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VENTNOR, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1926 Three Cents per Copy Vol. 19 No. 41
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Ventnor Will Appeal
Supreme Court Rule
Council Authorizes Solicitor to
Appeal Decision on Garage
Which Vitiates Municipal
Zoning Ordinance
Ventnor Council on Monday
night directed City Solicitor
Westcott to file an appeal in the
New Jersey Court of Errors and
Appeals in the matter of the
decision handed down last week
by the Supreme Court which
virtually vitiates the zoning or
dinance now included in the
municipal laws. The court
granted a writ of mandamus to
Morris Bloom, compelling Build
ing Inspector W. Harry Jones to
issue to Bloom a permit for the
erection of a public garage build
ing at Ventnor avenue, near New
port avenue. The inspector had
refused to grant a permit in
view of the city ordinance re
stricting certain areas against
public garages.
Bids for the collection of
garbage for a two-year period
were ordered advertised, to be
received April 12. ,
Proposals for the filling of
lands owned by the city on Vent
nor Heights, will be received on
March 22. On the same date
bids will also be received for the
construction of approaches to the
Boardwalk. The streets to be
thus improved include, Martin
dale, Washington, Swarthmore,
Melbourne, Pittsburgh, Wissa
hickon and Stratford avenues.
Ordinance No. 4, providing foi
the issuance of bonds for $20,000
to defray the cost of making
Boardwalk repairs, was passed
on final reading. Ordinance No.
3, known as the appropriation
measure, was passed on second
reading and will be advanced to
final reading on March 22. The
measure cites $553,073.76, as
the amount to be raised by tax
ation.
An ordinance providing for the
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Ventnor Legion Post
Banquet on April 8tb
Distinguished Citizen “Guest of
Honor” Not Yet Announced—
Military Officials to Attend
Preliminary arrangements have
been perfected for the annua'
banquet of James Harvey Post
American Legion of Ventnor
which is to be held this year al
the Hotel Chelsea on Thursdaj
evening, April 8. The affair wil
be the first to be held in the neu
banquet hall now being com
pleted by the hotel management.
In keeping with former year:
the banquet will be in honor o:
an outstanding citizen who ha:
rendered valuable service to
Ventnor. The committee has a:
yet not disclosed the' honor gues
for 1926.
Among the guests, however, wh<
will attend will be included Franl
Matthews, of Palmyra, state com
mander of the American Legion
Colonel Edward B. Stone, com
mander of the 114th Infantry
N. G. N. J., and Capt. Dallas R
Alfonte, U. S. A., winner of thi
Congressional Distinguished Serv
ice Cross for valor in action ai
Chateau-Thierry.
Rev. Walter Bruggeman, chap
lain of Harvey Post, will preside
as toastmaster. It is expected
that a prominent Philadelphia at
* torney will be the principal
speaker.
BREEZY MARCH WINDS FAIL TO STOP BUILDERS ON “TIMES” PLANT
March winds may blow, but even cold spells fail to cool the enthusiasm of the carpenters hnd builders who
which is to house the plant and editorial rooms of Atlantic City’s new daily newspaper. With a sudden spell
ordered large sheets of canvas thrown up on the exterior of the building and work continued at full speed on
installing the machinery for producing the new newspaper could be started.
are working night and day on the building
of cold weather, Contractor M. B. Markland
the interior walls, floors, etc., so that work on
—Photo by Fred Hess & Son
Fruits Not To Be
Under Quarantine
Peaches and Apples Not to Be
Put Under Ban This Year
Says Official
Fears of Atlantic County farm
ers that the Japanese Beetle
quarantine which has been laid
by the Government 'would include
early peaches and apples and ber
ries have been reported to be
groundless.
Rumors reached the farmers
during the past few weeks that
peaches and apples would fall
under the ban. They strenuously
opposed this, as such ruling would
practically mean financial ruin to
them, if put into effect. These
crops are their mainstays and if
the New York market were closed
it would mean a great loss to the
farmers of the Hammonton dis
trict.
l^aion jrarKiiurst, ui nammuu
ton, last week wrote William B.
Duryee, Secretary of the State
Board of Agriculture at Trenton,
asking if there was any truth in
the rumors that certificates of in
spection would be required on
early apples and peaches.
Mr. Duryee, in answering,
stated that there will be no
change made in the list of items
under quarantine and, while the
Federal Agriculture Board at
Washington may have some sug
gestions to make, probably no im
, portant changes will be made.
Mr. Duryee stated that he saw
no reason for the farmers pre
, senting a petition to the town
I council of Hammonton, and sees
| no cause for concern among the
growers of Hammonton, as the
, quarantine will not interfere with
. the fruit shipments for this sea
son, at least.
Uumney rire gnicKly
Extinguished by Firemen
A chimney fire at the home of
Miss Cora M. Wiley and Miss M.
Moyer, popular Ventnor teachers,
of 20 North Cambridge Avenue,
on Monday night, caused con
siderable excitement, but in
volved little if any damage. The
firemen responded promptly to a
call and speedily extinguished the
blaze.
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Expect Controversy Over Plans For
Addition to Troy Avenue School
Ventnor Councilmen Reported Opposed to Board of Education
Recommendations for $425,000 Addition to Present School
Structure—Eleven Rooms and Auditorium Called for in Plans
Tentative estimates of cost for
the construction of an addition to
the Troy Avenue school building
approximating $425,000 in plans
submitted by members of the
Board of Education have aroused
a storm of protest and members
of Council are said to be pre
pared to combat the expenditure
on the grounds of economy and
lack of necessity for such a spaci
ous addition to the school. The
Board of Education recommenda
tions calls for an addition of
eleven rooms and an auditorium.
Plans and specifications for the
proposed new wing have been
prepared and ostensibly approved
by the Board of Education, of
which Mrs. Joseph Thompson is
president. Walter Jenkins and
Guy N. Grover, members of the
Board of School Estimates, who
will meet with members of Coun
cil and Mayor Adams in the mat
ter, are said to be committed to
the plan.
It is rumored, however, that
Isaac B. Sweigart and William
Bach, councilmanic representa
tives on the Board of School Esti
mates, will oppose the spending
of such a large sum of money. A
date for the convening of the
Estimate Board has not as yet
been fixed, but it is expected that
the members will meet within the
coming month to decide on the
matter of enlarging the school,
the need for which is acknowl
edged.
With members of the Board of
Education arrayed on the one
side and members of Council op
posed to the plan there is every
likelihood of protracted negotia
tions delaying the initiation of
the work of construction.
Ocean City Realtors
Back South Jersey Inc.
—
The South Jersey Association,
an organization of South Jersey
realtors and business men,
formed for the purpose of boost
ing South Jersey and “selling it”
to the world, was given another
boost toward success at a recent
luncheon of the Real Estate
Board of Ocean City.
A. Conrad Ekholm, the secre
tary of the South Jersey Associa
tion, outlined clearly and con
cisely the many advantages to be
derived by a central organiza
tion with the sole and single pur
pose of “selling South Jersey to
the world.”
Mr. Ekholm asked the support
of the Realtors of Ocean City and
their co-operation and backing in
the new movement, and was in
vited to return to the city in the
near future and make a more de
tailed explanation of the new as
sociation'.
A resolution was adopted by
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Deliveries at any time desired daily
and this insures Ventnor householders
the best service for all kinds of sea
foods, it orders are given to the
CHELSEA FISH MARKET, 2707 At
lantic Avenue. Phone, Bell—Marine
2180 and 2181.—Adv.
Epidemic of Rabies in
Cape May County Towns
Several towns in Cape May
County are reported as having an
epidemic of rabies prevalent
among the dogs of the various
towns and cities. In Sea Isle City
several dogs are known to have
been bitten by an animal known
to have had the disease. Mayor
M. M. Sofroney has ordered that
all dogs must be confined to the
property of their owners or else
be muzzled. Speaking on the
matter he said:—“There is no
one who loves dogs more than
I do but, much as I love them,
all the dogs in the world are not
worth the life of a child, and it
is the children that are most
threatened by dogs running at
large,”
In Wildwood a veterinarian has
issued a warning to his clients
that, owing to the prevalence of
the disease they should keep
their dogs confined or else have
them vacinnated.
In Ocean City a strange dis
ease among canines resulted in
eight of them being put out of
their misery, by the police, last
week.
VENTNOR’S MOST POPULAR PLACE
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Council Will Light
New'Dorset Ave. Road
Ventnor Official* Authorize In
stallation of Lights on New
Boulevard Into City
Ventnor Council at their meet
ing on Monday night made ar
rangements whereby the new
Dorset Avenue Boulevard into
the city will be lighted in a man
ner to correspond with the other
principal roads leading into At
lantic City.
The new Dorset Avenue Road,
which will be used as a detour
for traffic while the Albany Ave
nue Bridge is closed during the
construction of a new span, will
shortly be completed and opened
for use. Realizing the great
amount of traffic which will sub
sequently enter the city by this
route and the imperative need of
properly lighting this highway,
council has granted permission
to Chairman Jenkins, of the
Lighting Committee, to have in
stalled twenty-four 400-candle
power lights along the drive.
These lights will be placed at
strategic points and will likely be
of a “no-glare” type. Installation
work will be rushed so that the
lighting system will be in use by
the time the new road is opened
or shortly thereafter.
rasi touniy lommanaer
Helps New Home Drive
Capt. Thomas Newell, past
county commander of the Ameri
can Legion, and an active mem
ber of Harvey Post, of Ventnor,
last night delivered a stirring
address at the Leeds avenue
school building, in Pleasantville,
in behalf of the drive being made
by Mainland Post, American
Legion, of Pleasantville, for a
new home.
Ventnor Community Church
Organizing an Orchestra
An orchestra to be composed
of the Sunday School and young
people’s society of the Ventnor
City Community Church is being
organized by Prof. L. Powell
Evans, musical director of the
church. Instruments used by the
members of the former Ventnor
City Boys’ Band, donated by
former Mayor Brehman, will be
available for the orchestra
through the courtesy of Council
w it _
May Connect State
With Staten Island
Ambitious Plan For Bridge in
North Jersey Said to Hare
Private Approval of State
Officials v
One of the most pretentious
plans yet devised for the relief
of shore auto traffic in the state
was disclosed by a North Jersej
paper last week. The proj eel
is reported to have elicited the
support of North Jersey legisla
tors and Governor Moore and the
interested consideration of New
York officials.
The plan includes the con
struction of a great three mile
concrete viaduct bridge across
Raritan bay to Princess Bay
Staten Island; the constructior
of a paved link to throw traffic
to the truck highway on Stater
Island and the inauguration oj
an express line of vehicle ferries
from Manhattan to Staten Island
At the New Jersey end the bridge
would terminate about two miles
above Keyport. Shore traffie
thus be able to reach New Yorl
in faster time, eliminating the
traffic congestions of South Am
Boy, Perth Amboy, Rahway
Elizabeth, Newark and Jersej
City.
Surveys for this improvemeni
show, according to its propo
nents, that it is entirely feasible
These surveys have b6en car
ried on in the greatest secrecy
Since the improvement woulc
have to function as a complete
unit, with all details of ap
proaches and facilities carefullj
worked out, and since it woulc
be an interstate project, it is
reported that high officials oi
the two states have been confer
ring sub rosa concerning the ad
visability of the improvement
It is expected that the projecl
| will have the enthusiastic ap
| proval of all Jersey shore com
munities.
The possibility of interstate
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May Delay Bridge
Work Until Next Fal
Possibility That Albany Avenui
Bridge Contract May Be Held
Up Till After Labor Day
With considerable agitation be
ing aroused over the propose!
filling in of the Inside Thorofari
and other matters in connectioi
with the work requiring a dela;
on the awarding of the contrac
there is a possibility that the clos
ing of the Albany Avenue Bridge
and the work of constructing i
new span will be held up unti
after Labor Day of this year.
In an interview with Count;
Engineer A. H. Nelson late las
week that official was unable ti
give any definite information a
to when the bridge will be closed
He intimated that unless work i
started on the bridge before thi
opening of the summer seasoi
that no attempt to start the worl
would be made until after Labo
Day.
“It is rather a psychologica
question which faces the Boari
of Freeholders in this matter,’
he said. “If operations are be
gun this summer on the nev
bridge it will mean that the spai
must be closed to traffic and th<
rush of summer motorists will b<
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