, 1902-12-19
WILDWOOD, N. j, FRnpAY, DECEMBER 49, 1902.
Seashore improvements.

The city daily papers for the past few
months have printed many articles
about a vast amount of money that is
to be spent by a syndicate of New York,
Philadelphia and Pittsburg capitalists,
in the development of the cast Cape
May beach, back of which are said 10
be millions of dollars. This syndicate,
which is believed to be headed by Geo.
Gould, but whose interests are being
looked after by Anthony NJ. Zane, of
Philadelphia, and Representative Frank
G. Edwards, has already, it is claimed,
paid out for property and options
$l05, 600. Their property is known as
Poverty Beach," stretching from Mad
ison avenue, in the eastern portion Of
Cape May, TO Sewell's Point, at Cold
Spring Inlet. 1t covers two miles of
ocean front, along which runs only the
Cape May, Delaware Bay and Sewell's
Point railroad, a trolley line owned,
controlled and operated by the Reading
railroad. For this stretch of low beach,
which is scarcely two feet above sea
level, the promoters paid $50 900. They
paid $685. for the meadow land back
of it, extending into the back land for
nearly two miles. 1t is proposed to
pump the mud out of the meadows to
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piece of ocean front land, just as was
done on the Potomac river along where
the Washington Monument stands.
The machinery with which to do this
work is now being built it is said. All
this cannot fail to he of interest to the
people of Five Mile Beach and espe-
cially so since the agreement for the
purchase OF Two Mile Beach, which lies
at our door, by Frank q. Edwards,
which is OF record at the Cape May
County Clerks office, The price 10 he
$4,000. This syndicate had a repre-
sentative at Cape May last week enga-
ging men and teams 10 begin the pro-
posed Improvements on January |.
Just what connection the Henry ID.
Moore interests, which own the extern
sive electric light system Oh Five Mile
Beach have with the promoters of the
Cape May project is unknown, but it
would not be at all surprising to. learn
.bera
A correspondent in the Star of the Cape
last week In u column article upon the
rumors of a new Cape May says in the
course of bis writings
within a year ordinances have beeh
passed throughthe Councils of Anglesea,
Wildwood and Holly Beach, granting
a franchise for the laying of a trolley
road f1om n end of the beach to the
other. Right here let us ask If your
readers think a trolley road would pay
With but Five Mile Beach as a feeder?
The only answer is no. Preparations
are being made for the Installing of
very powerful machinery in the power
house at Holly Beach. What is this
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bly, five miles require this extraordinary
powerful machinery for driving the
cars? We answer no. Then what is
the idea Of its Introduction? | think it
viii be but Il very short while before
you will see a continuous trolley road
between Highland Beach and Cape
May Point, connecting with the pres
ent line around the city to SeWell's
Point; across Cold Spring Inlet, through
Two M Beach; spanning Turtle Gut
Inlet; tnen to Holly Beach; through
W1ldWood; up to Anglesea; On over
Hereford Inlet to Stone Harbor and
Avalon; then across ToWnsend's Inlet
to Seven Mile Beach; embracing Sea
Isle City; extending on over Corson's
Inlet to Ocean City to Great Egg Har-
Dor. Here we have connection for At
lantic City via steamer TO Longport,
then by trolley to Atlantic City. Your
readers may think that my dream of
the future is very presumptuous, but is
1t not supported to some measure at
least by facts. that are being developed?
And why is not all of this possible?
Would not Highland Beach make an
ideal pleasure resort if developed ON
proper lines similar to Willow Grove,
on old York road, Pennsylvania, or
come of the other properly conducted
meccas for pleasure seekers. What
more pleasing ride could be imagined
than IN a trolley car from Ocean City
down the seaside to Cape May, around
the Point and up the Bayside to High
land City park. The opportunity for
advancement is here. The signs of the
times all point in this direction. Imay
be mistaken in my dreams but | do
not think that within a period of a few
years they will be far fetched"
1t is said that the syndicate has pre-
pared a bill to be introduced at the pres
ent session of Congress authorizing the
deepening of Cold Spring Inlet.