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VENTNOR, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., WEDNESDAY, DEC. 16, 1925 Three Cents per Copy Vol. 19 No. 29
To Open New Road
With Big Program
v. New Paved Route to New Yorl
to Be Formally Opened With
Special Ceremonies Saturday
—Many Officials at Banquet
af The newly completed concrete
jftighway, route No. 4, from Toms
y River to New Gretna and from
New Gretna to Atlantic City will
be officially opened on Saturday.
The opening celebration is be
ing arranged under the combined
auspices of the Kiwanis, Lions,
Rotary, Exchange, Chamber of
Commerce, Civitan, Real Estate
Board, Hotelmen’s Association,
Auto Trades’ Association and the
City Commissioners.
The general committee met
last night in the Hotel Dennis and
from the number of acceptances
that were turned in, the event
promises to be one of the largest
motor parades the city has ever
staged.
Part of the celebration will be
a mammoth banquet held at the
Traymore Hotel, at 7 o’clock,
Saturday evening, after the re
turn from Lakewood. There will
be many prominent speakers
present including Governor
George S. Silzer and Mayor W.
Freeland Kendrick and many
other officials from Pennsylvania,
New York, Washington and New
Jersey.
From present indications it to
expected that over 250 cars will
take part in the motor caravan,
which will be joined at Lakewood
by a caravan from New York and
North Jersey.
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Seek To Have Ventnor
Auto License Bureau
Ventnorite* Feel They Should Be
Able to Secure License* at City
Hall—Request Commissioner
Dill to Establish Office
Request has been made by
Ventnor • City to Commissioner
Dill of the State Motor Vehicle
Department for an arrangement
whereby residents of the lower
part of Absecon Beach might pro
cure registration of automobiles
for 1926 by making application
and securing tags at the Ventnor
City Hall.
It was pointed out to the com
missioner that inasmuch as the
city had granted the use of City
Hall for examinations of appli
cants for drivers’ li£enses every
Friday during the year that Vent
nor City should be considered in
' the matter of issuing registration
cards.
In the request submitted by
Councilman Sweigart it was
pointed out that the congestion in
the Atlantic City office worked
a hardship on many residents of
Ventnor and in consideration of
the courtesy extended by Vent
nor to the state department in
permitting the use of City Hall
it would be only fair to set aside
two days at the Ventnor City
Hall when car owners could
secure tags for the new year.
While no indication was given
of the probable attitude of the
city in the event of failure to
conform to the request it is not
unlikely that an attempt will be
made to deny the use of City Hall
to the state department should
the request be ignored.
Marine MOO.
BUILDING PLANT FOR NEW DAILY PAPER
M. B. MARKLAND
Mr. Markland is presidentyof the M. B. Markland Company, contractors for the
plant of Atlantic City's new daily newspaper. His personal attention is being
given to the prompt construction of the Absecon Boulevard building. He is
known not only as a Rotarian, Boy Scout executive and a member of the newly
elected Chamber of Commerce Directors, but for the efficient and thorough
engineering of several of Atlantic City’s largest building enterprises. Among
these are the James* Salt Water Taffy factory, the Eldredge Chelsea warehouse.
Boardwalk Garage and the foundation work for the Dennis and
Haddon Hall hotels
Contract Awarded For Construction
Of New Plant For Daily Newspaper
Second Step in Establishing of Modern New Daily Paper in Resort
Comes in Signing of Contracts With M. B. Markland Company
for Building or Pirst Unit of Plant on Absecon Boulevard
The second big step toward
publication of Atlantic City’s new
Daily Newspaper occurred on
Monday of this week when the
contract was awarded by the
Netfs Publishing Company to the
M. B. Markland Company for the
plant building at North Carolina
Avenue and Absecon Boulevard.
The first unit of the building
will be a one story structure with
a ground floor space of fifteen
thousand square feet, marking
the beginning of a four-story
fireproof structure which has
been planned to house the grow
ing needs of a newspaper in At
lantic City. Ground for the
building was broken on Tuesday,
evincing the encouragement and
progress which are desired in
securing the early issue of the
new paper.
It is expected that completion
| of the plant building will be suf
ficiently progressed within the
next two months to allow of the
housing of machinery, which has
been on order for the past month,
including the new Goss Fress, for
which an additional unit was pur
chased this week to make the
press producing facility of the
new paper considerably in excess
of any other South Jersey com
peting daily.
The building on the Absecon
Boulevard will house the plant,
editorial and circulation depart
ments. Spacious entrances and
telephone facilities have been
provided that all who visit the
editorial rooms may find every
facility at their disposal for the
prompt dissemination of the news
of the community. Telegraph and
special cppy rooms have been
provided here in accord with the
demands df a modern metro
politan daily, with file and record
rooms to suit present needs.
The entire rear of the building
will be adapted to paper storage,
operating directly into the press
room with an outlet to the street
on the further side for delivery to
the circulation department. The
efficiency of the new plant has
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V. S. Fisher Resigns As
Yentnor Bank Director
Victor S. Fisher, well-known
realtor, last Monday resigned as
a member of the board of direc
tors of the Ventnor City National
Bank.
John S. Westcott, city solicitor
of Ventnor City, and solicitor for
the bank, was elected to fill the
vacancy in the board.
Mr. Fisher’s retirement from
the board, on which he has served
many years, has no significance
aside from the fact that he has
varied business interests which
preclude his attention to bank
matters. Mr. Westcott has been
identified with the bank for many
years in the capacity of legal
counsel and also as trust officer.
He maintains his law offices in the
bank building and has manifested
a deep interest in the affairs of
the institution.
Deliveries at any time desired daily
and this insures Ventnor householders
the best service for all kinds of sea
I foods, if orders are given to the
I CHELSEA FISH MARKET, 2707 At
I l&ntic Avenue. Phone, Betl—Marine
2180 and H81«—Adv.
Association to Sell
South Jersey Formed
Two-score Realtors and Business
Men Gather and Organize
Association for Advertising
South Jersey to the World
An informal dinner, at which
about forty representative busi
ness men and realtors of South
Jersey were present was held at
the Ritz-Carlton Hotel on Wed
nesday evening of last week,
when a “South Jersey Booster”
organization was formed and offi
cers elected. The plan of the
new association, which is as yet
unnamed, is to “sell South Jer
sey” to the nation. Just what
lines will' be followed in carry
ing *>ut this program is as yet
undecided, but it will probably
include the expenditure of at
least a million dollars in national
advertising.
The dinner was arranged by
A. Conrad Ekholm and the
Scheuer Brothers, of this city.
Representatives from all parts of
South Jersey were present.
Lionel Scheuer acted as toast
master of the evening and among
the first speakers called on by
him was A. Conrad Ekholm. The
latter made a brief talk in which
he stated that this dinner had
been a “dream” of his in which
he conceived all of South Jersey
I “pulling together” and making
progress. - ' —
Following this feature of the
program the tosatmaster next
called on John H. Beecher, newly
elected President of the Wild
wood Board of Trade. Mr.
Beecher said he felt that South
Jersey was an easy subject to
talk on', stating that a person
could discuss the merits of this
section of the country for two
hours without exhausting_ the
subject.
Victor S. Fisher next was
called on and gave a short
resume of the conceiving and
carrying out of “Know Your City
Day" in this resort. This cost
$15,000 in cash and $75,000 in
effort, he stated, but it brought
unexpected results and a gen
eral widening of the scope of the
life! of Atlantic City residents,
many of whom had never before
been more than 200 yards from
their homes or places of busi
ness. The same results could be
achieved, he thought, by an
organization selling South Jersey
to the world and telling them
about the territory. “We think
too much of . the dollar we get
ourselves and not enough of the
quarter we can get from some
other fellow’s dollar," he stated.
“Atlantic City has half the popu
lation of the county within
twelve hours of the finest rail
road and motor travel in the
world and yet Atlantic City has
not done one single thing that
has not been demanded by the
pleasure-thinking public,” he re
marnea.
H. Foster Goslin, of Wildwood,
was the next speaker called on.
Goslin delivered an interesting
talk in which he pointed out that,
though Florida had many attrac
tions and charms, there were mil
lions of people who would not go
to Florida because of lack of
time and money and who were,
instead, seeking the seashore as
a year-round home and resort
place. “We are destined to be
the playground of billions’,” he
predicted. “To make South Jer
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VENTNOR’S MOST POPULAR PLACE
TO DINE—THE LITTLE EOCKINN
5213 Atlantic •*««—N«*tun* lg»
WILLIAM S. EMLEY
Wm. S. Emley New
Chamber President;
Realtor Elected to Fill Office Held
by Samuel P. Leeds for Ten
Years—Says Chamber of Com
merce Will Be Controlled by
Members
The latest step in the Chamber
of Commerce program took place
on Monday evening when officers
for the organization were elected
by the Board of Directors.
William S. Emley, prominent
realtor, general chairman of the
“Know - Your - City - Day” which
was staged here last month, and
former head of the Kiwanis Club,
was unanimously elected to the
presidency of the organization.
Other officers elected included
first vice-president, Frederick
Hickman; second vice-president,
Clifton H. Howell; third vice
president, Ezra Bell; treasurer,
Charles E. .Fell; assistant treas
urer, Lockwood M. Seeley.
The election of the new officers
follows the action of the entire
old board of directors and offi
cials when .they resigned at the
opening of the successful mem
bership drive recently staged by
the organization.
Yentnor Council Held
Short Weekly Session
Ventnor Council on Monday
night deferred action for two
weeks on Ordinance No. 17,
which provides for gravel grading
of streets not prepared for in
stallation of public utility service
lines.
Councilman Bach and Steel
man were absent at the meeting,
which proved of short duration,
only a few matters of minor im
port having been disposed of.
Payment of $2,000 on the con
tract for laying sidewalks and
curbs was authorized.
Floor Leader Sweigart called
for a committee conference next
Monday night to discuss the
budget for 1925. It is under
stood that the various committee
heads will submit estimates of the
amounts needed for the respec
tive municipal departments. A
slight increase in most of the de
partments is anticipated, al
though the street department will
probably not seek as much as
heretofore.
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To Have Hearing
On Fill Project
Public Discussion to Take Place
Saturday on Proposition to Fill , ii
In Canal From Newport to
Washington Ayes, in Ventnor
Mayor Adams and all members
of Ventnor Council will be in at
tendance next Saturday morning
at Ventnor City Hall when a pub
lic hearing will be held by the
New Jersey Board of Commerce
and Navigation and Col. EJarl I.
Brown, Corps of Engineers,
United States Army, to hear tes
timony in the matter of the ap
plication of the Pedrick Corpora
tion for permission to close to
navigation and filling of the dead
end canal extending from New
port avenue to Washington ave- ,
nue.
Leonard F. Pedrick, head of
the development concern, which
contemplates the project destined
to add to Ventnor ratables fully
$5,000,000 by joining a vast area
of meadow land to- the island
proper, appeared before Council
in executive session last Monday
evening prior to the regular ses
sion of the solons. Mr. Pedrick
sought to procure endorsement
of the plan from Council, but the
members withheld approval until
the public hearing shall have been
held.
It is generally agreed that only
one factor mitigates against the
proposal. Members of Council
are a unit in the determination to •
safeguard the city against ex
pense in the installation of a
drainage system, which must of
necessity be provided in the event
that the waterway is filled in.
The improvement would bring
about reclamation of 170 acres
of what is now a vast expanse of
meadow land of little value.
Commission Named
To Appraise Land
Appointment Made of Trio to Fix
Price on Lot* Desired by
Ventnor for Street Near
Municipal Pier
Supreme Court Justice Luther
M. Campbell has appointed as
commissioners to assess benefits
and damages, in the matter of
laying out a new street adjacent
to the Municipal Pier, former
Judge Clifton C. Shinn; Maurice
Risley, Ventnor insurance broker,
and Michael A. Devine, president
of the New Jersey Real Estate
Commission.
The appointment was made on
the application of City Solicitor '
John S. Westcott in condem
nation proceedings instituted by
Ventnor City to secure title to
lands owned by William Condon
and Dr. D. Rappaport.
In November, 1924, Common
Council passed an ordinance pro
viding for the laying out of a
fifty feet wide street extending*
from Cornwall £o Cambridge J,
avenues and 250 feet south of
I Atlantic avenue.
Council fixed a value of $1$,.'
000 upon each of the 50-feet
front lots needed for the im
provement, but the owners de
clined to accept that figure.
The commissioners will proceed
at once to appraise the value of
the properties sought by the city
and the necessary legal steps will
then be taken to acquire title in
order that work on the improve
ment may be undertaken. It i»
hoped that the street will be com
pleted in time for use next sum