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Forms close promptly at 5 P. M. each Thursday ■ " >1 VOL. «b— NO. 62 CAPE MAY CITY, NEW JERSEY SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25. 1920 SUBSCRIPTION sue PER TEAS. A- LEON EWING, MANAGER i ' \ il ' Jg A. LEON I.W1HU, MAnflur.B

THOSE FOURTEEN POINTS A brief discussion of the eleven points— there are really fourteen— by one, may be interesting and helpful. Compare as you read With the various articles of the defense as printed in another column. Article 1. The present Commissioners built streets this year, - which we hope will remain for forty or fifty years, thus tying the hands of Commissioners for this period. If council fifty years ag" . . lad done this tying, the city of Cape May in fifty yeare whioh have elapsed would have Sa?ed a million or so of dollars which have been more or less wasted on the streets in -this time. The present Commissioners have also laid water and sewer pipes . and built board walks which we hope will last for twenty-five years, thus tying hands of succeeding Commissioners, etc. They have issued |L i -uds for terms of years with the same tying of hands. They have ^ purchased fire apparatus which should be good for twenty-five yeare, • ving hands again. The preceding Commissioners entered into an arrangement with the "Sighting companies for a period of fifty yeare, and built a Convention Hall whioh we hope will last for fifty years. They also bought this k beech front land which we hope will remain in the City's possession for the rest of time. This was some tying of hands, believe us. Are V we finding fault with thist Not a bit of it It was good business, though the lighting franchise is open to argument in view of the fact the people had voted to erect their own lighting plant. [ In fact the work of the Commissioners is largely a matter of prev- paring for the future and they have not only a moral and legal right V • to do so but it is their imperative duty. Article 2. The city "may" purchase, not "must." The effort ■ • seems to be to create the impression that the city will be bound to do ; so. This clause is for the city interests so that it may control the dliuation at the end of ten years as absolutely as it will at the beginning. K Article 3. "Washington street properties do business for twelve wywithK in the year, beach properties for two. Washington street tHC properties are not in danger of damage from the sea, beach front properties are. Washington street clearly has the advantage in the long run. There may be properties on Washington street paying $20.00 per front foot. If so, it should be interesting news to the assessor. We hope he will promptly look it up. It is certain that they are not . paying tax on any such valuation. There are properties on Washington street which were leased for forty years at $5.00 per front foot thirty years ago leases for ninety-nine years were offered at this 5 price. * Article 4. There is no legal diffi<*ultj- about the collection of taxes 'at the attorney very well knows. The property to be taxed will not be owned by the city but by he theatre company, since the buildings are the property in question. r.v ■ Article 5. The fight against the project was first based upon the fact that one or more of the tenants did not want to change aud feared

that they migh be compelled o. When satj*ed on this point, one 1 of them said at the first public meeting on the subject "that's all right, then." This is one of the phrases whaii M adjusted if necessary to suit both interests. Article 6. Phantom No. 6. The attorney who drew these articles must have been a spiritualist or a prestidigitator. If the lessees do I not consent to do this very thing, the whole business falls to the ground ' at once. This has been understood from the first1 Article 7. What would the building be worth or why should rt be erected excepting for use during the su miser season 1 The sapient ! attorney who has created these phantoms would doubtless sign a guar- J 1 antee. Any Ouija board would tell him that he eould not go amiss. * Then too, there might be another fee coming. ' Article 9. The theatre people offered to do this to meet objections d ' made by some of the concealed objectors who are described as , 1 "prominent men", but whose identity has never been revealed. They I : are doubtless perfectly willing to continue as they are. The twenty- ' five yeaj lease proposition was to protect the city from any possible loss of a tenant for" the property, as the result of the erection of the . new building. / 1 Article 11. This is a whole flock of ghosts. It really answers itself 5 to any discriminating reader. The city's eoptrol will remain as ab1 solute and untrammelled or challenged as heretofore and is fully 5 protected. ' The beach front property owned by the city, was purchased ex1 pressly for the purpose of providing places jjf amusement and the use of it fer this purpose will injure nobody and no property. If the ' dictum as to the fire hazard is sound, it will be m i i eraiy hmld1 ing everywhere, for if it is true that addition* Wildings on toe city's beach front land means additional insurance' charges, it will mean 1 the same thing any where in the city. Therefore building must stop. 5 Fortunately, however, this particular ghost is easily laid. The inB surance rates at the pier are at their maximum and there will be no s " increase because of additional buildings. , e As to the will of the people which the two Commissioners are 1 "desirous of doing." This "will of the people" has been expressed " unmistakably and emphatically on sev^S occasions, the last time over * the signatures of about eight hundred leghl voters, property owners 3 and tax payers, and all of these phantoms (and some were not mentioned, have been before them since the project was first broached. t More than one-half of the taxable property of the city is represented in the petition, and almost all of the wide-awake, progressive and suc1 cessful business men, whose all is in Cape May. They have looked on s both sides and given full consideration to every detail and signed a statement expressing their views, so that our. City Commissioners, s who represent them, may have no doubt as to their desires. kt ' ■ 1 f ; -

J LEGION DEFEATS TRAVELERS On Saturday last the Cape May e American Legion defeated the Peimd Syivania Railroad Travelers with a I score of 32-19. Camp and Lemmon

starred ofr toe Legion, while Little was also a big factor with his wonf derful floor work. On Christmas night toe Oape May i American Legion will play the Aroeri kan Legion Team of Ocean City.

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MENTION : i INTERESTING PERSONAL PARA- t GRAPHS OF THE COMING AND GOING OF CAPE MAT VISITORS AND RESIDENTS. 1 Christian Lloyd, formerly of Cape is now located at West Palm Beach, Fla. Mr. Lloyd took the trip in his Henry F. -i Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Balm and Elizabeth, sprat Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. George Lloyd at Pidhasntville, N. J. The Hotel Cape May will open for the season of 1921 and thereafter. Mrs. Earl Hughes, Washington i

I street, had as her guesta over the . £ week end, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Chase of OaUyn^J. J., and Mr. and Mm. ■ John K. Jotulson of Norristown, Pa. Mrs. H. F. Ettinger of Philadelphia spending the holidays wi^ her slaMtb. Albert B. Hand. -. 4 CHURCH OF THE .1 Paul Sturt event Howe, PUL . i j Rector SUNDAY SERVICES ! •; 8:00 A M. Holy Communion 10:80 A. M. Second services and sermon/ 8:15 P.'M. Sunday School. gff >19 4:00 P. M. Evensong. v.. — — A visit to Tenenbaum's readjustment sale will save you money.

The HOTEL CAPE MAY . , will open for the Season of 19 2 1 and thereafter v v w *31 Notice! 1 ===== 1 Taxi Licenses are due January 1st, 1921. Tags ^ .. ; and Permits are tib& at ~ the City Clerk's Office. y #■ ^ WM. PORTER, City Clerk

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