and Susquehanna venues
Cost $3.50.
To M. B. Reeves, contractor, for
O.. 1. Blackwell, Oak avenue, East of
Atlantic avenue. To repair porch, $3.50.
The police department reported the
following arrests: Drunk, 1; grand
larceny, 1; reckless driving, 1; mar
cotic drugs, 2; disorderly and sus-
picious persons, 4. City Clerk Winter
burn read three communications, n
from Miss Lydia ]. Mech, chairman
of the Music Committee of the Board
of Trade. Miss Mech asked that the
Commission appropriate the sum of
81, 900, which will be spent for con-
certs at various times during the
summer.
The second communication was re-
ceived from u residents in the vicin-
ity of Bennett and Arctic avenues, who
asked for lights to be placed in that
section. The request was placed in
the hands of the street commissioner.
The last communication was from
Senator Walter E. Edge, which read as
follows: 81 have your letter OF June
Both enclosing the resolutions adopted
by the Board of Commissioners of the
Citv of Wildwood. Congress has just
passed a resolution calling for an in
yestigation of the question of oil pol
luton and I am hopeful that this will
result in some sort of agreement in
the matter"
; The Mayor then asked if anyone
had anything to bring before the meet
ing, and Leon Wheaton arose and said
that he, A. D. Austin and Sol Ott1nger
were present in behalf of the Lions
Club, to find out about the closing OF
the boardwalk concessions. Mr..
Wheaton said that the organization
did not wish to be ~antagonistic, but
that they wanted all business men to
be dealt with fairly. The Mayor said
that last year he had told the conces-
sioners who were running gambling
devices that he would not allow them to
operate the following season. He also
said hat a statement explaining the
whole affair would be sent to the local
newspapers. "The mercantile licenses
read that all games not violating the
state laws shall pay $500" said the
Mayor" and those who operate such
games only took a chance. The Com
mission is not against games, but we
want only decent ones and the ones
which have been closed are indecent.
A group of commissioners who came
before me admitted that their games
were swindles. In the Is points
which were endorsed by the Lions
Club, the American Legion and the
Board of Trade, it clearly states that
we want no illegal devices. Many real
estate men have endorsed this decision
and have even told prospective ten
ants that if they opened n illegal
games their rent would be forfeited.
There has also been some criticism
because l did not give the proprietors
of the stands a closing notice. When
men break statutes of New Jersey no
closing notice is necessary. When l
took my oath of Office a year ago ]
swore to abide by the law and I am
not going back on my oath"
Mark R. Sooy, an attorney from At
lantic City, was present to represent
theconcessioners. He spoke of how
matters of that kind were settled in
Atlantic City, The county prosecutor
is the censor and he thought that the
same thing should be done here. The
Mayor replied that he and the county
prosecutor had been investigating the
matter for seven weeks and that they
both stand the same. Mr.. Sooy then
asked if the prosecutor held the games
legal would the Mayor give the con-
ce~ssioners the proper consideration.
The Mayor replied that he would.
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