Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1897-08-11
A LETTER FROM THE
CITY BY THE SEA.
The Great Sunday Croud
Breaks all Records.
FISHING IN WATERS ALONG OUR COAST.
THE RUMORED WATER METER IDEAL" !"
SOMEBODY PLAYING A BUNCO GAME.
THE WATER DEPARTMENT AND IT'S
LITTLE BILLS CREATE COMMENT.

| THE WATER DEPARTMENT AND ITS
| LITTLE BILLS CREATE COMMENT.
Wasn't there a crowd here on
| Sunday? Well, l should say there
was. The people fiocked here not by
| thousands but by tens of thousands
until this town, great as are it's
' accommodations, was more than
filled to the Overflowing No such a
| crowd was ever seen here before, and
it was a most decOrOus and orderly
| crowd too. The railroad people had
their hands full and the yards full of
cars, but | do not hear that any
| accident occurred in handling the
| miles of trains that came and re-
turned. The railroad officials say
that the travel broke all previous
records by 5000. They say that the
three roads brought down, during
Saturday and Sunday, $1,000 people
which added to the permanent visi-
tors made the largest crowd ever seen
here. | took a stroll up to the Inlet
in the afternoon and it was a sight
worth seeing to observe the yachts
darting in every direction under a
fine breeze and loaded with passen-
gers. Every boat was out and
nearly all of them made several trips,
and the shippers must have salted
down good pot of money. hope
they did for they deserve it. The
Inlet Captains are among the most
skilled and careful of their profession.
They have served a lifetime at
their business, and they know
every part of the game of safe
sailing and successful fishing.
When one of these old salts sees the
waves breaking dangerously over
the bar, and tells you not to go out,
don t go and hire a greeney with
small boat to go and try it. Ii you
do, the chances are that the sharks
or the undertakers will do they rest.
Fishing is a rare sport, and when
| man once gets the fever, it is hard to
shake it off. But you want to be
with careful men who know how to
handle a boat. This reminds me
that our coast is lined with good
| fishing ground both outside and
inside the beach, and a pretty trip is
to take yacht and make the run
down the coast in the inland waters.
You can go down past South Attain
| tic City, LOngport, across the Great
LIB IldIOOI hlNcI W OCcdH IItt
and thence, southwark, through
winding channels to Townsend's
Inlet, Sea Isle, Stone Harbor and
other places further down the beach.
AT Townsend's Inlet you will find
good accommodations for fishermen,
a good table, reasonable prices, and
courteous treatment at the Ocean
House kept by William Manahan.
Tho hnn11fifr11 fhn
coast will repay trip by water,
but if you are in a hurry you can
make it in short time by going
from here to Longport by trolley,
and thence to Ocean City by the
Pennsylvania r. RS fine steamers,
and from there down shore by the
trolley. You can easily make the
whole round trip in a day and have
several hours to spare for fishing or
sailing at TOwnsend's Inlet or
beyond.
What is the meaning Of the talk l
hear about deal being made in
the purchase of the water meters for
the City in accordance with the vote
of the Council at it's meeting last
week? Can it be possible that the
Combine" has been taken Into
camp" by the old leader of the
famous Bread and Butter Brigade"
as argus" facetiOnsly labelled few
of our city politicians ? There
would seem to be room for explana-
tiOn on the part of some of the
members of the Combine. The
leader of the old B. and B. brigade,
and member of the Combine" are
said to have spent nearly one whole
day, recently, in airing themselves
behind housekeeping quadruped,
and some people wondered if they
discussed anything more than the
speed of horses. The taxpayers have
hoped that the new Combine"
could be trusted to look after their
interests with an eye single to their
advantage, and they look with
suspicion upon anything that savors
of intimacy or confidential relations
with the old bOssess. Pork" as
ARGUS" used to call it, has become
very scarce of late with the old
brigade, and the efforts that it's
leaders are putting forth for fresh
supply are something wonderful. |
would suggest to the members OF the
new Combine" that they keep their
eyes very wide open. The old
brigade is playing with loaded dice,
and marked cards, and their game is
to buncO the men who have turned
them down. The Combine, have
gained prestige by their cutting
loose from certain men and certain
influences, and they should do
nothing by carelessness or neglect to
imperil it.
The size OF bills that are being
sent out by the Water Department
are creating considerable comment
that approaches storm in some
quarters. The meters are wrong, or
the fellows at tie office are wrong,
or else those self-sacrificing gentle
men-the WOOds-are losing a large
amount of money in furnishing
| water to the people of this town.
When this same fluid is being
furnished elsewhere for reasonable
sum, it looks as though either the
| meter or the office was out of order.
At any rate had not the Water Co.
better look up the matter and see
which it is ? A company last Spring
| made a proposition to the Council
to buy the present water plant, and
| to furnish for eight or ten cents-I
| forget which-the same amount of
water we are now paying twelve
for. If the gentlemen who authO-
rized such a proposition to be made,
can be found, and are responsible,
and are still willing to back up
their offer, Would it not be a good
usiness-transactiOn for the Council
| to invite them to come before it, and
make more specific and detailed
| proposition If water can be
furnished at price one-sixth, or
| One-third less than we are now pay
| ing for it, it means an immense sum
of money saved in long run.