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EM LUEUEY TO ‘BE CENTER® OF Trudie TIONAL WIRE SYSTEM For Protection of Our Political and Economic Position: Holds for Unification and Fedoral Regulation of Utilities

° CepI his hidiieine Adivite public. Mr. v faid letter in a plea yi s unification and proper control and regulation of utilities, particularly the wire system, and, what is nore important, a plea for u world-wide cable stem | centering in and controlled in the ension of America® commerce. It i letter refers to fimey Bill 368. t is rot. Mr. Vail‘s understanding that bill is a Government ownership and operating measure, but rather that it has h dciaie, purpose to allow: sufficient time Signi and preeent is Congress a P proposition for the reorganiza [m which will work for the ir wal and economy of the international and Intranational wire systems operated and controlled from the thoroughly considered, well-thought-out solution cannot be prepared under j sure or in the present short sess Congress. It is recognized interest of the public the uiiti nat be returned to the owners withou froth correction of the existing d. ici cles in newstion and control; hence would seem hixhly desirable for th for the proprictors. thie be given for such a solution. n shor, Mr. Valls plea is a strong argument against the immediate return of the utilities without any remedial legislation to cure the evils which now a in the multiplicity of un-correlated, sible, complex, contradictory and pa t Yih forms of control or reguls« tion tthe Vail says, "There is without doubt an opportunity for a great piece of bene= ficial and constructive work by com: bining and co-ordinating all the various existing utility services or those that are complementary and supplementary into ame or more, well-balanced systems, the extent of which should be determined by the nature of the service, by the extent of the service rendered, commer cial, Eo vean beeen reasons; e by combining in manner, at thas pontbie divored from alidest or clase influence, the requi« )t power and authority of the Federal Government expressed jn a mandate to charges, with an operating organ ination, poaried to the requirements FJ the service, based on the methods berdinuphines jence, enterprise and tion in the industrial world have shows J [aprrmang efficient and economical.." In order to prove his points, Mr. Vail treats in a thorough manner the whole

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COMMISSION FORM OF GOVERNMENT TO THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF CAPE MAY Cape May, N. J., January 20, 1919. Gentlemen: . or of 1 have exainined the accounts of the city clerk, collector and treasurer of the City for the last quarter of 1918, and find the following to be the transaction for the term: ACCOUNTS OF WILLIAM PORTER, CITY CLERK DR. Mercantile licenses received ... Water rents received Water permits received Delinquent taxes received .... Receipts of Convention Hall Miscellaneous receipts, ... Amount paid treasurer, __..

Account of Walter J. Fenderson, Jr., Collector " DR To amount due on 1917 taxes, beginning quarter, .__._.__.._..._. $82,708.24 To interest coliected on 1917 taxes " To amount of 1918 Duplicate ...... -- To 1918 franchise tax delivered for collection .... Balance now due on 1917 Duplicate $4,495.65 In delinquent account .... — 1,681.26 In Convention Hall account .._... 2,047.65 $ 8,424.50 Notes discounted in banks Received from city clerk Received from collector ._____.. Received from Board of Health Bank tax county collector ... [Paid interest on school bonds _____. poerfinnmne Amiri be pnamig Faid into Sinking Fund rrpmersirvmy popusmermrmmninnt w.«__ Pald atate road, county and state school tax __.. Paid on account building Convention Hall Balance on heand end of quarter: In general sccount ____.. $10,705.87 In delinquent account ..... — 240.08 In Convention Hall Account .... 844.61

$205,502.3 Respectfully submitted, LEWIS T. STEVENS, Auditor BOROUGH OF CAPE MAY POINT CAPE MAY COUNTY wgn > AN ORDINANCE relating to taxes for the year nineteen hundred and nineteen, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of the Borough of Cape May Point, in the County of Cape May and State of New Jersey that there shall be assessed, raised by taxation and collected for the fiscal year 1919 the sum of Six thousand four hundred and thirteen dollars and ninetyone cents, for the purposes of meeting the appropriations set forth in the following statement of resource and appropriation for the fiscal year 1919, Surplus Revenue Account ___... ___ $1,502.09 LOCAL BUDGET Resources: Surplus Revenue Appropriated $1,502.09 None $6,413.91 $7,016.00 1918 $800.00. 845.00 1,800.00 Advertising and Printing .________________ Rent of Borough Hall ___._______ Mosquito Ex: ‘rmination Audit _. Contingent Expenses _____.._. Reduction of Demand Note Fire Department $7,01000 This budget shall also constitute the tax ordinance, The foregoing budget was approved at a meeting of the Board of Commirsionera of the Borough of Cape May Point, N. J., held at Cape May Point on January 18th 1919, and will be taken up for final adoption at a meeting of the Comminsioners to be held at the Commiazioners Room, im said Borough, at eight celock in the evening on the twenty-seventh day of January 1919 at which time and place any objections thereto on the part of the taxpayers may be presented and will be heard and conridered by said 1-18-19 ao 3 K. u, BUBSE Clerk,

AN ORDINANCE An Ordinance relating to taxes for the year nineteen hundred and nin teen, and making appropriations for said year, Section 1. The Board of Comminnioners of the City of Cape May do or dain, That there shall be mssersed and raised by taxation and collected fo { the Aneat year of 1919 the sum of One Hundred und Five Thousand Thre Hundred and Th e Dollars and One Cent for the purpose of mee [ing the appropriations set forth in the following statement of resources and appropriations for the fiscal year of 1919: RESOURCES Surplus revenue appropriated, .. Miscellencous revenues, .. State Rilroad and canal tax, [Receipts from water department, 85,000.00 Amount to be raised by assessment of taxes, 105,839.01 Total resources, _.. $100,251.88 Superintendent of water works‘ salary, Lw__2 Solicitors salary, ....

derman s U Assersor‘s salary, Collector‘s salary Treasurer‘s salary, Overseer of Poor‘s salary, Inspector and superintendent ights, .... Superintendent of city pler and advertising agent Street supervisor‘s salary, Interest on bonds, .... Sinking fund, _. Interest on notes, Police and watchmen, .. Lighting streets and public buildings, Repairing, cleaning and watering streets and repairing boardwalk, ... ennnnnonlnns is Property repair and improvement, Maintenance of water department Maintenance of fire department ... __ Operation and engineer of sewer diposal plant Stationery, printing and advertising, .. Manual training for schools, Redemption of school bonds, 8,500.00 Interest on school bonds, Lac) Board of Health, . .. ___ Hold Grand Army of the Republic memorial services, 200.00 Public Music, 4,000.00 Antusements, 1,500.00 Contingent fun __ 8,000.00 Redemption of bonds, 4,500.00 « > $169,251.80 | $171,008.09 PUBLIC NOTICE The foregoing tax ordinance for 1919, which is to be taken as its Local Budget for ©2919, was regularly adopted and approved by the Comminsioners of the City of Cape May, at an adjourned regular meeting of the said Commissioners held on the eixteenth day of January, 1919, and will be taken LJ for final adoption and passage at a regular meeting of the said commis misioners on Tuesday, the fourth day of February, nineteen hundred and nineteen, at ten o‘clock in the forenoon, at the City Hall, corner Wash ington and Franklin Streets, at which time any tax payer may appear and object to all or any part of the said Local Budget, or proposed tax ordinance for the year 1919. Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect immediately. Dated, Clerk‘s Office, City of Cape May, N. J., January 17, 1919, WILLIAM PORTER, 1-18-19 2t pf $14.80 City Clerk.

TowxsHip or LowkRr ~ norice e Notice is hereby given that the Township Committee of the Township of Lower, in the County of Cape May and State of New Jer at its mecting held January 15, 1919, by resolution approved the folle ing Local Budget for suid Township for the fiscal year 1919, to w A RESOLUTION relating to taxes for the year Ninctcen Hundred and Nineteen (1919). BE IT RESOLVED by the Township Committee of the Lower, Cape May County, New Jersey, that there shall be s by faxation and collected for the fiscal year 1919 the sum of I RT AND FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY DOLLARS ($4,520.00) for the purpose { meeting the appropriation set forth in the following statement of resource and appropriations for the ‘eal year 1919; RESOURCES Anticipated Revenue: ent, .. Franchise Tax 400.00 State R. R. & Canal 270.00 Gross Receipt Tax 10.00 To be raised by Taxation 4,520.00 APPROPRIATIONS: Board of Health . Commitee ...______.. Relief of Poor od Solicitor and Delinquent Collector ...... Contingent __.. Printing and Advertising Property and Improvements ____.._______. Police and Lighting R Inminpadiii 2A This resolution shall take effect ‘muediately, and this budget shall also nstitute the tax resolution, And notice is further given that said Township Committeo will meet at he Township Hall, in Lower Township, Cape May County, New Jersey, on 80, A. D., 1919, at reven thirty (7:80) o‘clock P. M., for the purpose f giving a hearing on said budget and the final rdoption of the same; at vhich last mentioned time and place objections to said budget may be made y any texpayer of said Township. By order of the Township Committee of the ‘Township of Lower, in the ounty of Cape May, New Jersey. ated, January 15, 1919, ~18-10 24 88 pf $10.00 C C Reaves, Clarks