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CAPB HA3T COTOWT Tliaa, SEA BUC CITT, N, J.,

PACK 7

Sea Isle City an Atlantic Coast Beauty Spot

New Era of Prosperity Setting In For the Q,ueen of Seaside Resorts; One of the Oldest Resorts in the

County, Though Not Yet in the Fiftieth Year Since Its Foundation

EA ISLE CITY ha.. Two cteun railroads. Electric U*hl plane Good acwermge system. Weekly newspaper. Elegant pared street. Public library. Fine cement sidewalks and curbs.

A gas plane One Ice plant. Cburcbee—Methodist. Roman Catholic, Lutheran. Excellent postal facilities. Deep Inland Waterway. Finely appointed Yacht Club. Fine school system. An abundance of pure artesian water—the fleert in South Jersey. A most healthful and delightful climate. f

A friendly, peaceful, orderly community Unsurpassed beach for bathing—safe, bard and clean. Fine Ashing, both sea and still water. Many hotels and board I us bouses. One of the most efficient Are companies, and Are apparatus. In the State. Three miles of splendid Boardwalk, well lighted on summer nights. DlrerslAed amusements. Including big Ocean Pier. Fresh Ash caught daily, by pound net and hand line

fishermen, at low prices. Good camping facilities. Hundreds of cottages for rent for the summer, at moderate prices Splendid boulerard leading to the mainland. Auto drlre seven miles along ocean, from Inlet to Inlet Bridge and auto drlre to Atlantic City, via Corson's Inlet. Two Building and Loan Associations.

The resort history of Cape May County repeated itself In Sea Isle City, popularly termed the "Queen of Seashore Resorts." What forty years ago was a barren wilderness and cattle grating ground is now a pretty, modern and up-to-date seashore resort, closer to Philadelphia «h»n any other, and possessing every convenient means of easy transportation. Sea Isle City is distinctly s cottage resort. By that is meant, that the great hulk of the visitors to the resort during the season own their own cottages, or rent them, {--and do not. as a rule, live at the hotels. Despite this, the resort boasts ol AHeen or more hotels and boarding houses, which aie always well Ailed during the season. Ha other resort on the New Jersey coast is so admirably situated from a standpoint of climate and natural advantages. The summers are cool, swept by the breezes of old Ocean, and the winters are warm. There is unbounded boating, bathing, nshing, crabbing and sailing. both In ihe surf and in the deep Inland waterway. A boardwalk extends for four miles' along the ocean's edge, which at night is made as bright aa day through a new lighting system. Here you can walk, or ait on the benches provided, with an unobstructed view of the sea. auu the suri breaking under your very feeL 'there ,le ample church accommodations for Catholic and Proieslauu, and divers tiled amusements for the enjoyment of aU. FINE WATERWAY AND YACHT CLUB. Ttie Inland Waterway, which separates Sea isle City from the mainland, is a navigable channel under State control and is now open from AQantI' City to Cape May, allowing easy passage, in a well staked route at ail stages ol the tide. It is the popular course for Motor Boat Races of the cc intry, being ou miles long and passing 12 Yacht Club Houses It is also becoming a favorite location for cottages and boat bouses Sea isle City’s splendidly appointed Yacht Stub has had a succr-Alui life for eleven years, and has one of the heal Club Houses on the coast. It has a record of more blue *. ibbons than any other club during its activity and bar the best racing course on the coas*. At no resort on the coast can city lots with Gas, Water. Electric Light. Sewage, Sidewalks and Trolleys be obtained al such reasonable prices for desirable location*. Ocean frontages arc offered at one-quarter the prices charged elsewhere' fashion has not yet spoiled the towj it is a place for quiet life for women and children and relaxauo". and comfort for men. There is almost no dust or smoke in St* Isle and laundry bills need be very small. With cheap food knd clothing, our outdoor life and absence of doctors' hills, the months spent at Sea Isle are the most economical of the year. Fruit*. Veg .-tables. Berries, Melons, from a large number of truck farmers on the mainland, have easy access to the cily by a perfect County road. As the supply far exceeds the demand

and the distance short. Sea Isle has * unique advantage o\er other shore resorts, being served dally by the farmers with best quality at lowest prices. Only one other place on the Jersey coast does an export Ashing business Hundreds of barrels of Ash are often shipped daily from Sea Isle to Philadelphia, New York and other coast towns Residents of Sea,Isle meet the boats as they come in and buy tlie choicest Ash, mackerel, bonlta. bass king. butterAah (often still alive), from ten to twenty cents per pound. Crabs oysters and ciams are also abundant ard cheap. Corson's Inlet and Townsend Inlet, at the ends of the Island/are celebrated Ashing grounds and offer as good L'he Ashing as can be found cn the coast. Hotels Furnished Cottage* and Boarding Houses are good, well kept, moderate ,n charges and In sufficient number to meet all comers SEA ISLE A BEAUTY SPOT. Few locations present more natural beauties The sun rises out of the ocean, and seta over a stretch of three miles of meadow, as beautiful in Its changing color* as the Roman Campagns Only in the early forenoon is there b glare of sunshine from the ocean. Soon the reScctiun is away tram the land and walking on the beach la a delight Tbe moonlight on the ocean is a wonderful vision of beauty. The ocean sounds Its diapason of music a* a ground tone, delighting the ear and lulling to sound repose. The eye strained by long devotion to study or desk work or the close environment of city life Is relieved by the long vistas of sea marsh and sky. The whole body Is renewed by tbe tonic of the sea air and for the time being one lives in the realm of .pure nature, unspoiled by the hand of man and the aria of civilisation—close to the unaltered handiwork of the Creator. From Its .nception, this resort owes 1U upbuilding and prosperity principally to Philadelphians, the Aral people to ree agnize that Nature had dealt with lavish hand In adorning this island resort with all the varied beauties in her gift Sea Isle City 1* a thoroughly modern resort, affording to visitors every opportunity to enjoy the conveniences found only In Ihe beet regulated comm uni ties Its broad avenuee are brilliantly Ugh tea by electricity; It bas a perfect sewerage system, and Its water, tbe pureet and most sparkling. Is drawn from artesian wells nearly XX) feel deep. As e pleasant health resort See Isle City is unsurpassed on the Atlantic coast On this sea-girt isle pleesuroseefcen will And escape from the atlAing heal of the cities and inland towns In the summer days there is wafted from the open sea, bracing, exhilarating air, imparting health and bringing comfort to the tired visitors Sea isle City Is on the highest land between Long Branch and Cape May, portions of It being 35 feet above sea level, and as the Island is only a quarter of a mile

West Jersey Cottages GUS WITTKAMP, Proprietor CORSON’S INLET, N. J. (P. O. Stralhmere) * Board by the Day or Week Best Pishing on the Atlantic Coast Boats Free to Quests

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wide at its extreme width, it. Is swept continuously by cool salt water breezes, no matter which way the wind blows The temperature always registers several degrees cooler than Atlantic City and other watering I laces Its refreshing climate has doubtless done much to help Sea Isle City atta<a Us proud distinction of being, in point of years, one of tbe oldest resorts on the Atlantic coast and 1c point of spirit, one of the youngest in the world. During the summer speedy and well-appointed trains run between Philadelphia and Sea Isle City. The city Is reached by two lines of railroads—the Heading from Chestnut Street Wharf and the Pennsylvania from Mar ket Street Wharf. The distance by tbe Pennsylvania road Is 65 miles and by tbe Reading several miles shorter. Business men can readily travel to and from Philadelphia dally, thus enabling them to spend tbe nights with their families by the sea. • Sea Isle City la under Commission form of Government. conceded to be the most efficient of all forms of

city government. Its affairs are In Ihe hands of two capable city managers, in the persons of Irving Fitch, as Director of Finance and Acting Mayor, and James T. Chapman, as Director of Highways. Irving Fitch was elected to the office which he now holds some months ago. and bas proved a callable and careful official. He served an apprenticeship of Ave y ears as City Clerk, prior to his election to the Commission. James T. Chapman, Director of Highways, has been a resident of Sea Isle City since Us early days, and Las acquired many and varied Interests In the City. He Is deeply interested in tbe pound net Ashing Industry, is an officer of the Sea Isle City Raalty Company and of ihe Sea Isle City Building and Loan Association, and la now connected with one of the largest retail hardware esiabllshmenls In tbe county. He formerly edited and published the Cape May County Times, and only a few years ago severed an active interest with Its publication Under bis capable and careful direction, the affairs of the Department cf Highways has been ably and efficiently administered.

Choice Residence Locations Water-Front Lot* in Beautiful Venicean Park

Central—Near Beach and Station All City Conveniences Completely Improved Streets, Concrete Curbs and Sidewalks

Highest and Driest Section of Sea Isle City Reasonable Prices and Easy Terms Title Guaranteed

Sea Isle City Realty Co.

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