Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-02-06


consolidation have been arriving at
the JOURNAL office in every mail from
town and out-of-town property hold
ers, voicing their opinion on the move
ment in the few terse words II do" or
81 do not favor the consolidation and
incorporation movement Great is
the interest that has been shown in the
contest and the subject in general; and
great are the differences of opinion.
Oftentimes it is close friend that diff
fers in opinion with close friends, or
it may be staid party man that diff
fers radically with men of the same
party and in cases it has been brother
against brother in this question OF
manv sides and view points. Per-
sonal conviction and regard for general
welfare, more than party influence and
other forces, seems to guide the aver
age property holder of Five Mile Beach
in giving his opinion.
A notice has been published to the
effect that application will be made
to the Legislature on or after February
II, 1907, for the passage of a bill to in
corporate the resorts of the island. 1t
is signed by John Bright, w. E. Young
and Charles A. Norton.
One week longer the JOURNAL Bal
lot Box will be open to receive votes
ssfor'' and against consolidation and
IN ,iIv ucAt rs-ue tile toLal result of tie
canvass will be announced in full.
The communications received fol-
publication this week are carefully
written and well worth the consider
alton of every reader. If you haven't
forwarded your vote to the JOURNAL,
do SO this week. 1t is your last oppor-
tunity before the final announcement
of the vote.
OPINIONS THAT HAVE BEEN EX-
PRESSED THIS WEEK
William H. Parkhill, a resident of
New York City, and an owner of lots
in Holly Beach, writes: Referring to
the question of consolidating the Bor-
oughs on Five Mile Beach into one
city and. calling it Wildwood-by-the-
Sea, appeals to every property owner
and to every resident on Five Mile
Beach. l respectfully call your atten-
tion to the numerous benefits that
would accrue to such consolidation.
First-If the municipal affairs are adj
ministered in an honest, economical
and business like manner, the cost
would doubtless be less than the pres
ent total cost of maintaining the Bor-
oughs on Five Mile Beach, and this
would reduce taxation. Second -
There are thousands of people living in
other cities who have heard of Wild
wood but are ignorant of the existence
of the other Boroughs, and therefore,
would never associate Holly Beach,
Anglesea or any of the other adjacent
Boroughs, as being SO closely identified
with Wildwood. Consequently, there
are hundreds of people that would be
interested in Wildwood -by-the-Sea
that would never consider Anglesea or
Holly Beach. Third-This is the time
to consolidate all the Boroughs and be-
come one of the prominent cities on
the coast before some of the neighbor-
ing seaside resorts get ahead of Five
Mile Beach, and thus materially di-
minish the prosperity which Five Mile
Beach now enjoys. Fourth-The con-
solidating of the Boroughs on Five
Mile Beach will create city that will
ultimately rank with Cape May, At
lantic City, Asbury Park, Long Branch
and other prominent summer resorts
on the Jersey coast. The population
will increase very rapidly. The pres
ent hotels and boarding houses will
soon be inadequate to accommodate
the summer boarders. 1t will offer op-
portunities for business enterprises that
do not exist at the present time. 1t
will afford employment to great
many people. 1t will increase the val
ue of real estate. Hence it will benefit
all classes of people. Consolidation
has been the keystone of success of
nearly all the large cities in the world.
A large portion of the city of London
was formerly adjacent towns and viii
lagos. The suburbs of Paris were for