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VENTNOR, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., MARCH 14, 1923
Two Cents per Copy
Vol. 16 No. 42
m. M
Mort Comes Back
To His Own
Former Atlantic City JovptialUt
Returns After Five Years’
Absence—Tells How It Feels
„to “Come Back”
BV Mort-Latz Lippman
Enoch Arden, Monte Criato,
Napoleon, and all. the other well
known “come-backers” old and
new, have nothing on me. I have
“come back,” not to wife-and
family, not to vengeance, not to
power and the throne of an em
pire, but to Atlantic City.
And it is enough for me. Not
even the amazing Bonapdrte, re
' . turning from exile to a princely
palace and exchanging ball-and
chain for sceptre, could have
known more or deeper the glad
thrill consequent to regression.
Then too, the ill-fated Corsican
resumed not only his ermine, his
friendships and loves, his familiar
things, but also his burdens and
risks, his cares, his fears. While
I, who have happily no royal
mace to reclaim, receive restora
tion of a humbler crown that im
poses no sacrifice of tranquility.
And that is where I have it on
Napl
Alter nearly five years of ab
sence from Atlantic City, an
absence which had come-' to take
on the quality of exile, I have
come back—back to no leaden
ermine indeed, but to the friend
j ships and loves and to the fa
miliar things. Here and there a
face is missing, here and there a
landmark down. But these gaps
... are filled, oftfimes for the better,
■ ' ' by new life, new structure, new
blood. And the old still with us
have been pastelled and mellowed
by the perspective of time; they
are sweeter and more beautiful
in the ageness of maturity. And
v that’s that!
Five years ago I came to At
lantic City from New York, my
birthplace and prior residence,
and started a hopeful journalistic
career with the Amusement Pub
lishing Company, those days bet
- ter known as the Boardwalk News
Bureau. I was taken in hand by
the Chief, listed in the' telephone
book as Charles Scheuer; and,
1 being tall and green like the trees,
i was carefully put through the
pruning and ripening process.
A year later I enlisted in the
Army; and, after three months in
the field and fifteen in the hos
pital, at length received my dis
charge in the spring of 1920. The
>. all-too-short summer was spent in
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Exit the Door Dell fuller
In enforcement of an ordinance
\i requiring the licensing of solici
tors by the city clerk, and acting
. on a report received by Mayor
Marston on Saturday, Sergt.
Magee rounded up several book
agents who were working in the
city without the necessary license,
and escorted them to the city
limits.
Speeder Caught
f'3 The first automobilist caught
breaking the speed laws of Vent
nor City this year was arrested
last Thursday by Officer Sharp.
The .offender, Robert G. Guthrie,
was hold under $25 bail until
Monday, when he was brought
before Police Justice Allen B.
Endicott, Jr. ,
THOMAS SHEEN
Writes of Ventnor, Isle of
Wight. The article and illus
trations will ba found on
pagi 9. \
Efficiency Is
Perkins, Demand
Moore and Other Postal Em
ployees Pledge Support >.
In an interview granted a rep
resentative of the Ventnor News,
ex-Sheriff Alfred J. Perkins, who
has just been appointed post
master of Atlantic City and Vent
nor, forecasts his line of action
when he officially assumes the
important position on or about
April 2d as head of the postal
department in this community.
Mr. Perkins has no idea of
making any drastic changes,
I especially during the first three
months of his encumbency. “I
am thoroughly cognizant of the
high honor that has been con
ferred upon me,” said the ex
sheriff, “and I will leave nothing
undone to give Atlantic City and
Ventnor the best that there is in
| me. I shall assume my office at
the beginning of the last fiscal
quarter and thus start with a
clean slate. An order that has
just been issued by the Post
master General, which prohibits
for th§ next three months any
additional expenditure until after
the beginning of the new fiscal
quarter in July, will make it
rather difficult for me during the
first three months of my career
as postmaster.
“The department has issued a
sweeping command all through
the United States which necessi
tates extraordinary economy
until the new budget for post
office expenditures, is available,
which will not be uhtil after July.
“This severely handicaps me
from the very start insofar that
it will not allow me to put on
extra carriers, in fact, even the
old employees cannot receive any
compensation for overtime. Dur
ing the Easter period, when the
postoffice is always strained, this
will be particularly felt, for in
obedience with the commands
from Washington I shall be com
pelled to even slightly curtail the
service.
“Subsequent to the first of
July, wheh sufficient funds will be
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James Brothers to Aid
U. S. Government
On Saturday, March 10, James
Brothers, of “Cut - to - fit - the
mouth” salt-water taffy fame, in
stalled at their building at 1519
Boardwalk a sub-station of the
United States Postoffice.
The combination is a peculi
arly happy one, for not only does
their central location and large
circulation of customers render
the acquisition of a postoffice
highly appropriate, but they
! themselves are substantial users
! of the mails for the distribution
I of their far-famed taffy.
“Our mail-order business has
grown to such proportions,” said
Mr. James, “that we estimate a
considerable saving to us through
having our own postoffice handy.
People buy taffy for themselves
and then it occurs to them that
it would make a good souvenir
to send to friends and relatives
at a distance; and by the time
they leave the shop they have
tailed out ten to fifty times as
lVuch taffy as they originally
purchased for their personal con
sumption.
Anthracite-COAL-Cannel. Austin
Coal Co. Tel., Marine 865—Adv.
Seasoned Cord Wood — Any
Length. Phone—Marine 9. Par
sells Coal Co.—Adv.
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Freeholders to Hear Plans
for Brigantine Exploitation
H. G. Harris W|ll Tell. County Board of Proposed Cottage Section
to Connect with Atlantic City—Full Text of Speech Is Given
Before the Board of Free
holders today, Howard G. Harris,
well-known leading realtor, will
make the following speech rela
tive to the improvement of
Brigantine Island; now known as
East Atlantic City:
Mr. President and Members of
Board of Chosen Freehold
ers of Atlantic County.
Gentlemen;
I feel that a great honor has
been conferred upon me in being
selected spokesman for the conf
pany owning Brigantine Beach—
and being permitted to tell your
honorable body of the plans of
our company, the Island Develop
ment Company.
This company is composed of
about forty Atlantic County citi
zens, property owners, bankers,
realtors. I
The Island Development Com
pany owns about 60 per cent, of
Brigantine Beach and the islands
adjoining same.
Brigantine Beach is an island
six miles in length—in area about
two-thirds of Absecon Beach. It
has a bathing beach equal to
Atlantic City.
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This company proposes to de-i
velop Brigantine and make it a
high-class residential suburb of
Atlantic City. The Miami Beach
of Atlantic City—we propose to
have wide avenues—all munici
pal improvements, golf links,
good waterways and harbors for
pleasure boats. ^
Miles of streets, walks and
curbs must be built. Millions of
yards of'grading must be done,
water plant, sewer systems, gas
plant, electric plant must be pro
vided, all of which, will actually
cost millions, yet all this is neces
sary in order to obtain the
development of the island.
Of course, this great outlay is
beyond the means of any one
man or company of men that it
would be possible to form.
You ask how is it to be accom
plished—our answer is, by get
ting other companies interested
and by co-operating with them.
A dozen land companies, each
developing their particular por
tion, spending their separate
moneys will soon produce results.
The land companies will invite
the construction companies, the
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Zoning Expert to
Address Council
Herbert Swan, -New York Con
sultant, Will Tell Solons About
City Planning
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As the result of an official invi
tation extended by Council on
Monday night to Herbert S. Swan,
prominent New York consulting
engineer, to appear before the
solons in committee session and
explain progress being made in
other cities in the matter .of city
planning and zoning, the zon
ing ordinance held in committee
for the past six months may soon
be brought before Council for
action. '
Councilman Jenkins sponsored
the proposition to have the noted
consultant come before CQuncil.
He is active in the Real Estate
Board, which body successfully
urged delay by Council in taking
■definite action on the bill until
such time as several moot ques
tions qould be satisfactorily set
tled.
Ordinance No. 5, providing for
the creation of a public park at
the Thoroughfare end of Victoria
and Little Rock Avenues, was
passed on first reading.
A. D. Cuskaden
In Constantinople
A note has just been received
frpm A. D. Cuskaden, prominent
Ventnor resident and president
of the Union National Bank, of
Atlantic City, -which was
dispatched from Constantinople
on February 12 by “paquebot”
Mr. Cuskaden says he is
“thinking of home and his neigh
bors”; conditions in the Near
East are still very unsettled, and
while there is plenty of variety
and excitement, one misses the
wholesome tranquility and
healthy “normalcy” of Ventnor
City.
BOARDWALK BOOK SHOP
503 Boardwalk—Marine 3545-R
Everything in Books. — Adv.
Beachfront Block
Bought B; City
Council . Directs Solicitor to
Acquire Lands for Public
Park Purposes
City Solicitor Westcott was em
powered by Council last Monday
night to enter into negotiations
with the owners of lands sought
by the city and consummate the
purchase, authorizing the ex
penditure of the necessary funds.
In order to accomplish the open
ing of Oakland Avenue from Win
chester Avenue to the Thorough
fare the city will buy from Dr.
Dillard and H. G. Scull two lots
at $2,250 each. The owners were
reluctant to sell but agreed to the
terms finally fixed by the city
solicitor. Upon securing title to
the land the street will be extend
ed to the waterfront and bulk
headed thus affording an addi
tional landing wharf for yachts
men.
Ihe acquisition of 300 feet of
beachfront between Washington
and Fredericksburg Avenue was
also authorized in view of an
agreement reached between the
city’s ..legal representative and
Victor S. Fisher and Edward G.
Harris, owners of the block.
Under the deed the city will ac
quire title to all the land in the
block designated from a line 300
feet south of Atlantic Avenue and
extending to the exterior riparian
line 2000 feet beyond low water
mark. The price fixed is $56 per
front foot.
It was announced that Harris
and Fisher contemplate im
mediate development of the re
maining portion of the block and
abutting on Atlantic Avenue by
bulkheading and filling. Permis
sion was granted the promoters to
erect a bulkhead along the line
established by the city for such
from Richards Avenue to the
westerly limit of the city.
E. B. Yellow Taxicab Co. Marine
600—Quick, Safe Service.—Adv.
PACKARD TAXI SERVICE
—Phones—Marine 3113-3114—
Reliable & Quick Service—Adv.
Council Passes
Budget Measure
Ordinance No. 1 Carries Appro*
priation of $442,474.69 for
Municipal Expenses During
1923
Amended to meet the request of
Commissioner Darby, state head
of the Department of Municipal
Accounts Ordinance No. 1, known
as the appropriation bill, was
passed on third and final reading
by Common Council on Monday
night. The measure embodied the
fiscal budget for the year 1923
and carries a total appropriation
of $442,474.69, an increase over
last year of $61,462.65.
Resolutions .were adopted au
thorizing loans of $15,300 and
$18,000 pending issuance of bonds
for the addition being made to the
water works and for the purchase
of lands for park purposes on the
lower beach.
Plans and specifications for
proposed pavilions along the
Boardwalk were submitted by the
Board of Trade through Secre
tary Rowland by letter. The com
munication and accompanying
papers were ordered filed. Resolu
tions adopted by the Board favor
ing improvement of streets with
hard paving were also ordered
filed. Councilman Steelman face
tiously remarked that Board of
Trade communications involved
expense. . , .
Ordinances No. 2 and No. 3
were both placed back on second
reading on motion of Mr. Bach.
These measures embody alter
native paving programs. In com
mittee session Council virtually
decided to abandon the temporary
method of street improvement.
I The question of cost and lack of
i funds, however, may make it
necessary for a change in the con
templated plan.
Creating the office of Commis
sioner of Highways and fixing
the salary Ordinance No. 4 was
passed on first reading. John S.
Leeds, well-known contractor, has
been selected to be the initial in
cumbent of the new office. A
salary of ?1800 is fixed in the
original draft but this may be in
creased by amendment of the bill.
St. Patrick’s Dance
• For Knights
On Saturday evening (St. Pat
rick’s Day), March 17th, 1923,
Atlantic City Council, Knights of
Columbus, at their Club House,
St. James Place and Pacific Ave
nue, will give a St. Patrick’s
Night. The committee have pro
vided a splendid menu in keeping
with the occasion, together with
appropriate,souvenirs and favors.
Irish songs and music will pre
dominate the program and a high
class entertainment will be pro
vided, together with dancing. As
the size of the dining hall is
limited1 it is asked that reserva
tions for tables be made at once.
Big Truck Stalled
A monster truck loaded with
several tons of concrete block
mired in the mud on Winchester
Avenue back of City Hall several
days ago and fire engines were
sent to rescue the sinking vehicle.
The stalled truck blocked traffic
for several hours.
Deliveries at any time desired
daily and this insures Ventnor
householders the best service for
all kinds of sea foods, if orders
! are given to the CHELSEA FISH
j MARKET, 2707 Atlantic Avenue.
I Phones, Bell—Marine 2180 and
j 2181.—Adv.
No Box, No Mail f. ||
Is Postal Edict
Those Who Have No Receptacle
Most Go to Postoffice After
Next Tuesday
March 20th has been set as a
last day that letter carriers will
deliver mail at homes in Ventnor,
Margate and Atlantic City that
are not equipped with either a
mail box, mail slot or some re
ceptacle in which mail can be
deposited. Acting Postmaster
Frank J. Moore took active steps
immediately upon his appoint- :S.
ment to carry out the order of
the postmaster general, requiring
mail boxes or slots at each home
with the result that about eighty
per cent, of the Ventnor homes
are now so equipped. After
March 20th all persons who have
not provided themselves with this
equipment will be compelled to
get their mail at the general
delivery of the main postoffice.
A letter explaining the reasons
for this order of the postmaster
general will be given to every
person who has not , provided
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Yentnor Residents
:; Support Leeds
Express Indignation at “Unmanly
and Unwarranted Personal
Attack” by Rickards
Numerous prominent residents
of Ventnor and adjacent territory
have expressed their indignation
at the personal attack recently
made on.Samuel P, Leeds, presi
dent of the Atlantic City Chamber
of Commerce and leading1 citizen,
by State Senator Emerson L.
Richards, representative for At
lantic County. Their sentiments
constitute an unqualified endorse
ment of the following resolution,
unanimously adopted by the Hotel
Men’s Association:
RESOLUTIONS BY THE ATLANTIC
CITY HOTEL MEN’S ASSOCIA
TION. IN MEETING MARCH
8th, 1923 . ^
\ WHEREAS: Mr. Samuel P. Leeds,
i President of the Chamber of Commerce
I of Atlantic City, has been subjected to a
1 personal attack by the Representative for
; this County in the State Senate, even
! to the point of questioning: his mental
1 responsibility, and
I WHEREAS—The said Samuel P. Leeds
i is President of the Chamber of Commerce,
: an organization of great size and im
1 portance in Atlantic City; is a member
i of one of the largest hotel firau on the
Beach Front; has been an active worker
in all the civic improvement movements
and welfare organizations for a great
many years—and
WHEREAS—As President of the
Chamber of Commerce and an individual
who has been untiring in his efforts to
improve the business and general con
ditions of Atlantic City, particularly in
the matter of railroad facilities, having '
devoted years to the improvement of rail
road schedules and the effort to induce
the railroads to provide better terminal
facilities, and •
WHEREAS—As a private citizen he
has given in a large measure from his . ■%.
time for the public good in the prevent
ing of corruption of public officials by
special •^interests, and
WHEREAS—In all of these activities
covering a long term of years, this Or
ganization has found Mr. Leeds not only
honest and single in his purposes, but of
the highest energy and mental calibre—
NOW. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLV
ED r That this Association hereby re
cords its deep resentment, disgust and
contempt for the unmanly and unwar
ranted personal attack aimed at a highly
respected and useful citizen of this City, *
and at the Chamber of Commerce of
which he has been President for a number
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