Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1897-12-22
NEWS FROM OUR
CORRESPONDENTS.
Items Of Interest from Hd-
joining Touns.
HlppEIIHGs lI0HG The SHORE RESIDENTS.
WHAT Is GOING ON ALONG THE SHORE.
SPICY NEWS GATHERED HERE AND
THERE BY OUR REGULAR CORREsPON-
DENTS. EvERYBoDY's BUSINESS.
ATLANTIC CITY.

Mr. ID. b. Edwards the HOrlSt ana his
wife, have secured very fine house with
two or three acres of ground in Ham
monton and will become residents of
that delightful town for short while.
The heavy sea air is too strong for Mrs.
Edwards and it is hoped she will i'm
prove in health very soon and be able
to reoccupy their beautiful cottage op-
posite their green houses on South
Carolina avenue.
Mr.. VIM. Wyand had an unpleasant
experience, Saturday evening, that
might have resulted in his freezing to
death if he had not been rescued prompt
ly. Mr.. Wyand went out from the
ocean pier, late in the afternoon, in q
small yacht propelled by an oil engine.
When near the bell buoy the engine be-
pipe becoming clogged, and Wyand
anchor, sails or oars, and night coming
On with a freezing temperature. By
burning some waste dipped in oil ne
succeeded in attracting attention on
shore, and the U. s. Life Saving crew
went to his rescue. They found him
about five miles from shore, benumbed
from cold and exposure, and extremely
grateful to his rescuers for their timely
assistance.
About fifty citizens attended the meet
ing in Odd Fellows Hall Saturday night
called by Mayor Stoy to further
the Inlet channel project.
Mayor StOy called the meeting to
order and stated the reasons for issuing
the call. A regular organization was
then effected. The Mayor declined the
nomination Of chairman, as did Senator
Hoffman and Levi Albertson, and Coun-
Gilman Parker was elected. Warren
Somers was elected Secretary and George
Long, Treasurer.
Captain Thomas French was the
first speaker. He gave bis experience
touching shipping matters and told
about the cutting away of the land at
the Inlet. He spoke about the pOssib
ili,ies of the sinking of vessels to make q
channel.
He dwelt at length on the needs of
the improvement but could not see
where the money would come from. He
said: "The Wilson Bill left no surplus
and the 'Dingley Bill had not as yet
raised much money"
He was of the opinion that half mil
lion dollars would be sufficient to make
the Improvement. "a
Prosecutor Perry followed with re-
marks. He believed that the proper
thing to do to further the project was
to gather and present to the Govern
ment statistics concerning commercial
interests.
Warren Somers was of the opinion
that the Government should be shown
the benefits that would accure as port
of refuge, as to yachting, inter state
commerce, and in the interests of the
oyster traffic.
Judge Thompson pointed out that
care should be taken in the submitting
of statistics to the Secretary of War
that nothing relating to the accretions
of land or in any way regarding land
interest should be referred to.
Senator Hoffman spoke favOrably on
the project and made a motion that q
committee of three be appointed in con-
junction with the chairman, to select
proper committees to further the pro-
ject.
This was dissented to by Mr.. Albert
son. as he deemed it inadviaable, mas
much as it would take too long to ac-
complish anything. He suggested that
the officers and four others secure the
necessary data and forward the same
to Major Raymond without waiting to
submit it at any future meeting. This
was accepted and the following were
appointed with the officers John Tur-
ner, Jesse Yates, William johnson and
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