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Ocean City Sentinel ' Prlntvd »nd robtlabfd Kvtry ThurnUr ^ OCEAN CITY PRINTING ANC PI BUSHING CO. StnllMl Bulldinj. Ailmry Anon, Omi CUT. X. J- T»U-phon4- 12S-J / V. J. EVAXa Editor . LEWIS I- BARRETT. C.wr.1 Bulloru Manicrr dob Work done by r-.|*ri«if»U hand*. THURSDAY. MAY 4. 1922 , THE ADVANTAGES OF ZONING THE CITY Why should I worry ami muddle my hraiii. _ # Wlthrtut any reason or call. Trying to Aneml what I iliil not create. It's a daTn ,^uk"I world after all. Thus, a respectable citizen. thi.4 week, in our hearinjf voiced his sentiments concerning the project of zoning the city. To say we were somewhat surprised, is an expression far inadequate, to convey an inkling of the perturbation of emotions we experienced. For one reason,- if a zoning ordinance becomes effective, the gentleman will benefit more than half the population of the city. Secondly, we hail not the faintest suspicion, that the glimmer of the immortal fire of poesy, lurked in any part of his anatomy. Be that as.it may, as iron sharpeneth iron, we feel the divine afflitfus stirring within, and fuhi would 'reply in the same tongue: The darn old world which the I .on I did create. Was charmingly, love!* and good. But man with his mischievous muddled brain. Ha- tinkered it more than he should. Ut him trace, hack his stops to primal law-., Confess he's I well dull, ami "remiss, / More beautiful far, his next world will lie. J And a dam sight better than this. __ • Our only apology for introducing an apology for poetry, into a discussion orr zoning, is that zoning is the poetry of city planning. Poetry is the art of zoning words and ideas, and zoning is the art of building .u city into rhyme. * In our last issue we dealt in detail, with some of the stock arguments invariably advanced, against the adoption of a system of zoning into the machinery of a municipality. The term "stock argument," is used advisedly, because they are the most frequently used, baring been popularized in a pamphlet, published by the school of social economists, which originated in chaotic Russia, which school is also responsible for the fact that Russia is in chaos. , To recapitulate briefly, n zoning ordinance cannot be made retroactive, does not foster class distinctions, and does not infringe upon the liberty ' of the individual. • Now, the question, what advantages would accrue if Ocean City adopted some degree of legally enforcable zoning? What would the city gain ? The measure and the number of the benefits received will logically be determined by the measure of zoning adopted, consequently it will be impossible to enumerate all the benefits 'to be gained. Nevertheless, there are benefits which are absolutely certain, and foremost of them would be the staplization and the conservation of property values. Wherever zoning has been put into effect, it has been followed almost Immediately, by a increase of property valuation. Even in such places where ' only a partial system of zoning has been adopted, this has been the case. . The city of Newark offers a typical example, New York in a far greater degree. The city of Cincinnati, where zoning is still in an incipient stage, and in process of development, is reaping big results in increased property 1 -valuations. East Orange, N. J., possesses the most perfect machinery in the United States for scientific city planning, under the governance of a Planning Commission. The reports show that in some sections, properties have increase 1 1000 per cent, in virtue. The statement on the face of it seems impossible: nevertheless is made upon absolutely reliable statistical authority. As a matter of fact, how can proper zoning do anything else than conserve, at least, if not increase property value? As well known, the opponents to any kind of reform have a sneaking ; fondness. ot bolster up their arguments with hypothetical eases. A fre- I quently quote# ease in this -connection, is the following. Suppose there | should be a 130.000 residence located in a section of the city, which under a zoning system has been segregated for development into a business center, would not the of the said residence be very materially reduced in Upon the authority of these who bad in charge the zoning of the city of New Yori* the statement is made that instead of reducing the value of such properties, the opposite has been the case, and the reason is not far to find. • I In the first place, it* is extremely improbable, in fact, practically impossible, that a zoning commission will ever designate a section of the dty for development into a business center, UNLESS ALREADY PARTIALLY DEVELOPED AS SUCH. No body of men with a modicum of sanity, would think of converting a purely residential district into a business. Consequently, in the hypothetical case suggested, if the residence is ■ located in a section PARTIALLY commercialised, it'will not effect the value of the properey in the least 4f the section were made exclusively com- 1 mercial; because if the prospective buyer objected. to a dozen stores in near proximity, he will stern uously object to one or two. Furthermore, it has , been found that a large, well built and ornate residence, in the heart of [ a business center became enormously increased in value, as most desirable for conversion into offices, where ^and for the erection of such is not available. So much for the objection. A dty without any toning restrictions, offers absolutely no protection, or assurance for property values whatever. It matters not whether the house in prospect I* a million dqjlar mansion, or a six-roomed bungalow, the prospective investor has every moral right to expect from the municipality, a guarantee that he will not be deprived by freak buildings of his legitimate share of light and air, and that the beauty of his environs shall not be disfigured by a bunch of unsightly garages. A garage is a necessity — but in its proper place. The argument that a person has a perfect right to do what he will on his property, build a garage or a tenement house next to a nicely designed residence, m the quintessence of hoggish stupidity and selfishness incarnate. An amusing inddent is related by Collin West which transpired in a dty in the state of Arizona. A gentleman had built for himself a lovely house, in colonial yrtylc, in. thf residential part of the j city. Immediately opposite was a vacant lot which he was cantemplating buying. He dallied, and the ground was secured by a man who began immediately the building of an ice cream factory. The city had no legal machinery to prevent him, and under no inducement would he relinquish the undertaking. Adjoining- the man's home in another part of the dty was a vacant space, and upon this the first gentleman, who was interested in the trade, built a tannery. After the first carload of hides was unfoaded at his' door practically, the stuborn person capitulated, made overtures, and finally induced his rival to exchange the ice cream factory for the temporary tannery, and $30,000 to boot. , Property values can be protected and conserved by private covenant- and deed, but the protection is a negligable quanity. Again zoning is the only effective means of preventing and eliminating congested areas, the hovel and the crowded tenement. It may be argued, that the probability of Ocean City being afflicted with overcrowding in certain areas, is very remote. At the present, perhaps there are very few indications; but Ocean City is in Its infancy, and now is the opportune time to regulate its growth. The statesmanlike policy is to keep an eye on the future, plan and legislate for what Ocean City may. and seems destined to become, and not for what the city is now. Otherwise, Ocean City may live to regret the experience of Chicago, and be compelled to spend millions of ilollars, in tearing down the blunders and mistakes of t^e past. Again, the tendency of people of a certain class, to huddle .themselves tiyether into small areas, is one of "the most difficult problems facing every municipal administration.' It is the most common of all sins against the law.of sanitation and health. Strange as it may secmrprompted often by thf dictates of a false economy, people will crowM themselves into hovels ani into tenements, trifling with health, and creating unconsciously perhaps, thi most prolific breeding centers for disease and death. . Much can he done to remedy such possibilities by a rigid enforcemen of the tenement laws. This, however, is after all only a punitive and remedia measure, whereas, zoning is distinctly preventative. An ounce of preventioi is worth a ton of cure. Already there are aections of Ocean City with ' too many building

ci ..w.led hito small areas. One property is allowed to encroaah i^wn the tenitni-inCSittegiity of another, side alleys and court, yards are being - reduced to a mitlus quanity. Under a properly formulated ordinance, thy civic. authorities may determine and dictate, how many families shall reside under one roof, what \ protection against fire shall be demanded, how many cubic feet of space shall / there be to e:i«h sleeping room, what manner of tonet— facilities shall .be pioriiled, and a host of other things absolutely inilispensible to the health of thg. individual and «f the community. ^ f A zoning ordinance is in fact the only practical protection, against the 1 i speculative jerry builder, anil the conscienceless proprietor, who would house j ^ w men in kennels and hog pens for rent. ( Still further, by means of a proper zoning machine, tradqs uirt in- i dustries may be. segregated to one particular section, preventing \h^"**pio fi om inflicting injury cither upon the residential or commercial sections. JOcean fifty js. of course, strictly a' vacation resort. It may remain for- g ever so, buffhot if it, develops to the extent we hope and desire. If our | expectations are realized, it will be not only expedient, hut an economic news- i sit>- to permit some kinds of manufacture. " As at the present constituted, there, is absolutely nothing to prevent " a firm from electing a factory in the heart of a residential, or commercial j, district. Through the discovcriei of science, and the cunning of inventive t genius, quiio^h number' of the obnoxious features associated with manu- " facturing have I .ecu reduced to a minimum. Very effective smoke and dust ' " t destroyers and eliminators arc on the market. Nevertheless, all such entere prises should lie relegated to a particular seetion,*thus .removing from the c places where men, women and especially children congregate, the dangers of f n the large traffic involved in a manufactory. I The feature which detracts more than any other from the beauty 0 and attractiveness of a city, is the lack of uniformity and symmetry in the jo arrangement of its streets and buildings. Referring to the streets of a cer- d f tsiri city, Collin West says: "The streets throughout the municipality give v one the ipipression. that they were designed not floin an engineer's blue j print, but rather front a pattern of crochet work, and constructed not with (, the aid of a theodolite, but with a chochet hook. For scalloped edges they cannot be surpassed." ^ There are streets in Ocean City jpjth well defined scalloped fronts. Ap" • ® patently »<> regard ha* been given to nnuhiform sel-baclf from the street, ,| nor to the equalization of the size of the side alleys and court yards. f The incongruity, as the municipality grows, becomes positively repellent * to the eye. Here and there a building stands six to ten feet behind the . sw^et line, or here and there is a building jutting out three or four feet „ 'r boy®* the street line. . ( . All these details- which mean so much to the general appearance of a a community, could for the future be adjusted, securing an uniformity, without ' , inflictiiig injury or injustice upon any individual. f However, it is when we indulge fancy, and take a speculative glimpse h into the future of the city, that the value and the possible benefits of, zoning c . appear most alluring. ' t Laige areas of the city are as yet virgin soil. How shall they be de- ) vo loped, fortuitously and 'in haphazard fashion, or by design? Happily, the j idea of zoning, thanks to our leaders, has taken root in the public mind at i the psychological moment, when upon theeVe of development far greater than ' anything experience in the .past. It lies within our power, now to make these t large tracts of land blossom like the rose. s I A zoning commission would make a survey of these areas. It can be , determined in odvanciNvhere the schools shall be erected, w hat water and j I' j sewer facilities will be necessary. The location of the churches and other ° ) public buildings may be designated, playgrounds for the children and recrea- j. . tional centers maped out, ; t x ' Certain sections may be marked off for one f amity dwellings, and an- <1 other for multi-family apartments. Shops and stores may be centralized in r t one convenient locality, instead of being scattered abroad indiscriminately; ! (| , and a portion of territory • might be set apart for possible industrial de- j v velopment . The most suitable site for a park or a public utility could be ■ r r selected. / £ With such a plan and scheme outlined before them, the Board of Com- j ^ missioncrs would lie prepared for practically any emergency, and able toj0 carry on the administration of - public affairs, in the most economical man-j I ner possible. . Year by year, they -would be able to foreast very approximately, what i . ■ financial apportionments would be n>cessary to cope with the problems arising 1 , from the city's growth. f , It is to he hoped the citizen of Ocean City will consider theproposal t in a broad public- spirited manner, setting aside all petty self -centered J motives, seeking to instruct and inform one another without Acrimony ami f condescending to personal insult. > » ,

WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN : TEMPERANCE UNION * i ; ANNUAL MEETING - LOCAL MINISTERS GIVE FINE .! SPEECHES— QUARTET OF FAM-OUS-LOCAL SINGERS ALSO > . ENTERTAIN . f I The annual meeting of the local f branch of the Women's Christian Tem- 1 ( perance Union, held at the home of: 5 William Wilson, Central avenue,! p Friday night, was in every respect an ( . unqualified success. Mrs. Delia Smith presided, and in-, fused a degree of enthusiasm into the [ 5 assembly, which complete' captivated:' f all present. [ t An extremely interesting program , ' t was presented, consisting of fine sing- ' ing and stirring speeches. I "The Bluebiard song," sung by the children was a delightful number,,: -. their sweet voices thrilling the lighter - 1 cadences of the music, in typically I I bird-like style. I !$rs. Rosalie Howe gave a most of- i 1 fective reading of one of Edgar | e Guest's famous poems. Miss Mar- 1 >• garet Supple gave a pianoforte selection with her usual skill of execution, i while Mrs. Horace Smith contributed j I n a reading ably rendered. I ' d Dr. John Handley, pastor of the i .. First Methodist Church in this city, I delivered a remarkable address on I prohibition enforcement, with his I 5" usual felicity of speech ready wit, pnd I , y suggestiveness. A I, He referred in glowing terms Ao _ the part women hail played, in file ' final conquest of the saloon, and the' '■ passing of the eighteenth amendment! Io the constitution. The conflict, how- j it ever- was not ended, the batUejiot_yet_

completely won, he -stated. It was of . little value, the writing of the amendment into the constitution of the United States, unless it was properly , enforced, and the legal machinery nee- , essary for the enforcement applied. J. Most strongly the speaker em- £ i phasized the necessity there is, that c ! women should exercise the franchise £ • now in their hands, to carry into effect , | the law which has taken years of t j strenuous labor, and much sacrifice, to ' secure. • t • Doubtless the star feature of the t evening's program, were the selections i ■ given by the male quartet consisting | | of E. M. Sutton, 'Russell H. Nulty, Ed- ( ward Hogan and W. H. Collisson, Jr. A finer combination , of voice." could , not be desired, and the rendition of | j the quartet was artistically good. The | audienc^nsisted apon an encore to , I which singers graciously re- i ! sponded. i j Rev. Chas. F. N. Voegeiin, pastor i of the First Presbyterian Church, ! [elected to address the meeting upon . Christianity. j I 1 His exposition of the fundamental : • , ; constituents of Christianity was ex- ; 1 His application of those '• to the problems of the | present day, and to the immediate | work of the Women's Christian Tem- • Union, was eminently prac- 1 - tical. Christianity, he emphasized, was ' , not merely a matter of belief, it was I method and rule of living. It in- ! volved service to our fellowmen, anil i : sacrifice for the sake of our, fellow- I , ' The speaker also paid tribute : i to the W. C. T. U„ for the stand they ' ! always taken in defence of : I i sobriety .jiurity and law.* , After the program, refreshments > | were served, making a fitting finale: ) to a memerable meeting. The annual f' gathering should prove an incentive t, to greater activity during the year!. - [ now beginning. t ict,yluausyfecto^cati-ln

FROM THE EDITOR'S ■ CHAIR i y P Within the last few days we have P i received an interesting communication " one ot the leading business men <" the city of Phiadelphia. The foli lowing is a correct transcript : " i To the Editor of Ocean City Sentinel. Ocean City, N. J. f' Sir: ' The boom in Ocean City i:-. of !: course, very gratifying, to those who, 1,1 like myself, have been .spcndingrflieir " summers there for a number of yeai is very-pleasant to'read of the large number of tyuses and of the ncwri»usiness enterprises that are tfnrler-Avtay, a and also to hare vislons.'of an all year t , resort, hut why not look matters right s : their face- and recognize the fact a that )Ocean CTTJ- can never l>e a real s-honest-to- goodness resort until it has s street car service throughout the p year. ' «' It is nothing less than • absurd to n contemplate a city that stretches out tl a distance of about seventy blocks with virtually no regular street car cservice during about half the year. In s other words, it is discouraging to house li owners to find that they cannot go a j there at this time of the year il ■ without being subjedt to nil kinds of a ! inconveniences, unless they happen to I live within walking distance of the s business section of the city. w We all realize that the tendency is ii for house holders to go down earlier il year when their family arrange- !> ments wilj permit it, but people who tnot own automobiles are virtually p to remain in Philadelphia until e< street car schedule is maintained. s Some of my family have !>een spend- s ing the month of April down there, and living, us.. we do, 'near SOth and a avenue, we fortunately are C able to use, for market purposes, the b local train leaving 51st J street at 1 1.51 A. M . and returning g from Ocean City at 1.30 P, M. This, a - means an expenditure of 3t f< cents earfqre, and it takes virtually il hours right .in the middle of the a ' day. J , s The city is building up fast betweeh' p !7tl» and 30th streets, but anyone liv- t: say between '20th anil SOth streets p has neither street car nor railroad r facilities at this time of the year— s their nearest stations being at 14th street or 34th street. t All .during the winter months at d one car should be kept running? a land the schedule so arranged that poo- r I pie gtoing into Ocean City on it could i have on some of the trips about v three-quarters of an hour in which to I, ! their marketing, but if the car on p i reaching the upptW end of the island, v {comes back /Immediately, it has fre- j ! quently happened that one has had to t wait for the same car on its next trip h [ nearly two hohrs later. This, of [course, is a rediculous state of affairs „ ! for a town that pretends to lie enter- v j prising, and that is growing in spite a of some of its drawbacks. c I Suppose a car was run at a loss for s BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION i , Two little ladies conspired together t entertain a number of their young t friends and playfellows, in commera- a tion of their birthday. The idea is a I worthy of emulation, for by so pooling . j their resources, and combining their c ] forces, they were able to transform an j ordinary affair into a gorgeous event, f Miss Ruth A. Foster hart attained ■ the sixth year of age, and Miss Mary , Cromer had reached the seventh r Games, under the supervision of , i Mrs. Hungerbuhler, a member of the f public school faculty with the | assistance of Mrs. Walter Sherman ( and Mrs. Cromer, kept the young | company in ecstacics fif amusement , and delight. Music also formed no , small part of the afternoon's festivi- , 1 i . As the hour of dismissal drew near, . : the young folk were ceremoniously | : . ushered into the dining room, where , : 1 Mrs. Foster had prepared a dainty , li including everything which , -could appeal to the tastes of a child. , The room' had been beautifully dec- , I j orated for the occasion, and the little j '[hostesses performed .their dutie- with : great success. > It should be explained, by the way, = • that Miss Chomer is in the city visit- ' at the Foster home. . j ■ r! Among the guests present were: ,ithe Misses Gertrude Stainton, Lois i [Johnson, Pearl Souder, Betty Jane Mildred Smith, Margaret- | Jones, Ruth eLar, Francis Maloney, - Peggy Maloney: and Masters Richard . Johnson, Edwin Johnson, David McL'Callion, Luther McCalliofi, Bobby Wali lace and Jackie sAinsley. [ The party was held Thursday after- . noon, from the hours of four until I six, at Miss Foster's home, fill Eighth , street. Mrs. Chas. F. N. Voegeiin, wife of I the esteemed pastor of the First P res- 4 - Church, of this city, proposes e next Tuesday to leave for Newark. ,• she will visit her parents, Mr. f and Mrs. Henry Herge. Evidently the medical profession s ' look with favor upon Ocean City. : ej Every week brings some new memI I ber of the fraternity into the city. t Among the recent visitors were. Dr. rj James Mallon, of St. Joseph's Hospital, Philadelphia, and Dr. Sylvester J. 1 Deeham ,of Philadelphia.

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a couple of years, it would not be very - a: serious and probably bo less than , e: 'wluit might be figured as winter loss on other utilities. It would seem to a me that a few thousaml dollars spent Ci in this direction would do more .good tl probably than the same amount spent e in newspaper- ndvertlflng, because n „ people can be imfiiCed to go down tl there earlier in the year and stay lat- . 1, er, that in itself would mean an actual ! tl growth qnd ab approach to wljat wejc: are all "looking for — an all-year resort. , u You xdll pardon the length of this c, communication, but I-TMnk it is time ; somebody took u stand lor street car c facilities*, and 1 hope that the Sentinel d will doe what it can towards bringing c Yours very truly. jli A Summer Resident. (> above letter, is interested in Ocean si on." It is a frank anil manly protest ii against the prevailing conditions de- j « scritied with no ulterior mottive or e subterfuge. And be it further ex' I plained, no request w as made to re- j a frain from publishing the writer's |t therefore, la it to say. the it communication comes from no irre- 1 ■! sponsible person, but the head of n firm of wholesale merchants t and brokers, whose business extends a ramifications all over this country, v and into countries abroad. , j C Now, based upon the candid confes- ; t sion, fliat the car service advocated, r would lie of incalculable benefit to his immediate family, living in the vicin- \ a of Fiftieth street, the writer will t accused perhaps of having an "axe i to grind,'' and hts concern about the . progress of the city theref oro^verj *"c considerably discounted. It may l>o[c said his motives are purely self- : atter of fact, haxV'we not all ( r axes to grind? Are we not Imostifig^ City with everi breath in our. ( because we have axes to grind ? ' t Arc -we not by profession all axe t grinders.? It is questionable whether s reform has been brought into ef- j feet, excypt through the instrumental- , ity of axe grinders. Moreover, it is ( aii absolute certainty, if Uie reform suggested. by our correspondent is op- , poseil, it will be done by axe grinders, t that is to say, by those who stand to | profit directly or indirectly, through : resisting the extension of the car j That an extended car swyiee. | through Uie year, running at certain ; peritais through the day, is 1 imperative and urgent necessity , none can deny. g It is as useless and foolish to ad- , vertise and inritc pcojile to visit and . in 'the city, without first preparing for them a measure of the con- | veniences, and public utilities, they en- 1 joy in other centers, as it would be ; invite them to dine with us without provided a dinner. . BKiutiful natural surroundings, a • moral atmosphere sans reproach, are very desirable; a wide stretch of beach and the bay flanking both sides of the But man cannot live 011 beautiful alone. Occasionally a potato more acceptable, and the facilities secure the potato equally as vital to comfort. The bay and the .ocean are wonderful, but man is not an - amphibian. TlMrefore, before we can with any ' • degree of justice and honor, invite 1 people into the city, we must provide their comfort. Again, it is, of course, a principle of sound economics on our pait, to 1 endeavor to lengthen the season, by j . inducing people to "come early and 1 stay late." A short season inflicts a ; ' great vhardship upon our merchants, ' for they are compelled to carry a j 1 twelve months' stock and equipment, ' for— a* three months'- season sale. It' • will be practically impossible for our ' merchants to develope their busi- ' to the extent that they may lie able to compete with the merchants of • Atlantic City and Philadelphia, unless ' they are assured of a longer selling ' season. This can only be done by in- ' during people to spend more time in 1 the city of each year, and they «-ill • not be pursuaded unless the facilities ' are. provided for their comfort dur- ! their stay. 1 : It follows logically, therefore, that f

I extended car service is absolutely : essential to commercial expansion. It lias been proved over and over again in the history of every large v« cation resort, shore or inland, thai came a time in the process of expansion, when .the. particular town city could no longer depcnlt upo„ tourist and the visitor. As the number of visitors increase, so must number of all-year residents io. ! crease In ratio, to accommodate the'm and prepare and provide for their * ' Unless the dty, therefore, rim increase the number of its all-year re. cause unahlt^ to properly rare for ths i visitor: and the vjsitor who fails to j find accommodation one year, w ill not only remain away in the future, |,ul ! will prevent others from comine For this reason a lake resort in the [state of Ohio, some few vpM had to offer special inducement. I workmen, fn the form of reduced an-r | even free rents. 1 anxious to very materially increase ! the population of the artisan class. Whether we are or not. the fart ii the number must increase in prop,,, [tion to the city's development, or the ■levclopoment will- not materialize. I Hence, another reason for an cxj tended car service to accommodate the tall-year residents of this class. W : . 1 it necessary this year f„r tfce j of Commerce to petition cer[tain hotel proprietors, with induce ' ments/to keep open through the yeai * With our equable and mild climate. : and the improved railroad service heI tween Ocean City and Philadelphia, there is no reasop why commuting Ishoulil jiot begin early in the year an 1 ; continue until October, if the public I With the -final statement in the [quoted letter, we are in perfect agreement. It would do infinitely more to ; enhance the attractiveness of Ocean [City, and to further its progress and expansion, if the money it is pmpuso.i spend in newspaper advertisinr were devoted to secure for the peopl,incronsed public utility service. An , vertising is excellent, but firstly. Inn the conveniences. Dame Rumour, whrthi Oeorge Mendith, the noted novelist, deifares to lie . the mother of Panic, has beet* excep1 tionally loquacious during tli* week 1 and numerous ffkoducts of her inuugenius are in circulation. One choice fragment is to the ef feet that the alley from Eighth to 1 streets, between Asbury ami ; avenues is to lie converted into ' street, and that a plaza will lie aihled to the scheme of improvement - covering the section betwcei) the alley The latter proposal it is said will the joint venture of the Board 01 Commissioners and the Pennsylvania ' Hftlroad Company. ! With the same breath the old Dajne" avers the Ocean City Library building t will be removed to another locality. ' Don't Forget to Order Your 1 Shad for Good Friday t 25c a lb. I At HICKMAN'S MARKET. 1 : 1155 Asbury Avenue • FIRE J ESCAPES j l ^or aJJ types of buildings I ' Repaired and Painted 1 .We Guarantee Approval of I-ocal j and State Authorities on all oui j e Work. s BUILDERS' IRON WORK - BROWN WORTH & CCf. 1611 Samson Street s PHILADELPHIA, PA. "lo-t IT» Estimate" : i .

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A Satisfied Owner O.wns a 2 Family Apartment TWO FAMILY APARTMENTS are the best kind of investment properties in Ocean City. Right now there are some excellent propositions that arc offered for sale, uncomparable to anything ^ similar here in price, terms and location. All of them are new and offered for sale at prices showing very satisfactory returns on the money invested. TWO FAMILY APARTMENTS, Third and Ocean Avenue, five rooms and bath each floor, size 22 x 34 feet, ten foot wide porch, ■brick foundations, papered throughout and finished inside in white and mahogany; will rent for $900. Price $6,000. TWO FAMILY APARTMENTS, Frist and Atlantic Avenue, six rooms and bath each floor^ize 24 x 44 feet, lot 46 x 76- feet, wide porches, brick foundations, room for double garage; rents i for $1,100. Price $7,600. TWO FAMILY APARTMENT, Atlantic Avenue, between Moor- f lyn Terrace and Ninth Street, brick construction throughout, seven rooms and tile bath each floor, built in tubs, inside entrances to both apartments, large lot. The upkeep on this apartment will be almost nothing for several years. ^rorisioP M made to Install heating plant Price $13,500. jr' j For further information apply ' 1 Any Realtor io* City I ' -L