Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-01-30

Says a prominent tax payer OF
Wild wood: "I would favor consolida-
ton instantly If had confidence the
city government would fall to good
hands, but know, I'm sorry to say,
that such would not be the case. The
temptation to control for personal in
terests, the opportunity to control a
large floating vote, and the greater
temptation to enter into extravagant
and thereby greatly in
crease the tax rate, are the things that
every thoughtful voter must weigh.
We see in our present small munich
pal government that it is continual
fight to keep cliques and schemes
down. j believe / voice the sentiment
of four-fifths of the tax payers when
l say don't consolidate the island un-
til large majority of honest and solid
business men are willing to give per-
sonal attention to local government
and block the underhanded work of
the professional politician"
A North Wildwood Councilman
writes: "In reply to the question yes
or no in regards to consolidation. |
oppose consolidation forseveral reasons
One thing l would mention and that
is we should be very guarded in our re-
marks, as possibly We may do each
other harm. look upon the situation
-frsfa-as' ertigelH 4 fiarept stan kpt
than the heex-Councilman of Holly yBeach;
he expresses himself that it is dis
grace that we three are not one. Now,
/ take this view of the situation. The
Boroughs of Anglesea, Holly Beach,
and their baby sister, the
Crest, so hearty and thrifty, are all
children of one common parent, the
Five Mile Beach. Anglesea, the old
est child, was born thrifty and with all
the promise of any Borough on the
beach. but almost immediately fell
among land sharks that robbed her of
her good name and turned her out in
the world dressed in no other garb than
a dirty blanket mortgage. For years
she struggled along for an existence.
But q few enterprising citizens, still
in her future, continued to
'oster and care for her best interests un-
Ill she began to form new friends.
With due regard to every one of her
,itizens that have given helping hand,
would make special mention of Hen
y II. Ottens, the very first friend to
,egin tearing from her back the dirty
I'D mortgage, and marvellous has been
he effect. She changed her name that |
he may be known by her new friends
Is clear, enterprising Borough, and
lot by the old reports that were true
and were made so by her false friends
Today we have our North Wildwood
Land company, represented by Fred
erick Sutton, that has given us the
largest hotel on the beach and best
prices for real estate. And there is the
Ottens tract, with its deep water canal,
fine hotel and cottages equal in every
respect to any spot on the beach. Ow-
ing to these new friends the Borough
has become strong enough today to be
able to take care of her own interests.
Sure enough, we have not eradicated
all false friends and tax dodgers, but
believe that we can best regulate our
own municipal affairs with our present
home rule. Only last year our Coun-
ell passed a resolution. denouncing con-
The same people live, the
same Council is in power and l for one
have never heard single criticism of
that act. / would ask what good rea-
son any taxpayer can give that is not
looking for office at an increased salary
for centralizing our government in the
hands of politicians whose only inter-
est must be political.
"Though the election time is over,
Still we hear the political bees
Humming softly in the bonnets,
Round the Borough there arethree." +"
Says an Anglesea thoughtful voter,
why all this howl for consolidation?
Isn't there enough underhanded polit-
cal work at present? Let the island
resorts prove that they can rule them
selves, without trickery, as munich
palities; then and not till then should
be thought of. oppose
Incorporation this year."