OCEAN CITY SENTINEL

VOL. XXVII.

OCEAN' CITY, N. J., THU USD AY, JULY 2(5, 1900.

NO. 17

OceanCity Sentinel b. r. abbott, m. u.. pubii.H.4 w.rkty .1 I’lij bl.'lnii hikI Nur(;«'oia. OCCAM OITV. M. J. OFFICE*Career Cttlrtl Ud Elgbtl Mretl R. CURTIS ROBINSON: 0,r '“ MOU «» IE J £ Ti Ediuir and Proprietor J C HUTCHINSON. M. I) $1.00 Per'Year. StHctly in Advance I 1 omrcopil t lliwl . $1.50 at End ->( Year ; No M a4 Ocean AvetlUtr,

R au>h U GOFF, OCEAN CITY TO DEMAND THEY KEEP BUT CHIEF SCULL HAS LIST BETTER MAIL SERVICE FEW RECORDS OF AUTOMOBILE OWNERS

ATTOBKEte-aT-l-*'*.

MORGAN HAND.

ATTORNEY and

COUNSELLOR AT LAW. SoUellor. Maal.r and tUamlurr In Onan.-er) , BapnMn. ttoort Ooaiadaataaar. So«ar» Futdii,t ArW. ■*« HT M«l 1

(OppnBI. Public llulldluc.)

JONATHAN HAND, CoiinKellor- nt-1 Bettellor. M-~*— la l ’hmaecry. N.uary Public, i CAPE MAY COURT HOUHK. N. J

lx>u( liUlalin Tcl.pluiur.

OARRISON IjL-X'OORHKKS Connieellor-nl - I .a w.

HOWARD BURT, M. IA 809 W<-s|py Avenue

jj N. GRISCOM, M. D. I KUJHTH ST. AND WESLEY AVK

QR., CHARLES B. RIDER »• 1 >cnliMt>u S09 Central Avenue

CIVIL ENGINEER.

SURVEYOR.

CONVEYANCER

SIN1K AND CENTRAL AVENUE,

OCEAN CITY. N. J.

MARRY H. RICE, KEOISTEKEO ARCHITECT

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04A H11 JUon Avu.,

Board of Trade and Hotel Men's Assoeiation Appoint Com- Surprising Fact Discovered ■'' ; 1 mittees to Consult With Pennsylvania Railroad . At Investigation of Ripa- PLEASANT PLACE

George W. Ernst GENERAL HAULING

Olhea, 7tti SUaet Ml IUMij ul f Ml

Officials and Urge Prompt Action.

At a meetluK of tire Hoard of Trade of lire Wot J.-r-ry, Friday even lug. a comuilttee of three ai>|»iiit«1 al lire Ikn waa appoluled to |.re|«ro a coruuiuiii- lug onTliuiMlay ev« cation, addrei-ed . lo Su|ierliiteiideul Mr. U. H. I»vell,

Lovell, of lire Went Jcruejr Kailroad

rian Commission. I ineetirig of tire nininn

FOR VISITORS

in plaint

of the trails

.lly TIM

ihi of the road If I re ignored hy Mr. larv,

tf. J. MeStcvenu. u of Mr. Sutlon. the

Stioemakei Luntiei Go.. I , ji GARAGE; Twelfth and « ot Avenue. , OI KAK < ITV. N. J. i

J^AW OFFICES ApRar &l Boswell, BOlIliMR BUILUIMi. AFBl HY AVKNtlK und KIlillTII «TKF:F1

I j^AW OFFICES [ Godfrey & Godfrey,

Ig of |he larard Thurwliy

JAMES M. E. HILDRETH Counsellor-at-Law

The Uatest Effects in SUMMER FOOTWEAR

.night. I’rvahleut tMwanl-.

or niruiher of Ute Uiard hail nil No one appearerl to have taken a Mayor Champldn .ahi Hint l*i maser Sullon and htniwlf had h diM-u—ing the .object only that d and Mr Sutton trad toki him he wo he at the board'u meeting Tlie Mayor had acarcely lrtii!.l •leaking lief,.re PoSmauter Sultou

tered the rt

lie legl.laturr to m. ■

orklng. of the Stale:

Mon. held in Treriton j

ator Minium rai-ci View From Yacht Club’s Pih.g' rf^ian*rteibu'i! Attrftct8 Members n-iiMoii of thi. point and Friends. til an opinion can he Speaking of the Oman ftty Yacht tv Attorney lirneral. ( . |uL yi ,t er «lay, » leMlng member of A Homey tienrral , 1 1C orl>n taatkin aaldibat tire yacht thnrd tire puriuw of clu|| ta not ao rxdudva that vial ton, ", ** pr«vlde«l for by j Ul tbe cll y new j |„ ve >(1 y berdMncy "* ”i going to the eluh houae and enjoy-

He further mid that there la no lore plcaaant a place In tire afternoon, ■an on the plarxaa of the eluh, watchthe Kaleida«v>pic vlerra of life on

m l'hike, of Trentoii, I’rv-I-hc Stale lti|«rlao Hoard, wawltuei— iwlled. He averted luarrd a I way. a.-led under the f lire Attorney t.eneral. The

f the «lover

ueldoc •at Hie

1 dl.played ■dona of the rulMIng up * «vMo.ldrml I of public tire lime lit

i. hli* "plrvtlolo, at

,w ard aucta a pollejr.

ditlriu whleh exi.t. lu no other reMirt on the coaid of any liu|iortauce. You ctrlalnly can under.laud how thL I. diw-rimhiatiug agalmd our city* and both clllreu. and viattom are demanding tellef from thh> unbearable condl-

ii.uld I

Ig lhla the muuultlrr wen'

lire bualueau of Hie inimmlalacullectloiia. tie though

the hay.

Tlie privilege member* have of taking their frlenda to tha club bourn, be ••nllnued, duea uot appear to be apiroch.ted aa It abould be. Thla, how - ver, lu a way, a|ieaka well for the geueral advancement of Ocean City, be thought. Were euch Invlllog <|uartera ahullar kind to be found lu many oilier aeaabore dtlea, thaw quarter, would be the central point of Hut Ocean City baa ao many varteUea of amuaetdent, ao many atlradlona, the yacht dub, under them coudlllona, occuplea only Ita place amoug

,e other,.

“We are forging ahead In Ute matter general eulertainmeut for vbulor,, 1 ' r concluded, “and I am glad to *ee

Ibla way.

at

J

Rjwrd of Trade are bolding meeting*

LAW OFFICES OF Herbert R. Voorhees,

MAHAN SHOE COMPANY^ dm^TwmiMy ana TbBnI*r**nt ina* dor- |, e re. ln 8.npblToi-Au.auii-aT,no-miu- ; 756 Afebury Avenue i-o.

Rider mid thl. clt

getting wor*e mall mrvlce than H three year. ago. One doea uot kr

when he will get lit. mail Inthe morn-1 Mtlro’ii tug.The Unit mall la aupnoaed loreach v( , „ IUIUU |era on your n. “W ’ ““J 1 ;; thttjm rn.Hu* I, Imp.

the

o go to I

During

A i H'l* <

I NOTCHTO BUT LEAST EXPENSIVE

,lenience of a freight

PLUMBING, HEATING, ROOFING S. 13. COT«VB>R 652 and 654 Asbury Ave., - Ocean City, N. J.

N. C. Clelland REAL ESTATE BROKER:

rralh Ml. awd Aaban A«w. Samuel Schurch' __ REAL ESTATE ' AND INSURANCE 101 iiksrj Oou Cltj, I. j. Oollaem and Uoaidlug Uou— loi root. I R*|>roT*d and uuliuproTad proprll^ In, j C. I_ LAKE ..REAL ESTATE AGENT..

MODERN PLUMBING AND HEATING ALLOW AY M. SMITH & CO. /Succeaaors lo H. A W. Smith' 811 ASBUPY AVfeNUE, - OCFAN CITY, N. J, TULliPMOINIi, aa Y.

II waa *taled that Ocean flty’* j early morning mall from 1‘hlladelj pliia 1. aup|>oaed lo rome down lo Sea lale Junction on a through frelghl j train, containing pcrhdiable an Me*, from t'amdeu to Cape May. Thl* freight train leave, Camden at 2-30 a. |m., and If proper connection* were made between thla clly and Sea I*le | Junction, Ocean City would receive lu mall at B.SA o'clock. I iiitead of thla, ! however, the freight tralu Which goe* | to Sea lale Junction from thl* clly i about 4 o'clock In the morning and I* ■uppomd lo bring the mall lu, wait* ; al the junction for another frelghl—a ' alow freight without auy achedule. j Thl* freight I* never on Time, It wa* rc|Rirt*d. and tlie mall la lield al the junction until frequently, after a wait of aeveral hour*, the local frelghl crew I* told to return to Ocean Clly lu order lo leave here, out again, on ache,1 ulc time. Thu* It I* that the mail get* In aome time during the morning, one of the apeakera mid. Aa for the freight, he added, It waa liabletu reach

here about midnight.

ro*lma.ter Sutton mid that hlaofllce

Honey forjortgages... JORDAN MATHEWS

PH ILADKUPHli

W. L. BERRY. Manufacturing Jeweler, ' NO. aa SOUTH SECOND ST..

SEASHORE FURNITURE

Gallaajier'a 43 s. Second Stscct - pmil»

>nth of Jane. Ocean

y travel Waa belli up at Sea lale iction from twenty minute* lo hour and ten minute*. Thla waa .•rated In tlie hope of relief w-hen ■ achedule would change, but when

effected on the ffrot of

July, our whole community wa* mortified and aatounded lo find that, lurelief being afforded, for the e In more than fifteen year*, hern robbed of a through aervlce and had nothing but local aervlce on our branch, neccaaltat-

f from ten lo thirty min- ] •leJuiirtMti every morn-j

Ing and evening.

e been urged by thorn lulerbolh Ocean City and the Pennaylvanla Railroad to make thla ippeal to other*, hut. In view- of your frequent expreaalon of lulereat and go<d will In Ocean City'* proa-IR-rlty. we are loath to believe that you lllsiot take Immediate and favorable

action. ^

Nolwlthataudiog Iheae dlmdvau tage* that we are laboring under, Oreab City i« having tlie moat properyear In Ha hlalory, and Ita |iopularIiy and continued growth areabaolute-

DAVID MUIR, JR., Tio, • Slate ■ anil * Slag * Booting,

After.* further dlacuaKlou, It waa^dcckfed to Ukr action. '■ At the conclunion of the meeting, Poatmaater Hull at the rrquwt of the Hotel Men'* AaaoElallou. a|>pmred

body and explained the coudltkina exlatliig here, the inalla are concerned.

CORRUGATED IRON WORK iiorKUttabk aiti

FURNACES AND RANGES, Al a largely attended mevtinfThf Ihe

405 Wesley Avenue. - Ocean City, n. J. memhen.«rtheHoiei Me..-, a-^cu-

— lion. Tbureday evening, a comm It tee,

Heimir* of everj’ deacriptlou for alhmakee ■•onalattug of Meaare. Mayberry, Wick,

of Furnace* andtUauge*. Armatrong, Haight. Bradley and Kc{ialriug done promptly. Smoky chimney* Sooy, wa* appointed with

n charge Shop In n

You Are Smiling

and well yon may. Who would' smile and be pleased at finding such a business like plumbing shop as ours ? The quality and promptness of onr work inspires a customer

with confidence j gtvlug We n This confidence we don't misuse. TbcSaiL.Our work brings people back when |iea rei t 0 ttilnl

wilt uiwii the railroad offl-

clal* to ace If aometblng cannot bedoue to In an re the early arrival of mall and . the Philadelphia newapaper* lu thla city. The mollou wa* made by H. A.

W. Smllh, of the Ulacayne.

The auhjcct of llcenma waa diacuaaed, and It wa* the *enae of the meeting that every houae. cottage or hotel thi keeprboMen abould pay a llcenee. A committee we* ap|a>lut(d to ll quire Into the new lew requiring certain baalneaa lirm* and home* file a certificate with the county clerk, giving |be name* of thorn In the firmi

of the

: that the law doea not

It wa* brought out that. no *|iectal effort ha*heeu madeforyearetn collcrt • trearagc*_ although Mr. Cloke aakl there weretAany reidala unpaid. Tlien a change wa«uiedfand the collectlnua were placed In Ihe hauda of ihe Attorney Ueueral On motion of Mr. Minium, tlie committee reaolved to a.k the SUte Tiea*urer for a U*t of Hie delinquent*, aha for • Hit of riparian grant* a* dlRtingulahed from Icaae*. Mr. flokreiprciaed theoplulnii that the State ahould encourage tlie development of aeaahote tract* and aliould not I* hai exceaalve In Ita charge* for riparian right*. He thought that of late the board had been rentala at too high a figure, a* *hown by the fact that aome of the tract* have not been accepted by applicant*. He declared that grant* were better than learc*, l«caa*e they fmwnt permanent Improvement. Following the leatlmony of Mr. 'hike, the committee .ailed John •ayue, secretary of the hoard. Mr. Payne-aid Ihe board had no ayatRu of keeping track of the lease* All leases, together with six mouth*' rental required In advance, were turned over to the Slate Treasurer, who ha* tiecii supposed to make the

collection*.

He said Ihe State'* present riparian

eetlmalcd to he worth heae Im-tode two mllea of

LETTER FROM WEAVER

W. Kdwarda, President of the Hoard of Trade, aome time alnoa, received a letter from Mayor Weaver, of Philadelphia, acknowledging the receipt of the gift* presented Mr. and Mr*. Weaver when they were visitors here at Raster. i letter waa read al the meeting of the Hoard of Trade Tbureday evening. It I* aa follow*: My Dear Mr. Kdwarda:-You wUI hare to pardon my neglect In not w riting to you and Informing you •tat the punch bowl and vase* arrived all right. I ahall have to plead public duties and rush of work that has prevented my acknowledging thla promptly. I assure you that Mr*. Wearer and epprealate them very mnch, and we hall always remember our pleasant i-lt to Ocean City. Wishing you and your beautiful paort tlie very heat success, believe

right* ykre

t-i,

BATHERS SCARED.

official* of the Pennaylvanla Railroad tfiat Ihe policy of (hat road has always al least to keep pare with the growth of cttle* along Ha line*. While It la a source of deep regret i ua that your ap|>arent closer afftllaona with other resort* have worked falnat a just consideration of our needs, yet we cannot hut believe that >wn desire to maintain the lawt relation* with yourself will meet with a response on your pert e* we feel that we have a right to expect, Your* respectfully, Jamhi M. Htkvkxk, R. W. Kuwaitrw, K. M HlTTOK, JosKpll U. I'HAMPION.

('din milter

HOLY TRINITY’S CHOIR

JOHN R. GROVES,

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

they have other work to do. apply

For plumbing that stays plumbed. ; n,, of the local hotel aaaodaget us. tloDMtu advance the interest of the • visitor* to Ocean City by giving eo-

tertaltimeols and good aconuunoda-

'-V _ I Hon* to the guest* of Ihe bou*e» The

aatccialiou waa uot formed for mon-

opoly or trust purpose*.

Following la a copy of the letter rent Saturday to Superintendent Lovell,

A couple of excuraloiiM* from Ph

delphla, Eere for the qey, had a II -care lu Hie surf about noon, Saturday, w hen they got too Jar out from

the bar and could uot get bar Ufa guard Krauaa had lice

tug on Ihe bar with tlie lifeboat aurhored ahiugskle of him, doing guard duly In keeping Hie bather*

hunched. The two young m

red to gut out over their depth and tnrew up their band*. Kraure called for the other guard on allure, hut aa Willard Vatitlalru volunteered Krauaa aud lie road out. After riding aa quickly aa poreible on a choppy rea, they finally got wHIilu throwing distance and l.awed the lile-buoy over. -cfffT~ybung man caught It, but the

other sank. '-The latter soon rami ind caught hold. Then the boat

— forced ashore on the breaker*, am Wa-wt tt>c*i«-r \or* 11*1* lo be rope broke. Krauaa took care of Ihe Here Jot* joth. boat and VauOsten jumped Tlie vested cliolr of Holy Trinity I*, board. Recovering the end K. Church, West Chester, Pa., will 1 rope, he aud J. Kewllu Brown pulled come to Ocean City on July JOth for theyoung men aahore. They quick y the cbolr’a usual encampment. S. disappeared In the crowd. Carlson, who look* after the hauling, - , - baa received word to thl* effect from hmohe rannrit l actiei

Wm. A. Brooke, the choir leader.

“Billy" Brooke and hi* young men ,b * re wa* quite a little at

are always given, warm welcome In neighborhood of the O.ympla. Ocean City Occa.lon.lly M>e boy. NlD,h * ud A * bur J V'enue, at 4.45 entertain their friend, by givingerjoy- ymterday afternoon byideure volume, able coucerta In camp. of “»» k * *“«»> ^

T I’outlere's boarding bouse. Tl Bath Mouara. member* of the baud which play* of the demand, of hi. hurt- «=“>' pavllHon were ousted and Fire iel Schurch I* building sixty- < ll,ef Ku,h “ ,d w «»«>u ran in hath houae* In the rear of ».Ah an cxtlngulaher and |»ut the Ore

hi* place ot huslueason the boardwalk, ou * The Ware waa m the chimney

above lUghlh street. The tgork ha* above the firit (loor. been held up somewhat, however, by ■* ‘ * ’

the non-arrival of lumber from the[ Fok Sami-Near tlie Bay front, beWeaL 'tween Tenth and F^eveuth atreela

' *4i* ■ several cheap lot* suitable for summer

Furnished Apartment*, *nliable for ; cultagw; »J«J jer lot; one-half can relight housekeeping, In the Bourne, j main ou mortgage. Apply to , Every convenience. ABEL D. SCULL,

HoBUtT Fishkk, Agent. 617 Ceolral Ave. Ocean Clly, N. J.

There’s Quite a Ranch to be Seen on Citjr’a Fine Street*. For some little time pest. Chief of Police Scull, by. from the Stele, record of the together wUh the name* of the end the license number* of I chlnce. The following shows the r hi. effort* up tqjuly 1Mb:

A. D. Fed rick Senator L. M Crease K. J. Du Mae K. V. Coi non E V. Coraou 8. V. Clark W. H. Koch W. H. Koch W. H. Myere Dr. H. L. Northrop. T.C. Wilson . C. J. Hubert* Mr. Justice Mr. Knox W. H. Thom— J. C. Wahl..

Dr. I. N. Uriwom . . Albert Fogg Mr. Aotluger A. B. Dewae, cycler A T. James, of PhUadMphM, baa > machine, but U la not In r-mmtminii at the present time. Chief Scull has been warning 1 of the young driven of autoa that they -nst be careful to keep within the ■eed limit.. The law mys: “A speed

junction or luteraacUoo of a pi road where ench a or highway paa country. “A speed of oi Where such street or highway paaas through the built-up portion of a city, lowu, township, borough or village where the bouses are an avaraga lam than 100 feet apart.” Referring to eutomobUae, k auy ha tld that one of the pratUaal and moat complete machine* In the city la owned by W. H. Thomas, of Uotombus, who la Interested In the Iren boatMr. Thomas drove hare In hM

la Mopping at a Wealey ave

MRS. FISHER TO APPEAL

Several Ocean City men had a of It In Justice Ludiam’i office day afternoon, whan the earn of

waa beard. The ol _ __ tremely clam, and the Jostles, lawyers and jury perspired more or Mm nearly

the —

Editor Tub SxirnxxL:—The anclosed dipping la from your paper

occupied t

i and Wealey avenue, from 1M, 1804, until about Jane 1M

of this year.

allegad by Mia. I

of la

If Ire

your city laatafall pease fixing the tax rale for this year at $2.24, and that It was approved by the vole of the people. It M claimed by that previous aaaeaameuta have been very much below true value and I think they have. With true value, why will not the burden the taxpayer he greater: You my e tax rate can be lowered. WUh tbs force fixing U at $2 see bow U can be except Coundl repeal* the ordinance. WUI lliey do It? Let u* hope that they

will.

Your* truly, A Taxpayer Trenton, July 18. [The clipping referred to reads The popular belief that higher a*ae incuts will Increase the tax Ulla Is delusion, for juM In proportion aa the lent la raised the lax rale ( be lowered and produce the mi 'mount of revenue, so that the hurt of the Individual taxpayer will not ■ It ahall be by extravagance In Increasing the expen local government, which would w hatever the ratio of The $2.20 tax rate for H-eau City waa voted for last :be law passed by the recet lature takes precedence ova irdlnance.—Ed ]

Cawultt Threw channel Baa A crowd of fully 800 excited people last evening witnessed the efforts of Jos. Bootbroyd, of this city, and erick Uakford, of Philadelphia, to land three large drumfiah, or channel

at tlie pier

Mr. Bootbroyd got two of tha each weighing from thirty to forty pounds. Mr. Oak ford'* Dab pulled

** Kjyile afternoon. Koch occupied tha f

gain axlrmiily i ting a Rum bar mattraeam, dafac

Lawyer Voorbaaa, / rep KooH, asked for a trial »y Jury, and, lot of chalteogfo, U log juror* ware selected: John r

Wm. K. Williamson, DavMCraaawall, Frank Smith, N. C. Godfrey, Mr*. Julia Urqubart, who «

tenant, and Jerry William* and w Mr. Koch’* a wife, Dr. B. T. J Nabta. After the lawyaca had ■ argument*, tha Jury d •me length of time. Finally, all freed that Mr*. Flabar abould be ven a verdict for $85. Mr*. Fisher 1. dumttefiad with tha

UNUSUAL SIGHT I Cherr* Tree « “They talk of lha glorious, iliforala,” mid Wm. D. £ of Philadelphia, i you abould am w yard of my cottag*

kind of struggles to capture the fish, hut they finally did ao, urged rtea from Ihe aufti of people which quickly gathered. The greatest excitement prevailed during the struggle, and when the

flab finally

growing than a wild cherry tree containing blossoms and fruit. It M a remarkably pretty sight.'’ Mr. Barnburet said that, aeveral year* ago, Mr*. Barn ham eat tha mp while walking In tha northarn mcrina

of this city.

The Barnbunt yard M tha (Bvy and aamlratlon of all h