I f fdet > OCEAN CITY SENTINEL

VOL. XXXVILI.

OCEAN CITY, N. J., THUKSDAY, DECE.M I1E1I 3, IMS.

NO. 36

Ocean City Sentinel OCKAN CITY. IM. >1. ' K. CURTIS ROBINSON Editor and Proprietor I invi»t>->T.i.*a. v J tliorgan hand, ATTORNEY and counsellor-at-law, j Oourt Oowalmloner. Kotarr Folic. ; .pr BAY IVI KT UOl'KE, I. J. lUppcalMi Public Bulidinss). |^a\v offices Apgar & Boswell, wil'bhe ^,r1!et offices Godfrey & Read atlantic city. n. j. jrurman b. willis Attorney at Law ' 9 5 2 A'sBnry Avenue. Ocean City," N. J. Wm. h. CoiXisson. Jr. Civil Engineer and Surveyor f niDH'AL . - DK. W. P. HAINES COR. NINTH AND WESLEY AVE. OCCAM CITV. N. J. IDIOM*, m. UII IIC IIUUKH: < 1 lolt>. lu. (etoap. m., Bom t'booc* Florence Brick Haines Cor. bth and wi^lcy Ave m cch a no-th crapist M-dlcal ud Corrective UytuuasUas ws Allen Corson, M. D. I lit Weslay Avenue Ocean City New Jersey .-Bell M. > Im-r-Alale 1X0- A. t fjerschel pbttit, m. d. 607 WESLEY AVE. « OCEAN CITV. NEW JERSEY ' q«. Wilson y. Christian »Dentist» 809 Central Avenue OC'KAM CITY. I. J. I Bell Phone, 162. Booth Phonss Night Bell Hughes' Central Pharmacy 1 Otb end Weeley Ave. Ocean City, n.j " Pboue 245- W I Hbour j -,ur orders Wc d-llvcr r.e» Mark lake Undertaker and Embalmer | 'Hbona IS OCEAN CITV. H.J. \ We Are Distributors Mmm BotoBoiiin In Ocean City, See Isle City and Vicinity Wm. H. Powell General Contractor - Grading and street Building Tfllrty.fourth st. sad West eve. ocean city, n. j. Pfcaaa, Ml-W ABBOTTS' Alderney Dairies (tarsus- leT. S. Ct ■■»!■■) Seventh St. and West Ave. Ocean City, N. J. Gtiolom Dairy Produota Batter aad Eggs a.k for Booklet of Specialties Orden Delivered Both Phone* COAL~ COAL try ours for quality C*M. MMMMAKEK LUMBER co. Twelfth aad Wast Avaaaa

i Family Hotels For Sale ^ll-y'ar-™u".?, CoUaee3 iliay Front Villas /Summer Cottages We . have 3 special list of some unusual r bargains in each of these classes. Let us send it to you. MASSEY & EDWARDS Eighth and Central Ave. y SIMMS' RESTAURANT and DELICATESSEN 822 Boardwalk CLOSED FOR THe SEASON YOUR ORDER TWO PHONES: 205. 220 FRED P. BELL For Things Good to Eat SEVENTH STREET AND ASBURY AVENUE place to do your marketing. Meats, Groceries. Fruits and Vegetables. FREE DEUVERY TO ALL PARTS OF CITY OPEN ALL THE YEAR City Garage SEVENTH AND HAVEN AVE. OCEAN CITY. NEW JERSEY X L. W. MILLER PROPRIETOR TELEPHONE. EOS I Estate For Sale BICI BARGAINS Cottages, Apartments and Bungalows, furnished and unfurnished Some estates in my bands mnst be sold at sacrifice prices. This is the time of year to buy Cottages and Lots at this Popular Seaside Resort very Cheap. Apply to Alonzo Cotton Aabury Avnus On—" City. N. J.

MONEY TO LOAN ON MORTGAGE; [ No waltlug for two week* to know If yoa can gat It; w* can tell yon at onoe. Bargain* in Bay and Ocean front properties. Choice cottage* for aele. Also lota for Investment and for improvement — the choice of Ocean City. Apply to _ „ J. M. CHESTER & CO., Oczan Cmr, N. J. ^ ESTATE INSURANCE THE JOSEPH i. SCOLL . . ., ,;A " ' 1 < 757 ASBURY AVENUE PHONE. T OCEAN CITV. N. J , ■■ 1 11 111 t REAL ESTATE -«« INSURANCE ; Clayton Haines Brick 2m Eighth St. Ocean City. N- J. i steelman's | steelman's j m ra DOING OUR BEST : fT/ We are doing onr best to pro- 1 •fcfcK vide yon with a dependable store 1 1 I 1\-A^ where yon can get fresh, reliable I I f goods at the very lowest prices. Fa Special bargains on onr bargain Lot No. I. Men's and boys' JgjtC" jl^ i Hats and Caps, 25c to fi.oo, worth ( Lot 2. Women's Shoes worth #5 reduced to #2.25, button, blMk»nd silkS weaters , were S3.50, now $2.50. NEW GOODS JUST ARRIVED Boys' and girls' Storm Shoes, made of oil grain leather, welted %%>■' Kb"ld FUnn.l SkW., ""'"'^ U.trUL CHRISTMAS RRSSSHT* Comfy slipper., «se to ('■ SweUem, ,1 U fit. ,.5-oq- . Granville H. Steelman department store 831-633 ASBURY AVtWUI Attrition, Huntersl : Wek...«rf.r;ff»kd^„-SL'uC?SSe '"tokfm famous Peters shotgun ***. Gnns rryf**, shell vesta, leggins, - the big red "P" on J* ^nrenience of the Room, aw™ s»m. L ^ CHARLES C. READ * CO. SMARRURY AVIRUl

TROLLEY LINE SOON TO GO; 1 WHAT IS CITY DOING?,

This is a Vital Matter— What " Do Business Men Think ' of It? Lily will not have a trollwy line iu j Official- of the Wcean I lly Kleelrlc j Hallway Company say dial the work j of dismantling the road-* power' _ hoone is about to be itarled. and It I* , " quickly br possible. The longer the 'I rails remain on Ihe street-, the more •' moiiey the company will lose' II l-j1 -aid that many thousand- of dollar- 1 t bene muni Iwkgn; " " r ' ^ 1 A»Ii*t/$>e«ti published jn UwRknti NHL, the company claim- to have run the rokd for year- al aHilg lone, and tbe ultlcehi have determined lu ' scrap" 1 lerested property uwuers as to w hat . le to be done— and dune before next 11 spring — to meet Ihe cui.dTtiuu- thai " p Tlio-e of the peo;de wlHim Ihe abau* 11 > donmeul of tbe road would attect mo-r l! homes lu tbe ceutral and -outberu r -eel lone of ttiln city, t'p-lowu coitager- » III be adected lo eome extent, but probably not au qiuch -u a- thuae liv. (, log near the Hue of the trolley lu the a Thirty-fourth etreel and Kifly-ulnth B street eectloh*. ( j The automobile first hit the bual- I neee ol the trolley company,' and the « dbore Fast Line ha* hurt the road considerably lu that, a few year- ago. , many vlslt&rs came here from Aliau- f - tic City by way of tbe L-.ngport boat- ti and took rldea on tbe trolley care to 0 returned by trolley to the -teamboal , landing al Second street. Mo-t vial- « lore 'from Atlaotlc City during tbe la*l few years have used the Hhore Ka-t L Line cara lu making the (rip. f Ae has alto been -aid lu the 8KNTI- c NEL, the route of tbe trolley lloe In ( tbe aectlou above Hlxtb street le auch j that It le Dot really a convenience lo moat of tbe summer cottagers, as tbey < have to walk aome distance before 1 ibey can reach tbe car line. / Can Ibe route be changed lu auch a ( k way that tbe road, were It takeu over < ' by another corporation, would be made J to oover exjteu-e- for awhile and ' | eventually prove a paying Investment. 1 e It I* probable tbat Mayor Champion • t will abortly call a meeuug of repre- J eentallve buelue— men of tbe city to dlacoae tbe situation and evolve plaus i for tbe relief of tbe tbreateued coodl-

SDPPER TONIGHT ( BY THE D. OF A. Given for the Benefit of Am- ~ balance for Use at Camp £ Dix. Borne of those expert housewives among tbe members of City Council, No. 10, Daughof America, have been extremely j ' busy this week preparing for the supper to be gtven lu tbe social rooms of tbe Flrat m. E. Church tbt* (Thursday) evening, nnder tbe aus|>loee of - tbe lodge, for Ihe benefit of tbe Camp Dix Ambulance Fund. 11 Ae will be recalled, tbe State organl- ™ \ xatlon of tbe DMgbtere of America recently decided "to raise at least $1600 for tbe purchase of a flue ambulance for Camp Dix, wbere eucb a vehicle Is badly needed. The local lodge felt tbat It oould raise a nice aum by giving Ibis -upper * Ibla evening from 6 lo 8 o'clock. Tick- • eu are 60 ccdU. If yon baveu't ' bought yoora, get It at once aod be on band tonight. Following la tbe menu: Cold Boiled Ham Cold Boiled Beef ' Caodled Sweet Potatoes Cole Slaw Plcklea Chow-chow Bordeaux Sauce Celery Potato Salad Bread aud Butler Tea and Coffee ' Canned Fruit Home-made Cake There will be a lot of fancy artlclea ; on aale at a table In Iba room. Tbla I ■al* will be continued throughout tbe ] Fire T«t«aleas Bold. Flames were seen bunging from an electric ligbt pole at Eighth Ilieel aud , Ooeau avenue by a milkman abortly before 6 o'clock Sunday morning. He 1 told Policeman Sbock when be found tbe latter, and tba policeman called up tbe electrical bureau. Chief Wat eon and William Davie responded with tba combination chemical and after aome work the fire we* exttn- " gnlabad. Spark* flew on tbe SterlingBL Charles Holel and. threatened lo damage tbe building. ' Are yon looking for a collage *lte lo 1 tbaoidauA prlcm $500 to J|«0 or a '• bonaa wllb bay front. In canter of « town? For tanaa apply lo Abel D. , -vpr Try an advertlaeaaeol In the 8am

1 THIS CITY LED WITH ORCHESTRA , C. A Frost, of Camden, Con- c gratnlates Vonng Men's 1 Progressive Lcagnc. , Tbe following I. a copy of a letter sent to tbe Young Men', Progrea.lve I i league by Cbarle* A. Fro«t. of Cam- f |tten, a Boardwalk btt-lne— man In tble jelly, who ba- been active In bringing < j ihe Philadelphia Orrheela member- lo 1 Y.ung Men'. Progre-.ive League^ ' Dear Sir*: -A- one who wo in-tru 1 Ocean i lly, I feel more or le— prlv. , account now you will Itud that there [ ( 1- but one baud of auy lnt|.orlan -e f I e.. Pryor'e, at Asbufy. All oiler 1 re-'trl- have adopted the orchestra. c Surely Ocean Clly led and the other-, | You have decided right. 1 1 would he a serluu- error lo chauge to a baud i and still expect Ocean Clly to be pro- t gresstve 0 It was for the adrertl-log value tbat tbe orchestra wa- first brought to 1 Ocean City, and it has proven all thai ' I hope the league will lake every , opportunity to advertise the fact lhal have these skilled musicians eraployed for free coue-rlR. It ought lo « be on tbe letler-beads and envelopes f of evsry merchant, and od all tbe 1 t- , erature wblcb I* distributed. It mlgnt be a good plan If, by some careful ' wording. It could be sbowh tbat we t the llrsl lo adopt It. ' Tbe merchants of the Boardwalk , have an opportnnlty to decide whether not tbe people are opposed or lo ' of a particular project, because It t hand.gd. It le safe lo estimate that 9U t per cthit. of (he commeute received re gardlng the orchestra are favorably 1 There Is one move I bad hoped would be accomplished long before ■ , Ibis; bamely, Ibe merging of all or- , ganlzallous Into one body. Id my opinion It would be Ibe begluulDg of 1 great prngrees with this as wltb tbe t t orchestra, but personal views muet be . eliminated and the good of the city . j considered. There are about seveu 1 mouths of the year which could be 1 > profitable In brluglng tbe busloees of I 1 Ocean City to a higher pilch, aud a | psld representative would be an extra- . ! ordinary Investment. You are pro- , gresslve. Btart IL . - 1 Very truly yours, I Charles A. Frost.

SERGT. YOTHERS SHOT IN ARB Had' Previously Been Shellshocked— His Campany Was Badly Shattered. Bergeant Walter (I Yottiers. of Philadelphia, a son-m-law or John wounded, but uot severely, iu the last engagement wtth tbe Huns. He had is with the 1 1 lib Machine Gun Com-l-any. ^ In a letter to hi- wife, under date of 4. be writes In part as "Here we are. tbe remains of poor ' K, and It la a slim buucb of 1 left. I told you lu previous letteie of arriving lo Ible towu aud waltlufe. . Ibe company. "Well, tbey arrived and when I saw ibeui I hardly realized It was our outlit. for. 00 ihe eighth of October, we had I7J men lu good spirits and drlv. the Dutch hard. On tbat day until October twelfth, while others tug four mile- of grouud without any tbat trench ou tbe morning of Ibe twelftb. after belug under neavy abell all night, we realized tbat tbey mure artillery up there, but everyone waa In good eptrlta. Our chapwho wae a flue fellow, aald. •Boys, I am going 'over tbe top' wltb you.' He grabbed a rifle aud wbeu the time came he waa one. of tbe flrst over. We didn't get far before tbe boys of our company were falling right and left. "Tbe lHtb lteglment also went over ' wltb ua and tbey were also getting It. ' "If tbere ever was a bell, tbla wae one, for tbey bad turned all their lnInto machine guus and moved Ave brigades of heavy artillery up, *0 you can Imagloe us trying to push through It. "Ten mlnutee after we went over, all our officer* were picked oil, aud I wae commanding Iba cumpany. We also lost about forty men, Including our chaplain, for Ibe Hun has no 1 respect for Ibe crose of religion or tbe "We continued through tbe woods 1 and drove tbem for all tbay were ; wor'.b. Their dead aod wounded were r In pllee. We came ao fast tbey badn't 1 time to gather tbem op. "It was 1 o'clock wben I got my but, ae 1 aay, I waa lucky, for , all Ibe others at tbe guo were killed or r had their arms or legs blowo oil. Four L sbelis came together, aud one bit j tbe guu square. I think It was tbla ons tbat knocked ma. I flew about twenty feet In tbe air and landed lo a

CALL BUSINESS MEN TO DISCUSS LIVE MATTERS

— j CITY TO HAVE A NEW POTEL? . 1 Real Estate Men Say One is J to be Bnilt on Ocean Front. j Maybe It Is coming at last, but, with t tbe exceptlou of lbs last year, It haan't ( been sprung 00 us for aome time. Lei's ^ hope II I* true at last. Oue rememberk | tbe old adage, "Hope deferred," etc. This Is about a Board walk hotel In , Ocean Clly. • 1 Tbe story Is told cow tbat a real | botel Is planned for tbe ocean froDt ( and tbat It will be built lu tbe vlclolty , of Tenth or Eleventh siree}. All tbat | I* needed Is Ibe entire lifting of tbe ; building embargo. , Tbat Ocean City needs an up-to-date , beacb-front botel In tbe central aectlon , la ao obvloua tbat It need* no further ; talk. Let ua hope tbe reeort will have It lu tbe Dear future. 1 NOT A "MOVIE" Would ■ House Wills Ep io D.lt For tbe flrat winter In a number of 1 years. Ocean City Is minus a moving picture bouse, aud the absence of such a place of amueamenl le keenly 1 felt by many of tbe local people. Wouldn't a "movie" wltb up-to-date pictures of interesting type prove p roll table here? tbey aak. With tbe right klod of pleturee, It la ' claimed, not only would there, be a I good allied alteudauoe of local people, ' but mauy residents from along tbe , Bbore Boad and up a* far aa Tuckaboe j would motor bare In tbe evenloga. 1 appalaled Wcracant. Harry L. Lake, eon of Daniel E. 1 Lake, of tbla clly, wbo la wllb tbe I 1141b Regiment In France, baa beeu . promoted from tbe poeltlon of corporal to that of aergeauL 1 notice 10 Adteniaera. Changes of copy for display advertisement* must be at tbla office uot D later than Tuesday noon for Insertion a id tba BmrruntL. This rale will ba >f at Hotly ad bared In. adv., tf >• . , . • Legal papers of all daacrtptlonc. todoting wills, am carefully drawn by I R. OaiUa Robinson at his Office, 744 fi atnrj evanae, Oaaaa LHy, N. J. at*.

Landing Cnt-off and j City Trolley Line Among the Subjects. Clayton Haluea Brick on Saturday received the following latter from tbe y Young Men's Progressive League: b Mr. a H. Brick, President Board of Trade, Ocean City— ^ Dear Mr. Brick:— In tbe absence of u Otis M. Towntend, secretary of Iba Board of Trade of onr city, I am t . communicating with yon direct re- c 1 gardlng tbe subject of tbe May'aLand1 cut-oil to Ocean CUy. , Tble organization faala tbat this la a ^ 1 Important project, and ballevee f tbat It la only proper tbat your organ- . 1 abould take tbe Initiative to 1 tbe matter. We, therefore, would , ' suggest tbat you call a apeclal meat- j ' of Ibe Board of Trade to disease : this question as to Its merit*, and de■Ire to add that tba Yoang Men'a Pro- ' greaslve League Is most bsartlly sin- ( 1 cere to 11* desire to back you up to tba . ' limit. 1 Iu conclusion let me say that, wblle tbe league will not disband and combine wltb your orgauliatlon, we are | ready and anxious to aland back of, , aud work wltb, tbe local Board of ( - Trade to any improvament jt may seek lo accomplish for tbs betterment f of Ocean City. ; Trusting this suggestion will meat f wllb your earnest co-operallon, I ? wiab lo remain h Your* respectfully, e Bov E. Darby, 1— Secretary, y ' Youog Man's Progressive League. * It Is Mr. Brick's (bought lo confer e wltb Mayor Cbamplon aud then call • a meeting of busloeas men lo dlacoae not ouly tble subject, but tba otber all Im porta nt matter of tba proposed "scrapping" of tbe local trolley Una. '® R. Curtis Robinson, 744 and .748 Aa r- ?""* •*enoe> Ocean City, N. J., baa Daada for Pennsylvania, wltb full authority to toko acknowledgment aad proof of any daed. mortgage or otbir r- conveyance of any lands, tenement* or it hereditaments lying or being In sad in Btata, or any other writing nadar seal, »s to ba usad or raootdad to PaBaajlvanta, and to administer an oath or affirmation. adv., tf. n- 8 balled popping com by tba pooad, Mr 16 cents; hot roasted paanuts.by Uw KSJSs' wJS. -rSaTS

- 1 H. F. BAMBERGER : HAS RED KEYSTONE, ! Summer Resident is a Mem- ( - ber of tbe Fighting 1 28th Division. f A recent letter from Henry F. Bam- , berger, -on of I, en Bamberger, of Philadelphia, a well-knowu summer! r 1 lighting during tbe war by Company t f B. KI3d Engineers, 2bth Division. , Heury praises lire work of, the Bed " Croes, Y. M. t A. and ot lier organ Iza-t-dtone tbat did effective service on tbe ' Other Side. He sent tiuuie a, Herman I r helmet and wme papers dropped In ( ihe liermau trenches by the Amerl- . caii-. He wi-iied also 10 be remem-'-\\^e were drenched' muddy, gae-ed ( , aud shelled. We prodded the Hon ' retreat to tbe Ve-le. We are uu an- 1 • otber new sector no*. Every time a " - new drive tlarl- It -eein. (bat tbe 2Stb drove tbem from Chateau-Thierry to , ' lire Alsue and stopped tbs drive on 1 Pari-. Then we went to tbe Argoiuie c f Forest front. Tbat place waa ae quiet c I as au old mau'e home wben we got c ■ here, but tbe old dlvl-lou soon made ' It lively. ' I am thankful eome of us are left ' . after tbe battle at Argouue. Aftet I tbat battle we were given a seven-day , ' rest We w ent to a rest camp, wbere 1 we had Ibe lime of nor lives and saw 1 1 tbe sight* of a lifetime. It wa- oue r t round of pleasure, paid by tbe Uovern- t ' Bamberger refers to the award of t { tbe Red Keystone to tbe Iron Dlvl-lou ae a divisional decoration, aud under I r date of November 4. be gives, further 1 details, as follows: | "We have beeu classed as one of the * 'Red Fighting Divisions.' Tbi* la an c - bouor. Every nation baa Its red I I lighting division— tbe cream. Amer- ■ lea's three red dlvlslous (and there . will be ouly three), are tbe First, a red 1 square; tbe Fiflb, a red diamond, aud ' tbe Tweuty eighth, a red keystone, t . two regular- and one National Guard. J . We all wear tbe redvjreyslone on our c left sleeve near tbe topTtau both blouse 1 and overcoat " Id one of his letters, Mr. Bamber- ■ 0 get wrote: "You have no Idea what , war la uolll you see It, It Is very bard to see your frteuds killed around you, and you don't know wbeu ycur 1 a turn will coma. , e "I am at a rest camp at Alx-les-Balua aod can see tbe enow on tbe 1 mountain-. * 1 "I have been on tbe aoll of England, Hcotland, France and Italy and ( v now Germany. I have seen wonder-. Will go back again on tba front line 1 by Novemberl. God only knows It la T work day aud nlgbl for tbe englnr eers." II Tbe young man writes tbat be waa . glad to learn that Assemblyman Mark Lake sod Freeholder Jobn P it Fox were re-elected to tbelr respective offices. He adda tbat be bopee to be able to . visit Ocaan City again. Tiau ocsan 0117 bkbiii. -

PASTOR YARD ' DOES GOOD WORK: Minister Organiges t "Gym" Classes for Youth ' of This City. Every Tuesday night, tbe Rev. Geo. 1 W. Yard, tbe paator, la meeting tba 1 boy a and MP>of tbe community to tbe Methodist Cffikli gymnasium'. At 7.80 1 o'clock ba mMta tbe younger boy* and d at 8 o'clock tbe older boya and tbe c Mr. Yerd drills the class In gymnaa- ' tic exercises and be desires as larga • 1 class as possible. 1 Tuesday morning Mr. Yard spoke ■ tbe high school auditorium aod to- I Tiled tbe boya aod tbe men of tba fso- I Ally to be preeeut at tbe Tuesday even- 1 meets. ' Tbla Is a very excellent idea and Mr. Is to be lhauked for his thought- < fulness aud activity to tbla matter. I . * . 1 Takes 10 Hospital. t Leslie Norton, one of tbe crew at tba I Inlet Untied Btates Coast < Guard Button, Fifty-eighth street, 1 went to Bt. Agues' Hospital, Pblladel- ; pbla, Frlday^tJLaee whether It waa oaoaaaary W"Esve to operation per- ' formed for appendicitis. He was ae- ' oompanled by Dr. W. P. Haines, of tblsclty, tbs Government pbyeiclao. Mr. Norton was just recovering from an atuck of appendicitis I Teat Blown Downs. Secretary Charles Derbyshire, of Iba Y. M. C. A. but at Base Hospital II, Cape May, wblle lu this city Sunday, told members of tbe Young Men's f Progressive League that It waa a good thing tbe boya vlalted Cape May Toee- ' day of last week luetead of ou Thanke1 giving nlgbt. Tbe Uot, or bat, was ■ blown down during tbe heevy atorm ' 00 the afternoon ot Thanksgiving I Day. Caw*. Wm. aharp Dead. * Cant. William Sharp, ton of Uu s late Aqullle Bbarp, of tbla city, died f at bla borne In Wllllamslown last h week and waa burled on Thursday. 1 Ha waa a widower and left no family. * Capt. Bbarp lived to Ooeaa CUy years ir ago and wae tba owner of a boat to d whleb be carried fishing parties. ' hUensUtobtotMB°' * °n' Tbaako I. ffivtagTcaotbt'et^iiiSSrms Js^oSs

OCEAN CITY ACQUIRES I TITLE TO CAMP GROUNDS

For f 141, 000 Mnnidpality Gets Land Valued at #325,000. The most Interesting news that Ocean City has beard In yaara, n ixt to the announcement of tba and of Jm world war, Is that tbe camp grot od baa been settled, and thai UU la ibe land has been paaaad to tbla LAD. nlcipatliy. Clly Solicitor Boswell formally a 6 lied tbe City t'omm Italouen at tl air , weekly meeting 00 Monday thai ha matter bad been settled hod thai he title to tbe land la now poaaaamd by Ocean City. ' , _ Two days bad beeu consumed la atranging tbe settlement of tba vari-ma which was acoompUsiiad through tbe Ocean Ctty Title -bd Tru-t Compauy, acting In a fldQCt try capacity for tbe city of Ocean City The Ocean City Title and TraH Unauced and took tba Ua- ' bunds leaned to make tbeea -elllemeut*. Title lo tbe Interaat bald by a large number of property owpers waa taaea tbe city under tbe award ot tba L-uintnlaaionere id tba eaaap ground condemnation pri bleedings aad kg deed. Tboee i>artlclpallu( lo tba anaaga* ment for tbe settlement warn E. 0 C. city solicitor of Camdsa, » ba repreeeuled tbs Ocean City ftmmdalnm and tbe Inveatora' Becnritlee Ooaayawy; ti. Btauger Iszard, eooneal for a large number of the smaller property 0WB-rs; Boyd A via and tba Rot. Joha B. Ma-on, the latter general asriatar? of ibe Centenary Fond and Pr—bm' Aid Society; CUy Solicitor Andrew C. Boswell, William E. Maamy, praridHM of tbe Ocean CUy Tula aad TraMO"*Leslie R Ludlam, UUa od« aud vine president of tbla oamya y, and J. Fltblan Tatem, tba onmyar "a solicitor; tba Rev. James E. Lake of tbe Ocean CUy Association, aad be W. El wall Lake, ona af the bs-be of tba late Rev. B. Waalsy Laka. Tba city thai acqulrm for ayyr xmately $141,000 a atrip of land wbuOt value la estimated at $828,000. Tbla land la between Fifth aad d)tk < -tree la, with a Iron lags af Ml M*4 eft tbe ooean, and a depth of nmrty UN | feet between Atlantic avaaaa aad 'be Boardwalk. . Through this award aad aKhMN 1 tbs city acquires all Ilia lead bat asm i line of th* Atlantic Omaa and Waatgp - aveuue, and from Weal avaaaa la the ceutsr llna of Bay avaaaa. Tba city will be given aU the expenses paid, aod to ba paid, lb mm - 1 nectlon wltb tbt II HllH«milO $» ceedingi, tba axpaoam la lieOimbUg tba land being paid kg tbe gemmae nsrtln Krli .1 n. Ihs MRsaamw. parties bringing tba pmemdmgN

which, to tbla cam, waa thaeBg. By raaotoUona paaaad ai a aeesad moating of lb* Oily OodasahataatH* settlement was agraad to bo made pm* viding that all of tbe oUy*s mgmsea and ooets, paid and to ba paid. WWdfl ba provided for. It waa aim mgabad a farther earn af $!■$ be Mmm* tbla being for aaamsmaaka aad team and which might aflhel the Bad taken, with the sroapttaacf BmBMa. Tba raaolutloaa furtbar bdtdd Interest a boo Id be edlaffied at ibe of the aatilaaamL unreported thai the a«y wM rocs! ve an additional aom of mmotbkd to the adjuMmmf of tatemm. m that tba city baa aadared a taaet at pert* to ba $$26,000 for tba aam af egproximately $141,000, wtth tba am . of tba ctty paid, a yeyeami to . tba etty oat of tba awam af ttJKtsaS more than $1000 of totem*. . Aa baa already bam mid, tide Bam ■ of tba moat Important happaaffimWl history of tbla reeort. BbgiB making, Tba cKy now baa abaatake control of tba Bod, aad* ataga meg ba ! nidpallty hLa bad to^roetmd erBb ta . yaara. ■ Not only baa tbla graaad bam* - prolific aooroa ol oomglalat baaeeeaaf - its f rot-bre«llng iiaafblia aad gmf erel unsavory aapaet, bat Mbmbrtged . lo a way 0m ■ qaartro afw awMroy ae 1 retard tba growth of a lame gamtaw of tba north atrtlsa af tba dg. Now all tnta can ba aMmtaaBd, aa* • tba ground may be amdete Maamm a rose. Tba whaB cfty abaatd be '. bsosflud by tbB new daaL Haroem • fore, wbta afloiea warn made m Bm i prove eoadHBaa on thaaamgBroeads - ^ ways Usare warn I g I |MlB l| >- Nothing coald badada.egtbaamabm • paUty, uu lileg te Use vnTOam «g > aollcttors during tba I illll ImflTO I Tbara waa always lbs maateAmeaMm of the legal own irtblg w MbBBt land. The case baa bam IhmMB out In practically mg NIB tgiffig . d Bute and tbamawda af BeBem-tMII- ^ U been axpaadm to «M dWM#| r- la wyare- Baa. , - ^ ,