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HAS PURCHASED NEWS ROUTE ENTERPRISING BUSINESS MEN FROM RIVERSIDE N. J, WILL - OPERATE BOWLING ALLEYS AND DAILY PAPER ROUTE Messrs. Maute and Conrow, of Riverside, N. J., have leased the newly renovated bowling alleys and pool room opposite Congress Hall and have purchased the newspaper route from John Spencer. The alleys and tables have been re-equipped and are in excellent condition. The management will eater to me hotel guests and cottages and have secured the services of an expert bowler who will give instructions to Jadies and beginners in this healthful and scientific exercise. Comfortable rodcers have been supplied for those who aoeom- ■ pany friends, where they can enjoy i , the sea breezes and excellent ocean view. ; < -.Candies, cigarettes and cigars are | attractive! y displayed in profusion | ' and an air of refinement predominates ; ' in the-Sfiilding. Orders for the delivery of news- 1 papers will be received at this place | and will receive the best possible at^tenthm. ^ ^ RECIPROCITY DAY Hie Women's Community Club of 1 Gape May has receivetf notices of acceptance from five other Women's | Clubs, of Gape May County and on 1 Thursday, May 18th, Reciprocity Day will be observed. It is an all day affair to be held at Convention Hall and. the larer the number of our members who plan to arrive promptly and stav "until the I, last minute the greater will be the I ' success. Each club has been asked to ore- ■ pare a number for the morning prograir- ] A box luncheon is scheduled for , midday- Don't forget your box. The hospitality committee will serve ice cream and coffee. The hour for the opening of the af- ■ ternoon session is 2.30. Mrs- Sherwood Hope, State Feder- ; aticn Chairman of literature, will in ; the afterndon present "Nine Heroines ; of Dante " < The impersonations will be by nine young Cane May women The day promises to be a rare treat. It is earnestly honed our own mom- | bere will turn out in fuH force. , - • • , COUNTY SPELLING BANNER 1 WON BY CAPE MAY s The Grammar School entered a J s oel ling team, in the Cape May county, spelling contest which was held at Cape May Gourt House Saturday - . May sixth. This team, consisting of Elsie Van Guilder, Etihel Gibson and 1 Catherine Crease. Ethel Burroughs. ' Joseph Tenenbaum, brought back to its school the spelling banner for Cape May oountv. Besides helping twin the banner, Ethel Gibson and Ethel Burroughs received a prize of one dollar each for earning fourth and fifth "lace among the participants in the contest from the larger systems- The school feels very prou<" " of the work done by the team ami by the (

hope its work will be a spur to future teams. , _ -- . IMPROVEMENTS AROUND TOWN I The stores of F. M- Famlet and -| Eldredge Johnson have been much - improved by the removal erf the un- , sightly sheds which are a detriment , to the appearance of our main street- : Mr- Famlet is enlarging the window of his store and making considerable ■ improvements- W- LeNoir is also remodeling his Jackson street store by the extension of a large window which can be readily seen from Washington j street. """ i ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT , Harry E. Balm, owner of the Troy I Laundry, trf this city, was elected as ! > vice president of the New Jersey 1 Laundry Owners' Association, in At- " lantic City, on Saturday, May 8th. j I Mr. Balm is a charter member of the 1 New Jersey Laundry Association and , has been a member of the National , Laundry Owners Association for seventeen years AT THE LIBERTY THEATRE Plays like "Way Down East" and. "The Old Homested'' will live forever and the theatre going public never seem to tire of them. The Klen Attraction Co., New York City, will present their New England Comedy, "Uncle Josh Simpkins," at the liberty Theatre, Cape May CSty, Saturday evening. May 20th, for one night only- The play contains an interesting and intelligible plot, but it is not allowed to interfere with the fun, which is said to be in abundance During the run of the play same startling scenes and situations are seen, the principal of which is the saw mill in the third act, shown in complete operation, cutting real timber- The sawused is the genuine article, as is usually seen, in large country sawmills. The Rube tend will parade the Streets. Saturday afternoon, dressed in burlegsque costume- Splendid acts of vaudeville specialties are presented between each art. Prices for this ■pecia! attraction will be: Reserved, 76c; general, 55c; children, 25c (tax paid ). Get your reserved seats early, j

t. ,PE MAY CITY WINS SPELLING! CONTEST 1 The ninth annual spelling contest 1 of the pupils of the Cape May coun- ' ty public schools occurred at Court | House, Saturday last. There were ! 1 two groups of contestants, one group , j representing the larger graded schools | 5 ami the other group representing the j rural and smaller schoolsIn the graded schools group, Cape j f Mav city won the county -ennarit for | . the best group with 635 points out j 1 of 700. Green Creek won the pennant ; j for the smaller schools with 351 i 1 , points out of 420j The individual prizes for the grad- j i > ed schools were awarded as follows: I ' • First prize. Bertha Ritter, Wild- . - wood, 136 points; second, Samuel j , Gidding, Wildwood, 135 points: third. •; j Louisa Vansant, Ocean City, 134. . points; fourth, Ethel Gibson, Cape . . May, 133 point*; fifth, Elizabeth [ Rice, North Wildwood, 131 ^points . sixth Ethel Burroughs, Capev May ,129 points; seventh, Ruth Price t /North Wildwood. Miximum numbe 1 I of points; 140,L In the rural section, the first uriz' ! f awardedv to Francis Weber, j ;i Green Creek. 130 points; second tO(l Catherine Evans, Tuckahoe: third, to '• Olive Wood. Tuckahoe; fourth, to j j . George Lee, Wihrtesboro; fifth. George j i Spaulding, Whitesboro • sixth, Lola ; £ Cannon, Whitedboro; seveSh, Sabra < Robinson, Green Creek. Second prize was wax with 128 points- third with . c 126; fourth, with 118; fifth, with 113; ' 1 ■ sixth, 'with 112; seventh, with 111. jl There were ninetv entries ; i ; SPECIAL MEETING OF HYDRA N- 1 ( GEA B. & L- ASSOCIATION « Election of Officers and Directors . ! - — I J 1 A special meeting of the Hydran-L ; gea Building and Loan Asociation, recently organized, was held at the ( , office of Charles T. Campbell, 517 t Washington street, on Tuesday even- ! May 9th, when the following of- i 1 , ficers were elerted: ( President, Sherman S. Sharp: vice j ( president, John W- Mecray; secretary. Walter J. Fenderson, Jr.; treasurer, 1 Hanry Fisher; direotors, Charles York, Luther ,C- Ogden,* E. P. Nittinger, < Frank B. Mecray, A- H- Faulkner, ] V- M. D. Marcy, Albert R- Hand, ] Charles T. Campbell and Carl Kokes. ( Auditors, L. E. Miller, Jr., Walter ] Savage and J Spicer Learning- j The stock for the first series will j 1 held open untij June 15th. The ( i demand for the new association has , great in this locality and many 1 1 have been compelled to j seek loans from out of town- j r There is probably no place where j * hotels and cottages are needed more than at Cape May at the preset* t ' time. Cottages are renting and sell- 1 1 iidt at the highest prices ever known j j at ^his resort and many people are j , disappointed each season on the ac- i count of the scarcity of hotels and , ] cottages. ^ i "CAPE" BOARDWALK CHANGE ] . HAILED AS IMPROVEMENT Business men ..and other citizens ] are advocating the closing of the . Beach drive, from Ocean street to , ! Jackson, in this city, and the building | of the boardwalk in such manner that 1 nr,a imn M-nlV f rom the stores and 1 :

shops along the beach front directly , on to the boardwalk. i John Wilbraham has offered to do- , nate to the city of C«"e May the j triangle between the Cape May Point • boulevard and Myrtle avenue, to be I : used as a site for the proposed monu I merrt to the soldiers and sailors of , the wars of the United States which is to be unveiled during the summer NEW GARAGE AND SALESROOM \ KEARS COMPLETION The new garage and salesroom now erected at the . foot of Perry' ■ street, is n earing completion, and will 1 be opened for business at an early ; date. Hrfrrv Kehr, owner of the gar- : aee, offers the beat service, to his pa- • trons. Ford cars and all accessories : i ! can be bought at any time- The own- « ■ er will endeavor to give his patrons - the same service in the future that • . has given thwn in the part- 1 1 FATHER AND SON MEET WITH i | MISFORTUNE ■ ,• « While George Bohra, off SAellen- • I gers Landing, was working around a boat at the latter place on Tuesday of ' this week, he had the ToisfotUne to I have a nail run through, his boot into ■ .'the bottom of his foot- His father, • . Henry C. Bohm, suffered a similar in- . jurv to his right hand by coming in [ contact with a rustv nail while workinbg around "his new uilding at Jack- ! son and Lafavette streets. No ser- , ious results are anticipated in either ; CHICKEN PIE SUPPER J A chicken pie supper will be held : ; at the Progressive League Club house ; on Saturday, Mav 13th, 'for the bene- | fit of the league Tickets may be procured from the committee or, from Mr. Site at the club house. P. O- S. OF A, No. 181, HOLD BANQUET i s After the business meeting of the i P. O. S. of A-, No. 181, Tuesday s evening. May 9, at their lodge room ■. on Jackson rtreet, a banquet was givc en to the members present and prov- . ed to be an elaborate affair.

PERSONAL NEWS OF ACTIVE PEOPLE i INTERESTING PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS OF THE COMING AND GOING OF CAPE MAY VISITORS ,| AND RESIDENTS Mrs. Wa*er R- Hatfield and son, of Mass., are enjoying several days stay in Cape May as guests of I Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rutherford at their home on Hughes street. Mrs. S- H- Moore entertained her sister, Mrs. Charles Lang, and Miss Sara Yeager, of Genmantown, over ; SundayLawrence Mears, of Philadelphia, was a visitor in Cape May this week. Mrst Mary Miller -returned this week to her home, 641 Hugbhes street, after a visit of a fortnight with relatives in Philadelphia and Bayonne William H. Clark, of Philadelphia, leased the cottage coi ner Columavenue and Guerney street, white | he will occupy this summer. Mrs- R. M. Williams, of Philadel- | phia, spent several days in Cape May ; recently looking oyer her propei i Beach avenue jfcrhich she trill ocj this season. j Mr- and Mrs. Carl Webber, of Florj N. J., are enjoying some time ! at the home of the letter's j father, F- Sidney Townsend. ; Miss Emilie Brooks and Arthur I Brewer, of Chester, Pa., motored to i 1 Ca"e May where they spent the week i lend with Miss Brook's mother, Mrs. ' Frances Brooks, of Washington street. ■ Mr- and Mrs. C. Lloyd, after spendthe winter in Palm Beach. Fla., : returned to Cape May for the i Mr- and Mrs. Lewis Butler, of Sewell avenue, are entertaining the 1st- : ter's sister for a few days. Mrs Electa Curtis was a Philade!-| phia visitor on Mondav. j Miss Eleanor Thomnson has return- 1 ed to her home after spending several days with friends at Westfield, N- J.' A. B. Little, Jr-, made a business trip to Philadelphia on Monday- | Mr. and Mrs. John T. Hewitt, ac- ' companied by Mr- and Mrs. Joseph1 motored to Pitman, N. J., on last where they spent the week | end as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Stacy J Robbinsi Mr. and Mrs. J- Clifford Wilson, of' | were week end visitors ! , at this resort. i Learning Townsend and family, of j Philadelphia, recently enjoyed a visit' «n Cape May with the former's par-T jeauj- M- — * m™. Edward Town- ! i- Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Balm attended the 3rd annual convention o' i i the New- Jersey Uundry Owners' I1 ^SOa^r1al ^ Charles Hotel, i i Atlantic City on May oth and 6Qj. , ■ p.^r ,a^i.Mrs- Stt""art Thompson, of'J were week end visitors I in Cape May. Mi and Mrs. Thomp-'-, son have taken at apartment at the I I EJlbcron where tiby will spend - the summer. i i e Miss Grace Dican, of Philadel- & ssr s " h'T Dr. arjd Mrs Alinder Marcy have ? rptiimwl tA . L, . \ j . : marcy nave

returned to their in Riverton after an extended hp through EuDr. and Mr4 Marcy will soon «-ii "ash,nT>" street, where fofl rema,n |til late In the ,n^rT indp"r- Faulkner1 and J- E. Roth motife to New York, recently where theyte„t a weekMrs. Rteert Grielwho has been' occupying her Washlton street cot tege^ returned to liladelphia on day's?ay *1 remain a fowl Mrs. William Caslnaa and son Dr- Arthur Casselml of Philadelphia. enjoyed the wel end at their, place comer Washingin and Jeffer- j son streets. Mrs- Florence Haze%-t«, who ha^*" spent the winter in In,' Fla. recently returned to Carfday. ' , t ^?Iry °^|e Colombia! attended thehird annual,' convention of the N'ewlrsey Laun- 1 dry Owners Associatiofct Atlantic , ' • Cit" last week. James Levghton, of Bmne N J ! over Saturday and Sunrt " ; Miss Lottie Hillman |joyed the ' ' week end put of town, f *** * ' ** MT Barrey, of Philadelphia, are occi,^ their |J , cottage on Howard street!^ ' Mr., and Mrs- Charlw were i out of town visitors thisfek. ' Miss Katherine Rogers, fend and ■ Chesthut streets, Philaiija will 5 arrive in Cape Mav shortljlere she : will spend the summer mot John W. Trainer and hj]y 0f 1 Germantowiv will open thhoitage 4 J w-here they will remain fole ^se^ j Mrs. Thomas Roberts, oflladel- f phia, will occupy a cottage 1 after s June 1st. 1 Mrs. Albert Phillips, aocfenjed by Mrs. Harry Hughes, Mfflelen ] Edmunds and Miss Ann Snfmo- I tored to Atlantic City on Frl last f where they spent some time.l j Miss Kathern Kern, of fcna. j whs the week end guest Miss ■ Catherine Needles- | r i Mr- and Mrs. D- C- DonnJ of t ■ Philadelphia, are spending soAme C at their cottage, 1017 Xewfhey avenue. IV a

Miss Delia Reupsch, a student of - Dickinson College, Carlisle. Pa., has • been chosen as delegate to attend the convention of the Chi Omega Fraternity, at Salt Lake City, sometime in June. Mr- and Mrs. Gideon Stuli. of • Chester, ^a., are now occupying their ' 1 1 Broadway cottage fo»- the season. I Robert Matthews, of Philadelphia, r ! w-as a visitor at this resort over Sun- > I day. c | Mrs. Joseph Brooks and son. oi , • | Clavton, 9N. J., are enjoying a few- • days in (tape Mav with relatives. Joseph.Horton and family, of Ph'"' , ^ adelphia, have leased Benjamin F. . Johnson's- cottage on Perry street, . wkere they will spend the summer j , ■ I A. J. Rudolph and family have op- I , " ened their cottage on First avenue, I I which they will occupy until fall- ! "I llrs.. Harrj- Hughes is spending a!i ,we»k in Philadelphia with her sister, i | j Mrs. Thomas MHlet. . | Jlr- and Mrs. S. D. Wright are the 1 ■ guists of Mr- and Mrs. Siioemaker at 1 1 s ther Ocean street cottage for a few i j w eeks. • ( ' | Mr. and Mrs- Everett J. Jerrell are ' ' attending a convention of the New 1 ' Je-sey Bateers' Association, held at ' tit Hotel Cheisea, Atlantic City, on f ► | Mky 12th and 13th. t , | Miss Ann Smith is enjoying a visit ' ' ofia few weeks with friends and rel3 . atkes in Philadelphia and Merchant- " r ' .( lr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Rollins, of 1 . | ktaart, Philadelphia, will leave [ ■tbe.r town house on June first and \ spend the summer at this resort- ■ I D ^s" Prances Boris and WilliMn were week end visitors of Earl 1 j Emilie. ' h I Mrs. Laura Ware is entertaining 0 | her Bie<e, Mrs- Lottie O'Daniet of " | Philadelphia, for a few days at her Washington street cottage. o I Mr. and Mrs. Charles Merwyn I Young, of Philadelphia, will spend >' | August in Cape May after an. extend- , ed trip :n rough the west- n Mrs. i James Nacoll entertained her C ®Iiss Buth Harris and Fred a: i Klinger, of Philadelphia, over Sun- 0 da v. oi I Mrs. Claries Kellum, of Philadel- w' ;phia, is enjoying some time in Cape

m at 'he home of her brother, i James E. Taylor. in ! Mrs- . Elizabeth Straw-bridge, of ^ Denmsvilie. who has spent the great■e ?r pa" "f -the w'nter with relatives lg i Philadelphia, is enjoying a few | days visit in Cape May with her sisr!ter, Mrs. Mary A. Knerr, at her ki °5?e on WasWngton street. Bobby Bennett, accompanied bv his j n I mother, Mrs. Rebecca Bennett, at- 1 tended the Barnum & Bailey cinous at n Philadelphia, on Friday. v { Mrs. Cora V. Kempton is occupying | a cottage on Decatur street after • t spending the winter in Philadelphia. | Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Roth and son, r Georee, were Philadelphia visitors! . this week where they attended the i & Bailey cincusStewart Claghorn, accompan- . ied by her son, returned to Philadelphia this week after spending a fort- i 'ij^jSh1 her Dareirts Mr and Mrs> ' | Paul M. Perry, of Philadelphia, has ..taken a cottage on New York avenue where he will soend the summer with his family. Mrs- John Brown and daughter. .Miss Louise, are guests at the Devon Hotel for a week. Mrs- James Mecray and Mns. ElizaI beth Bodrius have returned to Cape i May after spending a delightful winat Woodstown, N. J. Samuel Perry was a week end visitor in Cape May. John J. Spencer is enioving a visit of a few- weeks with relatives in Michigan. Miss Catherine Needles entertained i a number of friends on Thursday ev- | ing at her Decatur street home. 1 Harry Ickler, of Philadelphia, was s a visitor in Cape May this week- Mr. ; Ickler has had charge of the fruit de- ; partment of Mecray's Central Mar- 1 ket for many years where he will take up his duties, for the sum- J Captain and Mrs. Henry D. Bey- \ . of Philadelphia, are stationed at j Clark, Texas, with the 5th 1 1 Mrs. Bevlard was Miss Margaret H. McCabe, daughter of ' and Mrs. Samuel B. McCabe Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Brown Mcof Philadelphia, have opened their cottage, 'The Band Bo^." 903 Columbia avenue, Cape May. I Miss Catherine McCann is spending ' week in Philadelphia. 1

NEW FOREST : FffiE IN COUNTY - 2 LltTI^ GIRLS FEARED HBM- ) MED IN BY FLAMES PICKED , UP B¥ MOTORIST. RESIDENTS 5 ALARMED, After a thirty hours battle with the f forest fires raginv north of Richland I and Pancoast op Tuesday, May 9th, f railroad section hands and villagers t along the Reading tracks were on their wav to their homes, when a fire r started east of Richland in the direcs tion of Vineland that bids 'fair to ber more desnuotive than the first. Housewives at Richland who were . preparing dinner dropped everything • and rushed to the scene of the new s blazeThe little Italian girls who were reported to have been surrounded by (lames managed t^reach a road leading through the timberland and were . picked up and taken to Mays Landing - by motorists-

MR. AND MRS. GRANGE MARRIED 50 YEARS | Mr- and Mrs- Charles E- Granbge, [ J" Philadelphia and Cape May, cele- | brated their fiftieth wedding anniverWrt- on Tuesday, May 9th, in Red 'OP, their summer home on New Jersey avenue. S - ™mage, white took place ° in Philadelphia, May 9, 1872, was the culmination of- a childhood romance. Mrs. Grange was Miss Anna C. ® Thatcher and lived at Fourth and d Green streets, while her husband ali. so lived in what was then the water8 tesidenltial section, 4J4 North i frfGi street- Mrs. Grange is a Maye flower descendant, her people having - landed at Plymouth, settled later at e- Yarmouth, Mass. Mr. Grange was the pioneer manus facturer of the mason fruit jars. He I was associated with his brothers, Wil- j v liam and John W. Grange, and retired from business over twenty years - ago. Mr. Gran-e will celftrate his f seventy-second birthday May 28- He - was born in 1850. s They have two^ children. Their r daughter, Mrs. Charles C. Lister, lives at St- Davids, and William G-, their ■ ' son, lives at the -Belgravia, at ■ I Eighteenth and Chcgtnut streets. ! REGARDING FOOLISH WIVES ' When the parting curtain bares ' , the screen for the initial presentation ! . of "Foolish Wives," please remember j that for every minute that it is i , shown thereon more' than $6,000 has ' been spent on its production. 1 But you will forget to think in ' terms of money as you watch the un- : foldment of the drama; gaze in fas J cination at a world more strange than the customs of a savage land — a ! I world of wealth and wanton follv and J | fashion's frivolities: the creed of j whose devotees is self-indulgence, 1 whose ambition, the oerfect achieve- ; ( ment of nothing. 11 ! Without parallel in the world's his- i itory the exotic life of Monte Carlo ' ] has created its own atmosphere— an , atmosphere possible of screen "resen- t tation only b" the reproduction down the smallest detail of the surroundmagnificient Casino, the l Cafe de Paris, the chateaux and villas, I : the "aniens and the seas; the streets, T the cosmopolitan crowds — their types and costumes, their mode of life; the E supreme reign of the queenlv and " bglonous women— their intrigues, ex- „ and adventures. , H . jf. in this manner that more than L; a million dollars in money — a seeming eternity of strenuous activity on u the part of thousands of peoole, and ? nearly two years in actual time, have spent in the production of "Fool- P ish Wives.'' ° Thus, "Foolish Wives" is not only , the (ftst real million dollar picture, !■ without a doubt, it is the first costly picture that justifies its seem- p ing extravagance. So fine is its artistry that its huge 8 «>st will be among the least of the £ lasting impressions it will make upon a: This production will have it's pre- u miere showing in South Jersev at f. Cox's Palace Theatre on Wednesday and Thursday evenings next week.. a: account of it's extreme length, IV only one performance each evening will be presented, starting at eight r o'clock. P' ■ m m bl

r'j KNOPF'S ORCHESTRA AT CON-1 »f - GRESS HALL is Our readers will be pleased to w learn «hat Stephen G. Knopf's Ors- chestra has been er-»aged to furnish ir the music at Congress Hall this seais j Mr. Knopf is well known in Cane t- 1 May from his connection with the it j Corinthian Yacht Club and more re- 1 j cently with the Red Mill, g | Congress Hall is to be oongnatulatr | ed upon securing such a master of dance music as well as one who will i, I maintain the reputation of the hotel s | for fine concert ^programs. J GARDEN PRIZE CONTEST - 1 Those who desire to work through I the summer for the prize offered by the Women's Communitv for the gars den showing the best improvement, e must enter their names with the l chairman of civics, Mrs. Charles Quidort. , i All work must be done without the ■ 1 aid of a professional gardener. Lawns must be kept trimmed and. cut and the growth of flowers and ; ? general appearance of a front gbarden will be the terms the contest. j , SALESMAN— UNUSUAL OPPORTUNITY < I 1 Company expanding wants man ca- ' pable of developing into sales execu1 tive; organizing and directing sales- ' commission; exceptional exceptional remuneratiop Write, stating 1 age. general experience, reference | < ■ and phone. 707 Victory Bldg., Phila. i 5-13-21 i TUTORING 1 1 French tuition, conversation. Col- ! ^ ! and High School preparation. : I ! piano, visiting tuition at residences. » Mile- Gj-ossenand, apply No. 84, * Star and Wave Publishing Co- ^ BUSINESS CHANGES HANDS 8 w Charles Hoffman has purchased the g at 606 Washington street. 2 which was formerly owned by J. C. T & Son. n

' SUPREME COURT I GARBAGE DECISION JUDGES DECIDE THAT OOMMISe SIONERS DID NOT HAVE LEe GAL' RIGHT TO AWARD GARBAGE CONTRACT TO RODAN i NEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT - Patrick H. Hunt, FYank H. Green and ^ Robert H. Keith, Prosecutors, vs. ~ The City of Cape May and David t Rod an. Defendants. Argued February Term, 1922, be- ; fore Justices Trenchard, Bergen and ! Mintum. Charles A. Bonnell, for Prosecu- [ Lew's T. Stevens, for Defendants. Per Curiam: The writ of certiorari allowed in i this case brings before us the pro- ■ ceedings and resolutions of the (Sty ; of Cape May awarding a contract to David W. Rodan to remove the garbage from the City of Cape May during a part of the year 1922. The record is imperfect for it does not contain any copy of the ordinance upon which the contract is based, but passing that, what the record shows is that the city advertised for bids to remove its gaitage, and awarded the contract to one who was not the lowest bidder, and the evidence shows that this was d^ne because, in the judgment of the city commissioners the place selected for the deposit by Rodan in an adjoining township, was more likely to be less objectionable to that township than the place selected i by the lowest bidder in the same township. The specifications required that the deposit should be outside of the City of Cape May, but leaves the location to be provided by the bidderis not claimed that the lowest bidder was not responsible financially, to be unable to carry out a conto be prepared according to the specifications, but the only ground for refusing the lowest bidder was the ■ place of proposed disposal. All that the specifications required was that the bidder "must be responsible, capable of performing the work, and I have, or be able to acquire the plant and equipment necessary to comply with the provisions of the specifications" and that "all garbage must be removed and disposed of outside the city limits in such manner as not to prejudicial to the health of any of the citizens of this city, and such place of disposal to be approved of by the commissioners." So that all the bidder was required to do w-as to dispose of the garbage Outride the limits of the city in a place not prejudicial to the health of the citi- * zens, which place was subjeot to the approval of the commissioners. The approval of the commissioners as to location was no part of the hidding and the commissioners could not unreasonably refuse their approval of place of deposit not prejudicial to the health of the citizens of the city, and a bidder oould select any place not contrary to this restriction- But this record shows that the awarding of the bid to one of the higher bidders w-as not based on this objection, but upon the theory that the aniointhat

j_ ing municipality would not object to the place selected by Mr. Rodan as a place of disposal. The statute governing the awarding of contracts is 0 • "h *- (Continued on page 4) AROUND TOWN e Joseph A. Brady, of Philadelphia, . I has purchased the oroperty of Julius Denizol, 11 Broadway, and is malting . extensive improvements, f Bathers will not be worried bv air 1 planes this summer as the commis- ] sioners have refused permits to land. The city property known as the Madison avenue storage, "resents a pleasing Appearance since the grass and weeds have received attention. The water works repairs are movi ing along steadily and will be comf | pleted in time for the season. The - employees have improved the appear- , ance of the grounds by cleaning up. > The strangers who visited our city 3 during the winter and observed the mud flat on Washir.gtofi street are , now agreeably surprised to find that the street nuw-ln fine condition. [ Mark the improvements at the Teri" minal Reriaurant, _Spencer's Stand, The Sugar' Bowl, LeNoir's store, Entrikin's Garage entrance and So! Needles' real estate office. A complete transformation has taken place in the general appearance of the city since the- foliage has developed on the trees and shrubs. CWY AFFAIRS I The regular meeting of the Citv Commission was held on Tuesday, 9th at 10 A. M. D. S. T- All' commissioners being present. Clerk's statement for April, 1922, reported published and proposals for bids on | piling for beach front repairs. Auj ditor's report for quarter ending 1 March 31* ordered accepted' and filed. Contract as awarded to D. W. Rodan garbage, removal was reported an-, nuled bv the City Solicitor. It was decided that air planes would not be allowed to land ""on the beach front during summer season. Proposals ordered advertised for bids on garbage removal to be opened May 1922, at 9 A- M., standard timeThe specifications for garbage removal were ordered accepted. •