Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-12-03
NORTH WILDWOOD


The dinner given at the Wildwood
Yacht club Saturday night was
thoroughly enjoyed. The contingent
from Philadelphia was headed by Vice
commodore Charles E. Hardenbrook
and wife and several from of shore,
while the Wildwood representation
was made up of Anglesea folks and
several cottagers who were spending
the week end at their homes on the
beach. Prof. 3. Walter Estlow had
charge of the music and dancing.
Among the guests were Mrs. Lillian
Crosse, Mr.. and Mrs. A Griffith, Col
lector and Mrs. Peter Peterson, MIR. and
Mrs. M. H. Law, Mr.. Singerly and
Miss Singerly, Captain and Mrs. John
A. Pew and family, w. g. Duncan, j.
Charles Winters, w. A. Church, j. f.
Premium, Judge and Mrs. Arthur NJ.
Ely, Eddie Let's and Don Harold
Hughes, Prof. EstlOw, wife and daugh-
ter; w. r. Pinker and Prof. ]. M. Tay-
lor. Henry H. Otlens, chairman of the
committee who had charge of the affair,
had several guests at his table. Mrs.
Otilla Hess prepared the dinner.
The Associated Automobile Clubs of
New Jersey have notified Mr.. Ottens Of
his appointment as a member Of the
good roads committee of the associa-
ton. u
1t Is hoped hat by the arrival of the
early summer season of 1915 our off,
shore roads will havs been put in per-
feet condition and the bridge at Rio
Grande Inn will have been finally per-
fected by the Board of Freeholders.
The poor condition of this bridge last
summer was the means of stopping the
ferry line between Ottens Harbor and
Sewell's Point. 1T is needless to state
that a ferry line running from Wild
wood to any other resort is a distinct
advantage to this beach. 1t Is the duty
of the freeholders representing Five
Mile Beach to devote unlimited time
and energy to advancing any PROPOSE
ton that Is to the welfare of the beach
and which spells advancement, and 1t
certainly should be the aim Of the free
holders to see that the Rio Grande
bridge is perfect before next seasons
heavy traffic commences, as we all know
what a horrible condition prevailed In
Wildwood at the heighth Of the season
last year with the streets all ripped up
and the automobiles giving the town a
black eye. 1t is bad enough for our
beach to have to limp along with one
road to the mainland. Five Mile Beach
is big enough and strong enough
to fight Its own battles, as the freehold
ers are thoroughly aware, by the filing
of the recent petition from the Angle
sea and off-ehore folks that there is a
power of might back of the movement
to develop and build another automo-
bile road to the mainland sooner or
later.
The following is a copy of a letter
written to William A. Maupay, Inspec-
tor of Inland Waterways, Trenton, New
Jersey, on November 20, 1915, by Geo.
G. Conner, secretary and treasurer of
the Wildwood Yacht Club: Regard
ing your kind letter addressed to me as
secretary OF the Wildwood Yacht Club,
and 1 will make you a brief summary
which is largely arepetition of last years
letter to you. We find the inland water
way back of Five Mile Beach, while
being used more than ever before finds
itself in q worse condition each year.
This year q new boat line to Cape May
was forced to suspend because of shoals
Thousand feet below Rio Grande bridge
and where the dredges failed to get to
work before the season was practically
over. The falling of the Rio Grande
bridge to work properly by repeated
Sailing for long periods of time which
forced many passing craft on the water
and touring automobilist on land to
sustain serious delays. We find that
our markers along the channels have
disa ppeared or were not maintained last
season and as our back channel Is tortu-
oas for at least ten miles, or from back
ofNummy's Island down Grassy Sound
back of Wildwood Crest, and through
winding channels to Cold Spring Inlet
was the cause of much grounding on
the part of passing craft. Two notable
features are now happening on our
beach, i. e. the closing of the north side
of Anglesea channel of Hereford Inlet