Build Your Own
Says Chief Frings
Erects Home That Will Be .One
of Show Places on Vent
nor Heights
Harry L. Frings, jovial chief
of police of Ventnor, will hold a
unique record in the realm of
carpentry when he completes his
three-story house on Ventnor
Heights, which he is building
alone and unassisted. Every nail
that has been hammered, every
brick that has been laid, every
board that has been sawed, every
shovel full of dirt excavated from
the foundations, have all been
done by Chief Frings.
And what is more, the chief re
fuses to permit any one to help
him in his work, no matter how
much of a friend is the volunteer,
nor how strong the insistence.
“Any man can scrape a little
money together and have carpen
ters erest a house for him, but
what I '^rant is a home built all
by myself which I can point out
with pride to the future genera
tions as a monument of my own
industry, and what is more—
ouch,” yelled the chief, interrupt
ing himself as a misdirected ham
mer blow landed upon his thumb.
The residents of Ventnor
Heights all stop as thy pass by
the house gradually nearing com
pletion under the dextrous hands
of Chief Frings, and call to him,
offering to give him help as he
struggles with an unusually heavy
board; but he merely smiles a
refusal, and with the agility of a
man twice as young as himself,
carries it up a ladder and nails
it in its proper place.
When asked if he would have
the house completed before the
end of this summer, the chief re
plied that he feared not, but that
he would keep right on working
until the snow falls and prevents
further labor. “I’ll have it fin
ished by next summer, all right.”
he declared, “and it will be one
of the show places on the
Heights.”
Already the skeleton structure
of the house has been erected, the
window frames put in, and all
four sides entirely enclosed. He
is now preparing a precarious
looking scaffold that will make it
possible for him to start his work
upon the roof.
As soon as the chief gets
through his duties at City Hall
he rides over to the Heights as
fast as his official car and the
laws will permit, and starts work
immediately on his building. He
keeps right on hammering and
sawing incessantly until the dark
ness compels him to stop. Then
he goes home and no doubt
dreams of his home that he is
constructing all by himself.
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The future of Brigantine Beach as a golfing center is suggested by the
striking pose of this fair devotee of the links, Miss Peggy Collins, of Wash
ington, D. C., one of the charming Collins twins of the Capital City.
The “snap” was taken by Mr. E. L. Swatt, of the William F. Shaw or
ganization, between lot sales, and proves that it is possible to mix business with
pleasure in the real estate field—especially in a live subdivision like Brigantine. ;
The sand hill from which Miss Peggy is teeing off is almost in front of i
the Island Development Company’s new bungalow on 32nd Street, South, which
stands between Ocean Avenue and Brigantine Avenue facing Atlantic City.
This is the first picture ever published of the first human habitation ,
erected in the first allotment of the present Brigantine development.
Boardwalk strollers can identify the new building by its red roof, plainly
visible from the lighthouse section.
Natural Resources
Made Beach Rich
Development of Ventnor and
Margate Made Possible Only
Through Transporting Ma
terial From Other Places
By Carl M. Voelker
Conversion and transportation
of natural resources have been
the cause of the unprecedented
rise in land values on Absecon
Island. Perusal of authentic sta
tistics covering a period of ten
years show that sand banks are
easily converted into gold value
when the infinitesimal pebbles are
transported in bulk to selected
areas.
Fumpmg sand into low mead
ows increases its value only be
cause of its location, the situation
of the lowlands normally preclud
ing value. Filling to grade by
means of a sand dredge, how
ever, simply transports a natural
element from one place where its
use is next to nothing, to a loca
tion for building sites.
Vast expanses of both meadow
lands and sand dunes, having vir
tually no value, have been re
claimed in Ventnor, Margate and
Longport. Brought to estab
lished grade, and provided with
sidewalk and curbs, as well as
public utility services, what was
formerly only waste lands are
now laid out in building lots, and
in many cases are now most de
sirable home sites. • •
The price of lots in Ventnor
and Margate is enormous. After
paying a big price for a lot the
owner, however, sees nothing but
sand. While earth in itself has
a slight value, depending upon the
fertility of the soil, its value as
land composing part of a subdi
vision or city block is determined
by its desirability as a location
for a home.
In order that various utilities
may be available to the land
owner it becomes necessary to
transport iron from the mines. Of
course the ore is not brought to
the lot and merely laid upon it.
Not until it has been converted
into cast iron pipe does it pos
sess any real value. By the same
token we might well consider the
cement used in the construction
of sidewalks and curbs. Appro
priate rock crushed by massive
machinery into veritable dust be
comes a most useful building ad
junct. But the rock has little
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value in its original state. Its use
after conversion makes it valu
able.
All these natural resources j
transformed into other forms
combine to make land valuable.
Then other resources are drawn •
upon and wood secured from the
forests and metals taken from the
bowels of the earth are shaped
into material for building homes.
With the erection of the struc
ture the land values again in
crease.
Ventnor and Margate are
transformations. These localities
have become most valuable be
cause of the transition of crude
raw material into the various ex
pedients incident to development.
The former lowlands are now
raised to a standard grade. The
iron and stone have played an im
portant part in the change.
It is of the extensive operations
involved in the filling of the
meadow and the leveling of the
hills that we first think when we
make comparison of the past with
the present. Dredging companies
and grading contractors have
played a most important part in
the development.
Miles of iron pipe underground,
B. GEORGE ULIZIO, President
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unseen by the public represent
thousands of dollars figuratively
buried in the sand banks. Milos
upon miles of sidewalks and curbs
reflect the tremendous bulk of
nement used to make desirable
what was only a few years ago
picturesque scenery.
Land values incrase only in
proportion to the use made of
he land. Its use is dependent
upon improvements. Farm lands
io not fall in exactly the same
lategory, but even there the use
nf fertilizer involves the same
principle. Barren land is useless
■o man unless it is supplied with
natural resources taken else
where.
Iron taken out of the ground
n a raw state in other localities
lelps to make the land here bet
ter. Cement provides a perma
nent improvement destined to re
nain for many years.
Several thousand homes have
neen built along the lower beach
luring the past two decades. To
istimate the value of the mate
rial placed underground would
necessitate much statistical re
search. To arrive at a cost of all
he lumber, hardware, copper, tin,
sine and other metals, as well as
paint aind plaster, predicates an
sxtended survey.
It is manifest, however, to
hose who have been watching the
growth of Ventnor and Margate,
that millions have been expended
to provide homes in attractive sur
roundings. Residents of loealties
where the natural resources used
here abound make their summer
homes here, giving little thought
that the iron ore taken from the
mine near his winter abode has
been transported in other shape
to the seashore, where it provides
a means of providing water for
his use in his temporary resi
dence.
Man makes use of natural re
sources for his comfort and pleas
ure. But he places them only
where there exist other factors
suitable to his desire.
Ventnor and Margate are so
situated in proximity to the ocean
as to invite people to come here
and live. Healthful climate here
entices them, and pleasant sur
roundings keeps them here.
If one wants to really live, and
live longer, the lower beach offers
the ideal conditions to assure such
a pleasing aspect.
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