, 1902-12-26

meets the beach with the mainland.
The bridge will be open for travel not
later than January /, 1903, and will
give to the farmers of the adjacent
county a market for their produce and
also give our summer visitors an oppor-
tunity of visiting other places in the
county 10y driving. The fact that men
like Henry ID. Moore, Frederick Sutton
and j.. Fithian Tatem are willing to
build and operate a trolley line on Five
Mile Beach shows that they have un-
bounded faith in the future of the is
land. The amount of money which
they will invest will be large indeed,
and it is no secret that the returns on
their investment for sometime will be
meagre. Yet the men are not only
impressed with Improvements that are
going on, but they also view with dis
corning eye the latent energy of the
business lnen of the three towns. This
energy, latent now 10 some extent, il
directed as it apparently is now being
directed, Will lie the means of working
wonders in the development of the true
interests of the island. The bank
which is now established has passed
through the experimental stage and its
permanency is assured. An institution
that can develop an earning capacity
Of over three thousand dollars in the
first six months of its career looks like
an Institution that receives favorable
consideration from the inhabitants. Its
earning capacity speaks well for the
directors, all of them representative
business men and stockholders in it.
The borough authorities at Wildwood
are showing commendable enterprise in
having cement sidewalks laid. 1t is a
long step in the right direction for a
municipality to keep pace with private
Improvements. The forces that to a
great extent have shaped and directed
the policies of public Improvements at
Wildwood are continually and persis-
tently at work promoting private inn
provements and offering inducements
for the same, often at considerable loss
to themselves. The result is hat pub
lie and private Improvements go along
hand in hand and with very little fric-
ton. In this respect Anglesea has far
outstripped her private property owners
in the large public expenditures made
in grading and graveling her wide
streets, introducing sewers in the town
and granting a franchise to a water
company for supplying excellent water.
The reverse is true at Holly Beach, prI-
vate enterprise having exceeded public
efforts, although the borough has grav-
eled and improved many streets and
compelled the graveling of many side
walks. After glancing over all that
has been accomplished during the past
year every n interested in the welfare
of the beach has cause for congratula-
ton. The three boroughs have advan-
ced SO rapidly that few who reside here
permanently have noticed the transfer
nation that has taken place, but if a
stranger to visit the place after
an absence of a year n look is suffi-
cient. The change is noticeable to a
marked degree, and it remains largely
with the all year residents to keep NOV
ing, to encourage and stimulate all
efforts that may be made at any place
on Five Mile Beach that will tend to
enhance values. BY this means better
train service may be expected and with
that a larger percentage of travel.
There are in each of the borOughs a
number of business men who are the
leading spirits in every enterprise, and