ELECTRIC HMD : BOOMED AGAIN j MAYOR W. COURTRIGHT SMITH ] STARTS THE BALL ROLLING 1 BEFORE THE MUNICIPAL t LEAGUE AT MILLVILLlf. t (Wildwood, N. J., Special) ] Mayor W. Courtright Smith start- t ed something one evening last week v when he spoke before the Millville s Municipal League, in that city. The 5 Mayor made the trip from Wjldwood f r tb MilHrille. with Roland Corson and 1 returned home after the evening's business, was closed. For some /ears the proposed electric. roads for southern Jersey have bad the long-headed business men at their wit's end to bring the project to a definite conclusion. The Chambers of Commerce and other municip- 1 al and county organizations have de- ■ bated the question often and' yet 1 nothing has been done, excepting per- 1 haps a general forwarding of tne : movement by the publicity thus se- 1 C cured. ' 1 Now it appears the question is on < pi fair way to be solved and if it is 1 there will be general rejoicipg from Philadelphia, all the shore resorts and c the people in the immediate south — 1 a district from which the Jersey res- < orts should have been drawing 1000 per cent more business in the past ten < years. f That this question is a big one wit- 1 ness the following comments of the 1 — ■ i Proposed Line to Link Wildwood- < Pennsgrove i An electric road between Wildwood ( and Pennsgrtve, connecting by boat with Wilmington and passing through j Millville and, Woodstown, is -to be , K built by Philadelphia capitalists, ac- , cording to a statement made by May- ( or W- Courtright Smith, of Wild- t wood, before the Muncipal League at Millville last Wednesday night. . He stated that the plans for the , proposed road has been completed j and that high-powered electric trains ] will be operated over the line- It is ] proposed to coBfplete the building of the road within the next two years. ; Editorial Talk of building a new railway line , • p«vo=o South Jersey has been revjv- j ed. This time it is a high-powered ; electric line to run from Pennsgrove . through Salem, Cumberland and Cape . .. May counties to Wildwood. " ( y' Just how far plans for the project . have gone has not been divulged, and • C it is said that it was not the inten- j tion of the promoters to- make any- • thing public now. The secret leaked l , out at a recent meeting of business men at Millville. Tfiis is not the first time that such - a project has received serious con- , Sideration. Ever since railroad^ were first laid in the lower counties there have been periodic booms for new . lines in sections whTeh feel the lack j i of transportation service. Five or six years ago a similar electric road line across Salem county j from. the river front to' Malaga, wh.ere connections would be made -with the third rail electric line between Camden _ and Atlantic, was vigorously ' boomed by the chambers of cont* ! nierce of" Woodstown, Pennsgroj^p- El- ( mer and Atlantic City. The project never got any further than an en- ( thuriasiic discussion of the plans at chamber of commerce meetings. ! Now it : is *aid that the proposed j high power electric line would run from Pennsgrove to .Wildwood, touching at* the important toWns and. cities . en route. Philadelphia capitalists , are reported to have the matter un- , der consideration- ' ( Both electric and steam lines have, suffered severely in the last few years from the competition of pas- j scnger busses and motor freight lines, but a short electric line across the State to the river, tapping the lower end of tye coast, wpuld have a large southern patronage, it is be- , lieved, if the proper .service could be provided at reasonable rates- ' •> »■ — New Shore Routes While the project for an electric : railroad, from Wildwood to Penns- j grove, with ferry connections to Wil- , ' - ipTngton, will- hardly benefit those who reside in the. metropolitan dis-% ; trict of Philadelphia, it will serve .to some- extent to lighten the pres- ( sure on the routes fyom this" city to ; the more . southern coast resorts. ' Further relief than that, thus afford- , «ed, however, oiust be' forthcoming in no long time, for alb traffic to the^e points, saVe by the slow steam.-elec- 1 trie" route- through I Millville, must , now pass over the Reading tracks between Winslow Junction and Woodbine Junction— u bottle-neck subject to1 frequent jams* during the summer , season- ' ' The patronageof excursion train* to Wildwood is now beginning to ap-

proximate the Atlantic City rush; | the demand for regular serrieM Is I growing in this rapidly expanding resort, and also at Cape May and Ocean City, as well as at intervening beaches, marking the development of unbroken line of , built-up towns from Absecqu light to Delaware lay. need of a general recasting of £ the seashore rail lines has been fore- ^ seen for some time and will be intensified by the construction of the bridge. What form it will t take is uncertain, but it must "pro- ^ vide new trackage, since the present systems have reached the limit of safety in ^operating heavy trains at ^ short -headway _during the summer £ months. ' — 1; 25th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY c CELEBRATION 1 t t Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Brown, of ^ Pacific avenue, were at Cape May on ^ Saturday evening taking supper with Brown's brother, and upon their returij to their home were completely surprised upon the . arrival of fortyfriends calling to do their respects in J honor of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. J At 10-10 o'clock Ajrs. Brown proceeded to cut the beautiful cajce which * Brown had presented as his wed- ' ding anniversary tokenAt this time those^present present- 1 ed a handsome china dinner set, con- I sisting of 106 pieces, which waif-Very 1 thankfully received by Mrs. Brown. e refreshments were served con- c sisting of fine salads, sandwiches, • a cake, coffee and ice cream, the visitladies having prepared the luncheon duiang the day at their homes. . Mr. Rrown related some of his ex- 1 periences of the tweqty-five years of 1 married life. This brought forth ? many experiences of their wedding 1 days from otter flqlks, particularly * the younger sex. Mr. and Mrs. Bond arid Mrs. Mes- . "sick sang "a few selections by request, 1 which were greatly enjoyed by all present- A handshake and wishes to c and Mrs. Brown, and Sunday c morning' wfas observed by the visitors- s Those present were Mr. and, Mrs. 2 Joseph Baker, of Philadelphia; and t the following from Wildwood: Mr. * and Mrs. Messick, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bond, Mr. and Mrs. Warren t Mount, Mr. and Mrs. Abe Samuels, t Mr. and Mrs- Cecil Brunnell, Mr. and t Mrs- Spencer Cummings, Mr. and 1 James Rqbbins, Mr. and Mrs. s Otto Koeneke, Mr. and. Mrs. Thomas 1 Webster, Mr. and Mrs. Eli Barnett, j and Mrs. William Loeffler, Mr. 1 and Mrs. Charles Barnett, Mr. ana 1 Mrs. Robert G- Pierpont, Mrs. Ray- 1 mond Holmes, Mrs. Estella Sheppard, 1 Mrs- Maude Keene, Mrs. George 1 Loeffler, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin ( Mr. and Mrs- Joseph Brown and Charles Brown. , ' LEGION NOTES . (Communicated) I "The playground of the American , Legion," or "La Societe des 40 Horn- , mes and 8 Chevaux" (do give it its . proper name), does not seem to meet ^ the approval of the ex-Service mep j of Cape May County, for some reas- ^ 011 This organization is gaining in j strength daily in the. United States ■ , and in Cumberland county it stands , beside the American Legicn in num- J bers. , The constitution of "La Societe," provides for one charter per county; ( this is held in Cape May county By . the "Thurston Elmer Wood Post of , the American Legion, situated at . Cape May Court House, New Jersey. To date, we have received no ap- j plications from service men from\ _ other posts, and have held only one i promenade since the charter was , granted, although application blanks were distributed freely among the posts of the -county. We would like to hear from outside^bx-service men. Just because this post holds the charter is no reason why the meetings 1 and methods of conducting the af- ■[ fairs of "La Societe" shoqld be con- ' fined to this post. It is a county' or- 1 ganization, or should be- Get busy, comrades aniKsend in your appKca- ' tions. Wc hope to have another . , promenade in January. Anyone desiring application blanksk or. more inforrtlhtion. regarding "La Societe," communicate . With W. B. ' Cape \lay Court H ousel New Jersey. Ocean City Legion Celebrates Armistice Day was oose'rved here members of Morgan- Rancfc Post, ' American Legion, who held services I 1 in- front of the memorial tablet on 1 the'outsid? of the city. hall. AlMres- ; -:es were delivered "by the Rev. Dr. , 1 Jphn Handley, . pastor of the First \ / ,\l_gthndist Episcopal' CJurch, whB ' was an oyerseas chaplain, and City ; l Solicitor A- C- Boswell-

RESPONSIBLE BUS UK w«p Wanted. A reliable bus. line company that is large enough to run in the winter at little if any profit and j during the summer at « huge one. I Such an advertisement has not yet I been placed but it might well be if j the resorts of Cape May county from I Cajte to Ocean City were to get together on the issue which Is an important one to the people, not only of the resorts but to those In (he countryside as welL Two so-cailed big buB lines began last -spring and both have gone to other fields or disbanded entirelyyellow bus line went for a number of reasons, chief of which was their failure to maintain a schedule. didn't come up to the requirements of the people. Now th^ Reliance Transportation company has left for more ' profitable routes for the winter. The Reliance Transportation Company was made up of three partnersOne of the company secured the right of why -last summer in good faith, promising the resorts a winter line, running on a lesser schedule - but nevertheless a schedule between Cape May, Wildwood and Ocean City. . When fall came two of the partners decided that it was a paying business in the winter time and so, it is said, have "squeezed out" the third member of the company, 'took their busses up State and the resorts are left without bus transportation. What the resorts wont is a bus lin*. the year round. The business is a very profitable one in the summonths if one of the bus compartners can be believed, and it certainly appears so when it is realized that at least tec people in the' county are contemplating running buies with the advent of late spring in .1922. For the most part these men have or two busses only and not enough capital to put on' a line of six cars, necessary to maintain satisfactory schedule between the three resorts and the resorts lying What is now needed is a corporation or company with capital enough be made responsible for the maintenance of their schedule laid down and the attention of. the resorts to see that the schedule is kept up-ful-during the rush season and to softie extent during • the winter months- Such a company should the protection that the laws permit, that *:he Public Utility Board of the State can grant and that the resorts through their councils or commissioners can give. A Bhs line linking up with the fast shore line at Ocean City has benefitted all the resorts and the benefit will grow as the fact of certain connections with the southern resorts is heralded' and becomes generally .known. ^*ShQ^_^tring" lines will not dp. There is not enough behind lines run with busses too old to stand the constant schedule running, or with cars purchased with a little capital and the balance in "nerve." For if bad befalls the owner loses out on payments on the cars, the cars are to be seized and the line goes I up. Thtfujhe resorts are left in the same place they now find themselves until someone else with little capital and lot^ of nerve" "takes a chance." There is a lot of territory in the couhty not touched by railroad linesThe people in these districts would a bus line if one were operating, and would- come into the' resorts to shop and for pleasure- Those disi triets make a fine field for the little -fellows and a profitable one as well in the summer time* when they all want to runBut for the, main line between the resorts artd along the coast between Cape May and Ocean City, there is need of something larger in the way of, bus transportation, and unless something definite is done in the near future there will be no transportation except railroads along the coast and next spring there will be an influx of auto busses clamoring for licenses to run while the season is 011. Not .only are there q nuniber of ftsiderits of the county contemplating bus lines,, but in Camden and Philajjqlphia are others who watched the bus- lines In the county last suipmer and who Wil! be among Jhe first to demand licenses to run "when the season begins. There will be no lack of summer tranaporta1 tion, but when the "season closes a j repitation of this fall may be -expected. I In Florida the same conditions a few years ago but now thjL. | owners and proprieties of the lead ; ing hotels of the resOrts affected o'rganjzed their, own bus" line, madfc it j | responsible _an'd reliable and now. have : y s :

1 the field practically to themselves- - Certainly the resorts of Cape May county through their officials and ." leading business men should- be able »^to meet the bus question hefp just--as easily- " 1 " — •* 1 The' ndfyqst cook doesn't always 9 nake the best soup. .

anC* ^ It The first improved highway in Amerita is said to have been built in 1794 and this was % \ the beginning of the good roads movement that has spread from coast to coast ^7 ; TZsR Good roads are essential to the prosperity v ^ and progress of every New Jersey commu- \ ' nity. Ribbons of hard surfaced highways ?! MiO must tie them to the great outside world. In the same manner the men and women of. the Bell System — many of them your . neighbors — are maintaining, "talkways" not ' 1 alone to the homes and business houses in VMj' this community but also to every other com. .r' ' , munity in the United States. > s Glistening Bands of copper stretch from . your doof tp every corner of, the country ' making "talk travel" possible, without repf Vj gard to season, weather, or road conditions. V j v ' • ' ' c. ' L . -' . -; - -ij W. W. BRITTAIN District Manager ^ i » ••'•/" a THE DELAWARE & ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CO. You'll get somewhei with a pipe and P. A.! I —

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NOTICE All persons arq fo 'bidden trespassing with dog or gun on the property ; of Harriet N. Cummings, .New Eng- ; . land road, adjoining Jonathan Hoffi i , mah, et. ah, under penalty of the (Signed) ^yrRRIET N. CUMMINGS. . 11,-19^2-760

NOTICE tO GUNNERS AH persons are forbidden to treswith dog or gun on any of the property of-Yhe late Emlen Physic, either i» Cape May City or in Lower Township. All. trespassers will be dealt with according/to the. law. - 1 SAMUEL F. ELDREDGE, ' Attv. for Envlen Physic Estate. ll-12-tf-685 ■