Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-02-02
WILDWOOD CREST

The Crest Council held its January
meeting on Monday evening with all
officials, including Mayor Whitley and
Councilman Crane, Folsom, Kerr,
Turner, King and Richardson, as
we'll as a good sized audience
present. The minutes were read
and approved after which the bor-
ough budget for 1923 was brought
up for third and final reading and
passed without a dissenting voice. Re-
ports from the various departments
followed. The collectors report
showed collections for the month of
$2,3OO.29. The bills for the month were
read and ordered paid. A resolution
was adopted requesting the Five Mile
Beach Electric Railway Company to
repair their tracks where this work
has not already been done, to extend
their tracks to Farragut road, to erect
a comfort station for their employees
and to remove their tracks on the I'M
used loop on Lotus and Rambler roads
and Philadelphia avenue The engi-
neer was instructed in this resolution
to see that this work was done. The
street committee was authorized to
order six carloads of gravel for use on
the borough streets. Mr.. Turner re-
ported that several owners of houses
on Lake road wished to have sewer
connections installed in place of the
present pumping station connections.
He asked if it would be possible to
pay for this work out of a balance of
10 ot vraor,o oDprOnriation lint pOrOuoh
Solicitor Way stated that this would
be impossible. 1t was therefore left
to the Sanitation Committee to take
care of. Mr.. Kerr advised that a new
ton truck was needed for the borough
work and that a dump body was need
ed for the general truck now owned
by the borough. He was prepared
with figures showing the cost of these
new additions and authority was given
for the purchase of them. An ordi-
nance increasing the salaries of the
clerk, solicitor, assessor and collector
was introduced. This ordinance makes
the collectors salary $500 annually
and fixes the salary of the other three
officials at $500 per year.
A representative of the Delaware
G. Atlantic Telephone and Telegraph
Company appeared and asked for an
extension of time on the ordinance or
dering all wires and cables be placed
under ground on or before April of
this year. The representative stated
that the conduits had been placed some
years ago and that the work was ready
at the outbreak of the war. This had
held up the getting of cables, but the
company was now prepared to do the
work in the time specified. He stated
that they had received a request from
the Pennsylvania Railroad asking that
connections be made for their inn
provements at Cold Spring Inlet and
that therefore larger cables would
have to be ordered, He said that these
cables would be delivered during June
or July and would be laid and in use
by September 9th of this year. He
asked that the extension of time be
made until this fdate. An ordinance
granting this extension was intro
duced. The representative informed
Council, when questioned, that the
work would not necessitate the tearing
up VI duy VI LHS DOIOuSH SllCClb Jul
ing the summer as the conduits are all
laid and all that remains is merely
to draw the cables through and con-
meet them up. Regarding a communi-
cation from the Humane Society ask
ing for an appropriation, the Council
men stated that they were in favor of
making this appropriation but did not
know from what account to draw the
money. One person suggested SANTA
ton. but no second of the motion was
made. Mr.. Crane now suggested pub
lie safety as the possible source from
which to draw the money and this
was seconded and the motion carried
that the donation be made from this
account. Councilman Turner voted
mo" to the motion. Engineer Weir
presented a drawing for a sewer drain
from Sweet Briar road to Crocus road
to draw off the water from the street
Immediately around the Crest station.
Councilman Crane stated that as this
would be quite an expensive under
taking and as it should be considered
at the same time as the consideration
of the paving of this avenue, he adj
vised that it be laid over for further
discussion. Carried.
E. B. Pagan, of the Commission of
Assessment, reported that the COM
mission had met that day with one
member being sick and absent. He
stated that the work of assessing the
Atlantic avenue improvements had
brought forth many ideas from tax
payers and asked that the commission
be allowed to wait until the e meet
ing before reporting. Allowed and
Council adjourned.