4 Herald/Lantern/Dispatch 24 April '85

Water: We're in Good Shape' By JACK SMYTH CAPE MAY — Dispite tests Ipr the last year by the county Health Department that found drinking water in the city con tained sodium (salt) levels higher than recommended for people on low-salt diets. City Manager Fred Coldren said last week ' that the water supply is safe and adequate "We're in good shape," Coldren told the city Planning board. "And the water quality remains good." The intrusion of salt water into wells from which the city draws its water has been acknowledged for some time. As a consequence, city officials are seeking new Wells, or a new supplier Coldren said the city has an adequate supply of water, and that pressure is good. But he cautioned that things could change unless West Cape May moves to restrict development. To meet current demands, Coldren said the city is pumping "a little over half" of the 90 million gallons of water a month that j city wells are authorized to pump Pressure is generally sufficient to deliver water where it is needed, Coldren said The only exception, he said, are "the third and fourth floors of some of the big • hotels Coldren said citizens have no reason for alarm. "You've got capable people dealing with the problem, and there are plans There is no reason to pack up and move out." COLDREN SAID increased coopera- ( Page 65 Please i «* I * See Coupon On I ' ' Classified i j OFF ,

CREDIT'S DUE — City gardener Joseph Estock has been known to comment that he does a lot of the work getting tulips ready for the April 27-May 5 Festival, but never gets his picture taken. No more.

Stiles Says Jitney Bidding 'Shoddy' CAPE MAY — Shirley Stiles, operator of Stiles Tax Service, has criticized the city 's procedure in soliciting proposals, to provide jitney service in the-fesort this summer. "I'm pretty upset about it," said Mrs Stiles last week. "I think it 's a kind of shoddy thing. and Coldren (City Manager Fred Coldren) knows better." Informed of the criticism. Coldren said. "I have no comment. These are the kinds of things they (applicants) should comment on in their proposals." r A little over two weeks ago. Council apt' peared ready to conclude an agreement with Richard Adelizzi. owner of Five Mile Beach Electric Railway Co.. to provide a gas-powered bus that would, run along Beach Avenue But a question raised about w hether other < Page 65 Please »

-/flfijajfoBeing the Mayor's Wife Doesn Y Mean Anything

tfv LIBBY DEMP FORREST CAPE MAY — When Mitze Needles Blomkvest was pregnant with her fifth child, the family I^ab "Sugar'' was also/ pregnant "I used to look at Sugar and winder which of us would go first Cape /lay's First Lady remembered, sitting/n the warm, comfy kitchen of her turiCofthe century Michigan Avenue home J Mitze was the first to deliver ./but Sugar produced a more prolific litter Mitze ^ observed some of Sugar's bifthing and ~ thought she counted nine or to puppies But husband Mickey came back to report there were 17 puppies "Do you know what 17 puppies bring" Mitze asked as she poured coffee at the

breakfast table "Four hundred kids Every kid who knew my kids knocked on j the front door to see the puppies i / Sometimes, when I told them I wasn't / dressed yet, they told me it doesn t mat ter. Mrs Blomkvest We're here to see the puppies MICKEY Kl'Il.T a whelping box and the Blomkvest kids were told if they wanted to play with the puppies they had to gel inside loo But Stig. the lone boy of the famih . let all of the dogs out one day and brought them into the kitchen where Mitze was standing at the sink bathing her slippery newborn While Mayor Arthur "Mickey" Blomkvest is empowered with running Cape May. Mitze has always managed the Page 65 Please

Parking Sole Snag , Council Okays 27 ' Plan Board Recs. | By JACK SMYTH CAPE MAY — City Council Monday approved 27 recommendations from the city Planning Board designed to place "strict controls and limitations on growth," and to tackle the problem of parking. One of them, however, calling for the city lonlose zoning loopholes £ that permit businesses to expand without providing parking spaces apV parently faces some revision.

"A lot of businesses want to expand, and I see no problem." said Mayor Arthur I Blomkvest at the close of the work session Blpmkvest said he feels that business (operators who want to expand should providing parking, if not in the immediate area, at least "somewhere else." Blomkvest predicted "some kind of compromise" on the proposal. FREDERICK W. SCHMIDT. JR.. a lawyer who often represents property owners and commercial interests, called, the provision of adequate parking a community responsibility. "It is not a problem you can expect the businessman to solve." said Schmidt. "How can you make a man whose building covers 100 percent of his lot provide parking?" Taxes on comemrcial establishments provide a greater amount of revenue than comes from residences. Schmidt pointed out. "If the residents don't want to bear the burden, they have to be responsible to the needs of the business community," said Schmidt. SCHMIDT CALLED the attention of Council to a number of needed capital improvement projects including the paving of some parking areas, and suggested the hiring of "a planner with a background in planning the economics of a community ." . Such a planner. Schmidt said, could advise on which projects are worthwhile, and whether the city can afford them "If you restrict growth, you may impair „ \ the ability to pay for capital improvet ments," he said. A recommendation from the planners to hire an outside traffic specialist to develop solutions to the city 's growing parking problem and congestion led to a disagreement between Blomkvest and Councilman Adrian Capehart. (Councilman Harry A. Gilbert 3;ent.) ' Page 65 Please > — _____

Doris War d MITZE BLOMKVEST With Swedish Carved Horses Collection

• • A Colder Road? CAPE MAY POINT - How do you cool off a road? Borough ducks and geese are raising the ire of some citizens by sleeping in the roads instead of the lake. Roads, it seems, are warmer. Mayor Frank S. Rutherford Jr., thinks emigration to the county park in Court House may be the answer. Stable Saved CAPE MAY — The.City Planning Board last week permitted Janet Merwin and Steve Miller, operators of the 410 Bank Street restaurant, to keep a garage built in the 1840s and used to stable fire horses? The structure was in jeopardy because or the need for parking at the site. S. .(Page 65- Please) 'Cape May': Fifth Ferry For the Bay CAPE MAY / The Cape May-Lewes Ferry will add a fifth vessel to its fleet with the dedication on May 3 of the ferry Cape May. The new ferry, which was built by the Norfolk Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation at a cost of $14 5 million will give the ferry service additional capacity, according to General Manager David S Chapman Demand for ferry service has been steadily increasing. Chapman said. In 1984. the four existing ferries carried about -Htf.OOO passengers and 300,000 vehicles "We expect that to increase by about five percent." he said THE FERRIES are used to.carry people and vehicles between Cape May. N J . and Lewes. Del. The 17-mile trip across Delaware Bay takes one-and-a-half hours In the winter, the ferries make eight crossings daily. During the summer, there are 30 daily crossings The new ferry will carry 100 vehicles and 800 passengers It is powered by 4$W% ■ Page 65 Please ■ ml®

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