Evening journal., 1915-06-21
WILDWOOD MORE
POPULAR Than EVER
New Jersey Resort Crowded
With Visitors AS Summer
Season Approaches
HOTELS AMONG
MOST MODERN

WILDWOOD, n. j., June 2t.-When
the population of place one day is
$500 and another day, week later,
it's between 100000 and 100000, and
when 100000 and possibly more per-
sons visit that place within three
months, it is good deduction to as
sumo that it has certain magnetic
properties.
That is the case with wildwood, 30
minutes from Philadelphia on two
railroads. the Pennsylvania and the
Philadelphia and Reading. Wild
woods winter population Is about
$500. It's summer population last
year averaged between 100000 and
300,0 900. Nearly 100000 persons vis-
tied the resort while the season was
on.
Wildwood has always been a popu-
lar resort with Wilmingtonians. This
year a new auto route between VIII
mington and the beach has been
opened II is by ferry to Ponns-
grove. n. j., and through Mil
Vile, \. j., by new. hard smooth
road traversing one of the most pic
turesque sections of the country.
Beautiful automobile roads on main
land back of wildwood provide many
| enjoyable trips to Cape May, Stone
/ Harbor, Sea Isle City. Ocean City, At
/ lantic City and points inland. Ample
! garage accommodations.
The best automobile roads in the
world are to be found in Cape May
county, ~ J. From Wildwood there
arc scores of delightful trips to inter-
esting points that may be taken by
automobile Auto touring trips from
all over the country come TO Wild
wood and are loud in their praises
of the splendid roads and magnificent
scenery they encounter on the way.
The country surrounding Wildwood Is
one of the most beautiful pastoral
sections in the L. S. The roads are
as hard and as level as parlor
floor overhung with great trees and
lined with little farms.
No resort on the coast is so admfr-
ably situated as Wildwood, from the
standpoint OF climate, either during
the hot summer months or in the vim
ter. A glance at the map of New Jer-
sey will plainly show one why Right
on the Atlantic Ocean, with no land
below il. II receives constantly IN
the summer the cool southern hreozes
which have travelled for hundreds OF
miles over the great expanse of salt
sea.
Back Of wildwood on the land side
lies the Delaware Bay. great inlan(
sea, at this point thirty miles wide
A western, land breeze must cros
this great expanse of water and be
= comes cool gnd purified before
{ reaches Wildwood. While resorts fur
] ther up the coast do not have such a.
p advantage. A land breeze ther
A crosses fifty-hve miles of hot ari
r land. getting hotter and hotter as
approaches the coast.
I !. The same condition combined wit
I the fact that Wildwood is on tn
. same parallel of latitude as Baltimor
I and the proximity of the Gulf Strear
4 at this point insures delightful mil
p, and balmy winter climate.
No other resort in America ha
such a magnificent bathing beach a
Wildwood A broad eXpanse O
e strand several hundred feet wild
stretching along the ocean front 70
I 1-2 miles. From this strand d gent
. ly sloping beach rolls far out into tn
3 Atlantic Ocean. giving Wildwood tn
D finest and safest surf bathing in tn
. country.
S There is no better fishing along tn
n Atlantic coast than at Wildwood
Outside or deep fishermen catch i
great abundance sea bass, coo
porgies. mackerel. blue fish. tautol
croakers and channel bass. cOmmonl
known as drum fish. Inside in IN
sounds both men and women fin
great sport catching Cape Ma
, goodies. butter fish. weak fish. hak
! or king fish, black fish and founders
- Crabs clans and oysters are ais
gathered in great numbers.
= Motor boating is one of the create