Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1897-12-22
A LETTER FROM THE
CITY BY THE SEA.
A Renewed Interest Taken in
Removal of County Seat.
ATLANTIC CgTrS BUSINESS FOR The PAST YEAR

THE MAYORALITY-PLOTs AND COUNTER
PLOTs-THE EFFORT TO sHELvE MAYOR
sTOY NOT VERY SUCCESSFUL UP TO
DATE.
The favorable comments, hear every
where l go, relative to the renewed
efforts to remove the County Seat,
means that the measure will have to be
considered by our members of the Legis-
lature, Senator Hoffman and Assembly
man Ashley. There are more people who
favor the movement than ever before,
and they are not disposed to stand any
more "monkeying" on the subject. am
informed that the now bill which is
being prepared will provide for special
election to decide where the County Seat
shall be located, and every town in the
county, including Mays Landing, will
thus be given an opportunity to present
it's claims and express it's opinion at the
ballotbox,- ,-and the town or city that
gets the most votes will get the County
Seat. 1t seems to me that nothing could
be fairer than this, and any one who is
willing to let the people have an oppor-
tunity to make a declaration upon this
very important question is no friend to
the people.
Let us have vote on the proposition
and settle it once for all. Let those who
favor the removal have chance to vote,
and let those who oppose ii be given
chance to ''stand up and be counted"
The cost of an election will not be much
and need not frighten any one, for the
county pays many larger bills of less i'm
portance without 'ssquealing."
The business outlook for next year is
something wonderful and outside of this
city and county l doubt if such con-
ditions can be found in any other section
of the country. Our hotel keepers here
are on the move enlarging and otherwise
improving their houses and our mer-
chants are likewise engaged. Even the
shop keepers are not behind in this work,
for they, too. are altering buildings and
rebuilding or otherwise improving their
stores to be ready for the great rush of
1898.
The year now so near it's close has
been most remarkable one for Atlantic
City. While every port of the country
was in the thrOes of q financial crisis and
business was nearly at stand still all
over the land, this city has been boom
ing with prosperity and glowing with
fashion. More people were here than on
any previous year in our history, and
the season was protracted to a greater
length than ever before. Our visitors
were reluctant to leave and when they
did go it was with assurance that they
would come again. Many have engaged
accommodations for next summer
Many were here for the first time, and
all were delighted with their sojourn.
They will be here again and bring Others
with them; and they will continue to
come if the conditions warrant them in
doing SO. Our hotel men understand
this, and they can be relied upon to do
their part. In fact the expenditure of
many thousands of dollars by them in
building, rebuilding, removing and other
wise improving their houses attest to
this.
Aud now what? Why Councils should
"get q move on" them and that very
soon. The Combine" has done much
for the city but it cannot afford to halt.
The new City Hall must be hurried up
and the garbage plant must be put in
condition to take care of nhe refuse gar
bage. The collections of all offal matter,
should be done at night, when the
nostrils of sensitive people will not be
offended. The streets must be put in
better condition, they must be better
lighted, and generally better kept. ALI
these, and many other things, must be
here. Above all, the main thoroughfare
<>f k1o nj ch h.
paved. Let Councils look to it.
The Dumpmasters' are on active duty
not withdrawing it is court week. They
are kept on the move on double quick
time. The effort to shelve Mayor Stoy
seems to have been too much Of q load
for them to carry, and looks as if they
would be compelled to give it up-much
to their disgust. They found that many
of their trusted members could not be
relied upon to attempt the downing"
of Mayor Stoy. Because of their con-
stitueDcy the people, for once, was too
many for the 'sbassis." The letter raved
and threatened to court-martial and
even to dicapitate; but all to no purpose.
They set watch only to find that some
of their most trusted members were
quietly skipping into the Transporta-
ton Office to pledge Mr.. Stoy their sup
port. Their suspicion was first aroused
at the large amount of business that
their leading men seemed to be doing in
the Transportation line. Trusted
watchmen soon brought them the in
formation that some Of their own heavy
weights was taking steps to "get in out
of the wet". 1t was bitter pill but it
had to be taken or the Dumpmasters
were doomed. A general rush for the
Transportation Office followec-and
peace is the result. But go slow, Mr..
Mayor You cannot be too careful.
The people are "taking in" the situation
and those very Dumpmasters will drop
you if they can find a way to do it. As
one of the old Brigade said to me q few
days ago when l remarked that it look
ed like plain sailing for Stoy. "Wait !"
said he. Then he went on to say that
"a master hand has been running Stoy's
campaign. He would not have been q
confederation in this battle but for this
same man. He has labored night and
day to keep Stoy before the people as
their friend. He countered and dis
counted every move of ours and to-
day it looks like Stoy. But wait Let
him make one little mistake, let him once
more give hand to pull certain chest
nuts out of the fire and you will see
where Stoy will go. We seldom forget
and never forgive" The same Dump
masters made one very bad if not fatal
mistake when they dumped the man
who has been furnishing them with
brains for q long time. No matter how
deep they were 10 the mire his counsel
always provided silver lining for the
darkest cloud. But the time came
when they feared it would cost them
something to stand by him, and they
hoped they could make q dump without
his getting down to it but they might
who to thank-and it remains to be
seen in what manner be viii! show his
appreciation.