OCEAN CITY SENTINEL

VOL. XX Vi I.

OCEAN CITY, N. J.. THURSDAY, APRIL 2(5, 190(5

NO. 4

OceanCity Sentinel

’ »TTOB*rV>U»T.l

CURTIS ROBINSON Editor and Proprietor

MORGAN HAND, ATTORNEY and COU NSELLOR-AT J_AW.

nusirrm. Court

CITY DIRECTORY.

JONATHAN HAND, C ,'ounwellor-at-aior. Muter Id CMl,niry. Motarj Public. I APK MAY COURT HOD^p. N. J.

SEWER COMPANY ASKS WANT TROLLEY LINE TO

R T. ABBOTT, M, I).,

PD,...,.. .n-\ $50,000 FOR ITS PLANT COME IN AT EIGHTH STREET

OFFICE—Ctner Ceitnl ud ElfkU St/tel |

o"'e«« 0 «» {jEsitTisE

J C. HUTCHINSON. M. D IlomoBopnthlMt. No. W34 Ocean Avenue, ocean city. n. j JS| HOWARD BURT, M.D. 809 Wesley Avenue

Officials Send Lengthy Communication to Council, JJJQ SEASON AT

THE YACHT CLUB

Which Body is Addressed by Henry"D. Moore,

President of the Company, and Other Stockholders—No Action Taken.

t he Ocean City .Jjeuer Company were afterward" pumped upon thej auku IfiO.OOO for He plant, a reduction meadow«, carrying everyUiluic before 1 of MWW from lu original price. Coun- It, end naturally the eewcr main wa* cll'acommlaalon decided tliat the plant dea royed. Anotber main wa» Imme-1 orthfSl.UM. Someofthemember.;dlately laid u|>oii plllnR, but,

Entertainments to be Given

^rVoTL^iCHURCH GIVEN

ator Cresse That

Road May En-

ter Centre

of City.

COMMUNION SET

N. GR1SCOM, M. D. TIN CENTRAL AVENUE,

of 1 outlet I appear

j the new er company a franchise and 1 permit the company to continue lu bud tie** Tbla l« about the situation

lo ttie purebaee of the sewer

tied el 'till* !

Every Wednesday Even-

ing During Season. r.„.,ot i^.i. m CrM«. of ii.i* The Ocean City Yacht Club mem-,city, wl#o I*, and baa been from the prepartus for a great neaaon b^rliinto* of the moeement. a etrong

11 against the u

A meeting of

dl and oftlrlale of tbeae« was bald Friday evening,

subject had been more or lew oughly ventilated By both aides,

£)R. CHARLES B. RIDER “r W* Edward., for the

si I>enilMt'«

I'sUmOara arid MaturOar*. > DC to

dating piling below It. Kiually, the present Iron main was laid, which we

it by the city. _ j naturmllj now presume will endure.

d Coun- "At Eleventh street, we have had a. .•ompatiy ' similar cwndltion, though to a leaser after the j degree. As soon aa It waa discovered na thor- j that even the heaviest terra cotta

--' mains were liable lo destruction In the I filled ground, the company, without 1-1 w aiting for su6b to occur, immediately

sevyrml mem- 1 paralleled that main with Iron, and

tiers

There will be the usual number of advocate of a trolley Hue to Ocean races. In addition to special events, not | City, bat who, wtthat, ts bending his to mention the social affairs planned, ewery effort to have tbe rood come into and there U every liidieaUou that tbe ‘ this city at Eighth street. Instead of club house will be one of tbe points of; Second street, bad an Interview on tbe apecial Interest during the coml g subject with Stern A Silverman, tbe projector* of tbe road, In Philadelphia,

809 Central Avenue

0ALEH L GOFF,

K. K. BourfrolD. Hecmarj-.

I^AW OFFICES OF ' Herbert R. Voorhees,

CIVIL ENGINEER.

SURVEYOR.

CONVEYANCER ■ IMTH AND CENTRAL AVENUE, OCEAN CITY. N. J.

i that he had prepared a report, as an rexprewslou In brief, f tbe sentiments of tbe oftldala. He stated that lu tbe report lie bad tried to avoid |iersonalltlcs and recrlmluationa The report

waa as follow s:

•To the Honorable Mayot

Fssrznsx.; -

IV holi

m MestiaK*—HunUai moroug. aaa

George W. Ernst GENERAL HAULING

Automobile Oarage.

Mutter, Eggs, Lard, Cheese

and Poultry.

Ueskleiice, AW^sbury avenue. . OltM. 7D SUM! *1 Itbrj iM .n ima. Leonard Krausj Co. Electricians ; 659 Asbury Avenue. Ocaan City, N. J. Klecincal^wora ol all «U.d* yromplly al^

ell ot Ocean City—tJentlemen:— "A commission of gentlemen, cltlleiia of Ocean City, having been appointed by your honorable body to In- \ ewtlgate the aewage of this city, and to recommend lo you tbelr joint views aa to the most effective and economical < system best adapted to tbe city's conjslillous, value of the present plant cost of desirable extensions and also coat of construction of an entirely new

Colllngswoocl, - - • IM. J. . ud independent plant, have, aa we

understand, completed tbelr work and presented their report, the aame having been published at length In our "We*m-ognlie, w ith yourselves, the high character and Irreproachable standing of this com miss ion. aa a w hole, and lake no laaoa.^ with them excepting so far aa their report

HARRY H. RICE, REGISTERED ARCHITECT

w

G4fi MoUclon Avaa.,

RUSH ADVERTISING AGENCY

Oe*»n City. n. J.

, bear* upc

■ the

value of the

ATLANTIC ICEiilMIIK COMPANY plant and especially upon theii

rawca w. bnith. esos. commendations that a price stated,

PESLCW .ft p nnnnn mountain Ice and to U « the word, of thdrreport 'no

Pei. Aider.., Iltt U f Cum U “" ,h “ 0,rer * d ,he omow.oaa A.tiury present company.

"We refuse to alloi

NOT CHEAPEST, BUT LEAST EXPENSIVE

PLUMBING, HEATING, ROOFING S. H. OOIVVER 652 and 654 Asbury Ave., ■ Ocean City, N. J.

MODERN PLUMBING AND HEATING ALLOWAY M. SMITH & CO. (Successors to H. A. W. Smith) 81 TASBURY AVENUE. ' - OCEAN CITY, N. J. TEUEPMOIMB, S3 Y.

res to be-

that Ihla commission could de*ire treat this matter lu other than a fair and equitable manner, and yet conclusion*, deduced Irom tbelr own line of reasoning and apart from many other considerations which they have either Ignoied or overlooked, must, to any disinterested person, apl*ar Inconsistent with such a belief. "There la no Hue of business that Is considered such a legttmate object of criticism, denunciation, and attack a* public utilities and their administration, and we regret that even tbe Ocean City Association, an orgautzaIbat stands for blgb moral and re Ilgious principals, being fully aware of tbe'price *' which It sold the plant lo the present company, and of tbe numerous complex and vexatious conditions that were handed down as a leg Ith It, should nut, through lu recoguIred organ, tbe Ocaan City Ledlesst a^ieutral position In relation to tbe company’s efforts to secure lu just and equitable

rights.

— **-- late lamented Ezra B. Lake was living, he waa the most criticised citizen of this town, and yet the it generation and future generations do, and will oonflnueto, recognize

Indefati-

gable and enthusiastic benefactor that Ocean City baa ever had or w lU have for many year* to come. We are now reaping tbe barveattbat he sowed and fostered w Ith hts bonk and blood and

DAVID MUIR, JR., Tin,-Slate-and-Slag

405 Wesley benue. - Ocean City, N. J. Repair* of every description for allimake*

of Furnaces andiRmngaa.

Repairing done prompUy Smoky chimneys largely

curvd or do charge Bbop in rra"

A Knock Out

argument against poor wvrk of ajay kind is that you're paymg for something yondon'tget. We don't blame people for squealing on plenty

plumbing that's done.

life.

JOHN R. GROVES,

649 Asbury Avs - - Ocean City, N. J.

Installed tbe original aewer t a time when Improvement., Mattered over a large extent of tern

lory, made Ha Immediate financial success an Impossibility, and yet Its e«Ubll-hmetit did more to encourage pretentious building and greater Improvements than any oue of the other public eolctprisea promoted by him

at that time.

-Its value was largely a future value, and when, having hooded It for 00U >10 and later sold It to the present company for (40,000 00, tbe price was largely common knowledge and excited no critldsm whatever. On tbe contrary, there was a universal expression of aallafactlou that the plant bad passed Into strong bands, where It could receive the Improvements sod extensions then demanded, for the flnaucea of the original company had reached such a low ebb that little Increased serv ice oould be given by tbe

company at that time.

"We were qnlte In harmony

the public sentiment favoring the cKy's ownership of th* newer, and rraPlumbing That’s Good

coat* money, and you gc™’alue re- against It. tbe presant oompany, at

ceived. Bad plumbing coats money j great effort aud considerable expem and yon get what?—get cheated, redeemed all of these bonds, *01

Get onr plumbing and you’ll get'above par, thereby aimptlfylug tbe your money's worth and save a lot conditions to make it poMibie for tbe

of worry. ; city to purchaae aame

"When tbe plant was lint installed,

bydraulloagu] pnmplucfcwauokuow u

unit)', “* “' “*—

tbe city for Its surface drainage. This ban continued Intact and la still being used by tbe city, without any com penration to the company. If the city had originally laid thewe main*. Instead of a private company, ttiey undoubt edit- would have built them In tbe same manner as the company adopted and would have corre»|H>ndlngly suffered tbe same lowew Indeed, tbe city Is, at this very time, laying a terra cotta main along Kevenlh street for surface uraluage lu tbe same manner as the original sewer main w as laid. •The at reel 1s still settling, and when this Is destroyed the rlly will, of course, have paid the bill: but are the sewer company's losses In the aame manner to be entirely Ignored T "Before taking up the commission's report on tbe present plant, we desire to lay some stress upon tbe company's continued attitude toward tbe city and Its consumers. When it made tt* change of rates at tbe end of V* ten year* of existence, It waa not done for the purpose of Increasing Its but Its franchise required a change of tariff al that time, which eoold only be carried out by conforming to the s of that franchise In all partlcoThe result waa that, while hotels, boarding house*, stores, etc., 'found tjieir rates decreased, private cottages generally found them allghtly InTeased, but, while the status of this hauge was being determined by the rourta. the company made n< Incommode or distress those w bo withheld their payments pending that de1 no effort was made lect any part of the aew age charges ue, the cu«a|*ny feeling that, what.•er the declatou might be, It would be relief from the uncertain and com plex condition Ibat Involved H. Nor did It lesseu lu endeavor to keap bettering and extending Its plant for the benefit of Improvements, and this without regard to the return that eoold [•ected from the aame. An ex ample of this can be seen at Eleventh street, w here tbe company had planned to reach a single new cottage at the corner of Eleventh and Ocean avenue exteualon w hich could not possibly realize but a small percentage on Hie Investment, and which no oondln of their franchise could require

m to make,

lo considering tbe report of your commission, aa to tbe value of the plant, we do not propose to to a discussion aa to what It could be built for. w'hlcb is largely a of theory and paper calculaWe du know what It baa coat tbe present aewer company, and Ua at your disposal for verification of aame. It has never built any part of It by contract, but w hatever done by the present i been dune with the best of materials and In tbe best without regard to estimate or cost. There are sections in tbe northern part ty where quicksand swampy condltiona were met with of such a difficult and rebelHoua character that oue hundred'feet of It coat than five limes that length other parts. Completed sections hi settled six Inches In a single night, requiring tbe entire work_tp be duplicated and tbe plaBof work entirely changed; and, w hile contraetoH- In plenty will undoubtedly be found eaget compete on any figures, we are poa|. re that no contractor, on a loatng figure, could bedepended upon to carry part* of fhe workiwlth thedama care and dbreganl oft cost that tbe present company ha* done. the deduction* made by your commission, we consider them manlfestly unreasonable and unjust. “For Inatence: Because It la advisable to depress 140U feet of tbe Seventh street main stem in - rder to r acb tbe present 'boardwalk Improvements, they refuse lo give the oompany any credit for that length of main, aud yet It* line* were given by tbe city veyor at that time, lu accord with the city'* grade plan, which was tlnue tbe grade upward indefinitely a* It approached tbe beach front. Who of our citizen* then conceived •

Tbe Board of Uoveroore, consisting f tV. E Hexsmer, chairman, Henry > Moore. AlexanderBloao, Jr., Enoch W Burleigh, W. Scott Hand and H. F. Blanton, secretary, met on Friday enlng last. Tbe board appropriated 4160 for the use ot the prize committee aud a almllar amount waa given theentertalnment commHtee, which composed of B W. Edward*, H. F Blanton and J. C. Marsh. It la Intended to have either a euchre or dance every Wednesday evening dur-

ing tbe

commltti

tw

club’s au

DeHouaw placed In Tbe rag

Secret*

Sti

front aa would place the where It stands to-day and the changing of oor grade system reducing it aa It approached the eea ■The other deductions made are of

on Tburaday last. found Mesara Stern

A Silverman In a receptive mood—not only receptive, bat anxious to ascer-

tbe people of Ocean'

City In reference to tbe proposed line. They eaaared Mr. Crease that they had no desire to antagonize public opinion

ilcb Ben-

ufereuce

projec;be bay. City In I Ninth

desirous of co-operating with tbe local people and ao arrange that tbe road would be of mutual benefit.

Handsome Service Presented to lM. E. Congregation by H. D. Moore. Ir. Henry D. Moore, of Haddoofleld, learning of tbe oew Individual munIon eel being at the residence of Mrs R. Howard Thorn, called last Saturday to see IL Being adviaad of ■t. he stated that ha would sand bta check to cover the amount. On Tuesday, when Mr*. Thorn opened mall, ah* found tbs prom lent check from Mr. Moore, thereby makIm tbe donor of the handsome •et of communion ware, which the ladles, through Mrs. Elizabeth Gandy, tied to the Official Board of tbs

church.

The set enulists of a base, five trays, each holding forty glass cups, and a also a patent cup filler, base, tiiye, cover and filler art silver aod are very baaotlfuL The ladle* have had Mr. Moore’s ame and tbe date enpaved on the

>ver.

The new set will day morning a • ble will conduct hi* first c this church. It la Dr. Gambia’s Intention lo have common loo In thn morning at tba tint of the month and the evening of lbs next communion Buuday, thus giving all aa opportunity of partaking of tbe Lord's Supper. NEW COUNTY ROAD

decision has been made aa to tbe

point of entry Into .Ocean lily, although It la true that a survey has been made which brings tbe Hoe Into Second street; but tbe possibilities are that tbe road la Just as likely to enter'

Ocean lily at Eighth street.

Aa every realdeiit of Ocean City knows, there are ICw people. If any, more Interested than Mr. Crease tu-tbe continued growth and success of this resort. He owns considerable property both In the centre of tbe city and on

the bay front. He Is an em

yachtsman and chairman of the Ocean City Yacht Club's Kegatta Committee. Moreover, for year* he baa had a boat bouae on the bay front, aud now I* having anotber handsome and commodious boat bouse, or bay villa, constructed. Ha owns a couple of yachta, tbe Luclle being one of tbe rgest pleasure boat* In them waters. All thing* considered, therefore, be thl* | la lu a position to appreciate tbe

1 be dltlon* from evety viewpoint. In hMf the thoroughnaaa of hte . . _ . ... -11 — Bis Umlfk, f—I- ——

The Board of Chosen Freehold are met yesterday at Court Hooaa to taka • on tbe rebuilding of the 9aa Me

City turnpike.

In accepting the plans and speeUkesJoa for tba naw road, K. C. Hutchlu-

Mrs J; Saturday cottage .* day evei The lucl Kenall, > John O Tbompac tbe follot

Me

M. McO Mr*. Me Mr*. Alfi The la Ocaan C tbelr hoa dellghtru ao royall,

at*

Recent City reco lerk Wi Lewis Scbweuk

bay frou ■tract. |1 J J. 1

es from at her >• V outranged. Bamuel ns, Mr*. Edward e ladles, ty: Mr*, lie, Mr*, uaberry, ■ell aud ad with i ghrlng for tbe iey were

pany make It* lauding place at Eighth street In preference to Second street He demonstrated to tbla firm that by

coming Into Ocean City a —

street, tbe drawbridges would Interfere

with the boats than op at Second et; that the small boats would

have plenty of fishing and aalling grounds below tbe bridges, and the

larger boats would have free access ■alllug course to Longport and sea ; that with drawbridges

Second street there would.be continual confusion and general complaints from the yacbtamen, and tbaMte company Itself would experience trouble with tbe drawbridges by reason of etjrm tide* near the Inlet at different times,

not to apeak of tbe Ice Ho

winter. Anotber argument which

ally, Mr. Bmltb fe

Referring to tba above, tbs Capa May County Times, “tbe only Democratic paper published In tbe county,"

pamage of the Supplemental Road B thus permitting tbe construction of tbla road during the present summer. It bout tbe passage of this t>Ul by

T, lot » City ol

quit dal n6. Beet

tbs probable loa* of about ten itea on acbedola time, to be sumed by ruhnlng through tbe town from Becond street to Eighth street,

tbe main depot.

Senator Cream'* litre ot argument greatly Impressed tba projector* of the County road. They asked him to ^ave tbe representative people of Ocean City tarry F. place In the firm's bands a request In f front, writing that tbe landing place be loi streets, catsd at Eighth street, so that they (Stern A Silverman) could properly lallle H. present It to tbe company's board of

«0. director*.

-ewb. m B. W. Edwards waa told practically ic aame thing by Stern A Silverman of Fifth Senator Cream and W. E. Hexamer, of tire Yacht Club, and Mayor Jos. G. ran City Champion and H. F. Stanton, of , (I. Hoard of Trade, will have a conference J. Tay- with Stern A Silverman lo I phla at 11 o'clock next Monday moro-

Henry. j Ing.

Tbe n in. £301

celebrati

, Bicycle riders should bear In mlud

loa i that there la an ordinance governing

Hayloft, j tbe um of machines on the street, irloos to boardwalk during the spring and

ry of tbe mer seasons. It Is Illegal to ride a evening >beal on tbe sidewalk* from May 1st •mmlttee to September aoth. and on tbe boardB. Busb ' Talk from May 16lh lo September Wth.

and Hugh Cunningham. The banquet We

committee t* made up of Councilman | Scull to call attention to this ordinance.

D. B. Bampaon. N. T. Lutton and Mark Lake. It la IntendM to have a ,

street parade, with float., t.mded by ! Wartttoahte.D. 1)., pmlor - - : of the Flrat M. K. Church, accepted

. Invitation to address tire Epwortb

ae. League convention meeting In SL daughter; Raul's Church, Atlantic City, and be

i Krouse, ‘pok# yesterday. HI. topic

rtta Park ; >“ lb* Church.” rek, and ~ ’ " "

«. Ml*

Besides

Mr. CorUrereal while congratulating him upon hia

your

estate owner makes you a desirable citizen. Think tt over, then eel HARRY HEADLEY. Real Kata la Operator, Ninth and me, next to fire '

pioyes engaged In the work of laying a lies underground ‘hrough tba alley between Asbury and Uaotral avenues, from Sixth to Bevanisaoth s, reached Ninth at ~

day eve wing. with tdkffic, t

uight abd laid tbe pipe a

H. B. Adams, A. B Young, John E. Trout a

Young.

F.J. Smith ha* sold hi* ootiaga at Fifth and Atlantic a van ue—one of the finest lo the city—to Frank R. Liggett, a I’lltaburg lawyer and capitalist. Mr. Liggett has bean a summer vMtor fur several seasons Tb* mla waa mads through N. C. CM land'* ageoey.

There waa quite an axrltlng foraac fire al Petersburg a few nights since. Tba Ora la supposed to bav* baao started by a spark from a loonuacdva. Tba people turned out In force to fight tba fin.

Letter to EDW. MARSHALL, arm. at,. N.J.

-quare feet a gallon will c

There 1- a greet daal of lying on thii point. The stock daim of lying patntB I* 800 square Net, two eonta. IP* a ha, aaa rule.

iw much the other paints meat la equally doubtful; wa gome IMtaSM. Tbe truth tt found In another ooanpenson. Devos W all paint, true paint.

luted, adulterated and afaort-aaaMuza. They cover according to body and in. You can’t paint with day