Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1898-02-23
A LETTER FROM THE
CITY BY THE SEA.
"A large Numbers of Visitors
at the Big Hotels.
RAILROAD IMPROVEMENTS DENOTE CONFIDENCE
THE COUNTY SEAT REMOVAL RETARDED
BY sOMEBODY-BETTER MEN COMING
TO THE FRONT IN POLITICs-MR.
RILEY A CANDIDATE FOR THE COUNCIL
A PEN PORTRAIT OF A LOCAL
POLITICIAN.

tHe ldSC week mas Deen q surprise 10
everybody. Some of our largest
hotels have been taxed to their
utmost capacity and my predictions
that this city would be. an all-the-
year resort stands proven. This
fact is well understood by Supt.
Dayton and the railroad people
generally. First the Reading double
tracked their system, and now the
old Pennsy is spending millions of
dollars in betterments on their lines.
These people represent the shrewdest
and best posted capitalists in the
world. They have and control
millions OF dollars but they always
see their way clear before they put
down a dollar. Atlantic City is a
fixed fact and they know it, and act
accordingly. Wise men will profit
by the example of these men.
The County Seat removal, like, the
City Hall is being retarded, SO / am
informed, by certain people who need
some of the common sense of the
men above referred to. Jealousy,
and perhaps other reasons, prompts
this delay. The removal of the
County Seat is just as certain as any
thing else that depends upon the
future. What you and / may think
is of very small consequence. 1t is
public necessity and will be forced by
the people in the near future. and
the fellow who stood in the way
will be back number. Our
members of Councils, who well
understand this fact, took care
to get on record on the right side in
good time, and now the RESPONSE
bility rests ON the shoulders of
Senator Holman and Mr.. Ashley.
Both have been favored by the
people who pay the taxes for this
County, and both will be held to a
strict accountability for their acts.
All the lawyers, nearly, and a ma
jority of the people OF the County
want these men to pass a bill for
said removal, and if they want to
stand up against a public demand in
the words of Senator Newell "That's
their funeral"
I am happy to note the healthy
signs of the times from political
standpoint Better men, in fact
representative men, are springing to
the front and announcing their will
lingness to accept office. This does
not come from a desire on their part
to enter the political field, but it
foreshadows the fact that our very
best men have realized that they
must make some personal sacrifice in
order to protect their large invest
ments of money. They realize, at
last, that they can no longer afford
to leave their large interests in the
hands OF a few ''heelers" who run the
business ''for revenue only"
Among those who have recently
given notice of their intention
to stand up for better government,
and lower taxes, is James B. Riley
of the Hotel st. Charles. Mr.. Riley
is one of our most hOnored citizens,
a man of great mental capacity, and
has done as much, as any other man
in this city to advance its interests.
He came here, q few years ago, and
put his money out right and left and
the street known as "St Charles
Place" which, when he acquired it
was, simply system of hills and
hOllOws, is now one OF the finest
thoroughfares in our city-paved
from end to end, and adorned on
each side from Pacific avenue to the
beach by the finest cottages in the
city. 1t stands to-day a monument
to the grit and enterprise OF Mr..
Riley who now realizes that the needs
of the city and the interests OF the
taxpayers demand, even more than
the simple investment of money. He
sees the necessity, and cheerfully
agrees to join with Leeds, and other
business men, in an effort to protect
the city from plunder. He fully un-
derstands the sacrifice he is making
when he announces himself for
Council. A few more men like him,
Kelley, and Leeds, at the front and
honest people can take a rest. l
want to continue my pen portraits OF
our politician and will try to find
room enough this week to present
our esteemed and well beloved friend,
Levi Albertson. Everybody knows
Levi for he has nearly always been
postmaster Of this city. The reason
that he does not fill that important
position now is not because of his
unwillingness, but because that dis
tinguished ass, Grover Cleveland, fail
ed to appreciate his valuable services.
Levi, perhaps with the single excep-
ton of judge Thompson, is the very
best and most accomplished politi-
clan in the County. He is, and has
always been, the trusted adviser OF
Congressman Gardner who shows
his good sense by leaving all his
political fences in the hands of Levi.
Mr.. Albertson is the high grand crack
a-Jack of them all. He makes no
unnecessary noise, but goes about
his business iii methodical manner,
and always good naturedly. He is
honest and his word goes at par.
He has demonstrated the fact that
he can make his living either in or
out of politics and class him as a
worthy citizen. ARGUS.