Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-01-26
COMMISSIONERS PURCHASE 1000
FEET OF FIRE HOSE FOR CITY
DEPARTMENTS

At this weeks meeting of the Wild
wood City Commissioners bids were
opened for the purchase of 1000 feet
of new fire hose to be added to the
equipment of the city fire department.
Four bidders presented prices for va
rious grades of hose. The bids re-
ceived were:
Hamilton Rubber Manufacturing
Co, of Philadelphia, 96c per foot.
Fabric Fire Hose Co., of New York,
four grades, $1.35, $1.25, 1.20 and
$1.15.
u. S. Rubber Company, Royal dou-
BILE jacket hose, 90c less &c dis
count for old couplings.
John NJ. Watts Sons, Philadelphia,
7 grades, $1.0S, 95%c, S7%c, sec,
SIC, 79%c.
After careful investigation of the
various samples submitted by the
bidders the City Commissioners de-
cided on the purchase of 1000 feet OF
the Royal Hose from the U. S. Rubber
Company at their discounted price OF
SIC, and 1000 feet of Safety Fire De-
partment Hose from the Fabric Fire
Hose Company, of New York, at their
price of $1.15 per foot. The Commits
sioners believed these two styles of
hose best suited to the usage and type
of the local companies.
Another estimate of prices was re-
ceived for the printing of the newly
adopted Police Manual. The follow
ing bids were received:
Five Mile Beach Journal. $4,000
Page Printery ............ 147.5O
Sun-Tribune ............ 1OI.lO
The Sun-Tribune being the lowest
bidder the contract was awarded
to this firm for the printing of 500
copies of the manual.
Mayor Smith~reported that an in
spector of the Public Utility Commits
sion had been in Wildwood on Satur-
day inspecting the various railroad
crossings throughout the city to de-
eide as to the need of safety gates,
lights, etc. He said the inspectors
report was as yet forthcoming. On
the railroad question Commissioner
Taylor said he had again written to
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
in regard to their hard surfacing the
street around the Wildwood depot.
An ordinance authorizing the rails
ing of $4,000 by temporary improve
ment notes for the purpose of increas-
ing the capacity of the present water
works, and to meet the anticipated re-
uuirements of an additional water
supply for Wildwood, North Wildwood
and Wildwood Crest, was passed on
it's first and second readings. This
ordinance will come up for fina read
ing and passage at the meeting on
February 9Th.
A resolution ordering the execution
of a quit claim deed in favor of Sam
Gerri, owner of lot ~ in block 60,
third ward, upon certificate of the col
lector of taxes that all liens affecting
said lot have been paid, was adopted.
The application for a taxi license for
William H. Kennedy was filed.
{ The Board of Trade vas represented
!, in a communication enclosing their
recently adopted resolution authoriz-
ing a Greater Committee of Thirty
two, included in which are the Wild
wood City Commissioners. h letter
was ordered received and filed.
The various reports were received
at the meeting. The police report for
the week showed two arrests on
charges Of drunkenness. The water
department collections for the week
totaled $2,6S7.29. The collectors re-
port for the week ending January 18th
showed $1,378.3S. Collector William
E. Forcum presented his report show
ing the assessed valuation of property
in the City of Wildwood. The State
Tax Board has approved these figures
and are now engaged in determining
the rate of tax per 500 valuation.
Several weeks will elapse before these
figures will be made public. The as
SCISSORS detailed report follows:
Number of lots assessed, 1000.
Value of land with
out improve
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