Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-05-06
HOLLY BEACH ROAD
n ALMOST COMPLETED
New Thorofare to the Mainland
TO be. Turned Over TO the
FreehoIders Next Week
PRESBYTERIANS INSTALL REV. HARKER

road from Holly Beach to Rio
Grande will be completed and turned
over to the County Board of Chosen
Freeholders the latter part of next week
by contractor A. III. Lupton. The
dredge has completed it's work and the
first coat of gravel Is on and nearly all
the second coat is on and well packed
aud scraped. Work was started on the
road on April 10th, 1908, but vas held
up three months by the government,
and was to, be completed by June LIST
of this year. However, Mr.. Lupton
will finish his contract half a month
before the specified time, and consider
ing the three months he was unavoid-
ably delayed will finish 1t three and
one-half months ahead of time. Only
two days have been lost owing to
weather conditions, the men having
been able to work all winter, though
at times it was pretty cold out there on
the meadows where the wind had a
clear sweep. The road is now five feet
higher than formerly, making it abso-
lutely dry and above the highest tide.
1t is about 81 miles in length, 80 feet
wide on the top and 493 feet at the bot
tom. The dredge which has been
pumping in the road has averaged
1900 square yards filling in a day and
at times there have been as high as 30
teams hauling gravel from the cars on
the siding ON Rio Grande avenue to
the road. All the small bridges have
disappeared and only the two large
ones are now necessary and a large
portion of each of these has been taken
out and the space filed in for the regu-
lar roadway, leaving bridging only
where the two draws are. This gives
the island one of the finest roadways
in the county and automobiles and
other vehicles can now travel over the
highway without any fear of miring
or being held up by a high tide as wa
the care before the road was rebuilt.
The road from the first bridge to Rio
Grande Is now in excellent condition,
having been well packed and scraped
and the section this side of the bridge
will be in good shape by next week as
that is the section they are working on
now. Everything will be in first class
shape for the Automobiles who will
come over ii next Tuesday in the Har-
risburg Motor Club run. The lower
end of Rio Grande avenue is also being
Eamed aRd 5asaaghtt d p to grade by Mr.
Lupton, this work being done by the
borough of Holly Beach, and he X
poets to have the north side of that
thorofare g~raveled and in good condi-
ton by Tuesday SO that the visiting
motorists can well be pleased with our
highways. The large dredge which
was used on the filling In of the road
has been taken through the bridge and
will soon commence work on the in
land waterway work, commencing at
the bridge. The contract price of the
road, not including the Rio Grande
avenue work, Is about 100000.
Don Wednesday evening Rev. Sam
uel A. Harker was installed as pastor
of the Holly Beach Presbyterian
church. The church was handsomely
decorated with palms, ferns, plants
and an abundance of cut flowers. A
large audience was in attendance. The
ceremony opened by the usual service
of song, scripture reading and prayer.
DR.. James Mcleod pastor of the Pres
byterian church at Cape May, was in
troduced and delivered an able address,
taking for his subject 'The Church,
Its Claims, Its Mission and its Desti-
N.Y. The choir rendered an anthem
at the close of the address. The charge
to the pastor was given by DR.. John
l.. Lands, of West Cape May, an aged
and retired pastor. The Bond-Evans
quartet rendered a beautiful selection.
The charge TO the members was given
by Rev. Harvey 7. Casselbary. pastor
of the Presbyterian church at Ocean
City. The installation prayer was Of
fered by Rev. Walter L. Steiner, of
Millville, Moderator of the West Jer-
sey Presbytery. At the conclusion of
the services DR.. Lands, in a very ac-
ceptable II presented Rev. and
Mrs. Harker with a beautiful bouquet
of pink roses, in behalf of the trustees
of the church, also a bouquet of mixed
carnati ms from the Christian Endea-
vor Society aud the Ladies Aid. Rev.
Steiner in a most able presen-
ted Mr.. and Mrs. Harker with a hand
some jewel case, containing a substan-
tial gift of money in gold, in behalf of
the congregation and friends. Mr..
Harker responded n a very touching