Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-01-12
COMMISSIONERS MEETING
Park Bonds Go to New York Firm

At the Tuesday meeting of the City
Commissioners the bonds for the ath-
letic park were bid for by four differ
ent bidders. The Union National Cor
poration of New York City were the
highest bidders at a bid of $25 lao for
the issue of $25, 900. The other bid
ders were Ears and Sons, of New York,
at a bid of $25, 065; Marine National
Bank of wildwood with a bid of $685.
$50, and the Security Trust Company,
of Camden, at the same figure. After
a conference by the city solicitor and
treasurer a resolution was passed
awarding the bonds to the highest
bidder.
In the collectors report for the
week a total of $3,73S.1O was shown.
In the Water Department, collections
of $366.40 were reported.
The yearly reports of the various
city officials were received and filed
at this meeting. The plumbing in
spector's report showed 305 plans filed
and GIG inspections made. The report
of the city electrician showed 725 GER
tifcates issued and 731 permits issued.
The building inspectors annual report
contained some interesting figures to
people who are watching the building
up of the Island. The year 1922 saw
$50 permits issued by this official.
The total cost of construction work
was estimated at 81, 293, 216.50, as
against $650,000 for 1921. Heating
plant installation was estimated at
$46,6 52. Permits were issued for the
erection of 1872 dwellings, 50 apart
ments, 20 stores and apartments, 8
stores, II garages and apartments, SO
garages, 10 store houses, 1 cold stor-
age plant, 4 public pavilions, 1 Office
building, 20 house moving contracts,
42S addition and alteration contracts,
and 81 heating plant installation CON
tracts.
The report of the collector of taxes
for the year just ended showed total
collections as follows:
First Ward .........$ 13S,634.46
Second Ward ......... 72,457.94
Third Ward ........... rs ,926.11
The City clerks annual report
showed receipts of $23, 7O4.46. In the
matter of the city clerks Office a sur
prise was forthcoming in Tuesdays
meeting when the resignation of City
Clerk Alfred Winterburn was pre-
scented and accepted by the Commits
sioners. Mr.. Winterburn, who has
been city clerk since May, 1920, has
resigned on account of other business
connections that occupy his time. His
resignation takes effect January 31st.
In filling this Office Mayor Smith has
appointed Gus He'll to take the posi-
ton for the balance of the term of
the present commissioners. A reso-
luton, adopted at the meeting, con-
firmed this appointment. Another ap-
pointment made at this meeting and
confirmed by resolution vas that of
City Engineer Weir, who was reap
pointed to his office for the balance
Of the term of the present commission
at the same salary as he received in
1922.
A communication from Engineer
Weir gave the certified cost of the
concrete improvement work under Or
dinance No. 145 at $~7,S23.50. Another
communication read at the meeting
was from the John McCray Post, G. A.
R., asking for a ten dollar a%ppropria-
ton for their Decoration Day exer-
cises for this year. The request was
granted.
Patrolman A. Lynn Forcum, who
has served unusually well on the local
police force during his term, was pro-
NOTED to police sergeant, and the new
Police Manual was adopted by the city
officials.
Peter Viola and Frank L.. King both
came before the meeting in regard to
a Mummers' Parade for Wildwood for
1924. They were informed that the
City Commissioners were willing that
the city should have such an affair
and that they would do as much to
help it as would any of the other mu-
inequalities on the Island.
The clerk was ordered to send out
several notices. One of these is to go
to the Pennsylvania Railroad officials
asking them to hard surface their
streets around the Wildwood depot, as
they promised to do last spring. An
other of these notifications will go to
the local trolley company notifying
them to repair their tracks on all the
hard surfaced streets of the city. The
third notifications was to the gas COM
pany asking for better street lighting.
Several minor resolutions were
passed at the meeting including one
establishing the salaries of the cleri-