Ventnor news., December 05, 1923, Page THIRTY-FIVE, Image 35

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F. A. Brodhead For
Cross Keys Routi
Suggeitt Building of Twelve
Mile Highway to Downstown
as Short Cut for Needed
Road from Camden to At*
lantic City
Frank A. Brodhead, proprieto
•of the Atlantic Garage an
? president of the New Jerse;
State Automotive Associatior
>- and a leading authority on th
New Jersey Highway system ha
come forward with an alternativ
: plan for improving the highwa;
communications leading into At
lantic City in an exclusive inter
view granted to a representativ
of the Ventnor News. Mr. Broc
head’s plan, which he states a
being an original idea conceivei
by Henry W. Leeds, is under
stood to be offered solely in th
interests of a speedy and satis
factory solution of the existen
local road problem and in m
sense as a controversial proposa
against* the schemes alread;
sponsored 'by others in connec
tion with the White Horse Piki
and the Black Horse Pike.
Mr. Brodhead advocates th'
immediate construction of a nev
highway, approximately twelv
miles long between Cross Keys
*on the border of Atlantic County
and Downstown, which wouh
.when completed, give a direc
highway connection b e t w e e i
, Camden and Atlantic City. Sucl
a road, in the opinion- of Mr
Brodhead, would allow all hither
bound traffic .to drive into Atlan
tic City over this route and leave
the White Horse Pike open foi
outbound traffic, giving practic
ally a complete one-way drive
for cars going to and from At
lantic City. . This is a feature
unique in his scheme.
In addition to offering a safer
driving road, Mr, Brodhead ala
pointed out that the Gross Keys
> Downstown Highway would be ;
1 comparatively inexpensive roai
to build, as against any of th
. other plans now under considers
tion, to relieve ‘highway conges
tion.
The time element is anothe
factor to be considered in th
construction of additional high
p ways, Mr. Brodhead explained
1 stating that, should the Stat
1 Highway Commission approve hi
> plan, and authorize constructioi
3 to begin shortly, the new roa
* could be completed under loca
! climatic conditions by July, 1921
r Plunging into the financia
- side of the plan, Mr. Brodheai
• urged the necessity for the repre
i sentatives of South Jersey to ac
- immediately to petition the Stat
3 Highway Commission for the ap
l propriation necessary for thi
- new road construction. He sa\
! no difficulties in the way of di
- verting sufficient funds from th
t- $40,000,000 authorized bond is
> sue for Jersey highways towan
1 the construction of this nee
’ road if the matter be properl;
■ presented to the Highway Com
! mission.
It is a part of Mr. Brodhead’
s plan to have the Cross Keys
r Downstown road made a part o
s the regular State Highway sys
, tern, which would mean that thi
, would be an improved road ani
. not a gravel road. This woul(
; mean a saving of $2700 a yea:
: per mile up-keep on mainte
i nance. If the Highway Commis
sion accedes to this proposal, i
would mean that the new roa<
construction could be accom
plished without increasing thi
taxation beyond the present on*
mill tax now provided for undei
the $40,000,000 road bond is
sue. This wp&ld be most desir
able since it would mean that th*
present income from the rev
enues collected from automobile
taxes, now over $7,500,000 a
- year, the New Jersey road build
1 ing program could be completed
1 in five years with this tax auto
i matically taking care of main
- tenance charges.
In conclusion Mr. Brodhead
■pointed out that his plan could
r be completed without in any way
5 upsetting the present transporta
- tion routes, a matter of vital con
, cem to Atlantic City with the ap
3 proach of the heavy summer sea
; son traffic before us.
l “The main idea before all of
1 ub,” said Mr. Brodhead, “is to
1 get started with our roads in
. South Jersey before the rest of
1 the State absorbs all the $40,
1 000,000 appropriation.
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l holiday with q,tour of inspection
7 last week, visiting the New High
7 School and enjoying a turkey din
■ ner in the famous cafeteria of the
institution. This gala affair was
* made a rousing success by the fine
■ enthusiasm of the club which
E turned out in full strength for the
■ occasion.
* A feature of the occasion was
l the announcement by President
1 Bell of the gift of a Trophy Case
■ to the school in memory of this
- interesting visit. Principal Henry
- P. Miller, in accepting the gift
; took occasion to comment upon
i the necessity for continued co
■ operation from all the members
■ as parents in the task of making
■ of this’great educational plant a
’ vital factor in the direction of the
* young life of the city. Super
intendent Boyer outlined his plans
for the continuation of the work
of enlarging Atlantic City’s
school system and was accorded
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| an ovation when President Bell
| introduced him as the “Father of
the New High School.” A de
lightful musical program followed
the luncheon when Arthur Scott
Brook rendered several selections
on the auditorium organ.
An interclub visiting committee
was announced by President Bell,
David Allman and Joseph Fitz
patrick being designated to visit
the Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs this
.week as representative guests in
the new co-operative movement in
stituted by the leaders of the three
civic organizations. George A.
Gumphert was named Chairman
of the Committee on Civic ,A.ffairs
to represent the Lions at the
Highway Commission Conference
at the Hotel Dennis this week.
Messrs. Devoux Edwards, E. T.
Lawless, Isaac Leonard and Wil
liam Halpern were appointed as
sociate mettibers of this com
mittee.
The Rotarian Luncheon at the
Ritz-Carlton last week was ad
dressed by former district-gover
nor Raymond Knoppel, Mr. Knop
pel is an orator of rare power and
his speech “Breaking Down the
Barriers” proved a fascinating
treat to the members.- This week
the Rotarians will have their
ladies as guests at the luncheon in
the Trellis Room of the Ritz.
Kiwanis celebrated last week
with a special luncheon to which
many of the kiddies who took
part in the several Thanksgiving
pageants in the local schools were
invited. Many of the wives of the
members also attended the affair
at the La Victoire and all en
joyed the witty address of Ralph
Bingham of Philadelphia, speaker
of the day. Dr. Cane’s proposal
that the members pledge them
selves to a “Golden Rule Dinner”
for the collection of funds for
Near East relief was unani
mously adopted.
Miss Suzanne Kenyon, lyric
soprano of Holy Trinity Church,
New York, was present as the
guest of Kiwanian William
Thompson, a relative, and she de
lighted with several solos, accom
panied at the piano by Kiwanian
Powell Evans. Her clear lyric
voice was particularly effective in
renditions of Southern melodies.
Mrs. Robert Mixner, wife of the
automobile merchant, won a hand
some prize offered by Lee H.
Weiler, of La Victoire. It was a
huge basket of flowers, con
structed entirely of candy by La
Victoire’s chef. A children’s prize
—a_.dolly—was won by Madeline
Howlett, little daughter of Rev.
H. V. Howlett. A “daughter’s
prize” went to Miss Marion Glenn,
daughter of President Louis
Glenn, of the city’s school board.
A novel ash tray, the regular “at- j
tendance prize,” offered by G. |
Arthur Bolt,e, was won hy Powell
Evans.
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