law Bumrwi buxuhau umm *uceMdad In tofftag eS *10.006 from U» oo« of the tcw»tnr*l (•rcnonHw oc March 4. The we«r—toual ooaualtlM in chars* of tb* affair had wBwfd the total axpaaa* at IBO.OOO. the cam* as tour y«an aco. bat the admiatetn " cat It to 140.000. Tb- total

started to build up their political

(mm* by moating Job* for tb«ir friend* and tbit ate up all the money

that came Into the treasury. Last aorta# the Mayor pleaded with the other Ootnmtasiocers to slow up on

this waste of money and spend it on Improrementa. but la spite of at a man at the bead ot works with a nice salary, but power to employ or diseharf*. to report his find In**, and he did.

He found that the electric plant was resr aaaoyin* to try to run night and day and suggested they buy the ewrrmt from the AUasUe city Power gw—any. which they did. Now we hare a buUfLag cm our hands that omr Mayor suggested as a hall, aad

seems to rafted Mr. Lore rer and he doesn't try to hide tt

teg tar he brought you. Mr. Editor, f

— ‘a* to no hold tfea }

u ot be ting the | aad eonTsrtlng It I that ern«M m

Mr. Lore states that the future of ir city Is oaly a guess. Hois *1 Tbs futurp of our elt

claiming that they J public batter eenrlcc r a large profit by cutpe^s. This made out

something : to our Wty.

Lo

Made ent Ung the rates aad If they show ae Interest sad foresight, how do Aey think they can make the place tnrlttag enough to get men with money to buUd tbelr homes there o good enterprising men to start

thin* worth while?

Z do hope Mr. Lore and others wiQ, look upon tbs future more optimistically and think the population of them good old United States win grow and that the Atlantic coast not grow an Inch, but will be-

C<an mission ere will only Use and —up. so— we will be a" * Isoms of cur English spi people before they become die st their dotage. I am heartily la faror of holding! this property, and If there Is 1 IT available to convert It I

something worth while at pre have th sidewalks on the three etmts It faces cleaned, put a aide-, walk along Pieasu e Avenue, have the building painted and lenve the

lavatoriee open to the public. Mr. Love atates fiat this electric

plant has indebted the city to the extent of *85.000. Abraham Lincoln said, "When you make a bad bargala." Hiram, “hug It that much

tighter."

L. I. K.

A friend who sticks when the letters don't come, when the visits tail and when the yean write their story

of long absences, to a real o

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WmL _ city tbs savy of all the eeaahore r aorta along the Atlantic coast. A the taxpayer* were staging praises of

nr wonderful little city owning sad controlling their own gas. electric and water plants. They were an of o— salad aad felt sure they had elected the real redeemers of Sea Ida City. The Cape May County Time* o mended the Oonuatasioners very highly and said that Sea Ho was la line

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pie Are Constantly Asking: “How Is Ocean City This Winter?”

f Our answer is that there is more building of a quality that really | the standard of the resort than for years past. Are we correct. Call at our office and let us verify it by a general fection with you. , No flighty “boom"—but actual development that will surprise 1 when the season of 1925 opens. We don’t like to use the word “bargains” in referring to real es|—the term has a petty dropping sound— but we are forced to use t the present moment in calling your attention to a few of the of-

ferings in our office that challenge comparisons: 200 feet of Ocean Front, near end of Boardwalk, riparian* f grant, corner, only ip J.O,500 2 Water Front Lots, near 15th St, graded, curbed and . _ _ flagged, for both 1,350 Atlantic Boulevard, lot facing southwest ■* orw-i only l,oUU Beautiful Water Front Cottage, near Yacht Club, 8 rooms, garage, double piazzas, heater room, up-to-date, g 250

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