ape May County Times

CITY COLONS HAVK BUSY SESSION FRIDAY. Procurer Hu Hcantiy Science, and Everything l« Moved With Smooth-

CAPE MAY COUNTY (Sea Isle Cm P'.O.)* N. J., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1919

5 Cents a core, $1.50 a Year

im mi in Never wire proat>eou brlithter than right now for an unpTeteSei In* boon lo Rea Isle City, to a local contractor when' li

The contracto

NMBNT POSITIONS—TheI railway mail clerk examl-

n needed:

Inter Star- Bureau, »C7 X8U1 SL. N. W. Washington. D. C. t U. Aaaainte k eoon to bnlld oul ‘ t alow of dry, __H‘a furnish lujtwf s are ready to serve yon With , etc. Mr. V. A‘

adv.-lt

an4 the City Clerk once agali and the City Solicitor dispensing 1. ■m. the meeting of the City moved with a commendable t like precision last Friday, being the first Friday of the the meetl'>g was the most im since V"t same day a month and c number of to the betterment of Sea Isle

City

The Treasurer's report showed s jish balance of over $5000. a raw thing In these times, and was ordered received and filed. This report has cot been published tor ibout si* months now, probably doe to some-

one’s oversight in the shalfie oi char*- Ahead to keep his force buy * Cbmmisaionera, but they*!! all B i >r,n * Conumctor Harry Kralas along In doe time, when the tax- evverat Job* of this character in band, the non-rerldent Inelufilng the shingling of the BusCh

Hotel. Com

requests tt-st his states that he three contracts tor $2500 to $$500. and that work will be commenced on one as roan u the necessary preliminaries can be ar-

rangad.

A building operation to be financed by the local Building and Loan Associations U now being planned by several local people, which will involve the arection of at tout three up-to-date collages. Ground has been encored tor the purpose on Coral street. All ccnlractors are busy with repair and alters tics work. Contractor WU-

bavlng

B.iL ME IS 01

The 'Tradr’smtn Bnildiug and Loan Association opened their new series of atook ou Thursday of last week, with a snbsoription o' 133 new shares paid in, and more coming. Tbe meeting.

annual one,- tor the

and the following were Cl outing, Presicnet; Gferge E. W. Coxeon, Viee-Preeidenl; A. 8‘. Steeinian, Secretary and H. Love, Treasurer. No change wu seeds in the Directorate of tbe Association, with the exception of Harry A. EudiooU, who wu elected in plane Of Mr. Layton, whose terfn expired. Tbe Sea Isle City Building and Loan esoeiabim met on Wednetday of this ■week, and seceived tbe report of 110

in tbe series which

3tractor George Jeffery! bu

Its only the seeded help to complete

work he now hu In hand.

those who will bnlld one or

here tills winter at*

_ $15 per month. Apply to __jmta. or to Edward B. Arnett. ; Parts street, hdv. fit. K limited if umber of young wo g not less »b»n one year of High 4 or Its equivalent destred to enTralnlng School of tbe Coopei l, at Camden, N. J.—adv.-tt. ,t for sale, over five thousand feet, rdwadk and centre of city.

IT, Rock Glen

The resi-

dent taxpayers can have this without ib* trouble, r.nd without waiting atx

■n as many days, tor the

published.. They could, ckx * H - <:lou U«t*- Fitch and (as they SHOULD), at- WOUani McArdto. -of the Commissioners Contractor Edward B. Arnett, who and get handed ,a now cWRcd in a building operawhit their representative are doing : Uon ^ Ocm City, when interviewed •M. tlielr (U« UOWJO,-. o» .Ulrt Ih.. he wouW lulM and what la being accomplished* by * bdngalow on his Paris Street propthe city's heads In ihelr apparently erty U a building boom wu started. ainctre «nd honeshendeavor to devel- that he had another conuact ametre ana none.e-euoea.ur io ue.ee wb , ch wouM a couMerahle op the reeorc keep up 1U appearance exRenMtni*. the details of which are and keep down the taxes. not Tet ready for publication. Notice wu read of the postpone- The welcome word that Dominic ment cf a hearing by the Public UHU- apartment house to be ready tor ty Commission on the lucres** of the the Vuiunter op his land opposite the Kcyatone telephone rates. Tbe hear pier, wu given out oadallji the latter

„ ifioe your Liberty Bocdu . Security Tru't Co, Capo May. ad you 90% of their value. {- Wallet oontainlug oar Mct nse, o teener. Howard for return to

Pesso a no, City.

Everything tor Baby—Filch Drug Stohrer. pf Phlladolphla. wu ib« visitors of Die past week, at his summer collage Nshm. the wril known tail|g, vu a week-end visitor, at bis Frit* mmhu F. Reilly, of Bala. Fading the wee* here at bis hand- , beach front villa, looking alter

service t (nation c

Opened ou September fir*. Tbe series sin open another month, and it Is hoped to greatly increase tbe memberkbip. before that time expires. Associations have joined wi4>' > in the drive for new members, which ends Saturday, and is thought at least three hundred new shares would be taken between the two Associations. Both have paid belter ibu eight per cent for the put three years, and tbe indications for the fat-

Ur* are.evtn better.

jgylLL START FACTORY

IN SEA ISLE CITY.

COMMISSIONERS AFTER BETTER

TELEPHONE SERVICE.

Last Friday!* meeting of tbe City Commissioners disclosed efforts being

! improved telephone Isle City by the ellm-"coffee-grinder" signal

In use by tbe Bell

and toe substitution tb for'of the “battery" system, which long been enjoyed by the Keystone

telephone users.

Mayor Fitch called attention to correspondence he has had with the District Manager of the Bell Compary fkmg this Une. and Is now awaiting personal call from the official to go furttier Into the matter. The Keyatone Telephone Company, with fewer phones than the Bell company, hu been giving most excellent battery service tor years, and the fact that Keystone phones are gradually the Bell phones wu f to the attention of the latter

raiBERS w SHE fflUB IMET

HEAVY EXPENSES CF THE PAST YEAR CALLS FOR DRASTffr‘AfcTION WAS OPINION EXPRESSED AT LAST MEETINQ; BUDGET WOULD BE $400,00C NEXT YEAR UNLESS EXPENSES ARE WOW CURBED; FACE BIG DEFICIT.’

Ways and means of saving money on >nnly road repair work wu the chief •pic of discussion at tbe meeting of the card of Freeholders at Cape May Court loose on Tuesday. Freeholder Young, of- Wildwood, stated that he bad observed the workon the road repair

s wl

lory »

fince

ing is to give an opportunity to show part of last week. The strv ture will charged, should not be allowed. The i aai j cinl hu also purchased Commissioners agreed that a repre- the Gladstone property.

anUUon should be at the hearing. Rex Hotel, uptown, ana win convere- pn which It to be at Trenton, the only 11 1010 » «l**to»fr apartment house, fatter,

regret betyg that the

held during the Inter state Fair days.

If the help can be secured, a facwill be start'd in Sea We City at ice for tbe manufacture of dbirts, Wrappers and tbe like. Such wu the titlienk on Sunday by a prominent t d substantial Vineland manufact irwho Is ready to Install the necea •ary machlnory and commence operadons u soon u tbe help hu been engaged. The pay will be good, and the

Work pleasant.

All women interested and who will

STILL AFTER BANK CHARTER. Some bitch with the Comptroller's Office, In Washington, is holding np the charter of the Flrvt National Bank, of Sea We City. the. stock tor w hleh wu ail subscribed months ago It Is believed that some outside Influence is at work to bold np the chan ter. and to date nr/ success hu been met with the Wuhlngura offices. A possible cause for the prolonged delay Is In die overworked condition of tbe Comptroller's office, where two months ago there were fifteen thousand applications for national bank ten throughout the conniry awaking Investigation. In the Sea Isle City case, however, this Investigation was made several months back, but Its result hu not been disclosed.

take positions In tbe factory are urged to apply at once to Thomas E. Lndlam.

at the Post Office, or to Mayor ir Fitch, or to Chan. K. Landl*. Boulevard. Sea Isle City. Ap-

TO ORGANIZE. COUNTY LEGION

Mr. and Era H. C. Rutnpp. «•' FkU •delpbla. were among the vUltor* ol the week, slopping at the Bellevut

[Hotel

Mrs. Fitxgerald and a friend, ol Philadelphia, are spending the month at Hie Fitzgerald reltaga. and dally trying their bands at fishing off *h»

Ocest. Pier.

!(. aiid Mrs. M- Wi.ilield Wright, o' ladr-lptas. well known cottagers livre receiving congrs'oi itions upon U-' vsl *»f II. Wmflr'd, Jr., si tostr bou». [C Sprue.- -tree.. <* October fine.

The firm of J P l>el»n*» 4 Hon *

ivod an order for tour bun eni blocks, to t» used on the

farm to E O. Howell, Br-^at Swain

now at the Ardmore a visitor with hU

c

Boon killed by the.satoe atone. \ Some correspocdeaoe with the Weal Jersey Railroad relative to the danger of the crossings at Frits and Garrison Streets, wu read. It wu disclosed several serious redderU at thesi crossings were narrowly averted dui g the season jut passed The matter of securing a through ■rain from Stone Harbor passing by way of Sea l»lr City with a non-stop trip to Philadelphia wu discussed. »nd at the next meeting resolution* will be passed requesting (his for next leasoo from i!:* railroad company, and »plu forwarded to tbe Boioughs of tvalon and Stone Harbor, and to the 'ape May Coualy Chamber cf Cotnnercc. '•This, it was pointed out. would cut down the running time tu .‘htladiiphia by nearly thirty minutes the present cliange-at-tlie-Juno-

ion system.

•Hopeless' Is the verdict rendered the Belie!lor when questioned u tbe prosper a of securing u hoUIv- I j mint from the 'remaining bondsmen ot J. Harvey Bennett, the sewer contractor. Mr. Cols pointed out that the iropo deficit nos being carried was banded down by a former admtnlstra:ion. and wu no fault of the present Commission body, out that U^wu up lo them to straighten It out(i •hey could. Tbe matter wu allowed :o rest for the praunc "If It happened to-day." Mr. Cole added, those rw would be Indicted." Fltcb stated that tbe police il struck tor higher both Dlrwtora Chapman and Love to raise tbe pay of l+t "force" from $60 to $76 per month, with a *w unifo. u now and then thrown in. The matter of prpvldlng addltloos 1 . drainage at Coral street wav dlscutsmi Director Chapman, w ho stated that j| Director Love, who control* the j ft porae-euings In the capacity of erter of Finance, would provide the ney. be would pro vide a larger and j «e «ffirient drain pipe- The C-Hy ; giaeer now bas the matter ih hand, j be bu tbe matter of re-dec king at | Mi ten square* ot bosrdwallt during ■ olater month* »n*r psyuo’nt of the month'* bill* I dim uaslon*. the meetANOTHER PIONEER GONE HOME ! t. who died si the Ralph In Phi tad*: many year* a well at Be* |sir Oily He e "abort Boy*.' Ralph o were In the electrl j g business here until via. beside* Ralph and I.obert. elect il. tan at j nd Louis s printer, tot, Uni TlUtes Office.

Maior E O. is now Jbusi'y organising the

Coontr I.zgionof i

of the County.

!, Jr., of Avalon, in (network of • Posts cf tbe mei) and women

be organ-

Join During BUILDING AND LOAN

WEEK

"A MILLION SHARES FOR NEW JERSEY'" October 11 to 18 THE Sea Isle City and the Tradesmen's Building_ 1 and Loan Associations are cooperating with the New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce Building and Loan League in an intensive drive to acquaint the citizens ot the State with the merits of the Building and Loan movement, enlist new memberships and secure a million shares for New Jersey. 4 The local Associations have over two hundred new shares subscribed to datejn new series now open. Shares $1.00 each; maturity value $200. Both Associations solicit your i nvestigation of this most profitable method ol saving or investing; buying or

building a home. Apply to Either

W. M. STRUTHERS or A. S. STEELMAN SECRETARY SECRETARY Sea Isle City B. i L. Ass'n Tradesmen's B. i L. Ass',1 or Any Officer or Director toc^>o<><cr>oo<r>o<><z=><K)<^^^

f ixedgtCspe May City, Wildwood, Cspr May Coart House and at Ocean Oily. Every manor woman who wu engaged

in *ny branch ol war work, aad who hu | been honorably discharged, is elegible the payment of the”bni;diu| oUbT

membership.

DREAM ON, MACBETH. At- a recent meeting of the Cape. May County Board of Freeholders, Freeholder John W. Young, of North \ Wildwood, held the center of the stage , with an elaborate description of tbe $5,000,000 hotel to be built at hi* resort during tbe winter months. Mr. Young waxed eloquent in describing tbe hugeness of the hotel and Its exterior and Interior beauties. When he had finished. Freeholder DeBow, of Sea Isle City, calmly stated ! that while he rejoiced In the good tor * of Wildwood in securing such s I magnificent hotel. Sea Isle City wu much aA a large manufacturing plant wu to be erected forthwith, to covet two acres of ground, and employ 600 oven, and representing a huge sum . Id buildings and equipment. r. Young asked whst wu lo be man tfsetured in this Sea Isle City nt. To which Mr. DeBow dryly re;

plied:

), we're Just going to make broom to sweep out that new bote) of yours."

: of candy —

Take her borne a 1

Fitch Drug Co.

your printing aupply running lowT Don’t wait until you are down to your lut sheet—order now!

repairs to the r »d. Under Mr. Yo* u s bad place in any t road in the County developed, a mkn would be there to repair it at ouoo, as it would be the duty of tbe mu employed to constantly patrol the roads and repair them. Thi* system, with ample pay for the truck driven to hutl tbe -gravel, (or tbe men to makekhe repairs and for tbe patrol mu and County Koad at not mom than $60,000 per year, including tbe grrivto; a cost of ueany twice Mutt under tbe presedt system, every Freeholder looks after s I strict with donbtfui results. Other' Freeholders agreed with *ri Young, and R war tentatively agreed that the plan would be tried out pest

year.

Appropriations Overdrawn Director Rot' erford read ta^atetemant ■bowing a deficit of $75,000 In eatergetriy^rork this year which would barre be added to tbe tax budget for UM. This is made up of $17,331.06 on brtd|M,' aud $12,500 on roads. Tbe (balance Is payment* of $>2,600 on account ot temporary notes for repairs, and $27,000 on aoconnt of the work now going on tbs Corson's Inlet Road from Bet Isle,City

north.

An additional obligation w at Tuesday's meeting in the f

$26,000 each year for six years to fi

from North Wildwood to tbe It shore road by way of Grassy Sound, the contract for which was awarded to Cassidy and Homan, tor $125,000, plus engineering and other expenaes of$M,0$0. This will be linen cod ny temporary improvement notes to be retired in tin

year*.

Sinking Fund Commlsslan Named Tbs name of Chat. H. Clouting as a member of the County Sinking Fund omminion to succeededmaelf ratified, ■nd John R. June*, Ocean City mer•liani, was named in piste of Reuben Edwards of Ocean City, who y Other bo*! neat transacted on 1

—Resolution adopted to pay final amount account of the Corson'* Inlet bridge contract to Joseph (J. Champion, in the amount of $0066.00. Tbe .bridge wca lot mall v accepted some time ego. —Protest lodged against the food givas to tire iniukire of tlir Mate Insane Avium, Which was visited by s Committee •a the Board Ism.week. -Petition by the Grange for the 3ou nt* to buy the grounds of the County Fair Association and make it into a permanent parkland fair grounds a* s war memorial, wak received and filed. — Report of Superintendent of Weights and Measnres, l ap) K. Carroll, of seven hundred inspections of measures during September was received *ad accepted. —On motion of Freepoider Ca#>p the auditing committee was directed to meet at Sea fale City and ascertain the amount spent thie year on road work in rxoeaa of the amount appropriated, to ' report at the next meeting.

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