Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1897-03-31
A Letter FROM THE
CITY BY THE SEA.
Easter Season Predictions
more Than Fulfilled.
BETTER STREETS ARE IN ABSOLUTE NECESSITY.
THE SHERIFF'S LITTLE JURY WHEEL TURNS
AGAINST PLEASANTvHLE- "ARGUS"
WANTS APATTERN AND THINKS THERE'S
MILLIONS IN IT'-A SOCIAL CLUB.

The prediction for an extraordinary
amount of travel during the Easter sea-
son is already more than fulfilled. Near
ly everybody who can afford it likes a
sniff of salt air after long and disagree
able Winter and there is no place in the
country like Atlantic City to get it and
enjoy it. In everything that goes to
make up frst-class seaside resort,
wherein health, pleasure and comfort
are combined, our own growing town
stands unrivalled.
Our hotels are up to the best in the
world, our cottages are good, our stores
can hardly be excelled, and no fault can
be found with our City Government.
Person and property is as safe here as
anywhere in the world. Every year is a
surprise to even the best posted of our
own people. In these hard times, when,
go where you will, you hear complaints
that business is very dull, this city
stands out as the one exception.
The sale of real estate is wonderful.
Every day brings to light some large
transactions in that line. This shows
that people who have money, have con-
everything is being taken up. The mead
ows that but few years since obtained
scarcely any notice are being reclaimed
and comfortable houses now stand where
less than three years ago nothing but
salt grass could be seen. Fortunes have
been made out of these same meadows
and other fortunes await some lucky
buyer. Had l money to invest, would
put it down right here in this town.
There is only one thing lacking to make
the place well-nigh perfect, and that is
better streets. In fine weather the pres
ent streets will do; but when the rains
come there comes mud. A different kind
of pavement is the only thing needed. 1t
is shame that Atlantic Avenue should
be unpaved to-day. Why don't the
live, enterprising gentlemen, who have
made the city what it is, take this matter
in hand? They would soon solve the
problem. If the railroads won't pave.
then let the owners OfprOperty dol and
charge it MP in higher license. [ say rail-
roads because the Reading, outside of
the street cars, gets the benefit as much
as the Pennsylvania. Look at the traf
fic to and froIu the Reading Depot, and
then say if the bentfi is not equal or
nearly so. l am certain ifa proper effort
was made in the direction of better
streets it would be more successful.
know OF no more popular move for our
new Council to make than in this very
direction. The members are business
men and know how to go about it in a
way to make it successful. Let the
Street Committee prepare report on
this most important matter and submit
it to the full body at their earliest oppor-
tunity. The old Boardwalk was an eye
sore for many years until Mr.. Rose took
it in hand, and now we have q Board
walk that is the envy of every seaside
resort in the world. If he will take up
the street question and give it his usual
vigorous attention, muddy streets will
soon be thing of the past.
Inotice that the Sheriff, or his little
jury wheel, has played your town a
queer trick in the drawing of the petit
jury. Both, Judging from the result.
must have acted upon the theory that
Pleasantville is not on the map of Allan
tic County. | have heard it explained by
wicked people that the whirling of the
roulette wheel was attended by some
uncertainties generally to the fellow
who puts up his money, but it never oc-
CURED to me that the jury wheel could
SO manipulate itself as to fail to turn out
prize to place as large as Pleasant
vile. Just think of it! Not even one
little juror from Pleasantville, to sit IN
Judgment, at the April term of Court,
upon chicken stealers, "star-gazers" and
murderers. Now have no doubt that
some of your citizens will be 80 unrea-
sonable as to declare that the omission
was intentional. l don't want to be-
lieve that, if can help it, but | am COM
PEELED to admit that such b thing has
never happened before within the mem
ory of the Oldest inhabitants, and it
should never happen again. l think |
will interview the Honorable Judge
Thompson and see if he can shed any
light upon this rather dark subject. Il
he cannot, then hope Sheriff Kirby will
be generous enough to let me have pat
tern of his jury wheel tor think | could
make fortune by making them and sell
ing them to the gamblers. A wheel that
is "dead sure thing" against anybody
for fifty-four times in succession is good
enough for any kind of ''crook" to use
With such wheel in my possession,
could confidently exclaim with Col. Null
berry Sellers, There's millions in it! !"
There is movement on foot here to
start a first class social club. "Father'
Rose, Mr.. Long and other men are said
to be interested in the movement. There
is no doubt it would prove apOpular and
advantageous venture it properly han
died. Comfortable and agreeable quarters
is the first essential of course, There
| is no such place here where one can take
his friends for an hour or so and have
the "home comforts" and bonhomie that
are obtainable at a well-conducted club
house. Ofcourse a frst-class bar would
be one of the essentials. A cafe also,
think, would 60 with it. A man would
also enjoy the privilege of selecting hif
own company, all the year round. anC
eat, drink and smoke to his hearts con
tent. and, if he desired to do 80, sit il
his chair and sip his wine. There woulG
be noses turn up, no doubt. at the mer'
thought that anyone could become sc
depraved as to sit in nice chair in {
comfortable room and sip glass o
wine, Still have read of such thing
being done even in places outside of At
lantic City.
The "Dump Masters" Brigade is agail
on the march, and advise all those WHIT
have interests in that direction to be OF
the alert. notice that some oftheir ad
vance agents look very mysterious, q
they move from point to point along th
line, and the signs portend, ! think, tha
somebody contemplates an early m0v
on the ramparts Of the Taxpayers. Fore
warned is said to be forearmed, but tha
little bit OF philosophy will apply only