Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1897-01-20
A Letter FROM THE
CITY BY THE SEA.
The Hotels are Expecting to
do a Good Business.
PRINTERS ON REAL ESTATE AND POLITICS
THE COUNTY SEAT REMOVAL SOON TO BE
DECIDED BY THE ELEGIsLATURE-ANOTH
SCHEME TO GET RICH BY SELLING THE
TURNPIKE.

DECIDED BY THE LEGIsLATURE-ANOTH
SCHEME TO GET RICH BY SELLING THE
TURNPIKE.
From all the pointers" | get from
people of different occupations here, j
feel fully warranted in saying that bust
ness is gradually growing better az
Spring approaches. Like the man in
| the Scriptures everybody is putting
their house in order" to catch the early
birds that fit this way before the Len
ten season. The hotels that have been
kept open through the season have been
wel-patronized and have no complaint
to make. Very extensive improvements
have been made in The Windsor, and
when it is reopened it will be one of the
finest and best kept houses in the City.
l hear that proprietor Waters is to
make feature of his new cafe, and that
it is to be fitted up in elegant style. 1t
is to be very large, and it's location
could not be better to catch the tide Of
fashionable travel. From what l hear
| of his intentions, and from his past
record as q first-class hotel manager, |
shall expect to hear that the new Wind
sor Cafe will be known as the Delmon-
ico's of Atlantic City.
Other hotels are also being improved
in various ways, and guests will be able
to get more and better accommodations
for their money than ever before. The
railroads are not wanting in enterprise,
and everything that conduces to COM
fort and convenience will be provided
for those who ride by rail. There lie pro-
badly no seashOre resort in the Country
that lavishes money like Atlantic City,
in the attempt to make this place at
tractive and convenient of access. This
accounts largely for it's remarkable
success, for nearly all who come here
once are reasonably certain to come
again. There was a time when Atlantic
was not considered quite fashionable
enough but that time is past. now, and
the best people come here for rest and
pleasure and the benefit of our unequalled
climate.
There is a steady gain in real estate
transactions and hear of some large
deals in progress. Fine cottages are
being erected in various parts of the
City and there seems to be a good de-
mand for buildings of the better order.
LOngpOrt and Chelsea are also grad
ually being built up, and the structures
being erected are credit to their re-
spective localities.
Inotice that our colored fellow-citiz
are organizing, preparatory to the
Spring election and such men as George
Clinton, Walter Weyman, and "Pete"
Tucker wear smiles q yard or two wide,
Weyman's famous smiles gives an ex-
preston of profound wisdom to his
face, but it bOdes no good to some peO-
pie who have failed to appreciate his
great ability.
Joe. Sharp, the active Son of Vulcan,
when not engaged in shoeing horses,
spends his time in figuring out what
place he will take in McKinley's Cabinet.
In case the President-elect calls for him,
Joe, will send the coon that tried to
nominate him for Sheriff at the Egg
Harbor Convention, to Ohio, to advise
with Mark Hanna, and issue instruc-
tons as to how the new administration
must be conducted.
The removal of the County Buildings
is subject that is again talked over
freely because the whole matter will soon
be settled one way or the other by the leg
islature. | hear that the Mays Landing
people have about concluded that the
buildings must co." and that they are
using their influence to create sentiment
favorable = thei1 = this City.
We eaten BIT ech0 Of It Here occa-
/ sionally, but do not believe that there
is any very solid backing to it. In view
Of what Pleasantville has done, and The
way Atlantic City has seconded the
motion" it would be ungraciOus, to say
the least, to leave Pleasautville in the
lurch. Ex-senator Newell has taken
solid ground since the movement was
! first discussed. He has said that new
buildings are q necessity, whether locat-
ed at Mays Landing or elsewhere. He
bases his idea upon the ground of true
economy as well as the public conven-
fence, and advises that the County stop
wasting money on the old buildings. At
q public meeting he was chosen chair
man of Citizens Committee and IN
structed to 60 ahead and use ais infu-
ence for Pleasantville. He has been en-
couraged to do the same from this side
| Of the meadows, and there are some peo-
ple here who would feel very indignant
| if he should fail or refuse to go to the
| legislature, yet am informed upon good
authority that not dollar has been con-
| tributed, outside of Pleasantville, to
defray the legitimate expenses incident to
preparing and introducing such meas
ures as may be necessary. believe
that vast majority of our citizens are
in favor of Pleasantville, but some are
talking as if they were willing that you
| should beat the bush while we catch the
bird. Such talk is not calculated to en-
courage the efforts of your people, and
/ wait the outcome with considerable
curiosity.
hear another scheme being engineer
ed to make everybody rich and cause
ten-dollar bills to grow on tomato
plants. II is to sell the Turnpike to the
County. Why not hold on awhile ?
Perhaps the people who were expected
| to take it off the hands of the present
owners, at a good round price, may do
so after mature deliberation-but
hardly think so. / think the people
have about made up their minds, when
they want another road across the
meadows, they will build it and it will
be an elevated one. am Informed that
such an one can be built for less money
than the owners of the Turnpike ask
for the old one that nobody wants.
"ARGUs."
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