Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1898-04-13
NEWS FROM OUR
CORRESPONDENTS.
Items Of Interest," from Hd-
joining Touns.
HlppEHlHGs lIOHG THE SHORE RESIDENTS.
WHAT rs GOING On ALONG THE SHORE.
SPICY NEWS GATHERED HERE AND.
THERE BY OUR REGULAR CoRREsPoN-
DENTS. EvERYBoDY's BUSINESS.
ATLANTICCITY

None of the big hotels had any room
to epare Saturday night and many
guests were compelled to seek less pre-
tentious quarters.
Pickpockets are reported to have done
a thriving business on the Boardwalk
among the crowds of people who were
too busy watching the Easter hats and
their wearers to pay much attention to
their pockets.
Oscar Ware, son of Enos Ware, the
well-known milk dealer, was thrown
from his wagon while crossing the Read
ing r. R. tracks at Arctic and Arkansas
avenues on Sunday, and badly hurt. A
car struck the wagon and demolished it
the gates being left up by the careless
ness Of the gate tender,
All records of Easter visitors were
broken on Saturday and Sunday-the
official records of the railroads showing
that 750 passengers were brought
down from Thursday to Sunday morn
ing. These in addition to those pre-
viously here are believed tohave brought
the number fully up to $4,000. The
throng upon the Boardwalk, Sunday
afternoon, was nearly equal to that in
midsummer, and the Easter costumes
were marvels of richness and beauty.
Over one thousand people witnessed
the exhibition yesterday afternoon of
Capt. Sorcho's patent dynamite bomb
blowing up an old row boat. 1t was
given by the Capt. to prove the super
iority of his combination of explosives
to produce disaster over that now in
use. 1t was success and the exhibition
was loudly applauded. The demonistra-
tion was given dir city off the South end
of Capt. Young's pier. An old row boat,
which the crowd nick-named the Spanish
cruiser Viscaya, was procured. 1t was
towed by another craft carrying an
American flag, to about three hundred
feet away from the pier and anchored.
Capt. Sorcho then placed the bomb under
the aft of the craft and rowed a safe dis
tance away. The bomb W as set off by
means of wires connected with it. The
explosion was terrific and blew the old
craft into atoms. The crowd yelled
Justify for Uncle Sam.
Trials and tribulations seem to be the
order of the day for Atlantic City.
The matter of Governor VOORHEES,
having signed the wrong bill, or bill
that would not be suitable to Atlantic
City, in that it only provides for an ex-
penditure Of SIS, 600 per year for paving,
was brought up. and it was decided to
send Solicitor Godfrey to Trenton on
Tuesday, to get the true standing of the
paving bill.
There were number of bids from OUT
side firms received offering to light the
city with electricity and agree to sell the
plant at the end of the contract term for
the amount it originally cost to con-
struct it.
The bids for Lighting the city with
electricity were from:
Alexander Fl. Engstrom, arc lights,
$110 per year, not less than ITS lights;
city furnish rights of way; term of con-
tract for years; city to purchase plant
at expiration of five or ten years at cost;
providing $115 per light per year is paid;
if city lay the conduits. $11O per light
per year.
John H Rothermel for five years con-
tract. sos S5 per year per light; 3
years, SIG 80 per year; one year,
$120.45 per year.
A. M. Pennypacker & Co.. for 1 year,
1925 90; 8 years, $119 So; 5 years,
$113 81 per light per year.
Fl. c. Gussler & Co., for s years,
$112.15; 8 years, $3.50 25; 1 year,
$124 10 per year.
Atlantic City Gas and Water Co., for 5
years, 35 cents per light per night; gas,
$25 per lamp per year.
Atlantic City Power Co., for five years,
35 cents per light per night, or 1927 per
year.