Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-03-23
COMMUNICATED
March 10, 1923.

Lear mayor. AS per yOuI lGQuSSL
over the telephone today l am send
ing you a statement of what was
agreed upon in our conference to-
gether at wildwood on Monday,
March 9Th. when the directors of the
Beach Realty Company were present
with Mr.. Way representing the city,
Mr.. Coney and Mr.. Sooy, relative to
the sale of the sand from the beach
front for the purpose of filling in the
lands between Atlantic and Beach
avenues and Schellenger and Mont
gomery venue
On behalf of the Beach Realty Com
pany, who owns the riparian lands
from which the sand was desired to
be taken, my statement was "a that
the sand would be furnished by the
Beach Realty Company from a point
to be designated by Mr.. Norton, who
would represent/us for the price of
21a cents per cubic yard, that this
price was made at this nominal sum
only because it was for public benefit;
that we would not otherwise sell the
sand to Mr.. Coney or n other con
tractor or individual for less than ten
times that sum, as it was more valu-
able to us in the making up of the
beach than we could possibly get for
it from a private contractor, and that
the price of 219 cents per cubic yard
was only a part of the consideration,
the other part being that it was for
public use or benefit. (2) That the
City of Wildwood should police and
properly protect the property from
which the sand was taken in order
that accidents might be avoided by
reason of the taking the sand there
from or by eason of piling or other
distractions upon the beach. 60 That
the City of Wildwood should save the
Beach Realty Company harmless from
any injury resulting from the work of
the contractor or his negligence from
all damage to the boardwalk or other
public property. (4) That Mr.. Coney
should give an order upon the city
which the city would accept for the
payment for sand at the rate of 21a
cents per cubic yard for all sand
| DullDCu ny Tic COllIl dCIOl bdSSu upOL
the engineers estimate, but no sand
to be pumped and used except within
the limits as set forth in the contract.
In other words, the Beach Realty Com
pany would not furnish sand at 21a
cents per cubic yard for the filling of
lots belonging to private individuals
except between Atlantic and Beach
avenues and Schellenger and Mont
gomery 60 The contractor
to place the dredge or pump and to
take the sand from the location or
locations under the direction of Mr..
G.. A. Norton, who is president of the
Beach Realty Company, and whose
services were to be paid for by Mr..
Coney at a price or term to be agreed
upon between Mr.. Coney and Mr.. Nor
ton. There was no agreement as to
what that price should be. CO. The
contractor to indemnify the Beach
Realty Company fully against any
of the performance of the contract.
The Beach Realty Company would not
agree to permit this sand to be taken
and to be responsible for injuries arts
ing from drowning in a hole or other
private injury or for property dam
age to the owners of property on the
northwest side of Beach avenue. The
hole dredged by the pumping of sand
might easily cause a gully or cur
rent to wash in and destroy part of
the boardwalk or even properties built
on the land side thereof, such damage
we desire to be insured against. There
was no agreement that the contractor
should procure al agreement signed
by all the property owners in the sec
ton to be improved, releasing said
Beach Realty Company from any liza
bility of any sort resulting from in
jury or damage to said property by
reason of the pumping of sand from
the beach front into the area lying
to the westward of Beach avenue;
there was, however, a suggestion
made by Mr.. Sooy that he could pro-
cure these agreements and l, on-be-
half of the Beach Realty Company,
accepted that as a part of the in
u6IlIlJy WulCu ne HG6u nOI OIlSI WISE
insure against if he secure such agree
ments of release.
AS the Beach Realty Company is
the owner of this property it certainly
has a right to say at what price it will
sell its property. 1t is willing upon
the terms above set forth to supply
the sand for the benefit of the city,
providing it can do so without involv-
ing itself and becoming liable for in
juries which may result by reason of
the removal of the sand and the pos
sible cutting of currents through the
beach by reason of holes, etc. The
directors feel that it is a sacrifice to
permit this sand to be removed at the
price named, but they are willing to
make that sacrifice and take the risks
of loss which they will sustain neces-
sarily for the public good, providing
this loss will not extend bevond the