Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-10-15
Road By the Sea

The building OF an 'all-foSofI auIo-
mobile route which will connect every
resort in Cape May County with At
lantie City, was discussed at a recent
meeting of The Board OF Freeholders
and the opinion expressed indicated
that the sentiment of the Board was
favorable to the project.
The importance Of this undertaking
lies in the fact that it will link up the
various sea islands on which Cape
May County's resorts are located by a
system of bridges across the interven-
ing inlets which now separate n from
the other. These bridges will termi-
nate at or streets in each COM
munity and a true ocean highway will
thus be constructed. This route will
be about forty miles in length from
Atlantic City to Cape May, and while
it will in a measure parallel the exist
ing Ocean Highway, 1t will be of I'M
usual attractiveness to motorists, be-
cause of its varied scenic features.
At the recent meeting of the Board
Of Freeholders Director Charles H.
Clouting voiced the sentiments of the
Board, when he expressed his desire
that the people of the resort communi-
ties should declare themselves, if they
wished the Freeholders to proceed with
the construction of the entire inter-
beach bridge aud road system. 1t is
believed if such endorsements of the
undertaking are received from the sea-
side resorts that the "all-resort auto
route,p or the greater part of it at
least, will be an accomplished fact by
next season.
A meeting which is destined to be
historic in the annals of Cape May
County is to be held at The Wildwood
City Hall on Friday, October 18th, un-
der the auspices of the newly organized
association of Chambers of Commerce
of Cape May County.
Five delegates from each Board of
Trade or Chamber of Commerce in the
County have been invited to attend
this meeting. Leading representatives
from every county resort will address
the gathering, which it is believed will
be one of the most representative as
sembles of its kind that has ever been
held in the County, Among the in
vIted guests will be a delegation from
Atlantic City, headed by Hon. Isaac
Bacharach, and including well-known
Atlantic City business men, who have
expressed themselves as DESTROYS of
seeing closer communication establish
ed with Cape May County resorts.
Surveys have already been made for
the location of the Corson's Inlet
bridge and similar surveys have been
ordered for the location of the proposed
gravel road through the undeveloped
portions of Avalon-P eermont aud
Stone Harbor as far as the Life Saving
Station on Seven Mile Beach.
AS the present assessed valuation Of
real estate in Cape May County
amounts to S84, 900 900, friends of the
'all-resort auto routen believe that the
County is able to afford this important
improvement. They claim that the
cost of its construction would oon be
Offset by the further rapid development
of the seaside resorts, which are the
County's chief asset. In v%erifcation
of this they point to the extraordinary
growth in the County's prosperity since
the Good Roads Movement was launch
ed, less than ten years ago, during
which time about las miles of gravelled
boulevards have been constructed by
the Board of Freeholders, giving Cape
May County the finest road system
possessed by any county In the State.
The growth of the various seaside re-
sorts has been due to improved methods
of transportation, including roads and
waterways. 1t is believed that the
construction of the new auto route
within sight and sound of the sea will
be equally as potent a factor in the
County's development.
REESE P. RIsLEY.
900"