Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1896-12-02
A LETTER FROM THE
CITY BY THE SEA.
Rumors of Enterprises, Real
and Otherwise,
A TALK ABOUT REAL ESTATE MATTERS.
ARGUS WRITES OF THE COUNTY SEAT.
THE BOARD OF FREEHOLDERs,
POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT, AND coRpEcTs
4 MISTAKE.

| business and rumorS of business are
| the current topics here at present. Work
| has been commenced on the Hotel Wind
sor, and that large and popular house is
| TO be greatly extended and beautified.
| There is also Il ruInor afioat that a syn
| dlcate of wealthy men are TO build an
immense pier. extending far out into old
| ocean, that shall eclipse any structure
| Of its kind in the country. | do not
| know Of my own personal knowledge
| that the project will materialize. but The
story is afloat, the plans of the pro
posed structure are given out III detail,
and | mention the fact and give the
current gossip i'll connection Herewith
merely as bit of very welcome news
if it is true This is a famous town
for fake" enterprises, as well as real
ones, and it is well to dig down for bot
tom facts before believing all YOU hear.
/ believe ii to be fact, though, that
real estate business is wonderfully pick
ing up since the election. \. ii. Phil
lips x Co.. L. G.. Adams 4 Go. and J.
c. Risley are all doing il good business
for this season Of the year. hear of
I many contemplated improvements and
large deals in real estate. but they are
hardly definite enough to warrant me
i'll stating them ;s accomplished facts.
There is. 50 | am told. considerable in
quiry for firms and lots in yeIr vicin
ity. and for real estate i'll Longport-
As the time approaches for the meet
ing of the Legislature many people
evince renewed interest in the project
for the removal of the county buildings.
and am besieged for information upon
that very important TOPIC. | hear many
compliments for the Press and the
work it is doing in that direction. The
same words of praise are due to the
Daily Union.' whose veteran editor
is Il fighter from the base up. and wields
Il powerful pen when he wants to.
Judging from his articles upon the couii-
ty buildings movement L guess he
uIelJ p9AouI9I uueql l95 ..ol slurM.,
Mays Landing. No one knows better
than Mr. Hall the Inconvenience of the
present county seat. and how incXcus-
able are the expenditures recently made
and now being made upon the old
shells at Mays Landing. | note that
the Freeholders have ''promised' 10
build new quarters for the Sheriff. which
is only one more reason why they
should not build Just at present So it
goes. and 50 it will continue to go until
the taxpayers Of the county arise i'll
their might and demand that these use
less expenditures shall cease. A prom
inent man told me a few days ago that
the reason why there was 10 general
public effort in favor of the removal of
the county buildings was the accepted
belief that Pleasantville would attend t.
the work necessary to he done. inaSInuch
as the buildings would undoubtedly he
located there. On the other hand one of
your most prominent citizens said to
me that the county at large would he
the gamer. and he failed to see why
Pleasantville should be expected to bear
all the burden. From this your own
citizens can judge how necessary it is
for them to take the field and do some
immediate and active work in behalf of
the movement. So far us [ am concern
ed as 1; taxpayer | want new buildings
somewhere, to stop squandering money
on the old ones The Beard of Free
holders seem wholly Indifferent to any
protests that may be made. pay no heed
to anything the taxpayers ask for. and
seem to he serenely saying. What are
you going to do about it, This may he
because the people have not held them
TO Il very rigid accountability. but unless
l mistake the signs of the times there
are some fires being kindled that will
eventually disturb even the serenity of
the County Board Of FreeholderS.
There is considerable talk here among
| the solid men Of the Republican party
naI;t;,ai nos;t;on mon vo,l, fallow-towns,
nan eu-;s U B,rrctt nnfIer the in
| coming administration of William Me
| Kinley. / remember hearing Senator
| Newell characterize Barrett us 'the Na-
| poleon of w,rkers'' in this county. when
| secopting his nomination Tor Sheriff at
| tho Frg Unrhor Citv convention. All
| of -. on ,h;s s;do of tba ,Irawbridcc
| have known that he wns a tirelcss
| workor fo, orr n,rtv and if any man in
| tbe county deserves a reward for party
snrvces rendered. Lewis ri Barrett IS
| tha+ NAM Ha has t,lscn his time ana
| h;s money time and again to aid his
nartr and his friends and has assisted
many a moor fellow in getting n lob.
He rnye m the ColIectorship Of Pleas
antyiIlc I am informed. to more effectu-
| alIy nrosecute His canvass for the Sher-
itf's nomination and we all know that
nolticai canyasscs cost money. even
when tbev. are leaitimatcIv conducted
| have heard AIr. Rarrett's name men
tione,l for United States Marshal. and
/ also for the Collector Of Internal Rev
enue for this district. He is abundantly
qualified 70 fiji either Of them. and his
| annointmept woul,I he n big send-off for
Atlantic County. which generally gets
left: while some of the other counties
gather in the plums. Congressman Gard
ner knows the whole situation, and
submit he could do a graceful act. and
render the party a service by seeing
that such an appointment is duly made
nj the propcr time. "Lcws- friends will
not he satisfied to have him appointed
to some menial position. that affords
only bare living for they feel that he
has earned a good position by long and
faithful service. and that he is fairly en-
titled to it,