Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-03-11
MILE BEACH'S NEED
OF ANOTHER RAILROAD
Nearly Seventy Per Cent. Of the
Stock of the New Company
Already Sold

The prospects for a betterment of
the railroad service to this island are
greater today than they have ever been
since the allied resorts were founded,
for the efforts that are being put forth
to construct a spur to the mainland of
the Philadelphia and Reading Rail-
road Company are meeting with en-
couragement that is bound to over
come any obstacles that might be plac-
ed in the way, despite the strength of
those opposed to the movement. The
history of Atlantic City, Ocean City,
and every other seaside resort or city
that has progressed will show conclu-
sively that good railroad or transporta-
ton service has been a principal factor
in the development of that particular
place. The fact that the resorts on
Five Mile Beach have progressed
despite the many determinations and
Inconvenience with which visitors and
indication that the railroad service -
this island has been all that it should
have been, or all that it could have
been, nor a mi get a definite idea of
what the enhancement of real estate
values would have been on this island
with good transportation facilities, ex-
cept by reviewing the marvellous de-
velopments that have been made in
other places where more than one line
of travel is provided for the visiting
public to which the seashore resorts
cater.
The healthfulness, wholesomeness
and beauties of the resorts here appeal
to most every person that once visits
the island, but owing to the poor rail-
road service that Is maintained during
the fall, winter and spring months,
many persons hal would otherwise
become regular visitors are kept from
coming here, while many persons that
visit here would doubtless become in
vestors If better transportation service
was maintained. Ten, fifteen or twen-
ty years ago, the n line OF railroad
was considered sufficient to carry all
the passengers that wanted to come to
this island, but the rapid development
that has been made here since that
time has greatly outdistanced the ser
vice the great Pennsylvania system
vas able or willing to give to the thriv-
ing resorts, and it became evident
several years ago that it would be a
great advantage TO have another rail-
road to the island. if the same progress
sive spirit prevailed, in order to carry
the rapidly increasing number of visi-
tors that were coming here.
Within the past couple of years the
enormity of the crowds that have come
here has made another railroad an alb
solute necessity, and the movement
that is now being made to secure the
additional service should have the I'M
stinted support and encouragement of
every resident on the island, from one
end to the other, as well as every owner
OF property, regardless OF how Valueless
their holdings may be at the present
time, for with a competing railroad
running to this island, the values of
of property will double, Itreble and in
many cases q%uadruple that of what
they are at present.
Messrs. Ham and Slaughter, who
have established offices at 129 East
Wildwood avenue, in the building with
the Reynolds Realty Company, are
energetically pushing the project and
are having phenomenal success in their
efforts to dispose of the stock, of which
nearly seventy per centum of the
amount necessary before beginning the
work, has already been subscribed.