Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-11-20
WILDWOOD CREST'S
GREAT IMPROVEMENT
The Splendid Breastyvork OF
Brush and Stone That Has
Been Erected at the Cost
OF Thousands of Dol
lars VIII Benefit
Entire Island
THE BENEFIT WILL BE A LASTING ONE

The building of the Holland dyke
system of beach front protection that
has just been completed at Wildwood
Crest is one of the most substantial i'm
provements that has ever been made
on the island and one that will prove a
great and lasting benefit to all parts of
this island which is rapidly growingin
population and popularity. More than
one hundred men nave been employed
for the past couple of months on this
work which consists of the cutting,
binding, shipping and hauling of the
hundreds of carloads of brush that have
been put into the work on the front
here, while many more were engaged
in the securing and shipping of the
thousands of tons of stone with which
the brush is weighted down and made
secure and permanent. The dyke
which forms a breastwork of brush and
stone along the entire front of Wild
wood Crest has already begun to show
it's effectiveness by the large deposits
vi al lndb hQNC jill
the beach, and it is believed that with
in a short time it will be possible to re-
move the large row of piling that now
stands in front of the boardwalk, which
will then give Wildwood Crest the
broadcast and finest stretch of beach
front that can be found at any sea-
shore resort along the Jersey coast.
The work, which will be Of inestimable
value to every property holder on the
island and particularly at Wild wood
Crest, has been done at the personal
ex pense of Baker Brothers, the foun-
ders of Wildwood and Wildwood
Crest, who are without a peer in the
accomplishment of those things that
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on the island.
The spirit of improvement and pro-
gress that is invading this end 'of the
island will make Wildwood Crest
stand out without a parallel in the
number of new structures erected with
in one years time. Thousands OF per-
sons that spent theil last summer sea-
son on this island were charmed with
the delightful location and the unusual
beauty of this pretty new resort, and
becoming satisfied hat no choicer loca-
ton could be found for a ummer sea-
shore home, many became interested in
the rapid development in consequence
of which they selected ground here up
on which they contracted to build
pretty seashore homes before the be-
ginning of the next summer season.
In the section of the resort south of
Columbine road a great movement in
building has been started and among
the many splendid structures that are
already in the course of construction,
as well as those for which preparations
are being made TO begin at an early
date, are those for Messrs. Keene, Rose,
Timmons and Noll, Solely, Richards,
DeChant, McCready, Mershon, Ham
mond, Zeigler, Hamell, Gaskill, Raw
son, Leake, Tongue, Gill, Dutton,
Weidner, Sturr, Hopper, Geisel, Mer-
row, DR.. Shallcross, DIR. Fowler and
DR.. Spruance. This exceptional move
ment in building is not confined to one
section alone, for in the vicinity of the
Pennsylvania Railroad station will be
erected pretty cottages for Messrs.
Wenzinger, Godfrey, Waters, Mershon,
Ogden, two cottages; Kohler, Slater,
Hallen, two cottages; Taylor, Arm
strong and Reynolds. While west of
Park Boulevard will be erected cottages
for Messrs. Bernard, Fox, Miller,
Tompkins, Middleton, Crandall, Fol-
som, Ashton, Schweitzer, Marshall,
Thompson, finder, Trenchard, Blans-
field, Knepper and Bourne. Other cot
tages that will be erected in scattered
sections include those of Messrs.
Stephens, McKissick, Captain Frank
p. Downs, Harry l.. Nickerson, Lea
witt, Biscoe and Thurber, three cottages.
Many of these cottages are already in
course of construction, and some of
them rapidly nearing completion,
while preparations are being made for
the early start on a number of the
others.
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