Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-11-26
WILDWOOD CREST

At no time since the close of the past
successful season has Wildwood Crest
had so many people as were brought
in by a very large train on Sunday
morning, Nov. 81. This train of thir-
teen crowded cars was composed most
ly of cottage owners on the island and
their friends, all of whom were de-
lighted with the great activity and
building operations on the island aud
perfect conditions that exist at the
Crest.
August Kop, of Philadelphia, who
purchased of Warren e. Biscoe last
year the bungalow on Heather road and
who occupied the same last summer
with his interesting family, has pur-
chased three lots on Aster road, of the
wildwood Crest Co., and will erect
thereon a house for his future summer
residence. MI. Kop finding the bunga-
low not large enough for his family, is
offering the same for sale.
Harry Fields has purchased two lots
on Philadelphia avenue between Wis
terra and Columbine roads, on which
he proposes erecting a cottage for next
season.
George Welch this week selected two
lots on Buttercup road, west of Park
bouvelard, on which to erect a resi-
dence for next season.
The surprising number of cottagers
who visited the Crest on Sunday last
came down on the annual commute
ton. tickets -which-ara-yeryp nnnlaz
with our property owners, not only at
the Crest, but on the entire island.
The colder weather of the past few
days has been very beneficial to our
sportsmen who are fond of duck shoot
ing, and quite a few of the fleet winged
birds have fallen prey to the gunners
that have been to Sunset lake and the
inlet for their game.
William Let's will M the
erection of a cottage on his lots by the
first of December.
There is nothing that adds so much
to the appearance of a cottage as an
attractive lawn. Among those who
have completed their lawns during the
past week are f. A. MershOn on Pa
cific avenue and Mrs. Keen aud Mrs.
Widows on Rambler road. Now that
the grounds surrounding their proper
ing sand many others are contracting
to have their lawns put in perfect con-
dItion. A handsome lawn adds many
times its cost to the value of the prop
erty and is a profitable investment for
any who desire either to rent or sell.
Mayor Frank e. Smith has the con-
tract for the erection of the cottage for
Ralph Whitley, of the Concordia Silk
Company, of Philadelphia, on the lots
at Fern road and board walk. The
foundation wall will be faced with
brick from the Eastern Hydraulic
Brick Company and will have d 'front.'
age of AZ feet on the board walk and 48
feet on Fern road. The style of the
building will be modern Colonial with
several large fire places and a large din
ing and living rooms. The building is
being superintendent by Harry E.
Weir, G. e.
The cottage of William Bats
is being completed by Contractor
F. A. Mershon aud will be cement
plaster for the first story and the second
to be shingled. The cottage is to
be located on Crocus road, west of
Philadelphia avenue.
w. G. Taylor and Son are erecting q
cottage on Palm road, east of Pacific,
for Charles III. Turner of Germantown.
The same contractors have about COM
pleted for his brother, Francis p.
Turner, the cottage on Park Boulevard
at Columbine road.
The extensive additional revetment
that Is in operation on the ocean front
of Wildwood Crest after three months
of work have been completed, adding
great strength and stability to the sea
wall. In this work there has been
used 1900 ions of Jamesburg metamor-
phosed rock and 500 cords of wire
bound brush sapling.
MI. and Mrs. Albert Sturr, of Elmer,
came down and spent Thanksgiving
in their cottage here and will remain
over Sunday.