Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-01-26
ANCLESEA
COUNCIL MAKES APPOINTMENTS

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of this week and President Of Coun-
Gil Shivers presided at the meeting.
Several appointments for the year
were made at this meeting. These
included the following:
Chief of A1glesea Fire Company
Harry lowering.
Assistant Chief-Frank Erickson.
Board Of Health-Charles Hughes
and Frank D. Colson.
Board of Observation-Disclosures Lar
combe.
Sinking Fund Commission-Charles
Sanders.
Commissioners of Assessment-Wm.
D%augherty, William Snyder and James
Cannon.
Board of School Estimate-James
McLinden, Frank Erickson and James
Penrose.
All the aforementioned appoint
ments by the Mayor were confirmed.
The first two offices we're appoint
ments made to verify the election re-
Gently held by the Fire Company.
Tuesday night was the time set for
the hearing of objections to the pas
sage of Ordinance No. 172, being the
City Budget for 1923, setting the city
appropriations at a total of $156, 776.97
No objections were presented. The
ordinance was finally passed. Last
year the amount of the duget was
1924, 533.S5, an increase for this year
of $32,243.12.
A letter was received from the Penn
Lumber and Salvage Company ask
ing permission to draw sand from the
beach front to fill in a hole on their
property. The letter was received and
filed and referred to the Survey Com
mittee for investigation and action.
Another was also read from the Della
ware and Atlantic Telephone and
Telegraph Company regarding the in
~stallation of telephones in the new
city hall upon completion of that
structure. This letter was also re-
ceived and filed.
Several resolutions were now pre-
scented and adopted. The first two
were ordering the payment of the bills
of Louis Kraus and William Streaker
for their respective work for the city.
The next one ordered the drawing up
of a bill of agreement with the tele-
phone company for service in the new
city hall. The following resolution
was of special interest to all persons
on the city pay roll. This resolution
provides that any employee having
served two successive years in the
city service will be entitled to two
weeks vacation each year with pay.
The next resolution provides that the
regular meeting night of the Council
shall be the third Tuesday in each
month. Another resolution permits
the W supervisor to make a charge
of SO cents per hour for hire of an
auto for necessary work while serving
for the city. The last of the resolu-
lions named the Wildwood Leader and
the Five Mile Beach Journal as the
official advertising mediums for the
year.
A communication from the Board of
Education to the Board of School Es-
innate was read. This letter advised
the purchase of lane from Henry H.
Ottens to be used for school purposes.
A record was enclosed in the letter
wherein the Board of School Estimate
had gone in favor of such an act by
the City Council. Council %concurred
in the advice of the school board and
ordered that steps be taken for the
financing of this purchase of land.
A representative of the Five Mile
Beach Humane Society asked what
action had been taken by Council in
the matter of donations to this organi-
cation. The ladies from this organi-
cation were informed by Solicitor
Bright and Councilman Hewitt that
5000 has been set aside in the 1928
budget for their use and that they
have power to present bills properly
executed to this amount for payment
by the city treasurer. This wound up
the evenings transactions.
A national bank, Odd Fellows
building and a high school building
are some of the objects that the peo-
pie of North Wildwood are striving
for. The new $4,000 city hall is al
ready under construction, the brick
walls on same nov being laid. Henry
H. Ottens offered a lot at 18th and
Pennsylvania n to Holly Beach
Lodge, No. 120, l. o. o. F., and it has
been accepted by the lodge and a
building committee is already at work
on the plans for the Odd Fellows
building. Application for the charter
of the bank has been made and it is
planned to make this institution a