lo cottage. West avenue

ith, new collage. Atlantic avenue above Fifth street, isher, alteration in Honrae building. '■ n>w cottage. Central avenue below Thirteenth

Mother

ftrade through!Tand depressions in evidence, impossible and tbe average lover of remains at the commercial grindstone while rfamily practice the economy which keeps them sweltei- ' in urban temperature. Fortunately for Ocean City the country at large is tiding npon the top of a prosperous wave and has been in that condition for nearly four years with no sign of diminution anywhere about the horizon. The principles that govern trade conditions are hardly a matter of conjecture in these days. Almost every department of commerce now admits of exact calculation of supply and demand in the whole world for reasonable periods in the future; and the crop reports'of all the agricultural nations prevent surprises about the harvest. We have, too, now passed the danger of bad financial legislation, or threats of it, used to frighten surplus money into retire-

ment.

All the vast store of facts accessible now point to an indefinite period"of prosperity in this country. Some of these facts—hopeful facts, are as follows: The volume of currency in active use is the largest the United States has ever known. The one dollar and two dollar bills in circulation have steadily increased from a little more than seventy-six million dollars on December 3i, 1895, to more than one hundred and two millions last December; five dollar bills from two hundred and fifty million dol lars to nearly three honored millions; ten dollar and twenty dollar bills from five hundred and twenty million dollars to seven hundred millions. In silver dollars and smaller cbins there has been a corresponding increase during the same period—from less than one hundred and twenty-four million dollars to nearly one hundred and sixty millions ; and there is more silver in use to-day than at any preced ing time in our national history. Our export trade, despite its recent phenomenal increase, wmtinues to grow in all the most important articles of export. The Eastern trouble and the threatened duty war with Russia seems the only cloud on our export sky—and this no bigger thaq£ man’s hand. Our great railroad interests are nearly all in very much better condition than they have ever been since 1893—better, indeed, for tlje progressive and healthful development of the country,- / than they ever were before. Two permanent gains in our domestic trade are made by the revival of activity in two great sections of the anH tbaJtariflr na-irt TW

|fess Indicates - Abolishment k—Will It Work for Good or Evil ? Ownership of the Light. Trolley. Water and Sewer Riparian Changes. Active building oocrati.m-. extensive transactiimr. involving tin transfer of large tracts of land fot immediate imjHtn-einei by tbe Ocean City Assertion, of all the public frnnclit under that control, and the recent legislative enactment by which the municipal election is transferred from April to NovcmU-r. have com bined to make the year now Closing of more than passing interest and importance to Ocean City. This column will be devoted to a .brief summary of the several item* coming under the head of public interest aiid relating to general improvements. Building During the Year. Building operations during the year ending April 1st. have lievn more extensive than during any previous twelve months since the so called boom of 1896-1*7.

DUFING BATHING HOURS LIFE GUARDS ON DUTY.

»w Jersey Methodist. ■

Tile largest s.

all probability ev< by which John G. that tract'of land

Fifth and N<

,-enue near Thirty-sixth

near Thirty-filth

New tiling in doorway, deum covering on entire rs and agent's rooms carpeted and

isc of depositors.

rn's building to Eighth street rooms dc-idhlc changes made for the betterReal Estate Operations. of realty during the year and also the largest in made since the founding of Ocean City was that andy and Ezekiel V Corson acquired title to all ned by the Ocean City Association lying between ,-ts a'rnl east of Atlantic avenue extending to high

, "The Neptune.

Henry !». and N filth s'

increasing Oriental trade will continue to enrich our Pacific States and more than ever when the Chinese trouble is ended. All the upper and middle South is far more pros, perous than it ever was before. Of as great and even greater importance than the cotton mills there is the increasing production of iron and steel; and of still greater importance to the South is the remarkable growth, in man}' of its communities, of small industries. The prosperity of the South and of the Pacific States is not won at the loss of other parts of the country. Perhaps no region on earth has ever had so rapid a growth in real wealth prodnetion as the “ Empire of the great lakes ” during this decade. Prosperous manufacturers arc enlarging their plants and investing earnings in speculative ventures. The commercial travellers of the great jobbing houses have sent in larger orders than for many years for most kinds of staple goods. By every test the prosperity we enjoy shows a solid foundation ; and, under prudent management there seems no reason to fear an early decline of it The Eastertide of 1901 brings to Ocean City only promise of future greatness as its share of the business vitality of this great nation. THE RICH MAN WHO BRIBES. “I am not so afraid of the rich man in politics as I am of the poor and weak man in politics and the rich man outside.” A pregnant sentence, spoken by Bishop Lawrence, that ought to live for it carries with it a tremendous mean-

ing.

It is admitted that much of the competition in politics has come from the rich man outside or from corporations controlled by the rich man. In almost even- center of population, large or small, franchises which of right belong to the people have been secured through bribery, without adequate compensation to the people. The rule of a certain class of capital has been to buy its way through legislative bodies when it wanted more than political considerations and public good justified. In such cases the rich man outside always pretends, and always will pretend, that although not exactly right yet it had to be done that way or not at all. The mischief does not stop there. The quickest way to ruin a man is to bribe him.*'' When he sells his manhood he not only sells all he possesses but becomes a contamina-

tion tp those associated with him.

The rich man outside who does this sort of thing through tools and graceless go-betweens, seems to lose none of his standing in what is known as the society of the day. Success, no matter by what means attained, wipes out all

his sins. *

There need be no quarrel with wealth, however gieat. that is managed justly and decently. The majority of rich j

The general character of the private cottages erected has greatly improved, and the buildings intended for summer entertainment arc larger and contain such modern equipment as serve to make them comfortable during the entire year—a desideratum in view of the tide of travel now setting towards the seashore soon after the commence ment of Lent, and during the Easter holidays The following is a list of buildings erected and in process of erec tion and improvements and additions made during the year which sig nalizes the twentieth cycle of the SENTINEL'S existence: William Gebhard. cottage on Ocean Front, above Fourteenth

street.

Fourth street station on Atlantic City Railroad, oponed June 22d,

1900. and removed to Tenth street March. 1901

jwnffStratford.'' W. H. Hays owner. Ocean avenue and Seventh

Street, addition and interior improvements.

"The Kathlu,” Central avenue below Eleventh street, improved Eighth sticcts,^capac

George A. Bourgeois, addition to cottage. 1450 Asbury avenue. "Tlfe Champion.’' Wesley avenue and Eleventh street, enlarged,

repaired and renovated

“The Mayberry." Eighth street and Wesley avenue. S. H. Mayberr>-. proprietor; addition, doubling capacicty, and many interior al-

terations.

"Illinois-on-the-Strand." Wesley avenne near Tenth street. John M. Canfield, owner: new hotel conUining thirty-two rooms. K- R- Torbert. Boyle cottage purchased, moved from Fifth street Ocean avenue near Fourth street: enlarged and improved. A cottage owned by Mrs. Knowlton, Central avenue, below Eighth street; raised and altered. R. W. Edwards, addition to cottage on Wesley avenue near Ninth street. B. H. Sanderlin, addition to boat house on bay front near Seventh j Dr. C. E. Edwards, addition to boat house and wharf at foot of I Seventh street and hay front. Mrs. Ella Carey, new cottage. Asbury avenue above Sixteenth

i- building for printing estahlishmi

The purciiase price was $100,000. -ninpany consisting of Atlantic City proving the pact is now in active

ixth stre.-t and Ocean avenue: improved, new cottage. Wesley avenue between Eighth

isey.-new cottage. Wtslcy avenue near Eig' cost. S9500. C. L. Gifford, alterations to store on Asbury avenue ne

street.

"The Al-Fred," hotel raised and enlarged.

"Mrs, K. M- Corson, new brick front'and addition to

dwelling. Asbury avenue near Eighth street.

N. C- Clelland ; new cottage at Eleventh and Asbury a

Baptist Church. Asbury avenue, addition, etc.

Emma I-ongland, new hotel. Occfc avenne bttveen S

y 3J rooms.

the beacjl ft”' The grantees have viganizvd capitalists, and tile work of

progress.

Four cottages arc to be ready for occupancy by July 1st. and Messrs Gandy-a:ul Corson are planning for a large hotel capable of . -accommodating five hundred guests. This they expect to have com-

th street: , , • , ... pleled in time for the opening ot the season.

r Twelfth Sale of Public Franchises. The most important transaction of the year were those which involved the sale and transfer of the water, sewer, trolley and electric store and light francht'-s.. with their corporate ownerships, to Henry D. Moore and his associates. As the results of these changes in ownership enue. | develop it is to lie hoped tint material benefit to Ute city will be in j%rcct evidence through the much needed extension of the water and veuth and | sewer facilities and the development of Ule trolley line and lighting

street. B

Joseph G. Champion & Co., offices o C. W. Masland. new boat house on

1 Central avenne near Fourteenth |

enue below Fifteenth street, j ic above Seventeenth street; I

West avenue, enlarged, bay front at foot of Sixth

street.

J. W. Cornell, new cottage

street.

Mr. Bentz. new cottage on Asbury Harry Bard, cottage on Asbury avi

enlarged.

Mrs. G. W. Hart, one new double cottage at Fourth’ street and I Wesley avenue and two new single cottages on lots adjoining the i E. J. Hitchncr. addition to cottage at Central avenue below Fifty ! ninth street. Mrs. E. Houben, cottage remodelled. Thirteenth street and Asbury

GREAT EGG HARBOR BAY.

l r . S. Johnson. Fred Rapp, m

nuc: also addition t

Harry Headlc

near Ocean avenue. Mrs. Anna Bomboff. new hotel. Ocean avenue

35 f

cwcotL-gc, Asbury avenue near Thirteenth street. v store and dwelling. Eighth and Wesley avc-

dwelling in rear.

, new luiarding house. Eighth street and alley.

ir Seventh si

Alfred (

Midwin

oltage. Central s

The new blood and ample financial strength possessed by the purchasing syndicate should Ik.- a sufficient guarantee of satisfactory' public sirvigc iirall res|iects and the sanitary condition of the city ought to 1 c UP"" a '> vqual footing with any modern resort along the coast. \\ ith an ample water'supply furnished for domestic use and fire protection, a sewage system extend d t > cover the entire city, trolley cars running seven days in the week, on a satisfactory schedule, and

,

m'mt

uu r.

THE AUDITORIUM. SIXTH STREET

ASBURY AVENUE.

M. CRESSE S RESIDENCE, EIGHTH AND WESLEY.

pu « n and private illuminations U-yund reproach, the city will take on added im|H-tus and show tinting the years to come a growth fiir beyond any former cx|>erit-nre or expectation.

Reuben W. Edwards, new cottage on Wesley venue above Tenth |

eet.

J. R. Kendrick. former Skntisf.i. building, removed to West ave- ! a

welling. Mr i» cottages du

Anderson Bourgeois, new cottage. Asbury' avenne near Sixteenth j

Kale, new cottage. Thirteenth'street and Asbury avenue. Sampson, large Imat house and apartment building. Bay

- - - ■ / • ! ^-jr Fourth street.

men are citisens with « high sense of honor with an honest nu * near Fourth street and arranged for duellinft Mr Kendrick ha- • Mc ( M7< .i , lrw lamding house. Central avenue below Tenth l ' onnh desire to advance public good and private welfare. It is ,Uo rcmo ' Td * n<1 •«P r “'ed a number of his cottages during the year <trcrt Twcluh street froi

the conscienceless minority who do the harm and who, with ‘ j,, i ^ l>dcn>011 Bour K'° , » ncw co,ta * e - A * ,mr >' avenue near Sixteenth Charles Stile-, new cottage, Asbury avenne and SsvwMerath - 1 i u "" ( r ; ,rthln T,ri 't' Mirth strert; AOpitie.«qpHt from North

their tools, ought not only to be but of politics, but ignored 1 Reliance Fire Company. No. 1. new fire house, Asbury avenue j * l,TC |^ trt WalV;ill ,

by all respectable men and women.

above Seventh street

» double cottage. Ninth street and West avenue.

Opening of New Streets.

I hn mg th< year tin following streets were by city council ordered graded, curbed, and graveled Ocetn avenue from First to

’iith street from West avenue to the Bay front;

avenue to the bay front: Aabwy avenue ouiv lourth si * ' ' “ “

street to Fifth street

Ocean avenue lias tirogrewied satisfactorily »nd the

The w

Gandy Corson syndicate w ill have completed Atlantic avenue by U*