Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1898-07-06
A LETTER FROM THE
CITY By THE SEA.
The improvements made by
the Pennsylvania p. r. Go
HOTEL KEEPERS ENTERPRISE AND FORESIGHT.
THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK AND WHO ARE
MENTIONED" FOR THE VARIOUS
OFFICES.

| operation last Friday on the West Jer-
| sey and Seashore railroad calls public
| attention once more to the comprehen-
siye plan of improvements projected by
| the Pennsylvania Company. Right in
the midst of the hard times President
Thompson proposed to double track the
| c. & A. division between Camden and
this city, and he was ably seconded by
| General Sewell and Supt. Dayton. The
result is that the wolf was kept from
many doors by the expenditure of vast
| sums of money among the working
people, and we now have another
| splendid link in the chain of railway
connections between here and PhiladeI-
phia. There are not many tracks that
are the equal of it anywhere and there
| will be none better when the new bed
| over the meadows gets thoroughly
"settled." In the matter of train SER
vice the accommodations are better
than ever before-for it includes the
| Bridge trains from Broad street that
makes through connection with the
| West in one of the finest railway
stations in the world. When l think of
the amount of money that the Pennsyl-.
vania r. r. Co. has expended in building
the Delaware River Bridge. and the new
doubIe-track just finished, wholly to
make better accommodations for reach
| ing Atlantic City, feel justified in al
ways standing up for the ''Old Reliable
Co. that has done so much and SO well
| in developing this resort. 1t has done
wonders for this City and is already
planning to do much more. From the
President down to the engine oiler the
whole system is composed of the bright
est and best men that can be had. In
fact there is no room for "lunkheads"
anywhere in its ranks.
Our hotel men are also deserving of
great credit for they didn't stop to
| squeeze dollars and whine when times
seemed a little dull. On the contrary
| they enlarged and refurnished their
houses, and tried to see how well they
could treat their guests. The expert
ment has paid them and others have
followed in their footsteps, until now
we can boast of several very large
hotels palatially furnished and admir-
ably managed. Another good invest
ment they have made is the purchase of
the Country Club property, off shore,
| that is gradually being transformed in
| to landscape of beauty and attractive
ness for themselves and their guests.
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such purpose, attests to the nerve
and enterprise of these hotel men and
/ do not doubt that in the end they will
find it paying investment as well as a
source of pleasure and a place for
| wholesome recreation.
The politicians are also taking their
cue from these large expenditures by the
railroad and hotel men and have come
| to the conclusion that they must intro
| duce q better system and better
methods. The days when the heelers
and strikers can dictate all the party
nominations ought to be at an end, and
| there are some indications-even in this
| boss-ridden town-that such will be the
| case before many years. In my travels
| around town l hear more good men
| mentioned" for office than | have
heard for long time, and this leads me
| to believe that a better condition of
i affairs is soon to prevail. Concerning
nominations in detail, | suppose that
| Atlantic County will be practically solid
| for the denomination of Congressman
Gardner, because it is Gardner or no
body from Atlantic County. Unless he
gets monkeying with the gubernatOrial
| bee that is said to be buZziDg around
his ears see no reason why he should
not capture most of the delegates from
this County
For the State Senatorship several
names are more or less prominently
"mentioned," but from what hear |
should say that Samuel I'll. Kelley, of
Chelsea, the prominent real estate dealer,
had the weather guage just at present.
Quite number of the best men in the
party, however, seems to be uniting
upon ex-County Clerk Lewis Evaus, who
is man Of strict integrity and stands
above reproach. The present incumbent
Senator Hoffman, is also candidate to
succeed himself and may with his usual
run of luck slip in between the other
candidates. There are some who OBJ
ject to him because he is also County
School Supt. but it cannot be denied
that he has been a good one-so after
all that may not react to his disadvan-
tage.
The heelers would like to see Ashley
renominated for the Assembly, but the
thinking men of the party will undoubt-
edly prevent it. His denomination
would mean the election of Democrat
sure, and the republicans cannot afford
to take such chances this year. His
weakness was shown at the polls last
| year and his incompetency ever since.
With United States Senator at stake
Mr.. Ashley will be quietly allowed to
expire yearling on account of "struc
tural weakness as the ship builders
say.
Council has agreed to award the con-
tract for the building of the new Gar
bage Crematory to the Pennsylvania
Construction Company, for which it is
to be commended for the Company is
realible and responsible and will do
what it agrees to. There is some sur
prise, in this connection, expressed at
the vote of Councilman Harry Leeds
because he voted against the awarding
of the contract to the successful bidders
l-and because he can always be counted
upon to vote for the Schauffier deal. l
trust be has satisfactory reasons for
the faith that is within him, but L do
not recall just what they may be.
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