M>mu* ' TWO OCEAN CITY SENTINEL, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 21. 1922 . . , ___

Come On, Old Santa, We're Waiting

Contracts For Development Of The McLaughl an-Conover Tract Have Been Awarded WORK OK KILLING IN LAND LET TO THE HILL DREDGING COMPANY. II. Y. CLOUTING WILL UNDERTAKE BUILDING AND LAT1NG OF STREETS

When title to a tract of land ; comprising nearly eight hundred | Jot* of generous size is passed, it ; can be looked upon as of some importance. A tract of this size is not sold very often, for there are few who will undertake an operation of this size, which involves such a large outlay of money anil risk in disposing of the lots. The McLaughlan-Conover Com- ■ pany of Atlantic City, has just completed their deal, for the uur- i chase of the tract of land known as the Ocean City Gardens, being the entire section of land along ! the ocear. front, in the Inlet district of Ocean City. Title to the ' tract was passed to this company J at the Ocean City TitJe & Trust Co. ofTice. One feature of the passing of [ title was the large amount of 1 cash paid in settlement. It is the 1 custom in transactions of this r character involving nearly $200,- * 000.00, to accept a comparatively 1 small payment in cash, the pur- f chasers buying as it is commonly 1 termed, "on a shoe string." But " it wns not so in this instance, as c the greater amount of the pur- " ine greater amount or tne

chase price is paid in cash. This tract is one of the largest ever sold to one buyer in Ocean Ctiy. The purchase was made in 1 September and it was immediately ' plotted into building lots and placet! on the market for sale. The ' entire tract was not mapped out ' at that time, however, only the i section lying on the insi.le of the I Atlantic Boulevard. This division ! comprises 449 lots. . The tract of land is not up to ' gratie, nor are the streets built. 1 The promoters did not wait until these improvements were made i before placing the lot.! on sale, < but started a selling campaign at t once, agreeing to fill the land to t grade, build sidewalks and curbs t and gravel streets before requir- i

d;ing the buyers to make final setd tlement 1 This plan of selling lots in * Ocean City was new, and many - s had misgivings of its sucess, but e the results of the campaign was: up to the expectations of the pro- * moters, and all but 43 of the lots; '' were sold within five weeks of the starting of the sale. This is look- - ed upon as the most remarkable , t achievement in real estate sales - ever accomplished in Ocean City. , When questioned about the re- ■ J suits thus obtained, Mr. McLaugh- I '• lan stated that he had followed ' , out the same plans in other big. i ; realty operations undertaken by . him in Atlantic City and Ventnor. . He always put the land on thet ■ market in its raw state before the! ■ improvements were made, and dc-j , livered title after such improve-l j menu were completed. In this, way he sold the loU at the very ' price possible, and this ' the purchaser the opportunity of making a greater profit when the movement for resales get underway after the improve- ' j ments weer made.

It is true, of course, that had ! ■ he waited to place the lots on j i sale, after the improvements were • i completed, he would have receiv- . ed a higher price for the loU;j yet he believed that if he gave the first buyer the chance to make that profit, he would gain in the end by having made money for purchasers. This worked out successfully in his other realty B deals, and many made large sums j through their investments withl The ocean side of the tract will | opened up in the Spring. There | will be several hundred loU in | tha section. These loU will lie ' slightly larger and more valuable!'' than the inside section. There; will be about 260 lots in that div;ft. _ ,,,

• Fhmstmiw For the Grown Upa and Kiddies Hand Made Clear Toyz Candy Canei and Daiketi Ic to $2.50 OUR OWN MAKE CHOCOLATES AND MIXTURES CHOCOLATES ' MIXTURES lb. 5 1U.lo.i2.25 40c lb. 5 IU lor $1.75 70c lb. 5 IU (« $3,25 60c lb. 5 1U lor $2.50 ?]?*•!" f3"50 Ms'b 5 IU lo. $3.40 $1.00 lb. 5 IU. f« $4.50 All are Packed in Holly'Boze* We alio have a Fine Line of Sewing and Fancy Baskets, and Fancy Holly Boxes which make ideal Gifts when filled MINTZER'S 837 Asbury Avenue The Store That Has Santa Clam's Candy

• ision. The sales to date amount to nearly $350,000.00 and the new! section will run up into hundreds J of thousands more, which, includ- " ing the ocean front will represent' Ja total of over $750,000.00. I j A contract for the filling of the 1 land to grade, has been awarded : to the Hill Dredging Company,' which concern will start work on, * the filling within three weeks, ami expect to have the entire tract filled to grade by. July. Some idea of the magnitude of the operation can lie gained from " the fact that the first division will require over GOO, 000 cu. yds. of n sand and the outer section about I 300.000 cu. yds., making a total ' fill of nearly a million cubic yds.' s of sand. The building of the streets with s gravel, covering the lots with - gravel to keep the sand from , blowing away, and the building of , f cement curbs and sidewalks, has ' been awarded to II. Y. Clouting, , - of Ocean City and Beasle.v's Point, . an export in that line. City En- . ginccr William H. Coliisson, Jr., I will have charge of the engineering work. • The entire tract will require

: many thousands of tons of gravel. . | and hundreds of barrel* of cement. r | There will lie about 25,000 feet, of L j streets to !>e built. 10,000 feet of J 'cement curb. 175,000 square feet of cement sidewalks, anil about I [350,000 square yards of gravel I 'covering for the lots. I 1 The cost of makiilg the Improve- ; ments will run into about $2iM),,000.00. This is the largest conjunct for improvements of this character ever given out in Ocean City. I William Mcl.aughlan, the presi- | ■ lent of the McI-aughlnn-Conover ( II Company, the owners -of the tract, i H has been operating in real estate f developments for u number of . 0 year sbut has lieen out of active 1 business for the past eight years. J His first operation in Atlantic City f l| was the opening up of Grammorey . H Place. Inter he opened up the { I tract of land between Richmond ( | and Columbia avenues, lower C'helI sea, when there was nothing hut ( H sand dunes in that location. | This wns followed by the devei- | oping of Ventnor against the ad- f | vice of all his friends, who looked ( I on that section, then a barren | waste, as a poor field for real l I estate promotion. But Mr. McLaughian's judgment was right l( and many fortunes were made ! during that boom. | l Harvey Conover, a former At- ( I | lan tie City boy, who left here ltj sometime ago to make his fortune in New York, where he lie- ( ; caftic a broker on the New York ( Curb, one of the important ex- ( j changes in that city, is vice-presi- ^ lient of the McI-aughlan-Conovcr , I I Company. This company is a close j corporation, there being only three , members in it, owning all the '. property. ' -7 Ralph R. Buvinger, the third p " member of the Company is sec- " retary and treasurer. He is like- 1 '■ wise a former Atlantic City boy '' ' who has been publisher of a news- '' paper for years in the South. He '■ is also vice-president of the Atlantic City Gazette-Review. 11 An oild incident in connection 11 with the McLaughlan-Conover . 1 Company is that both Mr. Con-j over and Mr. Buvinger were em- ° ployed by Mr. McLauglan years • ago when he was the owner of the • Atlantic City Sunday Gazette. o « Cruel Crack Inventor: I've had this idea in my head for two years. 1 Investor: Aged in wood, eh?

YOU'LL BE THANKFUL , f- I every fme you write a check on the First National Bank ' : §| We invite your Checking Account, whether of large or ; p moderate size. g First National Bank

Phone. 1 86-J Furniture Stored /Reur-holstering ESTIMATE Window Shades FOR YOU / Awnings and 'House Furnishings i '»ur prices are l-cwest possible consistent with Uood Work Best Materiel Lawrence n. Lear Asbury Avenue Ocean City, N. J. La

i THANKFUL THAT HE PAID BY CHECK A man paid a bill by check, but through tome over-sight he was asked to pay the second time. But his check was valid evidence of payment and- protected him. Pay by check on the Ocean Oy Title & Trust Company — it is safe, convenient and economical. / 3% Interest Paid on Time Deposits V OCEAN CITY TITLE & TRUST CO. 1 Ocean City, N. J.

' chicken pot-pie : supper a triumph t feast for an epicure prepared by central oi k. \n city ladies Tltere are- various w:t>* of put s ting a city. or. a section of a city. 1 on the map. hut none urc niyre pleasing than the method adopted - by i lie ladies of Central Ocean i r City, associated with Union 1 . Chapel. ' They have won a fame more 1 than city- wide for their chicken 1 : suppers. The proceeds of the sup- ' "the auditorium for winter services, and the building of a '• ^ clilmney as part of the requirel'p to date, $M>,006 have been ' realized front the rliicken pot-pie supper given lust Wednesday evening. It may lie safely added that if ' ^ the skill of the ladies of that secI tion, in the culinary arts, ami in ( the science of tickling the palate, [ was as well known as it is now, j they would ho able to build a chimney half way to the moon. 11 Nothing but eulogy is to lie * from all who attended, and ' ' partook of the repast provided. 1 The Committee in charge of af- : consisting of Mrs. f. Leroy ' ' Howe, as chairlady, Mrs. Harry c j Hayes as Major-domo of the kitchen staff, Mrs. Lewis lxwlcr, < Mrs. 'John Berger, Mrs. George f Brown. Mrs. Charles Moore, and * Mrs. Harry Clopp, worked indiy. t 1 fatigahly and achieved a triumph. More than 150 people were scrv- 1 • ed, and all vied with each other in f praising both the quality ami 1 quantity of the viands. As stated, fully SSfi.OO have :

been realized, with many tickets i not yet reported. A I levy of charming waitresses, j namely Mis.- Grace Snyder, Miss - | Bertha Campbell, Miss Katherine I f I. pp. Miss Dorothy Powell, Miss I Rosalie R>:-.n. Miss Jean Mover, " Miss Miriam ami Miss Thclma. I Itrown. n lesi'lents of -Ocean City i attended tables in a manner which < privileged "ra be present? . The I'idie -■ . r the chur.il, desire _• , tincl. to thank Mrs. Elizabeth 1 , (inmly. :md the Ladies' Auxiliary ' , f t I,o Milled - 1 Episcopal. Church , for their kind assistance, and also 1 , thank all others" who contributed towards the success of the Friday night, Dec. 22. the ( , church will hold its Christmas En- j l Ciam of music and recitations, is " in process of preparation, anil j , Santa Cliius will .appear liefore the assemblage in person. ( Old Santa wiU travel by wire- ' expressly for the occasion. CAPE MAY COUNTY FRUIT CROPS The Bethel and Richardson apple orchard on the Goshen road , nearly half pruned before the first flake of snow fell last week. If work keeps up in this orchard at the present rate, the entire or-' . liuird will lie pruned liefore the , end of December. The season, for pruning is now , on. Why not do some of it in- . stead of waiting until Spring. - when all kinds of farm duties are y urgent? Chas. Vanaman of Dias Creek a pruning demonstration lust peach orchard. ) Dr. W. 1.. Yerkes. Tuckahoe.

it /gZ&KS ' H. B. COOPER, JR. | ♦e™™1* Builder I '^LoTTWIES* 20th and Central Avenue. Ocean Cily, N. J. y Phone 97 M J. H. CHADWICK & C O PLUMBING AND HEATING 1117 Asbury Avenue and 1057 West Avenue ESTIMATES FURNISHED JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENTED TO I Phone 419-J sodas High Grade Ice Cream • sundaes | IC. K. FURMAN 724-26 Asbury Avenue Phone 6St Orders Delivered Phone 229-J Estimates Furnished T WM. T. TAYLOR I PAPER HANGER 912 Central avenue Ocean City, N. J. 1

Cape May County Title and Trust Co. ' Succeeding the Bed Baltic sad Scare ft Co. | : Cape May Court House, N. J. Acts as Executor and in a Fiduciary Capacity TITLE INSURANCE MONEY TO LOAN ON MORTGAGES MUNICIPAL BONDS FOR SALE j_ Searches Briefs of Title Conveyancing

#• FITHIAN • a ERECT A FITTING MEMORIAL Our equipment, professional experience and immense stock of quality memorials are at your disposal. , An inspection bf our plant, where none but r skilled artisans are employed, is cordially invited. Here one can view memorials of every des- " cription in the various stages of construction. id 0. J. HAMMELL CO. " P LEAS ANT VILLE, N. J. CAMUEN, N. J. MUiOBIAL CRAFTHMRV Villi M.IKK TlilAN «, YEARK ;<)

4' in his apple and peach orchards on December 9. All these demonstrations were s well attended by interested fruit « growers who took active part in ! the pruning work. A. F. Mason, Fruit Specialist i from the State Experiment Stalien, was present to show the latI'niit buds in these orchanU are well set "anil developed. The indications are that Cape May County will have a good fruit , imp next year, even if the last ! PRESERVATION OF AN ANCIENT OAK . It transpires that the Cape MayCounty Board of Freeholders has decreed it shall be done and has issued orders for the preservation ..f what is by some considered the oldest tree in the State of NewJersey. The oak tree may lie seen at Creek, and is reputed to lie 200 years old. • Whether or not this tree is acNow is the Time to Plant Privet Hedge Thomas J. Thorn FLORIST II2H Bay Avenue Ocean City New Jersey VERNON HALL ^>735 Wesley Avenue NOW OPEN M. E. Bc. l HEADLEY & ADAMS Dealers in R cadingCoal I AUo kindling Wm4 kr ketrel w crd. U»l real an Ike market. MM Ik, la <kr lan cnaranlrrd- Brtl or EnUrprt^ OOrr and Yard, TENTB AND WEST J. Prescott Cadman, Jr. . Estate of Mark Lake funeral Director 80V Central Avenue Ocean City New Jersey ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW Harcourt & Steclman LAW OFFICES T57 ASUL-RY AVK.. OCEAN CITY. N. J. LAW BU1IJHNG. ATLANTIC CITY. N. i. ' M A. M. I P. M. T

a tuully the oldest in the statewhether it is a case of the w-Uh e being father of the thought, ou,. it not lie determined, n The Freeholders have ilecidcd it shall he preserved. In these n it tremely utilitarian day* W|,^ i- every sentiment capitalize, | lnd - commercialized to the Nth degree it is refreshing to find an admin! " istraUye body, showing sn-ffiua i- respect for an old landmark. It Is said that a former minister it from China to America stated that t no trees so large grow in hig n, five land. I : GEORGE BENSON : UPHOLSTERING i- Formerly with Lawrence M. Lear Phone 325 605 EIGHTH STREET OCEAN CITY N. J. Drug less Healing: Nature's Method D. M. Richards, 1). t' CHIROPRACTOR | Has opened offices in the Hotel i I-urriont, Tuesilays, Thursnlay, and Saturdays. Afternoon-3 to 5; Evening- r, to g BRECKLEY'S HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTERS Clinton L. Breckiey, Prop. Ready Mixed Paints, Lead and OD 920 and 922 Asbury Avenue Phone, 356- W 1! _ ARCHITECTS ! Angus S. Wade ARcniTEcr 26 So. 15th. St. Philn., Pa. N. K. Cor. 8th & Atlantic Ave. J gckan city. n. VIVIAN B. SMITH ARCHITECT I. ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. r. ! ENGINEERS

ANDREW C. BOSWELL Wm. H. Collisson, Jr. Law Offices a— m. a-. b«. c r. MASTEH m CEANCERT | ( OCEAN CITY. N. J. Cllr Engineer. Orr.n Oty. N. J.

HOTELS AND COTTAGES

IMPERIAL HOTEL 1015 Central Ave. A. M. MecCreeor. Prep. °i« Al Yr., lUm, Hoc jHeMeCo^igg "Tl» Hoagy HdeT

Bracebridce Hall 624 Wesley Avenue OPEN ALL W.NTER ,.. ANNA-E. BRACE

ROXBOROUGH HOUSE 710 9th Street OCEAN CITY NEW JERSEY Open AH the Year. Rooms by D«y or Week. Reduced r»k:u for winter. MRS. S. HENDREN KEITH HALL 913-915 Wesley Avenue Will Open April 15th. 191$ Special Rates Add rem JOS. C. RAMSEY as share ADVERTISE IN THE SENTINEL

HALCYON HALL 1116 Wesley Ave. Ocean City New Jersey New furnished rooms; running ) ""*^y each room; Th/ee gfinutes from the Beach Mr*. Francis D. Maxwell THE MELROSE NOW OPEN For the Sesnon 1922 JOHN L. VAN TINE, Prop. 14th Street and Anbury Avenue OCEAN CITY. N. J. HOTEL STRATFORD Seventh and Ocean Avenue OPEN ALL YEAR Light Howelreping Roonu. Abo Boarding Hoi Water Henl Special Low Rote* I MRS. MILTON RUBINCAM ;

MEDICAL

WILLITS P. HAINES, M. D. | Physician and Surgeon OBlee Hour.: 9 A. M. to 1 p. M. i of Eye, Ear. Nose and Throat 110 Glooeeo Pitied i Cor. Wesley Ave. and 9th St Bmn-t to It A. IL: T 0. ( P. M. || ALLEN CORSON, M. D. 824 Wesley Avenae OCEAN CITY NEW JERSEY ' ..MM. ,»» HERSCHEL PETTO", M. D. 1 807 Wesley Avenae i OCEAN CITY, N. J. ! OMc. He.,., I to II A. M.) T to ( P. IL WM- sn4 8m, • „ I* A. e,lr . BeU Phone ITI

j Office Henri Pkese tlnUI I U It L It 1 to S P. M. i John H. Whiticar, M. D. ( 717 WESLEY AVENUE OCEAN CITY, N. JOffice Henri, Oceon QU Tncider. Wedneednj. Friday. ReleW. * to II A. Id. i HI* to lt>* P "• DR. CHAS. H. VAIL Osteopathic Physician ■ Ocenn Clt, Office PhUedelphte Offi» •th * Central III! Rent Krtste Tver' ■"» . Phene ni-W Pfceas. Welnet CENTRAL PHARMACY Eighth St. and Wealiy Ave. Phone 245 J. Thornley Hughes, P. DI Pharmacist in Charf*