Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1895-02-06
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS HENCE
The Future Of Atlantic City-A
Population, of 2Oo, 900 in IozO.


The Future of Atlantic City-A
Population, of 100000 in 1870.
| To the Editor u the Review.
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C;tv TsnalIv fbe r;obt u,v ID 40 II
riol,t and 4 he riyht thir.r t,.r ne to do
Atlantic CIV Then s..y.,, The sncceed-
mo generation ESSAYS n v,qte volume
twn r ? - viii not have =, ,.,st arosnd i;Ea
tba a anfhor s Of .sCaleh Nii,.,.ns }, for To an
exnlsnafion Of some val, If d;ficulties
sinca bv the wisdom of h;s tho succeed,
mo oenerafion will not ,,a ce,unassed bv
any such web. ti,ev NAV s.v td themse1-
vos s.No mont m chart, ,..,,,tracts on,.
novers and the whole houndlass island
s o,,rs ), Statist;cs arc drv od;rer.
tbouar,'r.. -, = not VOL =. n,ll;sb ~ III
tho +.,hfo Of Voters and yaIn,,t;nns rrl,;ah
f'h.ra oon,n;Ied from tha oft;c;aI rooo'd',
Of M +bo con,,tv for tho l,st tu.entvNt,s We
yaars Suffice 4 N Gov that n 1e7o
there vere in Atlantic citv 175 votorS
onJ ro.,1 as+,+a assos..,d 81 e55o oTE
T'.s+ faIl,s reo;strat;o,, sbou,ad Z yntine.
,.on,,I.,+;n, eoe and nok;na l;hora51
aIlp aHr vance far hiyh % nssessments and do
auctions hv tbe Roard of Appeals tbe
valnations in round numbers ,vara
All S0O 600 Tn 1870 the nonnIation
was / Ola and to-day II is abnnt21 600
a Will hn shown ~ tho Stata censns
nexr lime To recanitulate we have in
round nrmhers-
In
1870 1So5 croasa
v,,+ors 1sn 7n0 % Nfold
Formulation ono 81 M o0 .fo,d
Voinat;on sseo o00 s11 soo 0oo On fold
Hara NO ha va ,,n;fnrn, ;noraasa of
zotors ,,o-ln1at;on .nd yainot;on i, +ba
last twenty.five wears Of 1000 ner cent
or twentv-fold Assuming that tbe sama
neyt twantv-tiva vears and we have
400 O0O nc fha nonuIation and S0o5
600 600 as fhe wealth of Atlantic civ n
1oonI Nv tho+ t;,na the c;tv limits will
have been aytanded 10 tbe lover end of
+bo ;.1and PM . Yonnlation of 1no
0Oo is ton ,nucb To exnect even ofso nro-
oross;va a c;+v &c Atlantic CIV. oIthonob
Al. h . n acraasse of ) oO0 tbera il am1,la
ra,,., ~sar tb;s tventv-fold increase of
,,o..,nla ,oS ia On tho island This acreage
f., Nod from that nartirnlar f,end
- sixyr,t
!, b~ ! 80 tboranol,r- fa ,,,;liar VIE, ~
,atos aelH .nd honnSs af tba;siand that With
l,f+it, ..f,.f IL e<,,,ld cae,siata ,v.;tb
,,,t S,,ln ~ .na
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+ba l;alt 81 e,,. ,,ast' Nr
t,,1;+er "a. :, &c ,,r+ s,fol,r d;v;Ja +bo
:, h1,,ro ~ f,o,,ros Nv two and conclnded +bat
t,ont,, g ro,,s 90 hanea tbo non,,l.+;on
Of Atls,t;c fs;tv will roach 9ofl nel0 and
fba valnat;ons ~ least S1nn nOo noo9
W. no s,.cns+o ~ coll Atlantic (ytv
+bessR,;al,tnn If n,er;da J, The Rr;al ~,
Of Enoland has q nonnlation of 125 00o
all within q terrvtf,rv of tbr.e snnara
niles or 1 eo0 acres On this island xva
hara On ocroaao nearly trebIe that of +be
Epolisb resort and annie room for a
,,o,,,,la+;on ono I'm, drod nor. cont rao+ar
Horaovar vt % - tho ;ncree 90 se in tbe nonn.
,o+;c, ~ A a+Iay+;. CIV d,,r;,,r tbo laS
fiftoon yoa,.S has hoen at tha rate of AZ
taen ner cont vear we NAV sai.Jv con-
clnda tba+ d,r;no tbo noyt twentv- 6va
- vears T. will he at tbe r.,ta ot Ton nor
cent mt . vear at Least ard if anv ono viii
taLe tho tronbIa to fonre # ont on that
has;s bs will find that in 1000 hv a
oonSarvo+ivo osti,nata tho nonnIation
of t4lant;o f,;+v r;ii ha 917 77sNooT
900 ono in round Plumbers inns Nv
t,ro ,,,o+bods of oalo,Ia+inn yyo And +bot
t,rortr- 't,, -tivo years hence +b;s island will
ha tbe nermanent abode ofno loss than
300 Ono neonIel Who will deny that at
oartain ceosnns of tho vaar the totaI
,.a,ul,+;on ras;do,t and trans;ant viii
al,npprox;nato ono ,oilI;on9 Ofconrso in
~ ~ ~ ra,rs ttlant;c r;+v viii ha hean-
t;tod ond ;,,,nronad ur;tb novod s+reets
1,.ao,.erno,,,,a ao,'d,,;t., far al +o,a,,bona
tnio'r..7,,b aed aIaotr;o Gub+ y,y;raS on
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