Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-05-24
The
Lightning
Rod
A "Man In Street" Who Hears and
Sees" then Tells in Plain Unmistak-
able English What's Underneath
FEATURE OF THE JOURNAL

FEATURE OF THE JOURNAL
Congratulations to B. c. Ingersoll
the local health officer for ordering
food emporiums to keep their wares
covered with netting, and insisting
that fowl yards in the rear of houses
must be kept clean. This starting a
campaign prior to the opening of the
season, enforcing the state laws and
the city ordinances is all right Ben
glad to see you on the job.
All good citizens respect the law and
the man who does not should be COM
PEELED to do so by enforcement. Keep
up the good work Ben-overlook no
offenders.
Who will run the baseball this sum-
mer? Fl. D. Moll. He offered $500
for the privilege of running the game,
he also complies with the terms to
give 80 per cent of the gate receipts
to the teams that are brought here to
play by the outing committee of the
board of trade. These teams are Of
fered 80 per CEN of the gate receipts
to get them to come here. Thousands
of persons come here from Philadel-
phia and elsewhere on these outings
to see the team play Wildwood. 30
per cent of the gate receipts seems
a lot to those who do not understand,
but the crowd that usually m
with the outing makes the division on
the receipts profitable for the local
team.
What were the bids for the ball
park?-About as follows: Wildwood
Athletic Club $3.50; Ray and Howard
T0pham $101O and H. d. Moll $500.
When is this amount to be paid?-50
per cent on the signing of the lease
and so per cent on August LIST and a
bond is to be put up to insure the
money being paid. The lease is to
run from June 18th to September 10th
inclusive. Only baseball games can be
staged by Mr.. Moll in the field under
the present lease-unless special per-
mission is granted. Fair enough!
The two city blocks on which the
athletic field and playground are To-
rated were purchased from the Mont
gomery estate for their assessed val
nation, the land was pumped in, side
walks and sewers built, and other
improvements are being made on the
tract, and the total cost, including the
purchase of the two city blocks on
H. n-.loxo-1 rrfII amount fA COX nm
The Commissioners believe the city
will derive this year 10 per cent on
the investment that is $4,000. Already
Mr.. Mol has leased the baseball field
for the summer for $500 and all other
attractions charging a fee after the
season will likewise have to pay a
percentage of the gate receipts.
Where the tennis courts and play
space is provided no charge will be
made-it will be open to the public.
Later on, no doubt, an athletic com-
missioner will be appointed to look
after this. No sinecure jobs and no
fat salaries.
A business man in this town-he
has made money-devotes his time in
venting tales and propaganda usually
of the mean contemplate variety, conn
monty known as lies, he told these
recently-so we have been informed.
The commissioners are spending the
money on the water plant-he calls
that extravaganza, or p%retends that
he does. Now as a matter of city rec
ord-last year, for the first time, the
water department showed a profit and
when the present commissioners took
office there was a deficit. Do you
know why a profit was shown? All
those who were not paying their bills
were made to pay-the delinquents
might say in the slang of the day-the
free list was suspended. Another
thing, Commissioner CARL gives daily
attention to the water department, and
he visits the pumping station many
days a week, since the repairs were
ordered there he gives daily inspection
and usually the Mayor and Commits
sioner Taylor go with him.
improvements were made at the
pumping station to give an additional
water supply to the resort to meet the
demand of hundreds of buildings err
ected within the last few years. These
improvements should have been made
by the previous commissioners but
they were not.
The water stand-pipes at Anglesea
and Pine Avenue were cleaned out