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CA3PB.HAY COUNTY TIMES, SEA ISLE CITY, N. J.

Friday April 6, 1917

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WM. H. CAMPBELL, Director of Finauce.

Hon. JOSEPH G. CHAMPION, Mayor of Ocean City.

GEORGE O. ADAMS, Director of Public Works.

)cean City, America's [Greatest Cottage Resort PlCONTIUUED FROM' THE FIRST PAGE]

j crs, and so long as a body of determined men ‘ will insist that these restrictions shall be observed, Ocean City will probably continue indefinitely the same clean.family resort that it now is. Some or those who have the continuance of thd present conditions at heart are contemplating funning a permanent and perpetual body with this in view. Mayor Champion, of Ocean City, has early let it be known that those who are counting on a wide-open Sunday or a lesser violation of the Sunday closing ordinances, will be sadly fooled this summer. Mayor Champion has privately told his personal friends that he will never submit to any abridgement of the city’s best traditions. and among these he considers the high standard sat by his predecessors, especially Mayor Headley, in keeping inviolate the observance of Sunday. Splendid Transportation Facilities. Ocean City is quickly reached by steam and electric trains over the Pennsylvania Railroad sy:tqm from Eroad Street Station and Market

J. P. FOX Ocean City Club Stables BOAMG, IJVfRY AND GENERAL CONTRACTING 8th Street and West Avenue Ocean City, N. J. Telephone Connection WBOCKKKiCO

Street Ferry, and by the Reading Railroad from the ferries at Chestnut and South streets, Philadelphia. High speed electric cars run every half hour from Ocean City’s Boardwalk through the beau..tiful pine woodlands of Atlantic County, to the Boardwalk in Atlantic City. The trip will be made in forty-five minutes. A ferry plys between Ocean City and Longport during the summer months, and from Longport fast trolley service may be had at a ten cent fare into Atlantic City. A direct automobile road connects Ocean City with Atlantic City, while a boulevard at 34th Street leads to the Main Seashore road connecting each of the .resorts of the County. With the completion of the Ocean City to Sea Isle City road and bridges another outlet to the southern resorts will be provided by roads and bridges across the beautiful waters of Corson’s Inlet, which form the southern boundary of the island of Ocean City. Civic Organizations. No city ever really enjoys a full measure of progress and prosperity unless it has one or more civic organizations. Ocean City is blessed with three, all active and all counting in their membership the very cream of the business interests of the City. The City Commissioners and the three Civic organizations work hand in

The Ocean City Investment Co. (INCORPORATED) 5 : or particulars write to or inquire of any of the Officers: S. WESLEY LAKE. W. ELWELL LAKE, JAMES E. LAKE, President, Secretary, Vice President, Ocean City, N. J. Princeton, M. J. Ocean City, N. J. WM. P. MIERS, Treasurer, Trenton, N. J. ■ I ■ A Stock Company Capitalized at $126,000 1 Par Value of Stock $50 per Share

hand, each co-operating at all tildes, and in perfect harmony with the other. The Board of Trade meets the first Tuesday night of each month in the Commissioners’ Chamber. Otis M. Townsend, Secretary; L. M. Lear, Assistant Secretary. The Young Men’s Progressive League meets every Monday night in the Hanr. Building. Roy Darby, Secretary. The Hotel Proprietors’ Association meets the second Monday night of the month. Mrs. Johnson Roney, Corresponding Secretary; Miss Mary Shore, Secretary. With a church for every Christian denomination. fine schools, unexcelled banking facilities (National Bank and Trust Company, both in nourishing condition, and with aggregate deposits of nearly two million dollars), new $100,000 City HaM. efficient fire equipment and thousands of splendid Summer cottages, and fine hotels; with its wonderful beach for bathing, its many and varied amusements, its high moral tone and freedom from vice of every kind. Ocean City is truly an ideal resort. City Government. Ocean City is under the progressive form of Commission Government, three Commissioners having full charge of the business of the City. Under this form of government Ocean City has made more rapid strides in development than

ever before. The present officers, and the departments they control, are as follows: Department of Public Affairs and Public Safety. MAYOR JOS. G. CHAMPION, Director. Harry A. Morris, City Clerk. Andrew C. Boswell, City Solicitor. T. Lee Adams, HeaVh Officer. Building Inspector, Wm. S. Johnson. Plumbing Inspector, John N. Johnson. City Electrician, Joseph Riggans. Department of Revenue and Finance. WM. H. CAMPBELL, Director. City Treasurer, Clarence S. Scull. Tax Collector, E. W. Burleigh. Tax Assessor, Dr. H. T. Foulds. Department of Streets and Public Works. GEQRGE 0. ADAMS, Director. Morgan Hand, Jr., City Engineer.

For any information of OCEAN CITY PROPERTY for Sale or Rent, Inquire of MASSEY & EDWARDS ! 8th Street and Central Avenue Ocean City, N. J. Oldest Established Real Estate Office in the Resort Several good bargains in fine lots on water j front, near Ocean City Yacht Club, (or only $675.

B. Swan J. E. Trout SWAN & TROUT PRACTICAL

> Jobbing a Specialty 1040 As bury Avenue Ocean City, N. J.

» We Will Sell You a Lot, Build You a House, ! Secure You a Mortgage, and Give You a ! Square Deal. Plans and Specifications Free J if You Contract With Us. We Insure ; Against Accidents to Employees, thus Ret lieviug the 0\. ner of any Responsibility! FOf Ppftf Bungaioww, Cottages, Hotels : 1 Lots for Sale in all Sections I

Is Your Property Fully Insured . (Against Loss By Fire? J I represent a large list of the largest and most reliable Fire Insurance Coiujianies doing business and -'an give you the best possible rates. You can be insured against damage by the wind to your property at a very low cost AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE BURGLARY INSURANCE PLATE GLASS INSURANCE LIABILITY INSURANCE I Call, write or phone for any information in regard to the above. JOSEPH I. SCULL 757 Asbury Avenue OCEAN CITY, N. J. Bell Phone 7

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FOR SALE OR RENT jg All the Desirable Properties in Ocean City are Listed at the Real Estate Office of H Clayton Haines Brick Real Estate and Insurance Eighth Street OCEAN CITY, N. J. Opposite, Post Office iilMiiM KilSMI